9/11 Films
Films based on the September 11 attacks
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- DirectorLeigh ScottStarsRhett GilesMarat GlazerGriff FurstMore chilling than Syriana and United 93, events highlighted in the best selling report from the 9/11 commission expose a string of missed opportunities that lead to our nation's greatest tragedy.
- DirectorMartin GuiguiStarsCharlie SheenGina GershonWhoopi GoldbergFive people find themselves trapped in an elevator during the September 11 attacks. They soon work together, never giving up hope, to try to escape before the unthinkable happens.
- DirectorAlejandro González IñárrituYoussef ChahineAmos GitaiStarsMaryam KarimiMohamad DolatiAgelem HabibiThe effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks are told from different points of view around the world.
- DirectorNicolai FuglsigStarsChris HemsworthMichael ShannonMichael Peña12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsEdward NortonBarry PepperPhilip Seymour HoffmanCornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.
- DirectorHesham IssawiStarsSayed BadreyaErick AvariAnthony AziziA family man (Badreya) opens an authentic Middle Eastern restaurant with his best friend, who's Jewish.
- DirectorJim HershlederStarsJaneane GarofaloGiancarlo EspositoTony SpiridakisAfter September 11th, six Lower Manhattan residents must deal with pain on their own. Yet in doing so, they find that their lives are inexplicably linked. "Ash Tuesday" examines the loneliness inherent in New York life, but it does so with a refreshing wit and humor that will leave you smiling.
- DirectorHyder BilgramiStarsRoop Singh DamanFarokh DaruwalaAsha PatelA movie on racial attacks on Indian in North America
- DirectorSarah GavronStarsTannishtha ChatterjeeSatish KaushikChristopher SimpsonIn 1980s London, Nazneem, a young Bangladeshi woman, feels her soul is quietly dying in her arranged marriage, until the day hot-headed Karim comes knocking at her door.
- DirectorAntony MarsellisStarsDanny AielloMargaret ColinBob DishyA trilogy of short films dealing with the theme of 9/11.
- DirectorElizabeth LucasStarsBecca AyersJulie Danao-SalkinVedant GokhaleIt all begins on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 but its about what comes after. In the wake of their own personal encounters with disaster, a group of interconnected New Yorkers begin to grapple with and rediscover their dreams.
- DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsTimothy BottomsJohn CunninghamDavid FontenoThis is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsChanning TatumAmanda SeyfriedRichard JenkinsA romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave.
- DirectorAlex ChappleStarsShawn AshmoreDavid SuchetJoanne WhalleyOn September 11th, 2001, 38 planes headed to New York City were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. A town of 9,000 took in 7,000 passengers for 4 days until American airspace reopened.
- DirectorStephen DaldryStarsThomas HornTom HanksSandra BullockA nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
- DirectorSantiago AmigorenaStarsJuliette BinocheJohn TurturroSara ForestierOn September 1st, 2001 a spy receives information that something terrible will happen soon.
- DirectorPeter MarkleStarsJeffrey NordlingBrennan ElliottKendall CrossFlight 93 is the story of the heroic passengers that took back their plane in an effort to stop a 9-11 terrorist attack.
- DirectorBruce GoodisonStarsGreg BensonToni YoungbloodJason LeGrandeA docudrama about the efforts of the passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 to derail the 9/11 terrorists' plan for the hijacked airliner.
- DirectorJim SimpsonStarsSigourney WeaverAnthony LaPagliaIrene WalshThe story of a fire captain who lost eight men in the collapse of the World Trade Center and the editor who helps him prepare the eulogies he must deliver.
- DirectorAntonia BirdStarsKarim SalehMaral KamelAgni ScottA fictionalized account of the September 11 hijackers.
- DirectorAngelo J. Guglielmo Jr.The internationally acclaimed documentary about everyday people taking on an extraordinary task to volunteer in the aftermath of September 11th. On America's worst day, America's best responded: ordinary people with will and determination found a way to help and dedicated themselves to the largest rescue and recovery mission ever mounted on United States soil. Hear their stories, feel their courage and understand that these volunteers shaped the course of history and wrote a new chapter in the story of 9/11.
- DirectorDaniel SackheimStarsScott GlennTom SkerrittGrant ShowHomeland Security and the September 11th disaster.
- DirectorTanuja ChandraStarsParth DaveVishwa ShahMeghna MalikA Muslim bike messenger develops a friendship with a married Sikh woman whose husband is killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks.
- DirectorPuneet IssarStarsGulzar Inder ChahalRizwan HaiderAmy HoltNeo-Nazis and bigoted police oppress and target vulnerable Sikhs & Asians in post 9-11 America.
- DirectorMichael PhelanStarsSean Patrick FlaneryMelina KanakaredesJoBeth WilliamsInto the Fire follows the story of Walter Hartwig, a lieutenant in the New York City Harbor Unit, who finally comes to terms with what is really important about this life.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsChris PineKevin CostnerKeira KnightleyJack Ryan, as a young covert C.I.A. analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
- DirectorShoaib MansoorStarsShaan ShahidFawad KhanIman AliA drama about three stories centered on the effects of extremism and 9/11 on Pakistanis.
- DirectorRenzil D'SilvaStarsKareena KapoorLewis TanSaif Ali KhanA woman finds that her neighbors are terrorists, and her husband is not who he claims to be.
- DirectorIlya ChaikenStarsAl ThompsonKareem SavinonAnny MarianoTwo friends start a concession stand at the foot of the Statue of Liberty. After the World Trade Center attacks, each of their dreams go up in smoke and yet they must endure the effect the attacks have on their lives.
- CreatorDan FuttermanAlex GibneyLawrence WrightStarsJeff DanielsTahar RahimWrenn SchmidtA look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.
- DirectorDev AnandStarsDev AnandHeenee KaushikShoib KhanA love triangle emerges in America between two Indian men and one Indian woman. The two men fall in love with a young co-ed at an American University--who also happens to be the daughter of an Indian billionaire.
- DirectorNoah BuschelStarsMichael ShannonFrank WoodAmy RyanPrivate detective John Rosow is hired to tail a man on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers the man's identity as a missing person. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow is charged with bringing the missing person back to his wife in New York City.
- DirectorQasim BasirStarsEvan RossNia LongRoger Guenveur SmithAmid a strict Muslim rearing and a social life he's never had, Tariq enters college confused. New peers, family and mentors help him find his place, but the 9-11 attacks force him to face his past and make the biggest decisions of his life.
- DirectorKaran JoharStarsShah Rukh KhanKajolSheetal MenonAn Indian Muslim man with Asperger's syndrome takes a challenge to speak to the President of the United States seriously and embarks on a cross-country journey.
- StarsHarvey KeitelMichael BenyaerWendy CrewsonA television miniseries on the events leading up to the U.S. terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
- DirectorUwe BollStarsZack WardDave FoleyVerne TroyerIn the ironically named city of Paradise, a loser teams up with his cult-leading uncle to steal a peculiar bounty of riches from their local amusement park. The recently arrived Taliban have a similar focus, but a far more sinister intent.
- DirectorMike BinderStarsAdam SandlerDon CheadleJada Pinkett SmithA man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
- DirectorMira NairStarsRiz AhmedLiev SchreiberKiefer SutherlandA young Pakistani man chasing corporate success on Wall Street finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American Dream, a hostage crisis, and the enduring call of his family's homeland.
- DirectorAllen CoulterStarsRobert PattinsonEmilie de RavinCaitlyn RundA romantic drama centred on two new lovers: Tyler, whose parents have split in the wake of his brother's suicide, and Ally, who lives each day to the fullest since witnessing her mother's murder.
- DirectorScott Z. BurnsStarsAdam DriverAnnette BeningJon HammIdealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones, tasked by his boss to lead an investigation into the CIA's post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program, uncovers shocking secrets.
- DirectorRobert DornhelmStarsJames WoodsPenelope Ann MillerMichelle NoldenA New York mayor tries to cut back the city's crime and social problems, all in the face of his own battle with cancer, the tragedy of the September 11th Attacks and his troubled marriage.
- DirectorChristian JohnstonStarsGeorge CalilWali RazaqiSunil SadaranganiOne year after 9/11, an American journalist travels to Afghanistan in an effort to learn the truth about the search for Osama bin Laden.
- DirectorDito MontielStarsChanning TatumAl PacinoJuliette BinocheA young cop is assigned to a precinct in the working class neighborhood where he grew up, and an old secret threatens to destroy his life and his family.
- DirectorTravis FineStarsMelissa LeoAnthony KeyvanBrad William HenkeA cynical, alcoholic flight attendant and a Pakistani-American child prodigy find themselves both thrown together in the aftermath of the World Trade Center Attacks.
- DirectorJonathan M. ParisenStarsSean R. WalshEddie FontanaMaria CorsoA firefighter and his best buddy get trapped in the World Trade Center on 9/11, and it will take a miracle to escape as they find themselves facing overwhelming loss, confusion and shock.
- DirectorDuwayne DunhamStarsHayden PanettiereBill PullmanTroy EvansIn the wake of the World Trade Center attacks, a naval carrier with civilians on board is ordered into combat mode.
- DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsDavid Alan BascheOlivia ThirlbyLiza Colón-ZayasA real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
- DirectorAdam McKayStarsChristian BaleAmy AdamsSteve CarellThe story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that are still felt today.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsJosh BrolinElizabeth BanksIoan GruffuddA chronicle of the life and Presidency of George W. Bush.
- DirectorMichael D. OlmosStarsRyan GuzmanEdward James OlmosChelsea GilliganAfter watching the news on 9/11 with his family, Fernando travels from Mexico to New York City to find his father, an undocumented worker at the World Trade Center's famous Windows on the World restaurant.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsNicolas CageMichael PeñaMaria BelloTwo Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.
- DirectorBrian SloanStarsMichael UrieJeremy BeazlieLucas PapaeliasAfter placing an ad on September 10th, a young man living in SoHo struggles to find a new roommate and keep his emotional balance in the weeks following 9/11.
- DirectorKenneth GlenaanStarsArchie PanjabiRenu SetnaSteve JacksonA young Muslim woman living in Britain campaigns for the release of her immigrant husband from his detainment in a holding centre.
- DirectorNaseeruddin ShahStarsParesh RawalIrrfan KhanJimmy ShergillThe Visa papers have arrived for stock broker, Salim Rajabali, and he is scheduled to leave in less than a week. Then everything goes wrong when he and his brother, Javed, inadvertently implicate themselves in the murder of Deputy Commissioner of Police Paul, and Salim must flee immediately to the U.S. albeit with a heavy heart, after also being betrayed by his lover, Namrata. Following his departure the following too get ready to leave for the U.S., Rajubhai Patel along with Payal, the daughter Tara V. Gandhi, who is now fated to live with an alcoholic husband and minor acting roles in Bollywood movies; Brilliant student Rahul Bhide who lives with his aged dad, in a dilapidated house, finds his future looking brighter when his dad passes away; Tilotamma Das who met and married Hemant Punj is now awaiting the arrival of her visa, when she finds she cannot take any more from her pushy mother-in-law. All of them try to reach America.
- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJessica ChastainJoel EdgertonChris PrattA chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.