Films about September 11 tragedy
Films & documentaries about or related to the september 11 twin towers attack.
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- DirectorOliver StoneStarsNicolas CageMichael PeñaMaria BelloTwo Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorBill GuttentagRobert David PortStarsTommy BudaTwo brothers, one a firefighter, one a police officer, are remembered for their bravery in New York City on September 11.
- 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.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreGeorge W. BushBen AffleckMichael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after 9/11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
- DirectorMatt ReevesStarsMike VogelJessica LucasLizzy CaplanA group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsTimothy BottomsJohn CunninghamDavid FontenoThis is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts.
- DirectorBradley KaplanAlbert MayslesStarsRusty AndersonBackstreet BoysJon Bon JoviIn the aftermath of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, Paul McCartney travels through the streets of New York and organizes a benefit concert.
- DirectorKabir KhanStarsJohn AbrahamKatrina KaifNeil Nitin MukeshA contemporary story of 3 friends discovering a new world set against the larger than life New York City. But one day the world around them changed.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorSteven TanenbaumStarsKristen AbateKevin BreznahanChris CiprianoPre takes place four days after 9/11 in New York City. A theatre ensemble struggles to decide whether or not to be the first play to go back up after the attack.
- DirectorAntonia BirdStarsKarim SalehMaral KamelAgni ScottA fictionalized account of the September 11 hijackers.
- DirectorJeff StanzlerStarsRobin WrightAbdellatif KechicheÉlodie BouchezAgainst the anxieties and fears of post-9/11 America, an Arab cab driver picks up a troubled professional woman with unexpected results.
- StarsHarvey KeitelMichael BenyaerWendy CrewsonA television miniseries on the events leading up to the U.S. terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
- 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.
- DirectorMax FärberböckStarsCatharina SchuchmannJustus von DohnányiNina ProllThe film explores the impact of September 11th 2001 through several fictional episodes intercut with documentary material.
- 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.
- DirectorGeoffrey L. BreedonStarsSteve HarperSarah Grace WilsonPun BandhuGabriel and five friends are stranded on his family farm on a day of national tragedy that forces them to confront their fears and ideals. Meanwhile the ghosts of Gabriel's great grandparents recollect the horrors of the 20th Century, from World War One and the Great Depression to World War Two and the deaths of their children. Throughout all of this, two supernatural beings reflect on the events of the day while reading from a sacred black book. As night falls, it becomes clear that the tragedy affecting the nation has reached the farm, leaving Gabriel's life hanging in the balance.
- DirectorJason WilliamsStarsErin HammondWalt SloanAaron FarbRobert and Alison Logan were married less than a year when Alison boarded American Airlines Flight 77 on the morning of September 11th, 2001. Later that morning, Robert watched in horror as televised news reports told him that Alison's fight had been hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon. Eight years later, Robert has pulled his life back together and relocated to the Midwest. Still haunted by the memory of Alison, he has married Rachel, a clinical psychiatrist, and they share an idyllic life with Rachel's daughter Carly. The peaceful calm of Robert and Rachel's life is torn apart when a research project Rachel is working on includes a brain damaged patient at a secure hospital who bears a striking resemblance to Alison. Both Robert and Rachel embark on their own personal investigations, for separate reasons, to discover the truth about the woman in the hospital. Their inquiries attract the attention of the ruthless Agent Ross, who will stop at nothing to keep the identity of the woman in the hospital a secret.
- DirectorSantiago AmigorenaStarsJuliette BinocheJohn TurturroSara ForestierOn September 1st, 2001 a spy receives information that something terrible will happen soon.