9/11 Films
Films based on the September 11 attacks
Wikipedia overview July 2020
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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 G. 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.