Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-september-11-2001"

1. Sully (2016)

PG-13 | 96 min | Biography, Drama

When pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger lands his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew, some consider him a hero while others think he was reckless.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Valerie Mahaffey

Votes: 298,207 | Gross: $125.07M

2. The Dictator (2012)

R | 83 min | Comedy

The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, John C. Reilly, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 335,033 | Gross: $59.65M

3. To Catch a Killer (2023)

R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Baltimore. New Year's Eve. A talented but troubled police officer (Shailene Woodley) is recruited by the FBI's chief investigator (Ben Mendelsohn) to help profile and track down a disturbed individual terrorizing the city.

Director: Damián Szifron | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ben Mendelsohn, Jovan Adepo, Ralph Ineson

Votes: 37,822

4. Ted 2 (2015)

R | 115 min | Comedy

Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.

Director: Seth MacFarlane | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth

Votes: 233,845 | Gross: $81.48M

5. Team America: World Police (2004)

R | 98 min | Action, Comedy

Popular Broadway actor Gary Johnston is recruited by the elite counter-terrorism organization Team America: World Police. As the world begins to crumble around him, he must battle with terrorists, celebrities and falling in love.

Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Elle Russ, Kristen Miller

Votes: 178,617 | Gross: $32.79M

6. Boss Level (2020)

TV-MA | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Trapped in a time loop that constantly repeats the day of his murder, a former special forces agent must unlock the mystery behind his untimely demise.

Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Naomi Watts, Michelle Yeoh

Votes: 79,218

7. Secret in Their Eyes (2015)

PG-13 | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A tight-knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.

Director: Billy Ray | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Dean Norris

Votes: 51,307 | Gross: $20.18M

8. Holy Spider (2022)

118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.

Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Alice Rahimi, Diana Al Hussen, Soraya Helli, Mehdi Bajestani

Votes: 25,443

9. Non-Stop (2014)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

An air marshal springs into action during a transatlantic flight after receiving a series of text messages demanding $150 million into an off-shore account, or someone will die every 20 minutes.

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy, Michelle Dockery

Votes: 276,584 | Gross: $92.17M

10. The Divide (2011)

R | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Director: Xavier Gens | Stars: Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 38,587 | Gross: $0.02M

11. The Hot Zone (2019–2021)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, History, Sci-Fi

The frightening spread of the Ebolavirus (season 1) and anthrax (season 2).

Stars: Julianna Margulies, Tony Goldwyn, Noah Emmerich, Daniel Dae Kim

Votes: 9,696

12. Rubicon (2010)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Will Travers is an analyst at a New York City-based federal intelligence agency who is thrown into a story where nothing is as it appears to be.

Stars: James Badge Dale, Jessica Ann Collins, Lauren Hodges, Dallas Roberts

Votes: 11,095

13. Life During Wartime (2009)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos.

Director: Todd Solondz | Stars: Shirley Henderson, Allison Janney, Ally Sheedy, Michael Kenneth Williams

Votes: 7,852 | Gross: $0.28M

14. 9/11: Inside the President's War Room (2021)

TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, History

9/11 from the President's perspective, with exclusive access to information from the one's that had to take decisions during the World Trade Center's attack.

Director: Adam Wishart | Stars: Richard Keil, George W. Bush, Andrew Card, Condoleezza Rice

Votes: 3,613

15. Team Spirit (2016)

117 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

The rise and fall of anonymous trader turned superstar turned scapegoat Jérôme Kerviel, just as the 2008 financial crisis was unfolding

Director: Christophe Barratier | Stars: Arthur Dupont, François-Xavier Demaison, Sabrina Ouazani, Tewfik Jallab

Votes: 1,494

16. Copilot (2021)

118 min | Drama, Romance

Two students marry in secret despite objections from the woman's mother. In a mosque in Hamburg, they promise to stay together, but the man commits to an act that will shake the whole world.

Director: Anne Zohra Berrached | Stars: Canan Kir, Roger Azar, Darina Al Joundi, Hans Jürgen Alf

Votes: 406

17. Applesauce (2015)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Romance

Two married couples become increasingly agitated with each other as they find out things about each other's past, while one of them is receiving disturbing packages from an unknown source.

Director: Onur Tukel | Stars: Max Casella, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Jennifer Prediger, Onur Tukel

Votes: 1,026

18. Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)

R | 89 min | Documentary

Chelsea on the Rocks celebrates the personalities and artistic voices that have emerged from the legendary residence, the Chelsea Hotel, in the heart of New York. Once considered an ... See full summary »

Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Ira Cohen, Gerald Busby, Stanley Bard, Quentin Crisp

Votes: 495 | Gross: $0.01M

19. 9/11: Four Flights (2021)

TV-14 | 86 min | Documentary

American 11, United 175, American 77, and United 93 tells the riveting and emotional human stories of those aboard each doomed jetliner.

Stars: Michelle Cottom, Deborah Lloyd, Kenny Nacke, Barbara Olson

Votes: 271

20. Gotham: The Fall and Rise of New York (2023)

Documentary, History

Once a failing city that by 1990 had over 2,200 murders and 93,000 violent robberies annually, New York went on to be the revitalized word capital.

Director: Matthew Taylor | Stars: Nicole Gelinas, Michael Goodwin, Larry Mone, Fred Seigel

Votes: 28

21. The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)

180 min | Documentary

The many ways in which Western notions of personal and political freedom are changing in the 21st Century are explored in this three-part documentary from writer and filmmaker Adam Curtis.

Stars: John Nash, Robert Spitzer, Jerome Wakefield, Paul McHugh

Votes: 2,018

22. Moje slunce Mad (2021)

85 min | Animation, Drama

When Herra, a Czech woman, falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan man, she has no idea about the life that awaits her in post-Taliban Afghanistan, nor about the family she is about to join.

Director: Michaela Pavlátová | Stars: Zuzana Stivínová, Shahid Maqsoodi, Shamla Maqsoodi, Mohammad Aref Safai

Votes: 496

23. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History

The history of the longstanding American comic book company that launched such legendary superhero characters such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

Director: Mac Carter | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Levitz, Gerard Jones, Mark Waid

Votes: 1,330

24. Japan Japan (2007)

65 min | Drama

The movie tells the story of Imri, who at 19 goes to live in Tel- Aviv, but dreams of moving to Japan. Through his relationships and encounters and in diverse cinematic tools, we are ... See full summary »

Director: Lior Shamriz | Stars: Imri Kahn, Amnon Friedman, Irit Gidron, Pnina Grietzer

Votes: 212

25. L'autre Laurens (2023)

117 min | Thriller

A private detective forced to face the ghosts of his past when his niece asks him to investigate her father's death.

Director: Claude Schmitz | Stars: Olivier Rabourdin, Louise Leroy, Kate Moran, Marc Barbé

Votes: 79

26. (T)ERROR (2015)

84 min | Documentary

(T)ERROR is the first documentary to place filmmakers on the ground during an active FBI counterterrorism sting operation. Through the perspective of "Shariff", a 63-year-old Black ... See full summary »

Directors: Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe | Stars: Khalifah Ali Al-Akili, Mike Healey, Ali Kareem, Saeed 'Shariff' Torres

Votes: 823

27. The Feeling of Being Watched (2018)

86 min | Documentary

When journalist Assia Boundaoui investigates rumors of surveillance in her Arab-American neighborhood in Chicago, she uncovers one of the largest FBI terrorism probes conducted before 9/11 and reveals its enduring impact on the community.

Director: Assia Boundaoui | Stars: Gamal Abdel-Hafiz, Christina Abraham, Assia Boundaoui, Iman Boundaoui

Votes: 159

28. David Icke: Beyond the Cutting Edge (2008)

380 min | Documentary

In this seven-hour presentation to 2,500 people at the Brixton Academy in London, David addresses all these questions and connects the dots between them to reveal a picture of life on earth that is truly beyond the cutting edge.

Director: Miki Zoric | Star: David Icke

Votes: 65

29. Surviving 9/11 (2021 TV Special)

90 min | Documentary

A film about 9/11, moving between personal accounts of the day and the 20 years since.

Director: Arthur Cary | Stars: N.J. Burkett, Deena Burnett, George W. Bush, Malcolm Campbell

Votes: 391

30. Sales gosses (2017)

88 min | Comedy

French seniors enroll in summer camp.

Director: Frédéric Quiring | Stars: Thomas Solivérès, Tanya Lopert, Albert Delpy, Carmen Maura

Votes: 222

31. Mizuko (2019)

15 min | Documentary, Short

In Japan there is a special way to grieve after having an abortion. Inspired by these Buddhist rituals, Mizuko is a look of how a half-Japanese American woman reevaluates drawing 'the line' in abortion ethics when she becomes pregnant.

Directors: Kira Dane, Katelyn Rebelo | Stars: Michael James Fry, Kerriane Lieb, Jorge Otero, Jorge Otero

Votes: 53

32. Bin Laden: War on Terror (2016)

Documentary, History, War

A re-telling of the events leading up to the death of the world's most wanted man. Includes details of the bold military operation that found, hunted and killed Osama Bin Laden.

Director: Marilyn Higgins | Stars: Barack Obama, Osama bin Laden, Yasser Arafat, George W. Bush

33. A House Is Not A Home: Wright or Wrong (2020)

73 min | Documentary

"This intimate saga links the filmmaker's long-lost family home in Tehran, a historic Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama, and the formative years of renowned film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum... See full summary »

Director: Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa | Stars: Alvin Rosenbaum, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Michael Rosenbaum

Votes: 26

34. The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment (2012 Video)

Documentary

An obscure passage in the Book of Isaiah describing the fall of ancient Israel has, since September 11, 2001, been eerily re-enacted in the United States exactly as it originally occurred ... See full summary »

Director: George D. Escobar | Star: Jonathan Cahn

Votes: 30

35. Israel, Islam, and Armageddon (2003 Video)

62 min | Documentary

With more than 3000 years of history, Jerusalem is mentioned 800 times in the Bible, and prophesied to play a key role in world destiny. Many of these prophecies have already come to pass, ... See full summary »

Star: Dave Hunt

Votes: 25

36. Rebuilding the World Trade Center (2013 TV Movie)

Documentary

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Director: Marcus Robinson | Stars: Marcus Robinson, Robert 'Ponch' Billingsley, Scott Zelenak, Frank Hussey

Votes: 24

37. Afghanistan: Here's One We Invaded Earlier (2003 TV Movie)

58 min | Documentary

George W Bush and Tony Blair promised to build a free and secure Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. They have just made similar promises to the Iraqi people following the fall of Saddam.

Director: Paul Yule | Stars: Peter Oborne, Hamid Karzai, Ismail Khan, Reg Austin

38. Niño de Elche: Mercados (2015 Music Video)

3 min | Music

Music video for the song Mercados by Niño de Elche. The lyrics are from the eponymous poem by Bernardo Santos. Directed by Los Voluble

Director: Los Voluble | Star: Niño de Elche

39. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: But Not Forgotten (2003)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An accountant disappears, and it seems to have something to do with the death of her brother several years ago.

Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 385

40. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Undaunted Mettle (2003)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Goren and Eames investigate the murder of a young architect.

Director: Steve Shill | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 375

41. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Abomination (2003)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A gay man who had a brief stint in a Fundamentalist Christian-sponsored sexual re-education course is found murdered, and suspects range from the conversion program itself, a bigoted church... See full summary »

Director: Alex Zakrzewski | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal

Votes: 810

42. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Debt (2004)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The detectives are stumped by cultural barrier when smugglers hold illegal Chinese immigrants captive.

Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal

Votes: 1,126

43. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Greed (2002)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Stabler and Benson investigate two rapes that seem to have been committed by the same man, but clues that originally lead them in one direction soon point towards another perpetrator.

Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March

Votes: 1,018

44. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: The Target (2002)

TV-MA | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Baltimore Det. Jimmy McNulty finds himself in hot water with his superior Major William Rawls after a drug dealer, D'Angelo Barksdale who is charged with three murders, is acquitted. ... See full summary »

Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 7,681

45. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Hiatus (Part II) (2006)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Gibbs regains consciousness, but he's lost his memory since 1991. He starts to remember a few things; Jen helps, then an old buddy, then Ziva. Gibbs gets back his memory and a solution, gives a severe warning, becomes ignored, then quits.

Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Pauley Perrette

Votes: 963

46. The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode: NSA Whistleblower: Government Collecting Everything You Do (2019)

27 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show

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Stars: William Binney, Abby Martin

Votes: 11

47. Afghanistan: The Wounded Land (2020)
Episode: Die NATO-Truppen (2020)

53 min | Documentary, History

Following 9/11 and the overthrow of the Taliban, an international coalition tried to bring peace and democracy to Afghanistan. But hopes were short-lived.

Directors: Mayte Carrasco, Marcel Mettelsiefen | Stars: Nadja Berlinghoff, Khaled Hosseini, Sima Samar, Shukria Barakzai

Votes: 37

48. Irak, destruction d'une nation (2021)
Episode: Le fantôme (2021)

Documentary, History, War

In the aftermath of Saddam Hussein's death, Iraq is more divided than ever. The Rais was a dictator, but he had managed to hold a people made up of Sunnis, Shiites and ethnic and religious ... See full summary »

Votes: 8

49. The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021–2022)
Episode: It's Been A Long Time... (2022)

44 min | Documentary, History

Plagued by fledgling UPN's under performance, Enterprise's premise (a prequel about the Federation's founding) was undercut by the decision to make the third season a reaction to 9/11. ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Volk-Weiss | Stars: Mark A. Altman, Rick Berman, John Billingsley, André Bormanis

Votes: 62

50. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Remembrance of Things Past (2010)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When several women are found murdered in a similar fashion, Rossi revisits a case that has haunted him for 25 years.

Director: Glenn Kershaw | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler

Votes: 1,849