10 Powerful Movies To Watch In Honor Of 9/11
By Movieguide® Contributor
As America honors the 23rd anniversary of the horrific attacks on the World Trade Center, it’s important to remember those who lost their lives on 9/11. From the heroic passengers on Flight 93 to documentaries that expose the events leading up to that fateful day, this curated list features movies centering around that tragic day. Movieguide® advises caution for young viewers and sensitive adults due to some disturbing scenes.
WORLD TRADE CENTER
WORLD TRADE CENTER tells the story of two New York City Port Authority officers on Sept. 11, who get trapped underneath the rubble of the World Trade Center, and the reactions of their families. WORLD TRADE CENTER is a stirring, suspenseful, patriotic, and ultimately inspiring portrayal of a sobering day in America's history. It contains a very strong Christian worldview with very strong morally uplifting, pro-family content, but its major drawback is too much foul language.
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UNITED 93
UNITED 93 is a tense, emotionally powerful docudrama about the Islamic terrorist attacks on 9/11, which focuses on the American passengers of Flight 93, the East Coast flight controllers and the Flight 93 terrorists. Many Americans probably are still not ready to relive the terrible events of that day, but UNITED 93 is a brilliant, realistic portrayal of what happened that contains, however, plenty of strong foul language and tense, emotional scenes which may be too disturbing for many.
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EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE
EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE is a very powerful movie about the impact of 9/11 on a 9-year-old boy who lost his father and finds a mysterious key that may lead to a special message from his dad. Despite some slurred foul language and lying, EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE is a stirring, profound, remarkable, and uplifting movie with a lot of heart.
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ZERO DARK THIRTY
ZERO DARK THIRTY is about the killing of Usama bin Ladin, the leader of Al Qaeda. It focuses on one American female agent’s obsession with finding the terrorist leader, despite timid officials in Washington. ZERO DARK THIRTY is powerful and patriotic, but you never see the villain until the end, and there’s many strong obscenities and intense violence.
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THE PATH TO 9/11
THE PATH TO 9/11, a TV show airing in September, tells the story of what led up to the terrorist destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, starting with the WTC bombing in 1993. THE PATH TO 9/11 is a fascinating story with a strong Christian worldview and very strong conservative, moral elements. It is some of the best television that has been produced in years.
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THE GUYS
In THE GUYS, Sigourney Weaver stars as Joan, a middle-class writer who's employed to help Nick, a fire captain who must deliver eulogies for four fallen New York firefighters who gave their lives on 911 to help others when the Islamic terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center. THE GUYS extols church, family and work, and other positive values.
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12 STRONG
12 STRONG is a war movie about America’s first skirmishes with the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002, with strong patriotic content and values. 12 STRONG could have been a great movie if it had not meandered so much and presented too much foul language and so many references to the Muslim faith without much Christian or biblical faith.
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THE GREAT NEW WONDERFUL
THE GREAT NEW WONDERFUL is an ensemble piece for mature audiences dealing with 12 different characters in five stories set in New York City on the eve of the one-year anniversary of 9/11. THE GREAT NEW WONDERFUL builds emotional power and is sometimes hilarious, but its redemptive worldview includes rough material, including strong foul language and one sex scene between a married couple.
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REIGN OVER ME
REIGN OVER ME is a drama about a New York dentist helping his former college roommate cope with the death of his family on 9/11. Alternately funny, sad, warm, and insightful, REIGN OVER ME is uplifting at times, but it contains lots of strong foul language, some crude sexual talk and no positive references to God or Jesus Christ, the ultimate Divine Power who wants to help us solve our problems.
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BLOCKING THE PATH TO 9/11
BLOCKING “THE PATH TO 9/11” is a must-see documentary about how the liberal media colluded with Bill Clinton and the Democratic Party establishment to censor and demonize ABC’s miniseries about what led up to the 9/11 Muslim/Arab attack on the United States in 2001.
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