It’s hard for kids to imagine just what all happened that day. In fact, it’s still hard to wrap my head around the events and I’m an adult. To help them better understand, try watching a movie about September 11th.
Here are the best movies about September 11th that can be a great addition to your Movie Night list with a glimpse of heroism, tragedy, and resolve that defined that fateful day.
Movies About September 11th
Here’s a list to get you started:
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Tiger Cruise (PG)
Gary Dolan (Bill Pullman) is in charge of a naval carrier that is on a “tiger cruise,” which involves family members joining their seafaring relatives out on the ocean.
Dolan's precocious young daughter, Maddie (Hayden Panettiere), is along on the cruise, partially to convince her father to take a position that involves less travel.
However, family dynamics suddenly take a backseat when word reaches the ship that the September 11 attacks have occurred.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Bob Appleby, Carlos Aviles, Debra Burlingame (Actors)
The Cross and the Towers (13+)
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn (Actors)
Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close (PG-13)
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World Trade Center (PG-13)
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Jeffrey Nordling, Brennan Elliott, Kendall Cross (Actors)
Flight 93 (PG-13)
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Dr. David Ray Griffin (Actor)
9/11: The Myth & the Reality (13+)
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Charlie Sheen, Whoopi Goldberg, Gina Gershon (Actors)
9-11 (PG)
On the morning of 9/11, a messenger sings “Happy Birthday” to his daughter, a billionaire argues with his wife in a divorce hearing, a maintenance man begins his day, and a young Russian decides she's breaking up with her sugar daddy.
When the first plane hits the World Trade Center, these five elevator passengers find themselves trapped. Forced to band together, they fight against all odds to escape before the imminent and inevitable collapse occurs.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- J.J. Johnson, Gary Commock, Polly Adams (Actors)
United 93 (R)
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W. (PG-13)
Josh Brolin stars as George W. Bush in Oliver Stone's biopic that traces the head of the state's rise to power from a privileged alcoholic to a born-again Christian whose belief in religious destiny helped move him to the presidency.
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An Eye for an Eye (PG-13)
In the aftermath of 9/11, Mark Stroman went on a shooting spree to kill people he thought looked Arab. He was put on death row but in a twist of fate, his only surviving victim became his biggest advocate. A true story of hate, revenge, and redemption.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Karim Saleh, Maral Kamel, Agni Scott (Actors)
The Hamburg Cell: Blueprint to 9-11
The story of the students-turned-suicide bombers whose devastating attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon changed the course of the 21st Century. | Stream on Apple TV
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Ben Affleck, Stevie Wonder, George W. Bush (Actors)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (R)
An expose which reflects upon what has happened to America since the events of September 11, 2001 touches upon the personal relationship between President George W. Bush and the family of terrorist Osama bin Laden. As well, the chronicle focuses on the powerful roles that oil and greed may have played in the terrorist attack on the U.S.A.
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