List of terrorism films explained

This is a list of terrorism films

Non-fiction

These films are about or based on actual events, they are either live-action and/or documentary.

• Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
• Lions for Lambs (2007)
• Lone Survivor (2013)
• 12 Strong (2018)

• Dhaka Attack (2017)
• Jannat (2018)
• Mission Extreme (2021)
• Black War: Mission Extreme 2 (2023)

• Day of the Jackal (1973)
• L'Assaut (2010)
• Carlos (2010)
• Made in France (2015)
• (2017)
• (2018)

• Munich (2005)
• The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)

India

• Roja (1992)
• Drohkaal (1994)
• Maachis (1996)
• Dil Se.. (1998)
• Swasthik (1999)
• The Terrorist (1999)
• Azad (2000)
• Badal (2000)
• Fiza (2000)
• Mission Kashmir (2000)
• Indian (2001)
• Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
• Khadgam (2003)
• Black Friday (2005)
• Fanaa (2006)
• Keerthi Chakra (2006)
• Dhokha (2007)
• Mukhbir (2008)
• Aamir (2008)
• Mission 90 Days (2008)
• Mumbai Meri Jaan (2008)
• A Wednesday! (2009)
• Kurbaan (2009)
• Mission Istanbul (2009)
• Unnaipol Oruvan (2009)
• Sikandar (2009)
• New York (2009)
• Kandahar (2010)
• Velayudham (2011)
• Agent Vinod (2012)
• Thuppakki (2012)
• My Name Is Khan (2010)
• The Attacks of 26/11 (2013)
• Vishwaroopam (2013)
• Holiday (2014)
• Baby
• Mr. X (2015)
• Phantom (2015)
• Neerja (2016)
• Airlift (2016)
• (2017)
• Tiger Zinda Hai (2017)
• Omerta (2017)
• Raazi (2018)
• Hotel Mumbai (2018)
• (2019)
• Blank (2019)
• India's Most Wanted (2019)
• Sooryavanshi (2021)
• Beast (2022)

• Saving Jessica Lynch (2003) (TV)
• Over There (2005) (TV series)
• The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
• Valley of the Wolves Iraq (2006)
• A Line in the Sand (2006)
• Redacted (2007)
• The Mark of Cain (2007) (TV)
• Body of Lies (2008)
• The Hurt Locker (2008)
• Stop Loss (2008)
• (2009)
• American Soldiers (2005)
• Iraq war documentaries (2004-2007)
• Route Irish (2010)
• Three Kings (1999)
• Fair Game (2010 film)
• The Lady of Heaven (2021)

• Syriana (2005)
• Argo (2012)
• Septembers of Shiraz (2016)

• Michael Collins (1996)
• The General (1998)
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
• '71 (2014)

• Lion of the Desert (1981)
• (2016)

• 22 July (film) (2018)
• (2019)

• A Mighty Heart (2007)
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
• Waar (2013)
• Yalghar (2016)

• The Hunt for Eagle One (2006)

• The Kingdom (2007)

• Black Terrorist (1978)
• Catch a Fire (2006)
• (2007)
• Endgame (2009)

• Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010)^[1]

• Who Dares Wins (1982) (U.S. title: The Final Option)^[2]
• Bloody Sunday (2002)
• Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
• In the Name of the Father (1994)
• Omagh (2004)
• Hunger (2008)
• Four Lions (2010)
• Cleanskin (2012)
• Suffragette (2015)
• 6 Days (2017)

United States

See main article: List of cultural references to the September 11 attacks.

• (2003) (TV)
• Flight 93 (2006) (TV)
• United 93 (2006)
• The Path to 9/11 (2006) (TV)
• World Trade Center (2006)
• New York (2009)
• Patriots Day (2016)

Fiction

These films are about fictional events. They are selected on the criteria based on either (1) the plots involve the use of actual or fictitious terror groups and events, or (2) the overall storyline incorporates the essence of a terror attack. (i.e. Goldfinger (1964) was not a terror attack on Fort Knox, but rather a means for financial gains. Thunderball (1965), although is also based on financial gains, the plot involved the use of ransom and terror to achieve this goal.)

• '71 (2014)
• Air Force One (1997)
• Air Force One Down (2024)
• Airheads (1994)
• Algerian Assassin (2017)
• Angel Has Fallen (2019)
• Arlington Road (1999)
• Back to the Future (1985)
• Betrayed (1988)
• Black Sunday (1977)
• Blown Away (1994)
• Body of Lies (2008)
• The Boxer (1997)
• Broken Arrow (1996)
• Cal (1984)
• Casino Royale (2006)
• Cleanskin (2012)
• The Dark Knight (2008)
• The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
• Dead Bang (1989)
• The Crying Game (1992)
• The Delta Force (1986)
• The Devil's Own (1997)
• The Enforcer (1976)
• Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
• Die Hard (1988 - 2013)
• Dr. No (1962)
• Executive Decision (1996)
• Eye in the Sky (2015)
• Face/Off (1997)
• Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
• Five Fingers (2006)
• Flightplan (2005)
• The Foreigner (2017)
• Homeland (2011-)
• Imperium (2016)
• Incredibles 2 (2018)
• Invasion U.S.A (1985)
• The Jackal (1997)
• (2014)
• The Kingdom (2007)
• The Living Daylights (1987)
• London Has Fallen (2016)
• Nighthawks (1981)
• No Escape (film) (2015)
• Non-Stop (film) (2014)
• Octopussy (1983)
• Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
• The Park Is Mine (1986)
• Passenger 57 (1992)
• Patriot Games (1992)
• The Peacemaker (1997)
• Ransom / The Terrorists (1975)
• Red Eye (2005)
• The Rock (1996)
• Rollercoaster (1977)
• Ronin (1998)
• Runaway (1984)^[3]
• Second in Command (2006)
• The Siege (1998)
• Skyfall (2012)
• Speed (1994)
• (1997)
• The Sum of All Fears (2002)
• Sweet Bunch (1983)
• Thunderball (1965)
• Traitor (2008)
• True Lies (1994)
• Two-Minute Warning (1976)
• Under Siege (1992)
• (1995)
• Unthinkable (2010)
• Vantage Point (2008)
• The World Is Not Enough (1999)
• Wrong Is Right (1982)
• White House Down (2013)
• (2005)
• Zootopia (2016)

Notes and References

1. Fictional, but inspired by the LRA insurgency.
2. Fictional, but largely inspired by the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980.
3. https://www.allmovie.com/movie/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl-vm982760673