Films about terrorism

Films about terrorism
The list of the best films about terrorism selected by visitors of our site: The Octagon, The Cutter, Live Free or Die Hard, Age Of Kill, 11'09''01 - September 11, Bridge of Dragons, Unthinkable, Futuresport, The Alternate, Horses of God.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 5
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

Scott James, a veteran martial arts expert, is recruited as the protector of the wealthy and beautiful Justine after she becomes the target of a ninja clan. When Scott finds out that his ruthless arch-nemesis, McCarn , is involved with the stealthy and dangerous criminals, he is eager to settle old scores. Soon Scott is facing off against McCarn and the entire ninja horde in an effort to take them all down.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA

A former cop turned Los Angeles P.I. takes on a case of a missing diamond cutter that leads him on an adventure of love and villainy spanning of mob to the present day Jewelry District.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:08

    John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genreaction
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:47

    A black ops sniper is blackmailed by a psychotic international terrorist into killing 6 unrelated people in 6 hours... but there is more to the victims than meets the eye.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, USA, Iran
    Duration02:14

    11 directors show their view on the terrorist attacks on the world trade center in New York.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    The tough and cold mercenary Warchild, is working for the man who took care of his war training and upbringing, the greedy General Ruechang. Ruechang is planning to take over the country by marrying Princess Halo. But Halo discovers that Ruechang killed her father to gain more power than he had working for the King, so she decides to run away. Warchild is the one who has to bring her back to Ruechang, but the one thing no one counted on happens... Warchild and Halo falls in love, and together they take on the forces of Ruechang... Written by Zorteper -

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    A convert to Islam sends the U.S. government a tape showing him in three nondescript storage rooms, each of which may contain a nuclear bomb set to detonate in less than a week. Helen Brody, an FBI agent in L.A., is tasked with finding the bombs while a CIA "consultant", known as H, interrogates the suspect who has allowed himself to be caught. The suspect, whose wife and children have left him and disappeared, seems to know exactly what the interrogation will entail. Even as H ratchets up the pressure, using torture over Brody's objection, the suspect doesn't crack. Should H do the unthinkable, and will Brody acquiesce? Is any Constitutional principle worth possible loss of life?

    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, sport
    CountryCanada, USA

    In the not too distant future, a new deadly sport is the only way to stop a war that will kill millions. Fix (Snipes) is the creator of the sport, but the spotlight has always been on Ramzey (Cain), this hothead must use this game to stop the Revolution.

    Markimdb: 3
    Genreaction, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    The President of the United States, in the midst of negative public opinion, is kidnapped while attending a charity function. However, this is all part of a plan to boost his ratings, the 'kidnappers' being a CIA black ops team. It seems like a great idea until the leader of the black ops decides he can make it away with the ransom money himself, but one of his team has other ideas.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Belgium, Tunisia, Morocco

    The film follows two brothers over the course of a decade. While they begin as kids in search of thrills in the sprawling slums of Morocco’s Sidi Moumen, we witness their gradual, and ultimately shocking, radicalisation.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryFrance, United Kingdom, South Africa, USA

    The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.

    Markimdb: 3.4
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    A navy pilot fakes his own death and steals a stealth fighter plane from a U.S.A.F base. He then acts as a mercenary, targeting military installations around the world.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryGermany, South Africa, USA
    Duration01:32

    A terrorist posing as environmentalist hijacks an oil rig off the coast of California with the intent of detonating an electromagnetic bomb over the US.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, thriller, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:08

    Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountryRussia

    The house of culture “Mir” (from Russian: “Peace”) is being taken over by masked people. People who came to the premiere of the show have to face death. Now they are to pass a dreadful challenge, preserving their dignity and courage. This is a thriller about the struggle against the world evil, terrorism, and a win of the word over weapons. The dramatic and emotional story embraces everything — struggle, confrontation, betrayal, heroic deeds, and love!

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA, Romania
    Duration01:36

    Sonni Griffith, a top US Secret Agent must protect a witness as he crosses Europe.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain
    Duration02:01

    Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence. Based on Marks' biography with the same title.

    Markimdb: 3.1
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA

    Paramilitary operative David Wolfe stumbles upon an international conspiracy connecting presidential cabinet members to a Middle Eastern terrorist plot. Wanting to expose the truth, Wolfe defies orders and returns to the US as an army of one fighting for American security and integrity

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    Summer in L.A., it's hot. Homeland Security has set the threat level at red; they're searching for several Arabs alleged to be terrorists. Mustafa, an Egyptian immigrant who runs a falafel shop, comes to the FBI's attention; they investigate him. He has other problems: his young teen son no longer wants to be a Muslim; his sister, a nurse, objects to Mustafa arranging her marriage to a cousin from Egypt. She has a non-Arab suitor of her own. Omar, an employee of Mustafa, is a struggling actor who doesn't want to play only terrorists. Mustafa hopes to open a real restaurant and has a potential partner in Sam, a Jew, whose family objects. What price the American dream?

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand
    Duration02:20

    In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the world had never seen the likes of.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:29

    Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met. Colonel Nils Tahlvik, Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security, seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn...

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genredocumentary
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration02:11

    An on-the-scene documentary following the events of September 11, 2001 from an insider's view, through the lens of two French filmmakers who simply set out to make a movie about a rookie NYC fireman and ended up filming the tragic event that changed our lives forever.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, Mexico
    Duration01:16

    Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio 'The Wolf' Perrini.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, action, comedy, drama
    CountryItaly

    After accidentally coming into contact with radioactive waste, small-time crook Enzo Ceccotti gains superpowers. A misanthropic, introverted brute, he uses his new powers for personal gain until he meets Alessia, a mentally challenged girl who believes Enzo’s the hero from her favorite Japanese anime series, Steel Jeeg.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrethriller
    CountryAustria

    Lazarus Fell, a former naval intelligence officer trained in black ops and tasked with tracking down the most wanted Terrorist in the world, has gone rogue, realizing his mission has been inexplicably compromised by his own chain of command. As a result, Lazarus has faked his own death, forsaken his life, his family and all that matters to him in the world, to continue his solitary pursuit. But he has personal motivations as well, believing his father, Solomon Fell, Chief of Operations for the Office of Naval Intelligence, was killed in the attacks of 9/11 – the event masterminded by the selfsame Terrorist.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
    Duration01:51

    A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

    Markimdb: 3.9
    Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Philippines, South Africa

    The two American Ninjas, Joe Armstrong and Sean Davidson, team up to do battle against a terrorist and his band of Ninjas.

    Markimdb: 3.7
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA, South Africa, Netherlands

    A team of military experts and scientists go after a terrorist group that has seized a deadly virus and is threatening to release it.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:11

      Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, West Germany, USA
      Duration02:09

      Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off the train.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
      Duration01:52

      Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrethriller, drama, military, history
      CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
      Duration02:37

        A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

        Markimdb: 2.9
        Genreaction, thriller
        CountryUSA

        A helicopter charter turns deadly when the pilot finds that she is on a building held by terrorists. It is up to her and her husband to save the hostages.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredrama, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:43

        A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genreaction, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration02:04

        Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold his principles - and the integrity of the nation.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy
        CountryUSA, Czech Republic
        Duration02:22

        When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA

        A former US Operative, who lived in Russia in his earlier years and had been married there with a child, comes out of retirement to face down a former enemy, now running as a candidate for President in modern Russia. Working with a Russian policewoman, they work to uncover a plot to use biological weapons against certain factions of the Russian people to commit genocide. The virus would also be released in other populations, but would be treated making the candidate a hero. A side plot has the agent being reunited with his long lost daughter.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genreaction, comedy
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration01:38

        Team America World Police follows an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. Learning that dictator Kim Jong il is out to destroy the world, the team recruits Broadway star Gary Johnston to go undercover. With the help of Team America, Gary manages to uncover the plan to destroy the world. Will Team America be able to save it in time? It stars… Samuel L Jackson, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Helen Hunt, Matt Damon, Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Danny Glover, Ethan Hawke, Alec Baldwin… or does it?

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:06

        Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.

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