Films about the fight against terrorism

Films about the fight against terrorism
List of the best films about the fight against terrorism, selected by visitors to our site: Take Down, United 93, 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out, Executive Decision, 7 Days in Entebbe, Unthinkable, Hell of Boomerang, 22 July, Air Force One, Olympus Has Fallen.

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

Markimdb: 5.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:37

Sons and daughters of international billionaires are sent to an boot camp where they are taught basic survival skills in hopes it will teach them responsibility. When they are taken hostage and taken for ransom by kidnappers, they will need to utilize every skill they learned to survive.

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: 6.3
Genreaction, drama, crime
CountryUSA

After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:13

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France, Malta
Duration02:28

In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane with 248 passengers on board and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda.

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: 6.6
Genrethriller, drama, adventure, crime
CountryTurkey

Yusuf Miroğlu and Zeynep travel to Diyarbakır in southeast Turkey to attend his best friend Cemal's wedding. While performing the traditional halay dance at the wedding, Cemal is killed by an assassin. Cemal's widowed wife Leyla pleads Yusuf to find the people behind the murder and bring them to justice. Yusuf finds himself caught in a struggle against the PKK and other terrorist groups in the area.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime, history
CountryNorway, Iceland, USA
Duration02:45

In Norway on 22 July 2011, right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utöya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story will focus on the survivors of the attacks, the political leadership of Norway, and the lawyers involved.

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: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Bulgaria
Duration02:00

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.

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: 5.5
    Genreaction, thriller, adventure
    CountryFrance, USA
    Duration01:40

    A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to blow up Washington DC and only one man can stop him, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:13

    NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:28

    A famous opera singer is held hostage in South America by a guerrilla rebel group after performing at a Japanese businessman's lavish birthday party. Unexpected bonds are forged in the standoff that ensues.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, thriller, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, Canada
    Duration01:46

    Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New York to London, he receives a series of mysterious text messages ordering him to have the government transfer $150 million into a secret account, or a passenger will die every 20 minutes.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrethriller, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:18

    In August 2015, an ISIS terrorist boarded train #9364 from Brussels to Paris. Armed with an AK-47 and enough ammo to kill more than 500 people, the terrorist might have succeeded except for three American friends who refused to give in to fear. One was a college student, one was a martial arts enthusiast and airman first class in the U.S. Air Force, and the other was a member of the Oregon National Guard, and all three pals proved fearless as they charged and ultimately overpowered the gunman after he emerged from a bathroom armed and ready to kill.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

    Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but a nightmare in LA traffic. And that's still not the end.

    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: 7
    Genreaction, thriller, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, China, USA, India
    Duration02:12

    Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, military
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
    Duration02:20

    A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, drama, military
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:44

      Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim – to bring her home alive. This strong, independent woman and these men of duty are thrown together and forced to confront situations of great danger that inextricably bind them – emotionally, violently and intimately.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genreaction, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:56

      The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:06

      Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, family, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:09

      On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.

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

      The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrethriller, drama, military, biography, history
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:48

      Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genreaction, drama, military
      CountryRussia
      Duration01:20

      The ruthless extremist Bazgaev responsible for terrorist attacks which lead to deaths of hundreds of civilians, among them school children, is planning new actions. A group of security officers is to track and destroy him. Based on a true story.

      Markimdb: 3.3
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountrySerbia, USA
      Duration02:09

      The International Space Station is now a prison - the ultimate black site. No one's getting out. And no one knows it's there. But when the imprisoned terrorists take over the Station and turn it into a missile aimed at Moscow, only a shuttle pilot and a rookie doctor can stop them. Their task is complicated by a rogue CIA agent (Scott Adkins) who has his own plans for the station and the terrorists within.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA

      After suffering a brutal trauma, Julia uses an unorthodox form of therapy to restore herself.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrethriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:20

      Abandoned by her friends and family and with her career in jeopardy, starlet Markey Marlowe is sequestered in a duplex with a reclusive landlord who just may be more dangerous than she is.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, military, history
      CountryUSA, Malta, Morocco
      Duration02:20

      An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:32

      A troubled young woman takes up residence in a gothic apartment building where she must confront a terrifying evil.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
      Duration01:37

      Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, military
      CountryUSA

      Seal Team Eight must fight their way deep into Africa's Congo, decommission a secret uranium mine, and stop our most dangerous enemy from smuggling weapon's grade yellow-cake out of the country.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:10

      Could you trust a jury of your peers with your life? The contestants of a mysterious death game must make harrowing decisions as they strategize for survival in this psychological sci-fi thriller.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Germany, Sweden
      Duration01:55

      In Stockholm, Sweden, hacker Lisbeth Salander is hired by Frans Balder, a computer engineer, to retrieve a program that he believes it is too dangerous to exist.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:47

      Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Sweden, Canada, USA
      Duration01:49

      Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what Lou calls his "sickness": He is a brilliant, but disturbed sociopathic sadist.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
      Duration02:05

      A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      Uncle John revolves around the struggle to keep a mysterious disappearance unsolved

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
      CountrySpain
      Duration00:46

      Ten-year-old Nico receives a threatening letter and now his life is in danger. No one seems to believe him except one person that he doesn't know.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      An infamous terrorist has evaded capture for a long time by being extremely clever and ruthless. Things get interesting when he hijacks a plane carrying famous security expert John Cutter, who isn't about to stand this sort of thing.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryJapan, USA
      Duration01:47

      After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the couple's problems with the wife. The husband begins wondering if they're getting too much help.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, drama, military, history
      CountryFrance, Germany, United Kingdom, USA

      Based on true events, an American submarine collides into a Soviet sub of the coast of America and an ensuing standoff occurs that could lead to total annihilation.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
      CountrySpain, Germany, France

      Successful architect Jeremy Angust is approached on his trip to the Tokyo International Airport by a chatty girl called Texel Textor. She is a strange young woman who seems to be looking for captive victims whom she forces to listen to her strange stories. Jeremy loses the flight because of Texel and once they are installed in the lounge area, he will not be able to get rid of the annoying stranger. Although the meeting seems fortuitous, soon there be a turn that will transform the character of that encounter into something much more sinister and criminal.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, military, sport
      CountryUnited Kingdom, China, USA
      Duration02:11

      19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryIndia
      Duration02:24

      Following the roguish terrorist attacks at Uri Army Base camp in Kashmir, India takes the fight to the enemy, in its most successful covert operation till date with one and only one objective of avenging their fallen heroes.




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