List of terrorism films

This is a list of terrorism films based on actual and fictional events.

Non-fiction

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

Afghanistan

• Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
• Lions for Lambs (2007)
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Algeria

• The Battle of Algiers (1966)

France

• Day of the Jackal (1973)
• L'Assaut (2010)

Germany

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

India

• Aaniver (1981)
• Roja (1992)
• Drohkaal (1994)
• Maachis (1996)
• Dil Se.. (1998)
• Swasthik (1999)
• The Terrorist (1999)
• Vaastav: The Reality (1999)
• Azad (2000)
• Badal (2000)
• Fiza (2000)
• Mission Kashmir (2000)
• Khadgam (2003)
• Black Friday (2005)
• Fanaa (2006)
• Keerthi Chakra (2006)
• Dhokha (2007)
• Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)
• Mukhbir (2008)
• Aamir (2008)
• Mission 90 Days (2008)
• Mumbai Meri Jaan (2008)
• A Wednesday! (2009)
• Kurbaan (2009)
• Mission Istanbul (2009)
• Unnai Pol Oruvan (2009)
• Sikandar (2009)
• Kandahar (2010)
• Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010)
• Velayudham (2011)
• Agent Vinod (2012)
• Thuppakki (2012)
• My Name Is Khan (2013)
• Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! (2013)
• Shootout at Wadala (2013)
• The Attacks of 26/11 (2013)
• Vishwaroopam (2013)
• Phantom (2015)
• "Neerja" (2016)

Iraq

• 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) (TV)
• Home of the Brave (2006)
• Redacted (2007)
• The Mark of Cain (2007) (TV)
• Body of Lies (2008)
• The Hurt Locker (2008)
• Stop Loss (2008)
• No True Glory: Battle for Fallujah (2009)
• American Soldiers (2005)
• Iraq war documentaries (2004-2007)
• Route Irish (2010)
• Three Kings (1999)

Iran

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

Ireland

• The General (1998)
• Michael Collins (1996)

Libya

• Lion of the Desert (1981)
• 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Pakistan

• A Mighty Heart (2007)
• Waar (2013)
• Khuda k lye

Philippines

• The Hunt of Eagle One (2006)

Saudi Arabia

• The Kingdom (2007)

South Africa

• Black Terrorist (1978)
• Catch A Fire (2006)
• Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007)
• Endgame (2009)

Uganda

• Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010)^{[Note 1]}

United Kingdom

• Who Dares Wins (1982) (U.S. title: The Final Option)^{[Note 2]}
• Bloody Sunday (2002)
• Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
• In the Name of the Father (1994)
• Omagh (2004)
• Hunger (2008)
• Four Lions (2010)

United States

• DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003) (TV)
• Flight 93 (2006) (TV)
• United 93 (2006)
• The Path to 9/11 (2006) (TV)
• World Trade Center (2006)
• New York (2009)

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 Ft. 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)
• Airheads (1994)
• Arlington Road (1999)
• Back to the Future (1985)
• Black Sunday (1977)
• Blown Away (1994)
• Body of Lies (2008)
• Broken Arrow (1996)
• The Boxer (1997)
• Cal (1984)
• Casino Royale (2006)
• Cleanskin (2012)
• The Crying Game (1992)
• The Delta Force (1986)
• The Devil's Own (1997)
• Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
• Die Hard (1988 - 2013)
• Dr. No (1962)
• Executive Decision (1996)
• Face/Off (1997)
• Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
• Flightplan (2005)
• Five Fingers (2006)
• Invasion U.S.A (1985)
• The Jackal (1997)
• The Living Daylights (1987)
• The Rock (1996)
• Octopussy (1983)
• Passenger 57 (1992)
• Patriot Games (1992)
• The Peacemaker (1997)
• Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
• Ransom / The Terrorists (1975)
• Red Eye (2005)
• The Rock (1996)
• True Lies (1994)
• Rollercoaster (1977)
• Ronin (1998)
• The Siege (1998)
• Skyfall (2012)
• Speed (1994)
• Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
• The Sum of All Fears (2002)
• Sweet Bunch (1983)
• Thunderball (1965)
• Traitor (film) (2008)
• True Lies (1994)
• Two-Minute Warning (1976)
• Under Siege (1992)
• Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
• Unthinkable (2010)
• Vantage Point (2008)
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
• The World Is Not Enough (1999)
• Wrong is Right (1982)
• White House Down (2013)

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