World Trade Center in film

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This article is about films that featured the twin towers prior to their destruction in the September 11 attacks. For films about the WTC on September 11, see List of cultural references to the September 11 attacks. For films about the new One World Trade Center, see One World Trade Center in popular culture. For other uses, see World Trade Center in popular culture.

This is a list of films that featured the World Trade Center (1973–2001) in New York City. Most are prior to its destruction as a result of the September 11 attacks, but some additionally feature the new World Trade Center (see One World Trade Center in popular culture for the new One World Trade Center in film).

Alphabetical[]

0–9[]

  • The 10th Kingdom (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • 15 Minutes (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • 2:22 (2017)
  • 200 Cigarettes (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • 28 Days (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • 29th Street (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • 3 A.M. (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • 30 Years to Life (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • The 4th Floor (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • 54 (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • 9/11 (2002)

A[]

  • Across the Sea of Time (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Adam & Steve (2005)[further explanation needed]
  • Addicted to Love (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
  • Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
  • Alien Contamination (1980)[further explanation needed]
  • (2002)[further explanation needed]
  • All I Want For Christmas (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • All Over Me (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • All the Vermeers in New York (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Alphabet City (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • The Ambulance (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • The American Friend (1977)[further explanation needed]
  • American Pie 2 (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • American Pop (1981)[further explanation needed]
  • American Psycho (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Analyze This (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Anarchism in America (1983)[further explanation needed]
  • Angie (1994)[further explanation needed]
  • Antz (1998)
  • Any Which Way You Can (1980)[further explanation needed]
  • Arizona Dream (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • Armageddon (1998)
  • The Art of War (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
  • As Good as It Gets (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • The Associate (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • The Astronaut's Wife (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • At First Sight (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • August (2008)
  • Author! Author! (1982)[further explanation needed]
  • Autumn in New York (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • An Autumn's Tale (1987)

B[]

  • Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
  • Badge 373 (1973)[further explanation needed]
  • Bait (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Barney's Version (2010)[further explanation needed]
  • Basket Case (1982)[further explanation needed]
  • Basketball Diaries (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Beat Street (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
  • Bed of Roses (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • Bedazzled (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Before Night Falls (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Being John Malkovich (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • The Believers
  • Best Seller (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • Betsy's Wedding (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Beyond Justice (1992)[further explanation needed]
  • Bicentennial Man (1999)
  • The Big Blue (1988)[further explanation needed]
  • Big Business (1988)[further explanation needed]
  • Big Daddy (1999)
  • Big Money Hustlas (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • The Bitch (1979)[further explanation needed]
  • Black and White (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Black Cobra (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • Black Rain (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • (1978)[further explanation needed]
  • Bless the Child (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Bobby G. Can't Swim (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Body Rock (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • Boiler Room (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • The Bone Collector (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
  • The Book of Life (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Bookwars (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Boomerang (1992)[further explanation needed]
  • Born in Flames (1983)
  • (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Boss of Bosses (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Bowling for Columbine (2002)[further explanation needed]
  • The Box (2009)[further explanation needed]
  • Boys on the Side (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Brain Damage (1988)[further explanation needed]
  • Breeders (1986)[further explanation needed]
  • Brewster's Millions (1985)[further explanation needed]
  • Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
  • Broadway Danny Rose (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • The Bronx Executioner (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Bronx Warriors (1982)[further explanation needed]
  • Bronx Warriors 2 (1983)[further explanation needed]
  • Brooklyn Bridge (1981)[further explanation needed]
  • A Brooklyn State of Mind (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Brooklyn's Finest (2009)[further explanation needed]
  • The Brother from Another Planet (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • The Brothers McMullen (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Brown Sugar (2002)[further explanation needed]
  • Bullet (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • Burning Blue (2013)[further explanation needed]
  • Burnzy's Last Call (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • The Butcher's Wife (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Buying the Cow (2002)[further explanation needed]
  • Bye Bye Monkey (1978)

C[]

  • Call Me (1988)
  • Cannibal Ferox (1981)[further explanation needed]
  • Cannibal Holocaust (1980)[further explanation needed]
  • Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)[further explanation needed]
  • Casino Jack (2010)[further explanation needed]
  • Cat's Eye (1985)[further explanation needed]
  • Caught (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • Center Stage (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Changing Lanes (2002)[further explanation needed]
  • Chapter 27 (2007)[further explanation needed]
  • Chasing Amy (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • The Children of Times Square (1986)[further explanation needed]
  • A Chorus Line (1985)[further explanation needed]
  • C.H.U.D. (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001)
  • City Hall (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • City by the Sea (2002)[further explanation needed]
  • City Slickers (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)[further explanation needed]
  • Clockers (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Cocktail (1988)[further explanation needed]
  • The Collectors (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Coming Soon (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Coming to America (1988)[further explanation needed]
  • Commandments (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Communion (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Coneheads (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • The Confession (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Contamination (1980)
  • Conspiracy Theory (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Cookie (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Cop Land (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Corky Romano (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • The Corruptor (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • The Cowboy Way (1994)[further explanation needed]
  • Coyote Ugly (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Crazy Joe (1974)[further explanation needed]
  • Crazy Little Thing (2002)[further explanation needed]
  • Crazy People (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Creating Rem Lezar (1989)
  • Critical Condition (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • Crocodile Dundee (1986)
  • Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
  • Crossroads (1986)[further explanation needed]
  • Cruel Intentions (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Cruel Intentions 2 (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • The Cruise (1998)

D[]

  • (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • A Day in Black and White (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Daybreak (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • Daylight (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • The Daytrippers (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • (2003)
  • Dear John (2010)[further explanation needed]
  • Death by Design (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Death to Smoochy (2002)[further explanation needed]
  • Death Wish (1974)[further explanation needed]
  • Death Wish 3 (1985)[further explanation needed]
  • Deceived (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Deep Impact (1998)
  • Defiance (1980)[further explanation needed]
  • Definitely, Maybe (2008)[further explanation needed]
  • Delirious (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Delivering Milo (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005)[further explanation needed]
  • The Devil's Advocate (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Diverted (2009)[further explanation needed]
  • Dog Day Afternoon (1975)[further explanation needed]
  • Donnie Brasco (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Don't Say a Word (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Double Platinum (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Double Take (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Down to You (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • The Dream Team (1989)
  • Dressed to Kill (1980)

E[]

  • Earthquake in New York (TV movie 1998)
  • Eat and Run (1986)[further explanation needed]
  • Eaten Alive (1980)[further explanation needed]
  • Eddie (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • Election (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)[further explanation needed]
  • Emanuelle Around the World (1977)[further explanation needed]
  • Emanuelle in America (1976)[further explanation needed]
  • Empire (2002)[further explanation needed]
  • End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003)[further explanation needed]
  • End of Days (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Enemy Territory (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • Entrapment (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Entropy (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Eraser (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • Escape From New York (1981)
  • (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)[further explanation needed]
  • The Experts (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Exposed (1983)[further explanation needed]
  • The Exterminator (1980)[further explanation needed]
  • Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)[further explanation needed]
  • Eye of the Beholder (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)[further explanation needed]

F[]

  • Fair Game (2010)[further explanation needed]
  • Family Enforcer (1976)[further explanation needed]
  • The Family Man (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Fast Food Fast Women (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Fear City (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • Fever (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • A Few Days in September (2006)
  • Fight For Your Life (1977)[further explanation needed]
  • Final Destination 3 (2006)[further explanation needed]
  • Fingers (1978)[further explanation needed]
  • Flight 93 (2006)
  • A Fool and His Money (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Fools Rush In (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • For Love of the Game (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • For Love or Money (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • For Pete's Sake (1974)[further explanation needed]
  • For Richer or Poorer (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Forces of Nature (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Frankenhooker (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Frankie and Johnny (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Freejack (1992)
  • The French Connection (1971)[further explanation needed]
  • Fresh (1994)[further explanation needed]
  • The Freshman (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Full Disclosure (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Funny About Love (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • A Further Gesture (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • F/X (1986)[further explanation needed]
  • F/X2 (1991)[further explanation needed]

G[]

  • (1971)[further explanation needed]
  • Gangs of New York (2002)
  • GasLand (2010)[further explanation needed]
  • Get Well Soon (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Ghostbusters (1984)
  • Ghostbusters II (1989)
  • Girlfight (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Glitter (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • The Godfather Part III (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • The Godson (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Godspell (1973)
  • Godzilla (1998)
  • Going in Style (1979)[further explanation needed]
  • (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)[further explanation needed]
  • Good Advice (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Gotham (1988)[further explanation needed]
  • Gotti (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • Great Expectations (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Green Ice (1981)[further explanation needed]
  • Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • The Groove Tube (1974)[further explanation needed]
  • The Gumball Rally (1976)[further explanation needed]
  • Gun Shy (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • The Guru (2002)[further explanation needed]
  • Gypsy 83 (2001)[further explanation needed]

H[]

  • Hackers (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Half Baked (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • The Hamburg Cell (2004)[further explanation needed]
  • Hangmen (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • The Hard Way (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Harrison's Flowers (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Harry and Tonto (1974)[further explanation needed]
  • He Got Game (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Heartbreakers (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Heavy Metal (1981)[further explanation needed]
  • Hello Again (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)[further explanation needed]
  • (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • Highlander (1986)[further explanation needed]
  • Highlander: Endgame (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
  • The Hot Rock (1972)
  • The House by the Cemetery (1981)[further explanation needed]
  • The House on the Edge of the Park (1980)[further explanation needed]
  • Hudson Hawk (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • The Hunger (1983)[further explanation needed]

I[]

J[]

  • Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Jacob's Ladder (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)[further explanation needed]
  • The January Man (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Jeans (1998)
  • Jeffrey (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • The Jerky Boys: The Movie (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Jersey Girl (1992)[further explanation needed]
  • Joe's Apartment (1996)
  • Josie and the Pussycats (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)[further explanation needed]
  • Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)
  • Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992)[further explanation needed]
  • Just the Ticket (1999)[further explanation needed]

K[]

  • Keeping the Faith (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)[further explanation needed]
  • Kids (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Kill the Irishman (2011)[further explanation needed]
  • Kill the Poor (2006)[further explanation needed]
  • The Killing Fields (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • The Killing of John Lennon (2006)[further explanation needed]
  • King Kong (1976)
  • The Kingdom (2007)
  • Kiss Me Guido (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Klute (1971)[further explanation needed]
  • Knockaround Guys (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Knowing (2009)[further explanation needed]
  • Kramer vs Kramer (1979)[further explanation needed]
  • Krush Groove (1985)[further explanation needed]
  • (2003)[further explanation needed]

L[]

  • Labor Pains (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Lady Liberty (1972)[further explanation needed]
  • The Last Days of Disco (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • The Last Seduction (1994)[further explanation needed]
  • Law and Disorder (1974)[further explanation needed]
  • Laws of Gravity (1992)[further explanation needed]
  • Left Behind (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Legal Eagles (1986)[further explanation needed]
  • Léon: The Professional (1994)[further explanation needed]
  • Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob (1973)[further explanation needed]
  • (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Liberty Kid (2007)[further explanation needed]
  • Lightning Over Water (1980)[further explanation needed]
  • The Linguini Incident (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Lionheart (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Little Big League (1994)[further explanation needed]
  • Live and Let Die (1973)
  • Living Out Loud (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • The Lonely Guy (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Longshot (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Longtime Companion (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Look Who's Talking (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Lookin' Italian (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Loser (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Lost in New York (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Lotto Land (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Love Affair (1994)[further explanation needed]
  • Love the Hard Way (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Love Jones (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Love or Money (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Loving (1970)
  • (1997)[further explanation needed]

M[]

  • The Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob (1973)[further explanation needed]
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
  • Made (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Made for Each Other (1971)[further explanation needed]
  • The Maid (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Man On Wire (2008)
  • Manhattan (1979)[further explanation needed]
  • Manhattan Baby (1982)[further explanation needed]
  • (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Maniac (1980)[further explanation needed]
  • Maniac Cop (1988)[further explanation needed]
  • Maniac Cop 2 (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Maniac Cop 3 (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • Mao's Last Dancer (2009)[further explanation needed]
  • Marathon Man (1976)[further explanation needed]
  • Married to the Mob (1988)[further explanation needed]
  • Mars Attacks! (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • Mary and Max (2009)[further explanation needed]
  • Mary and Rhoda (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • The Matrix (1999)
  • Maximum Risk (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • Maze (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Mazes and Monsters (1982)
  • Mean Streets (1973)[further explanation needed]
  • Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Meet Joe Black (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Memories of Me (1988)[further explanation needed]
  • Men in Black (1997)
  • Mercy (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Meteor (1979)
  • Metropolitan (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Mimic 2 (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • The Minion (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Miracle (2004)
  • Miracle on 34th Street (1994)[further explanation needed]
  • The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Miss Congeniality (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Mixed Blood (1985)[further explanation needed]
  • Mo' Better Blues (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Model Behavior (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • A Modern Affair (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Modern Problems (1981)[further explanation needed]
  • The Money Pit (1986)
  • Money Train (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Moonstruck (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Mortal Thoughts (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Moscow on the Hudson (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • A Most Violent Year (2014)
  • Mr. Billion (1977)[further explanation needed]
  • Mr. Deeds (2002)[further explanation needed]
  • Mr. Saturday Night (1992)[further explanation needed]
  • Mr. Wonderful (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • Munich (2005)
  • My Demon Lover (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • My Giant (1998)[further explanation needed]

N[]

  • Naked in New York (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Naqoyqatsi (2002)[further explanation needed]
  • Necropolis (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • Network (1976)[further explanation needed]
  • New Jack City (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • A New Life (1988)[further explanation needed]
  • New York (2009)
  • (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • New York Nights (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • The New York Ripper (1982)[further explanation needed]
  • New York Stories (1989)
  • News from Home (1977)
  • Nick and Jane (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Night and the City (1992)[further explanation needed]
  • Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Night on Earth (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Night Owl (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • Night Shift (1982)[further explanation needed]
  • Nighthawks (1981)[further explanation needed]
  • Nothing But Trouble (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Notorious (2009)[further explanation needed]
  • Nuts (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • (1990)[further explanation needed]

O[]

  • The Object of My Affection (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Old Enough (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • Oldboy (2003)[further explanation needed]
  • Oliver & Company (1988)
  • The Omen (2006)[further explanation needed]
  • On Line (2002)[further explanation needed]
  • On the Basis of Sex (2018)
  • On the Run (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Once in the Life (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • One Eight Seven (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • One Fine Day (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • One More Kiss (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • One Night Stand (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • One Tough Cop (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Open Season (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • The Order (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • The Other End of the Line (2008)[further explanation needed]
  • Other People's Money (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Other Voices (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • The Out-of-Towners (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • Overboard (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • Oxygen (1999)[further explanation needed]

P[]

  • Pact with the Devil (2003)[further explanation needed]
  • The Paper (1994)[further explanation needed]
  • (2004)[further explanation needed]
  • Passion of Mind (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Paternity (1981)[further explanation needed]
  • Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997)
  • (2021)[further explanation needed]
  • The Peacemaker (1997)
  • People I Know (2002)
  • A Perfect Murder (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Perfume (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Permanent Vacation (1980)[further explanation needed]
  • The Phantom of the Opera (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • The Photographer (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • The Pickle (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • Picture Perfect (1997)
  • (1998)
  • Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • A Policewoman in New York (1981)[further explanation needed]
  • The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • Popeye Doyle (1986)[further explanation needed]
  • Postal (2007)[further explanation needed]
  • Power (1986)[further explanation needed]
  • Pretty Woman (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Prince of Central Park (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Prizzi's Honor (1985)[further explanation needed]
  • The Protector (1985)[further explanation needed]
  • Protocols of Zion (2005)[further explanation needed]
  • Punisher: War Zone (2008)[further explanation needed]
  • Pushing Tin (1999)[further explanation needed]

Q[]

  • Q (1982)
  • Queens Logic (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Quiet Cool (1986)[further explanation needed]

R[]

  • Rage of Angels (1983)[further explanation needed]
  • Raise the Titanic (1980)[further explanation needed]
  • Ready to Rumble (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • The Real Blonde (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • (2008)[further explanation needed]
  • Remember Me (2010)
  • Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)[further explanation needed]
  • Rent (2005)[further explanation needed]
  • Restaurant (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Return to Paradise (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Rhinestone (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • Roadie (1980)[further explanation needed]
  • Rob the Mob (2014)[further explanation needed]
  • Robot Holocaust (1986)[further explanation needed]
  • Rocketman (2019)[further explanation needed]
  • Rollin (Air Raid Vehicle) (2000)
  • Rollover (1981)[further explanation needed]
  • Romeo is Bleeding (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • Rooftops (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Rounders (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Rudy (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • Rumble in the Bronx (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • Run for Cover (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Runaway Bride (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Running (1979)[further explanation needed]
  • The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)[further explanation needed]

S[]

  • The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
  • Sam the Man (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Saturday Night Fever (1977)
  • Savage Attack (1988)[further explanation needed]
  • Scent of a Woman (1992)[further explanation needed]
  • Sea of Love (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Search and Destroy (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • The Secret of My Success (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Senior Trip (1981)[further explanation needed]
  • (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • The Sentinel (1977)
  • Serpico (1973)[further explanation needed]
  • Sex and the Other Man (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • (1992)[further explanation needed]
  • Shaft (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • The Shaft (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Shakedown (1988)[further explanation needed]
  • Shamus (1973)[further explanation needed]
  • She-Devil (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • She's the One (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • Sid and Nancy (1986)
  • Sidewalks of New York (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • The Siege (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Simply Irresistible (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Sisters (1973)[further explanation needed]
  • Six Degrees of Separation (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • Six Weeks (1982)[further explanation needed]
  • Slaves of New York (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
  • The Sleepy Time Gal (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • A Slight Case of Murder (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Smoke (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Smokin' Aces 2 (2010)[further explanation needed]
  • Snatch (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • The Soldier (1982)[further explanation needed]
  • Someone Else's America (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Someone Like You (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • Something Short of Paradise (1979)[further explanation needed]
  • Something Wild (1986)
  • The Song Remains the Same (1976)[further explanation needed]
  • Sorority House Massacre (1986)[further explanation needed]
  • Sorry, Haters (2005)[further explanation needed]
  • Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)[further explanation needed]
  • Spider-Man (2002)
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  • Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)
  • Splash (1984)
  • Split Decisions (1988)[further explanation needed]
  • The Squeeze (1987)
  • Stag (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Startup.com (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • State of Grace (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • The Statue of Liberty (1985)[further explanation needed]
  • Staying Alive (1983)[further explanation needed]
  • Stella (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Stepmom (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Stir Crazy (1980)[further explanation needed]
  • Stone Cold Dead (1979)[further explanation needed]
  • Story of a Junkie (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • Storytelling (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • A Stranger Among Us (1992)[further explanation needed]
  • The Strangers in 7A (1972)[further explanation needed]
  • Strays (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Street Hunter (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Strictly Business (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Stroszek (1977)[further explanation needed]
  • Stuart Little (1999)
  • The Stuff (1985)[further explanation needed]
  • The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • The Suburbans (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Sugar Hill (1994)[further explanation needed]
  • Sunday (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • The Sunshine Boys (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • Super Mario Bros. (1993)
  • Supergirl (1984)[further explanation needed]
  • Superman (1978)
  • Superman II (1980)
  • Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)[further explanation needed]
  • Superman III (1983)
  • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
  • The Survivors (1983)
  • Switch (1991)[further explanation needed]

T[]

The Devil’s Own

  • The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974)
  • Taxi Driver (1976)[further explanation needed]
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)[further explanation needed]
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)[further explanation needed]
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • Tempest (1982)
  • Terms of Endearment (1983)
  • Terror Firmer (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • That Old Feeling (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • They All Laughed (1981)[further explanation needed]
  • The Thing Called Love (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Three Days of the Condor (1975)
  • Three The Hard Way (1974)[further explanation needed]
  • Three of Hearts (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • Tiger Cruise (2004)[further explanation needed]
  • Too Scared to Scream (1985)[further explanation needed]
  • Town & Country (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • The Irishman (2019)
  • The Toxic Avenger (1985)[further explanation needed]
  • The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • The Toxic Avenger Part III (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • The Walk (2015)[further explanation needed]
  • Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Toys (1992)[further explanation needed]
  • Trading Places (1983)
  • Tribute (1980)[further explanation needed]
  • Trick (1999)
  • A Troll in Central Park (1994)[further explanation needed]
  • Tromeo and Juliet (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • True Believer (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • True Blood (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Turbulence (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • Turk 182 (1985)[further explanation needed]
  • The Turning Point (1977)[further explanation needed]
  • Two of a Kind (1983)[further explanation needed]

U[]

  • The Ultimate Warrior (1975)[further explanation needed]
  • An Unmarried Woman (1978)[further explanation needed]
  • Up the Sandbox (1972)[further explanation needed]
  • U.S. Marshals (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Us (2019)
  • The Usual Suspects (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • United 93 (2006)

V[]

  • The Valachi Papers (1972)[further explanation needed]
  • Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Vampire's Kiss (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Vanilla Sky (2001)
  • The Velocity of Gary (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Vigilante (1982)[further explanation needed]
  • (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • The Visitor (2007)[further explanation needed]

W[]

  • The Wackness (2008)[further explanation needed]
  • The Waiting Game (1999)[further explanation needed]
  • Waking the Dead (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • The Walk (2015)
  • Wall Street (1987)
  • Watchmen (2009)
  • We Married Margo (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • We Own the Night (2007)[further explanation needed]
  • Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)[further explanation needed]
  • The Wedding Banquet (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • Weekend at Bernie's (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)[further explanation needed]
  • We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
  • (1996)[further explanation needed]
  • The West Side Waltz (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • When Harry Met Sally... (1989)[further explanation needed]
  • While You Were Sleeping (1995)
  • Whipped (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Whispers in the Dark (1992)[further explanation needed]
  • (1988)[further explanation needed]
  • White Water Summer (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • Who's That Girl? (1987)[further explanation needed]
  • Wigstock (1995)[further explanation needed]
  • Willie Dynamite (1973)[further explanation needed]
  • Winged Migration (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • The Wiz (1978)
  • Wolf (1994)[further explanation needed]
  • Wolfen (1981)[further explanation needed]
  • Woo (1998)[further explanation needed]
  • Working Girl (1988)
  • World Trade Center (2006)
  • World Traveler (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • Wrong is Right (1982) (includes CIA planting a nuclear bomb on top of Twin Towers and blaming terrorists for it)

X[]

  • X-Men (2000)[further explanation needed]
  • Xchange (2001)[further explanation needed]
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)[further explanation needed]
  • X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)[further explanation needed]

Y[]

  • Year of the Dragon (1985)[further explanation needed]
  • You Stupid Man (2002)[further explanation needed]
  • Yeah Right! (2003)[further explanation needed]

Z[]

  • Zombie (1979)[further explanation needed]
  • Zoolander (2001)[further explanation needed]

Detailed appearances[]

Date Title Set in Notes
1970 Loving 1970 The 1970 film Loving featured several scenes outside and inside of the "Lepridon Building" which was under construction. In real life, the construction site was part of the World Trade Center complex.
1972 The Hot Rock 1972 In the 1972 film The Hot Rock, a helicopter flies by the World Trade Center. The south tower is clearly seen as still being under construction in several shots.[1][2]
1973 Godspell 1973 The musical number "All for the Best" is performed by the film's cast at the top of a tower nearing completion.
1973 Live and Let Die 1973 In a shot of 'CIA Headquarters', the South Tower with its topmost floors still incomplete can be seen clearly in the background.
1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 The World Trade Center is seen briefly through the rear window of a police car by Phil, Police Commissioner (Rudy Bond) before he goes to the mayor's house.
1975 Three Days of the Condor 1975 Three Days of the Condor has Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) offices based in the World Trade Center.[3] James Sanders characterizes the World Trade Center and its offices as depicted in the film as "a cold, anonymous, largely soulless environment...The Trade Center was not in its design a humane public place, a soulful place."[4]
1976 King Kong 1976 In this version, the final scene took place at the World Trade Center, instead of the Empire State Building where the scene took place in the original film. The change was due partially to poster campaign[5] and to acknowledge that the Twin Towers had taken the Empire State Building's place as the tallest building in the world, the reason that the Empire State Building was chosen in the first place. In addition to the exterior scenes, shots were also taken of the South Tower's lobby and inside one of the skylobby elevators. During the film, Kong seeks out the World Trade Center after breaking free of an exhibition in New York City due to the towers resembling a rock formation on his island home. After scaling the South Tower with Dwan in his hand, Kong faces opposition from soldiers on the roof with flamethrowers. Kong performs a daring leap across to the North Tower to fight back, killing the soldiers after he throws a tank of flammable material at them. A group of UH-1 Iroquois helicopters then engage Kong, and though he manages to down two of them, he falls to his apparent death after being shot multiple times with minigun fire, landing on the plaza below. The death of King Kong was filmed using a styrofoam stand-in, which was equipped with electrical wiring, hydraulic hoses and jacks to control its movements.[6] An especially large number of residents from the nearby area arrived to take part as extras for the scene, so much so that the Port Authority feared the weight of the people would damage the plaza, and ordered the shooting of the scene to be halted. Nevertheless, the finished scene featuring a crowd numbering over 30,000 people was included in the final film, with remaining footage being shot the following day with a smaller group of extras.
1977 Bye Bye Monkey 1977 In Bye Bye Monkey the characters come across the carcass of King Kong from the 1976 film remake.
1977 Saturday Night Fever 1977 The film shows the towers several times: in the opening credits, when Travolta leaves, and when he comes back to Brooklyn.
1978 Superman 1978 The Twin Towers appear in a crucial scene as Superman performs one of his first rescues for the public, announcing his presence. The Twin Towers are seen in the background of the night sky as Superman turns around while flying. Later on, the Twin Towers are shown briefly as Superman takes Lois Lane on a flying tour of the city by night.
1978 The Wiz 1978 The 1978 film adaptation of the musical The Wiz uses the Twin Towers as a filming location.
1979 Meteor 1979 The Twin Towers are depicted as being destroyed when New York City is struck by a large fragment of the meteor.
1980 Dressed to Kill 1980 The characters played by Nancy Allen and Keith Gordon have a drink at Windows on the World, the restaurant on the top of the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
1981 Escape from New York 1997 In the 1981 film Escape from New York, the lead character lands a glider on the roof of the World Trade Center. The film also has a group of terrorists crash Air Force One into a different New York City building.[7]
1982 Mazes and Monsters 1982 The 1982 made-for-television movie Mazes and Monsters includes a climactic scene both inside and on the top of the South Tower, in which a character played by Tom Hanks tries to jump off when he thinks he can fly.[8][9] Extensive footage was shot in the lobby, inside the observatory elevator, and the observatory itself of the South Tower.
1982 Tempest 1982 The 1982 film Tempest, based on the Shakespeare play, features a scene with two of the main characters jogging on the seawall past the World Trade Center, and one featuring another main character exiting from a car and entering the lobby of the World Trade Center.
1982 Wrong Is Right 1982 The 1982 film Wrong Is Right features a plot by Islamic terrorists who threaten to detonate two stolen suitcase nuclear bombs in the United States while demanding that the President resign. The suitcase nukes are found at the top of the World Trade Center. Turns out CIA planted the nuclear devices and blamed terrorists for it. At the end they start a war on this pretext.
1983 Born in Flames 1983 A television transmission tower on top of the World Trade Center is destroyed by a bomb.
1983 Terms of Endearment 1983 Debra Winger gives a speech to Lisa Hart Carroll after they leave the River Café. The twin towers can be seen behind her on a cloudy day.
1983 Trading Places 1983 The 1983 film Trading Places includes an external shot of the towers (at the plaza level) where Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy enter the COMEX commodities trading floor in 4 World Trade Center which is featured in the climax of the film.[10][11] The words "It's either kill or be killed in here" (referring to trading on the stock market) are often cut from post 9/11 TV showings of the film.
1984 Ghostbusters 1984 The 1984 film Ghostbusters featured several scenes where the iconic World Trade Center towers are clearly visible.
1985 Santa Claus: The Movie 1985 The 1985 film Santa Claus: The Movie; during the sequence where Santa is flying his sleigh around the skyscrapers of Manhattan on Christmas Eve, he attempts to perform a loop-the-loop up, and around the World Trade Center towers, only for one of his more timid reindeer to get vertigo and abort the stunt.
1986 Crocodile Dundee 1986 The 1986 film Crocodile Dundee; when the title character played by Paul Hogan is given a tour of New York City by Linda Kozlowski, the pair visit the 'Top Of the Rock' observatory of the Rockefeller Center, and the Twin Towers are clearly visible in the background, for Mick to have his photograph taken posing towards the Manhattan skyline to send back home to his friends in Australia on a postcard. The Twin Towers appear again in an establishing shot of the night-time Manhattan sky in a scene when Mick commandeers a NYC taxicab and is heard (but not seen) shouting expletives at other motorists for "driving on the wrong side of the road".
1986 The Money Pit 1986 The Twin Towers feature prominently in the opening credits in various still shots of Manhattan (the opening shot looking uptown has clearly been shot from within one of the towers' upper floors). In a later scene shot on a rooftop running track, the towers can be seen in the immediate background – suggesting the area is either SoHo or Tribeca.
1987 An Autumn's Tale 1987 A Hong Kong romantic drama directed by Mabel Cheung, starring Chow Yun-fat, Cherie Chung, and Danny Danny Chan Bak-keung. The film features several backdrops and scenic views of the World Trade Center towers.[12]
1987 The Squeeze 1987 The poster for the 1987 Michael Keaton workplace comedy The Squeeze features Keaton sandwiched between the Twin Towers, as a hand squeezes them together.
1987 Wall Street 1987 Features the World Trade Center in numerous scenes; the opening credits have a number of sepia shots lingering on the towers. We also see the World Trade Center's PATH escalator bank.
1988 Bright Lights, Big City 1988 The towers are used at the end of the film as a symbol of hope and change.
1988 Crocodile Dundee II 1988 The towers (as well as the Statue of Liberty) are visible in the background during the opening credits scene when Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee is fishing with dynamite in New York Harbor.
1988 Oliver & Company 1988 The towers are shown for thirteen seconds (26:58-27:11) as part of the New York City skyline as the scene shifts from night to morning before Oliver and the rest of Fagin's animals are shown riding through the streets of New York City on the back of Fagin's scooter.
1988 Working Girl 1988 Working Girl features the Trade Center complex in its opening sequence moving from the Statue of Liberty to the Staten Island Ferry to Lower Manhattan. Advertising and promotional pieces for the film also used images of the World Trade Center heavily. The film itself is set in 7 World Trade Center.[3]
1989 The Dream Team 1989 Features Michael Keaton playing a pathological liar. He points out the Trade Center, saying, "You see those two towers? World Trade Center. I was an architect working on them. First they just wanted to build one but I said, 'Hey, fellas, we're here – What the!?, let's throw another one up'. Turned out pretty well, didn't it?"
1989 Ghostbusters II 1989 The towers are prominently featured during the citywide blackout scene, in the scene where the Statue of Liberty (animated by positive mood slime) walks across the city, and they are the buildings from which the ghost nanny Janosz Poha flies to kidnap Oscar. The towers are obscured by a ghost in the Washington Square Park arch, but their lights can be made out. The towers are also seen in a shot of the city at the end of the film.
1989 New York Stories 1989 Shows the towers in all three segments. The towers can be seen through the window of Nick Nolte's apartment. Later, Woody Allen's mother talks over the skyline.
1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities 1990 Features an opening sequence following Bruce Willis through the basement of the World Trade Center for nearly five minutes.
1991 Other People's Money 1991 Features an opening sequence following Danny DeVito through the lobby of the 7 World Trade Center.[13] The poster itself features DeVito between the Twin Towers.
1992 Freejack 2009 Shows the Twin Towers standing in the year 2009. In the last scene of the movie, just before the credits start rolling, the towers are seen in the background, just to the left of the 200-story-tall "McCandless Building", which is in the future fortress of Battery Park City.[14][15]
1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Winter 1991 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York features the World Trade Center complex after Kevin McCallister realizes he's all alone in New York City, he catches a taxi and arrives at the plaza and goes up to the observation deck of the South Tower.
  • In the first years after the attacks, this sequence was omitted from TV broadcasts but has since been included unedited.
1993 Super Mario Bros. 1993 The Twin Towers become the "Koopa Towers" in the film's parallel dimension, which is a dinosaur-laden Manhattan run by antagonist King Koopa (Dennis Hopper). The North Tower features a sharpened top while the South Tower is unfinished and much shorter with a jagged top. Both are adorned with Koopa's signature "K" symbol. The towers briefly replace the World Trade Center towers in Manhattan when the two worlds are merged for a short time.
1993 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story 1993 When the dinosaurs first arrive to New York City via the old Staten Island Ferry terminal they are shocked by how tall the Twin Towers are. One of the dinosaurs falls back into the East River. The towers are later seen several times throughout the film, sometimes portrayed as being side by side, other times with one tower being rotated at an angle.
1996 Joe's Apartment 1996 The film shows several scenic views of the towers.
1996 Independence Day 1996 In the 1996 movie Independence Day, the World Trade Center appears several times in the New York City skyline, as a large alien ship arrives over the city. They are the tallest remnants of a ruined New York City in a later shot with a toppled Statue of Liberty in the foreground.[10]
1997 The Devil's Own 1997 The scene when Rory Delaney and Tom cross the bridge and looks across the water and says, "That's it isn't it?", referring to the Twin Towers.
1997 Jungle 2 Jungle 1997 The World Trade Center can be seen near the beginning of the film Jungle 2 Jungle. Tim Allen's character is shown walking out revolving doors. The scene then changes to an upwards shot of both towers while Allen's character continues with his dialogue. The camera then pans down towards the front of the complex while the main speaking characters continue to walk off screen.
1997 Men in Black 1997 Shows the Twin Towers in the background of the scene on the turnpike where the agents intercept a fleeing extraterrestrial family (one of whom gives birth). The finale of its 2002 sequel, Men in Black II, was set to take place atop one of the WTC buildings. Due to the fate of the towers, this was modified prior to release. The original ending can be seen on the DVD release as the "alternate ending".
1997 Picture Perfect 1997 A scene where Kate (Jennifer Aniston) and Darcy (Illeana Douglas) are sunbathing on the rooftop, the Twin Towers are seen from afar.
1997 Path to Paradise 1993 The made-for-television film Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing chronicled the events leading up to and shortly after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
1998 Aftershock: Earthquake in New York 1998 A TV reporter is reporting the damage from a news chopper; Observing WTC 1 & 2, which were shown to have several small fires visible, the reporter noted that "They look good. They're both still standing." The towers also appear in the ending behind the Statue of Liberty, which was under reconstruction.
1998 Godzilla 1998 After Godzilla appears in New York City for the first time, a news reporter states that the Kaiju's attack was the 'worst thing to happen to the city since the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing'. When the military arrives, the WTC features prominently in a long shot showing hundreds of military planes and helicopters entering the city, with a few of the planes flying between WTC 1 and 2.
1998 Armageddon 1998 Depicts the Twin Towers (along with many other famous landmarks) severely damaged after New York City was struck by a meteor shower.

At first during a normal day in New York City, the Twin Towers are shown in the background. Later, a meteor shower hits New York City in the beginning in the movie. The Twin Towers are shown three times during the meteor shower. The first appearance was a low point of view from between the towers looking up as large meteors pass over the towers. The second appearance is when the New York Financial District is shown as meteors passed by, one hitting the South Tower. The third appearance is New York City after the meteor shower. The North Tower had a hole on its north side of the tower while the top of the South Tower had been partially destroyed and was on fire.

As a result of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the scene showing the towers getting hit and being on fire were cut when the movie aired on ABC in April 2002.[10]
1998 The Cruise 1998 Bus tour guide Speed Levitch suggests to a tourist that she stand in the plaza between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and spin around in circles, then look up and experience the illusion of the towers toppling down on her. In a scene later in the film, Speed appears in the plaza of the World Trade Center, performing this very act.
1998 Deep Impact 1998-1999 A comet hits the earth, causing a megatsunami that hits the east coast. As the tsunami strikes New York, the Twin Towers are shown as the wave engulfs them. At the end of the tsunami scene the water recedes, and the Twin Towers can be seen poking out of the water with the South Tower toppled onto the North Tower, and the North Tower's antenna has been washed off.
1998 Jeans 1998 The site appears in the Tamil film, Jeans, with the lead pair, Prashanth and Aishwarya Rai, dancing inside the tower and in areas surrounding the tower.
1999 Bicentennial Man 2005 and later The future New York shows the World Trade Center expanded to three times its actual height, with two skybridges added between the towers.[16]
1999 The Matrix 2199 Morpheus describes where Neo has gone by entering him into the Matrix system. He shows a scene from New York City in a Matrix TV including the World Trade Center 200 years in the past, through to what the towers looked like 200 years later. The towers lost a heavy amount of concrete like most New York City buildings, but they were still both standing.
1999 Trick 1999 Revolves around two gay men trying to find a place to have sex and who fall in love. Near the end of the movie, an establishing morning shot is shown centered on the Twin Towers in the early morning, and in the final scene a pan out moves from the main character to the Twin Towers and a portion of 7 World Trade Center from Greenwich Village.
2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2142–4142 In the 2001 Steven Spielberg film A.I. Artificial Intelligence, the towers were shown standing in the year 2142 where global warming has flooded many cities, including New York City. Then, they are seen again, in the year 4142, many years after humanity has ceased to exist, this time covered in glacial ice, but were one of the few buildings standing above the ice. Less than three months after the release, the towers were destroyed in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Although risking controversy and criticism, Steven Spielberg left the towers in the DVD release.[3] The towers are in the Blu-ray release as well.
2002 Spider-Man 2001 After the September 11 attacks, Sony recalled teaser posters which showed a close-up of Spider-Man's face with the New York City skyline (including, prominently, the World Trade Center towers) reflected in his eyes. Not all of the posters were recovered, however, and the ones still at large are now highly prized collector's items. The towers are seen in the movie, even reflected in Spider-Man's eyes. Marvel and Sony decided not to remove them digitally. The movie's original trailer, released in 2001, featured a group of bank robbers on their getaway in a helicopter, which Spider-Man catches in a giant spider-web between the two towers of the World Trade Center. The trailer was pulled after 9/11, but it can be found on the Internet.[17]
2002 People I Know 2001 Premiered on October 11, 2002 and May 16, 2003. It was originally set for release in 2001, this movie was delayed until early 2003. It contained several shots of the World Trade Center that were removed. But they can be found on DVD. However, the towers can be seen in the bottom (also in the reflection of the taxi back window) where Eli Wurman comes out the taxi and it was never removed digitally.
2001 Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV 2001 In November 2001, this film premiered in New York City. During the months after September 11, nearly all movies made in New York City had the towers removed either by editing the footage out or digitally removing them from the frame. Lloyd Kaufman relates in his book Make Your Own Damn Movie! that he felt audiences would be able to see the Twin Towers in film without being distressed. The opening narration features the Twin Towers prominently and it is reported that the audience cheered.[18]
2001 Vanilla Sky 2151 Premiered on December 14, 2001. The end segments feature the Twin Towers still standing in the panoramic city background. This is plausible as the ending scene to this is created from the lead character's memory. If he remembers the Twin Towers to still be standing, then they would still appear in the skyline.
2002 Gangs of New York 2001 Featured an ending sequence showing the city's skyline slowly progressing to its modern form. The final shot featured the World Trade Center restored to the skyline using computer-generated imagery. This scene also included a voice-over by one of the characters, who said, (to paraphrase) "those who lived in those times would never forget what it was like". Martin Scorsese chose to show the towers rather than remove them because the movie is supposed to be about the people who built New York City, not those who tried to destroy it.
2002 Igby Goes Down 2001 Premiered September 13, 2002. One of the last films to show the Twin Towers filmed prior to their destruction. Establishing shots with the towers in prominent view were removed intentionally. Remaining in the final cut of the film are two brief, street-level shots from SoHo showing part of one tower in the background.
2002 You Stupid Man 2001 Premiered on October 18, 2002. In the opening credits there is a night time shot that pans the Lower Manhattan skyline which focuses on the two towers. There is also a scene with the towers as the backdrop around thirty minutes in and there is the 'standard' shot across the Brooklyn Bridge near the end of the film.
2002 25th Hour 2002 Directly incorporates the ruins of the Twin Towers. The opening credits are shown over views of the Tribute in Light, and one scene takes place at the apartment of Frank Slaughtery, which overlooks the site.
2002 Stairwell: Trapped in the World Trade Center September 11, 2001 This first 9/11 dramatization showed a number of different shots of the towers. The footage was shot in 1999 and was originally going to be used in a movie about the 1993 bombing. That movie, titled Hellevator, was shelved after the September 11 attacks.
2004 Miracle 1979–1980 Set in 1979 and 1980, the film features a digitally re-inserted shot of the towers just prior to the United States national hockey team's exhibition game against the Soviet Union at Madison Square Garden. The buildings of the World Financial Center, which would not be built for several years, are also included in the shot.
2005 Munich 1973 A period film ending in 1973. Despite the movie ending in 1973, several post-1980s skyscrapers are seen in the skyline.
2008 Man on Wire 1974 Man on Wire is a documentary film that chronicles Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Despite being made in 2008, it makes no reference to the towers' destruction.
2006 United 93 September 11, 2001 In the film's poster, the Twin Towers can be seen just under the Statue of Liberty's crown. The North Tower is on fire and a plane, United Airlines Flight 175, is heading towards the South Tower. In the film itself, the towers are the last glimpse of Manhattan caught by the passengers (most notably hijacker Ziad Jarrah, played by Khalid Abdalla), through a plane window as the flight departs Newark International Airport. While the intact complex was digitally re-inserted into the skyline, its destruction was shown through actual news footage.
2006 World Trade Center September 11, 2001 Oliver Stone directed World Trade Center (released on August 9, 2006), the first feature-length film about the attacks on the Twin Towers. It stars Nicolas Cage as Port Authority Police officer John McLoughlin, one of the first men called to the scene of the 9/11 attacks. Although it was the second film about the September 11th attacks to be released to theaters (following United 93), it is the first dramatic non-documentary film based on 9/11.
2007 The Kingdom 2003 The opening sequence revolves around the history of U.S. involvement in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A map shows America as the number one oil consumer in 2000. A bar graph rises and soon turns into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, with United Airlines Flight 175 heading towards it. A quick cut shows Manhattan with the World Trade Center site on fire.
2008 August August 2001 Tom Sterling fights to keep his start-up company afloat on Wall Street during summer 2001, a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks which will decline the financial district. Around the end of the movie, Tom and his associates meet in a building of Manhattan a company which wants to invest. We can see the Twin Towers behind Tom when he is sitting in the waiting room. The towers are also briefly seen at the beginning of the film when Tom drives to work, and were featured on one of the film's posters.
2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2005, Flashback: Before September 11, 2001 In a flashback sequence depicting Alex the Lion's arrival at Central Park Zoo as a cub, the World Trade Center can be seen in the background, placing the event as being prior to September 11, 2001.
2009 New York 2008 In the movie, the story is based on a former situation after the destruction of World Trade Center as a result of the September 11 attacks.[19]
2009 Watchmen 1985 The World Trade Center is present in New York City, as the story is set in an alternate 1985. Both towers are shown several times inserted back into the skyline and even shown surviving a nuclear blast in New York City. The antenna is consistently depicted mounted on Two World Trade Center (the South Tower), whereas in reality it was present on One World Trade Center (the North Tower). However, as the story is set in an alternate history, this may have been deliberate.
2010 Remember Me September 11, 2001 Takes place in New York City in 2001. The date the movie is set is not initially revealed. Viewers are told there has been a ten-year lapse since the murder of Ally Craig's mother in 1991. As Tyler Hawkins makes his way downtown to visit his father's office, a reflection of the World Trade Center's facade can be briefly seen on a neighboring building. Once in the office, a pan-out reveals that he is on the 101st floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001.
2014 A Most Violent Year 1981 When Abel Morales is turning Julian over to the police, the towers can be seen (though blurred) through the back window of Abel's car.
2015 The Walk 1974 The Twin Towers are shown extensively throughout the film, as its subject matter is Philippe Petit's famous high-wire walk between the two towers.
2017 2:22 1986 The Twin Towers are briefly seen at the beginning of the movie in a scene set in 1986.
2019 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 1998 The Twin Towers appear in the New York City skyline set in 1998.

Notable movie posters[]

  • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) – In the American theatrical poster it shows Godzilla and Megalon fighting on top of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. In the actual film, no scenes take place in New York City, nor in the United States at all; rather, the poster's artwork was simply created in an attempt to duplicate the artwork used for the 1976 King Kong remake's posters.
  • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) – The Twin Towers can be seen in the logo.
  • King Kong (1976) – Kong is shown atop the Twin Towers with one foot on each tower, grasping a burning fighter plane as other planes attack.
  • Manhattan (1979) – Both towers make up the two legs of the "H" of the title "MANHATTAN".
  • New York Stories (1989) – The poster shows a small apartment building with various people in each window, behind is the title and only the Twin Towers. They were removed in the 2003 DVD release.
  • Sidewalks of New York (2001) – The poster showed the World Trade Center in the background; the poster had to be changed, delaying the movie's release.
  • Spider-Man (2002) – Seen in Spider-Man's eyes in the pre-9/11 teaser poster. The poster is still at large, and now is a highly prized collector's item.
  • Splash (1984) – Seen in the background of the original poster. In the 2004 anniversary edition, it is changed to a view of the Empire State Building.
  • (2001) – Seen throughout the film in the background and on the original poster. Later it has been replaced by the Singer Sha Sabi posing in front of a Limousine and the Empire State Building.
  • The Squeeze (1987) – The main character is actually being "squeezed" in between the two towers with a large hand.
  • Superman II (1980) – Both versions of the poster include the World Trade Center with the New York City skyline on fire, or in this case Metropolis.
  • Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992) – The Twin Towers can be seen in the background of the theatrical release poster.
  • Antz (1998) – The Twin Towers are seen in the bottom right corner of the poster. They also are on the VHS poster.

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