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WTC in Movies Alphabetical - A

Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999)

15 minutes, 16 minutes, 40 minutes, 44 minutes, 45 minutes, 1 hour 56 minutes, 2 hours 31 minutes

Aaron Loves Angela (1975)

1 hour 33 minutes

Across 110th Street (1971)

1 hour 32 minutes

Across the Sea of Time (1995)
10 minutes, 31 minutes, 32 minutes, 33 minutes 
(Also on the poster.)

Adam & Steve (2005)
8 minutes (set in 1987) (At 1 hour 11 minutes, same spot, seventeen years later. One of the characters remarks, "It's getting harder to remember where the towers were.")

Addicted to Love (1997)
47 minutes, 59 minutes

The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob) (1973)
Opening shot and seven more shots in the first 6 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3, Shot 4, Shot 5, Shot 6, Shot 7)

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
1 hour 4 minutes

 

The Adventures of the American Rabbit (1986

58 minutes, 1 hour 7 minutes

After Stonewall (1999)

42 minutes

Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
Opening shot, three more times in the opening credits (Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3), 27 minutes. After the earthquake: 56 minutes, 2 hours 14 minutes, 2 hours 45 minutes

The Age of Insects (1990)

5 minutes

Agent on Ice (1985)

1 hour 13 minutes

Agent Red (2000)

1 hour 12 minutes

Alice in the Cities (1974)

16 minutes, 29 minutes, 38 minutes, 40 minutes

Also a great video clip from the top of the Empire State Building

Alien Contamination (aka Contamination) (1980)
First minute1 minute3 minutes, 1 hour 21 minutes

Alien Space Avenger (1989)

42 minutes, 44 minutes

(Also on the poster.)

All 4 the Money (2002)
1 minute

All At Once (2018)

2 minutes, 4 minutes, 11 minutes, 1 hour 14 minutes, 1 hour 44 minutes, 1 hour 48 minutes

All Eyez on Me (2017)

2 minutes

All I Want For Christmas (1991)
1 hour 12 minutes

Alligator Eyes (1990)
2 minutes

All Over Me (1997)
46 minutes

All the Streets are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997) (2021)

Twice at 4 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2), 5 minutes, 6 minutes, 10 minutes, 13 minutes, 44 minutes, 46 minutes, 1 hour 7 minutes, 1 hour 8 minutes

All the Vermeers in New York (1990)
At 46 minutes, there is a 5 minute scene that was shot on the top of one of the WTC towers. As the characters look down, you can see the WTC towers' shadows. There are some spectacular views of New York City, which can also be seen on the poster.

Alma’s Rainbow (1994)

28 minutes

Alphabet City (1984)
31 minutes

The Amazing Spider-Man: The Chinese Web (1979)

1 minute

The Amazing Spider-Man: The Deadly Dust (1979)

1 minute

The Ambulance (1990)
54 minutes, 57 minutes
(Also on the poster.)

America America (aka: Ullasa Paravaigal) (1983)

1 hour 7 minutes

America Exposed (1991)

11 minutes

America of the Seventies. Two New York City (1976)

Many shots throughout this documentary

American Born (1990)

17 minutes, 24 minutes

The American Bride aka: La sposa americana) (1986)

46 minutes, 48 minutes

American Dragons (1998)

6 minutes, 1 hour

The American Friend (1977)
Opening shot3 minutes45 minutes1 hour 2 minutes2 hours 3 minutes

An American Pickle (2020)

8 minutes (Check out the time-lapse video too)

American Pie 2 (2001)
At 18 minutes, there is a scene in which they digitally added the WTC towers to show that Nadia was calling from New York.

American Pop (1981)
1 hour 23 minutes

American Psycho (2000)
7 minutes9 minutes1 hour 18 minutes1 hour 24 minutes

American Sniper (2014)

22 minutes (news footage)

American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy (1989)

2 minutes

American Terrorist (2020)

First minute (images from 9/11)

An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

Twice at 1 hour 32 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2)

 

Amerikanskaya tragediya. Nashi (aka: American Tragedy) (2002)

First minute, and footage from 9/11 throughout

Analyze This (1999)
1 hour 22 minutes

Anarchism in America (1983)

1 hour 3 minutes

Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988)

7 minutes

Angie (1994)
Opening shot, twice at 5 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2)

Anna (1987)

3 minutes

The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem (2024)

1 minute

Antz (1998)
The opening shot of Antz is what appears to be the New York skyline with the WTC towers, but it really is grass. The closing shot zooms out from the anthill so we can see it is in a park in New York City, this time with the real buildings including the WTC towers on the right.
(Also on the poster)

Any Which Way You Can (1980)
10 minutes

Apology (1986)

56 minutes

Apple Pie (1976)

50 minutes

The Apprentice (2024)

55 minutes, 1 hour 12 minutes1 hour 27 minutes

Archie's Final Project (2009)

2 minutes

Arena Brains (1987) (short)

3 minutes, 5 minutes, 28 minutes

An Argentinian in New York (aka: Un argentino en New York) (1998)

Twice at 23 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2), 48 minutes, 58 minutes, 1 hour 2 minutes

(Also on the poster)

Argo (2012)
10 minutes

Arizona Dream (1993)
6 minutes

Armageddon (1998)
5 minutes6 minutes, twice at 8 minutes (Shot 1Shot 2), 9 minutes (both towers damaged and on fire)

Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)

27 minutes

Artificial Intelligence: A.I. (2001) 1 hour 35 minutes1 hour 55 minutesThis movie was released only three months before the towers fell. The scenes with the towers submerged in water and later ice were set far in the future.

The Art of War (2000)
37 minutes56 minutes, twice at 1 hour (Shot 1Shot 2), 1 hour 6 minutes

As Good As It Gets (1997)
1 hour 3 minutes

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)

3 hours 11 minutes

Assassination Attempt (aka: Тегеран-43) (1981)

9 minutes

The Associate (1996)
Opening shot

The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
25 minutes1 hour 32 minutes1 hour 33 minutes

At First Sight (1999)
46 minutes

Athina - N. Yorki: To megalo kolpo (aka: Athena to New York: The Big Trick) (1985)

1 minute

August (2008)
4 minutes1 hour 12 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)

Author! Author! (1982)
1 hour 25 minutes

Autumn in New York (2000)
3 minutes17 minutes and 1 hour 21 minutes

 

An Autumn's Tale (1987)
Twice at 7 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2), 35 minutes, twice at 36 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2), 42 minutes, 48 minutes, 1 hour 11 minutes, 1 hour 21 minutes

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