WTC in Movies Alphabetical - W
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The Waiting Game (1999)
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Waking the Dead (2000)
22 minutes
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The Walk (2015)
Many shots of the WTC towers throughout the movie, as Philippe narrates from the Statue of Liberty and makes his famous walk between the towers on a high wire.
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A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
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Wall Street (1987)
Several shots during the opening credits (Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3, Shot 4, Shot 5, Shot 6), 23 minutes, 1 hour 9 minutes
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Wanda Whips Wall Street (1982)
1 minute, 22 minutes, 23 minutes
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Watchmen (2009)
22 minutes, 33 minutes, 46 minutes, 1 hour 15 minutes, 1 hour 55 minutes, 1 hour 58 minutes, 2 hours 19 minutes, 2 hours 33 minutes
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Way Off Broadway (2001)
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Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
8 minutes
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The Wedding Banquet (1993)
34 minutes, 1 hour 9 minutes
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Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
2 minutes
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Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)
47 minutes
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We Married Margo (2000)
51 minutes, twice at 1 hour 9 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2)
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We Own the Night (2007)
1 hour 26-27 minutes
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Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
6 minutes, twice at 7 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2)
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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
15 minutes, 16 minutes, 32 minutes
(Also on the poster​)
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We’re Fighting Back (1981)
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West New York (1996)
6 minutes, 1 hour 3 minutes
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The West Side Waltz (1995)
Twice during the opening credits (Shot 1, Shot 2), twice at 49 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2), 57 minutes
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What About Me (1993)
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What’s a Nice Girl Like You? (1971)
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When Harry Met Sally (1989)
13 minutes
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When Justice Falls (1999)
Twice in opening credits (Shot 1, Shot 2)
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When Nature Calls (1985)
19 minutes
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Where the Heart Is (1990)
Opening minute, 25 minutes, 26 minutes, 1 hour 1 minute, 1 hour 2 minutes
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Where’s My Roy Cohn? (2019)
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While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997)
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Whipped (2000)
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Whispers in the Dark (1992)
17 minutes, 32 minutes, 1 hour 10 minutes
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White Hot (1988)
1 hour 23 minutes
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White Mama (1980)
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White Water Summer (1987)
1 minute
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Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)
Sequence starting at 1 hour 35 minutes
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Who Killed Mary Whats'ername (1971)
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Who's That Girl? (1987)
3 minutes, 12 minutes
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Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)
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Wigstock (1995)
3 minutes, 31 minutes, 54 minutes, 1 hour, 1 hour 2 minutes, 1 hour 12 minutes, 1 hour 13 minutes, 1 hour 14 minutes, 1 hour 15 minutes
(Also on the poster​)
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Wild Style (1982)
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Wildest Dreams (1990)
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Willie and Phil (1980)
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Willie Dynamite (1973)
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A Wind Named Amnesia (1990)
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The Wing or The Thigh? (1976)
First minute
Windows (1980)
7 minutes, 18 minutes, 21 minutes, 23 minutes, 53 minutes, 1 hour 20 minutes, 1 hour 32 minutes
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Windows on the World (2019)
News footage at 5 minutes and 8 minutes, 37 minutes (debris)
(Also on the poster​)
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Winged Migration (2001)
Twice at 51 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2)
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Wise Girls (2002)
38 minutes
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Wishful Thinking (1998)
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Witchblade (2000)
Several times in opening credits (Shot 1, shot 2, shot 3, shot 4), 13 minutes, 46 minutes, 51 minutes, 1 hour 2 minutes
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A Witch's Way of Love (aka: Un amour de sorcière) (1997)
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Without a Trace (1983)
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Without Warning: Terror in the Towers (aka: Beyond Terror) (1993)
1 minute, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 13 minutes, 28 minutes, 33 minutes, 35 minutes, 37 minutes, 50 minutes, 54 minutes, 1 hour 10 minutes
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Witness to 9/11: In the Shadows of Ground Zero (2020)
Filmed blocks from the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001, this documentary contains many shots of the towers during the attack.
(Also on the poster)
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The Wiz (1978)
At 1 hour 13 minutes Dorothy and friends arrive at the Emerald City, which includes the WTC towers in its skyline. There is a big production number in the plaza below the towers that follows. (Shot 1, Shot 2) We also see the towers with an addition joining them.
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Wolf (1994)
1 hour 40 minutes
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Wolfen (1981)
Three times in the first minute (Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3), 5 minutes, 13 minutes, 45 minutes, 54 minutes, 1 hour 10 minutes, and 1 hour 48 minutes
(Also on the poster​)
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A Woman or Two (1985) (aka: Une femme ou deux)
3 minutes, twice at 4 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2), 1 hour 21 minutes
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Woo (1998)
1 minute, 33 minutes, 1 hour 17 minutes
(Also on the poster​)
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Working Girl (1988)
1 minutes, 31 minutes, 1 hour 36 minutes, 1 hour 51 minutes
(Also on the poster​)
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Working Tra$h (1990)
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The World (2004)
34 minutes, 1 hour 37 minutes
World Trade Center (2006)
Footage recreated for the movie at 2 minutes, 2 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes, 8 minutes, twice at 12 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2), 15 minutes, 18 minutes
There is also news footage throughout the movie. Interior shots of the World Trade Center and Ground Zero were all movie sets, not real locations.
(Also on the poster​)
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World Traveler (2001)
2 minutes, 1 hour 31 minutes
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Worth (2020)
12 minutes, twice at 13 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2), 28 minutes (on a plaque), 41 minutes (debris site)
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Wrong is Right (1982)
2 minutes, 50 minutes, 1 hour 48 minutes, several shots between 1 hour 50-53 minutes on the observation deck at the top of the south tower, as two suitcases containing A-bombs are hanging from a pole (Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3)