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WTC in Movies Alphabetical - W

The Wackness (2008)

1 hour 33 minutes

The Waiting Game (1999)

3 minutes1 hour 9 minutes

Waking the Dead (2000)
22 minutes

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.

A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

1 hour 50 minutes

Wall Street (1987)
Several shots during the opening credits (Shot 1Shot 2Shot 3Shot 4Shot 5Shot 6), 23 minutes1 hour 9 minutes

Wanda Whips Wall Street (1982)

1 minute, 22 minutes, 23 minutes

Watchmen (2009)
22 minutes33 minutes46 minutes1 hour 15 minutes1 hour 55 minutes1 hour 58 minutes2 hours 19 minutes2 hours 33 minutes

Way Off Broadway (2001)

Opening shot

Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
8 minutes

The Wedding Banquet (1993)
34 minutes1 hour 9 minutes

Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
2 minutes

Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)
47 minutes

We Married Margo (2000)
51 minutes, twice at 1 hour 9 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2)

We Own the Night (2007)
1 hour 26-27 minutes

Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)

6 minutes, twice at 7 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2)

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
15 minutes16 minutes32 minutes
(Also on the 
poster)

We’re Fighting Back (1981)

37 minutes, 1 hour 6 minutes

West New York (1996)
6 minutes1 hour 3 minutes

The West Side Waltz (1995)
Twice during the opening credits (Shot 1Shot 2), twice at 49 minutes (Shot 1Shot 2), 57 minutes

What About Me (1993)

1 hour 19 minutes

What’s a Nice Girl Like You? (1971)

Opening shot

When Harry Met Sally (1989)
13 minutes

When Justice Falls (1999)

Twice in opening credits (Shot 1, Shot 2)

When Nature Calls (1985)
19 minutes

Where the Heart Is (1990)

Opening minute, 25 minutes, 26 minutes, 1 hour 1 minute, 1 hour 2 minutes

Where’s My Roy Cohn? (2019)

1 hour 12 minutes

While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997)

Opening minute, 3 minutes

Whipped (2000)

57-58 minutes

Whispers in the Dark (1992)
17 minutes32 minutes1 hour 10 minutes

White Hot (1988)
1 hour 23 minutes

White Mama (1980)

Opening shot

White Water Summer (1987)
1 minute

Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)

Sequence starting at 1 hour 35 minutes

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername (1971)

53 minutes

Who's That Girl? (1987)
3 minutes12 minutes

Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)

9 minutes

Wigstock (1995)
3 minutes31 minutes54 minutes1 hour1 hour 2 minutes1 hour 12 minutes1 hour 13 minutes1 hour 14 minutes1 hour 15 minutes
(Also on the 
poster)

Wild Style (1982)

47 minutes

Wildest Dreams (1990)

1 hour 14 minutes

Willie and Phil (1980)

1 hour 48 minutes

Willie Dynamite (1973)

1 hour 8 minutes

A Wind Named Amnesia (1990)

1 hour 7 minutes

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

Windows on the World (2019)

News footage at 5 minutes and 8 minutes, 37 minutes (debris)

(Also on the poster)

Winged Migration (2001)
Twice at 51 minutes (Shot 1Shot 2)

Wise Girls (2002)
38 minutes

Wishful Thinking (1998)

1 hour 18 minutes

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

A Witch's Way of Love (aka: Un amour de sorcière) (1997)

3 minutes

Without a Trace (1983)

3 minutes

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers (aka: Beyond Terror) (1993)
1 minute3 minutes4 minutes13 minutes28 minutes33 minutes35 minutes37 minutes50 minutes54 minutes1 hour 10 minutes

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)

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 1Shot 2) We also see the towers with an addition joining them.

Wolf (1994)
1 hour 40 minutes

Wolfen (1981)
Three times in the first minute (Shot 1Shot 2Shot 3), 5 minutes13 minutes45 minutes54 minutes1 hour 10 minutes, and 1 hour 48 minutes
(Also on the 
poster)

A Woman or Two (1985) (aka: Une femme ou deux)

3 minutes, twice at 4 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2), 1 hour 21 minutes

Woo (1998)
1 minute, 33 minutes, 1 hour 17 minutes

(Also on the poster)

Working Girl (1988)
1 minutes31 minutes1 hour 36 minutes1 hour 51 minutes
(Also on the 
poster)

Working Tra$h (1990)

4 minutes, 1 hour 4 minutes

The World (2004)
34 minutes1 hour 37 minutes

 

World Trade Center (2006)
Footage recreated for the movie at 2 minutes, 2 minutes4 minutes5 minutes8 minutes, twice at 12 minutes (Shot 1Shot 2), 15 minutes18 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)

World Traveler (2001)
2 minutes1 hour 31 minutes

The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid (1990)

Opening shot

Worth (2020)

12 minutes, twice at 13 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2), 28 minutes (on a plaque), 41 minutes (debris site)

Wrong is Right (1982)
2 minutes50 minutes1 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 1Shot 2Shot 3)

Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan (2007)

1 minute

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