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WTC in Movies Alphabetical - W

The Wackness (2008)

1 hour 33 minutes

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The Waiting Game (1999)

3 minutes, 1 hour 9 minutes

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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)

1 hour 50 minutes

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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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Watchmen: Chapter II (2024)

1 minute

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Way Off Broadway (2001)

Opening shot

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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

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We’re Fighting Back (1981)

37 minutes, 1 hour 6 minutes

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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)

1 hour 19 minutes

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What’s a Nice Girl Like You? (1971)

Opening shot

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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)

1 hour 12 minutes

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While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997)

Opening minute, 3 minutes

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Whipped (2000)

57-58 minutes

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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)

Opening shot

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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)

53 minutes

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Who's That Girl? (1987)
3 minutes, 12 minutes

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Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)

9 minutes

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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

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Wild Style (1982)

47 minutes

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Wildest Dreams (1990)

1 hour 14 minutes

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Willie and Phil (1980)

1 hour 48 minutes

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Willie Dynamite (1973)

1 hour 8 minutes

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A Wind Named Amnesia (1990)

1 hour 7 minutes

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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)

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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)

1 hour 18 minutes

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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)

3 minutes

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Without a Trace (1983)

3 minutes

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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.

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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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The Wolf Hour (2019)

1 hour 19 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

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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

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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

2 hours 56 minutes

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Working Girl (1988)
1 minutes, 31 minutes, 1 hour 36 minutes, 1 hour 51 minutes

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Working Tra$h (1990)

4 minutes, 1 hour 4 minutes

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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.

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World Traveler (2001)
2 minutes, 1 hour 31 minutes

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The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid (1990)

Opening shot

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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)

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WTC Fire Training Video (1996)

First minute

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WTC the First 24 Hours (2002)

Throughout the documentary​

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

1 minute

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