Movies and TV series about terrorism
The 60 best titles about terrorism, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.
Back to the Future
1985 · Robert Zemeckis
MovieAdventureComedyScience FictionEighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage
The Hurt Locker
2008 · Kathryn Bigelow
MovieDramaThrillerWarDuring the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Casino Royale
2006 · Martin Campbell
MovieActionAdventureThrillerLe Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terro
Fire Force
2019
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedyYear 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, special fire brigades are fighting against a phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion where humans beings are turned into living infernos called "Infernals".
The Dark Knight Rises
2012 · Christopher Nolan
MovieActionCrimeDramaFollowing the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Dep
Captain Phillips
2013 · Paul Greengrass
MovieActionDramaThrillerThe true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · Kathryn Bigelow
MovieDramaThrillerA chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Slow Horses
2022 · Julian Stevens
SeriesComedyCrimeDramaFollow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
Black Lagoon
2006 · Jungo Maruta
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationCrimeThe story follows a team of pirate mercenaries known as the Lagoon Company, that smuggles goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia in the early to mid 1990s. Their base of operations is located
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988 · David Zucker
MovieComedyCrimeWhen the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011 · Brad Bird
MovieActionAdventureThrillerEthan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States
The Blacklist
2013 · T Cooper
SeriesCrimeDramaMysteryRaymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dang
Crimson Tide
1995 · Tony Scott
MovieActionDramaThrillerAfter the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmd
Predestination
2014 · Michael Spierig
MovieScience FictionThrillerPredestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment
Patriots Day
2016 · Peter Berg
MovieActionCrimeDramaIn the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the Boston Mara
Designated Survivor
2016 · Neal Baer
SeriesDramaWar-politicsTom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977 · Lewis Gilbert
MovieActionAdventureThrillerRussian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappeari
Die Hard 2
1990 · Renny Harlin
MovieActionThrillerOne year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land
Under Siege
1992 · Andrew Davis
MovieActionThrillerA disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's coo
Phone Booth
2003 · Joel Schumacher
MovieCrimeThrillerA slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller i
Arlington Road
1999 · Mark Pellington
MovieCrimeDramaMysteryBedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed — and increasingly paranoid — since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. When a seemingly all-American couple set up hous
Mission: Impossible
1996 · Brian De Palma
MovieActionAdventureThrillerWhen Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the pr
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994 · Peter Segal
MovieComedyCrimeFrank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wif
Body of Lies
2008 · Ridley Scott
MovieActionDramaThrillerThe CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An
The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996 · Renny Harlin
MovieActionCrimeMysterySamantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her pa
The Kingdom
2007 · Peter Berg
MovieActionDramaThrillerA team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
2014 · Kenneth Branagh
MovieActionDramaThrillerJack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
The Sum of All Fears
2002 · Phil Alden Robinson
MovieThrillerActionDramaWhen the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill
Bastille Day
2016 · James Watkins
MovieActionMichael Mason is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar, the field agent on the case, soon re
Ghost in the Shell
2017 · Rupert Sanders
MovieActionDramaScience FictionIn the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
Miss Congeniality
2000 · Donald Petrie
MovieActionComedyCrimeWhen the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-n
The Peacemaker
1997 · Mimi Leder
MovieActionThrillerWhen a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assign
A View to a Kill
1985 · John Glen
MovieActionAdventureThrillerA newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. Jam
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
1995 · Geoff Murphy
MovieActionThrillerA passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to blow up Washington DC and only one man can stop hi
The Jackal
1997 · Michael Caton-Jones
MovieActionCrimeThrillerHired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with t
Transcendence
2014 · Wally Pfister
MovieDramaMysteryScience FictionTwo leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transce
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009 · Stephen Sommers
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionFrom the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing
London Has Fallen
2016 · Babak Najafi
MovieActionThrillerIn London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014 · Jonathan Liebesman
MovieActionAdventureComedyWhen a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.
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