Movies and TvShows featuring "terrorist-threat" theme.

The Looming Tower is a drama-filled TV show that delves into the intricacies of the intelligence agencies leading up to the September 11 attacks. Based on real events, it follows the FBI and CIA as they navigate the shifting political landscape and rivalry between these agencies. With the backdrop of the 1990s and the early 2000s, the show uncovers the missed opportunities and miscommunication that ultimately allowed the tragic events of 9/11 to unfold.

A group of Marines, led by a former inmate, must stop a rogue general and his group of mercenaries from launching chemical weapons from Alcatraz. They must navigate through dangerous obstacles and face intense combat to save the day.

Zohan Dvir, an Israeli Special Forces Soldier, fakes his own death to pursue his dream of becoming a hair stylist in New York City. He encounters various obstacles along the way, including his arch-enemy, a Palestinian terrorist leader. With his military expertise, Zohan gains recognition and success in the hairdressing industry while also finding love. Ultimately, he must confront his enemies and save his neighborhood from destruction.

SFC James Harper, a decorated Green Beret, is discharged from the army and faces financial ruin. He joins a private military company led by Rusty and goes on an operation in Germany. They discover a Middle Eastern scientist working for Al-Qaeda and raid his lab. Harper reluctantly kills the scientist and sets the lab on fire. The team is ambushed, but Harper saves his friend Mike and they hide. Harper provides a blood transfusion to save Mike's life. Later, Harper realizes he can never return home and seeks revenge on Rusty, ultimately reuniting with his family.

A female CIA agent is called upon to stop a bio-terrorism attack in London. She must navigate through a web of betrayal and leaked information to uncover the truth and prevent the spread of a deadly virus. With time running out, she faces intense action and suspense as she fights to save the city.

Carlos is a TV show based on the true story of Carlos the Jackal, a Latin American terrorist involved in international conflicts and revolutionary movements. The show explores his involvement in various incidents, including hostage situations, terrorist attacks, and political assassinations. It delves into his personal life, relationships, and ideologies, providing a comprehensive portrait of this infamous figure.

Detective James Knight is assigned to the Independence Day shift, but it quickly becomes a race against time as he tries to stop an unbalanced EMT worker who is posing as a cop. This misguided vigilante, armed with a stolen gun and uniform, threatens to ruin the city's festivities and puts Knight's home in danger.

In the aftermath of the 13/11/2015 attacks in Paris, November takes us deep into the heart of the French anti-terrorism services. Over the course of five intense days, we witness the relentless hunt for the suspects that carried out the horrific acts. As the authorities race against time to prevent further tragedy, tensions escalate and the true cost of terrorism is revealed.

In 1960s Baltimore, a plump teenager named Tracy Turnblad dreams of dancing on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program. When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight. However, Tracy's emergence as a star threatens the reigning dance queen, Amber Von Tussle, and her domineering mother, Velma. With the help of her friend Seaweed, Tracy fights for racial integration on the show while pursuing her own dreams of stardom.

In Rome, a special forces soldier must race against time to stop a terrorist threat and prevent a major catastrophe. With the city on lockdown, he must navigate through empty streets and underground operations to uncover the truth and save lives.

French territory is threatened by a terrorist organization just before the presidential election. If the government doesn't answer its demands, programmed bombs will explode gradually on the national railway network. Despite the operation deployed by the anti-terrorist unit, the Home Office has no other choice but to call Franck Barrot, police superintendent well-known for his controversial methods, to neutralize the armed group. His investigation will lead him to the very top level of the terrorist organization: the government itself.

A commercial airliner on a routine flight between Taipei and Seoul is hijacked and taken to mainland China by the Taiwan Revolutionary Army Front. Chinese authorities cannot seize the plane because of the presence of an important business figure on board, but agree to cooperate with Taiwanese authorities to defuse the tense situation.

An intimate portrait, in his own words, of the Indian writer Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses (1988), thirty years after the fatwa uttered by the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini: his youth in multicultural Bombay, his life in England, his many years of forced hiding, his thoughts on President Trump's United States of America.

This documentary explores the rise and activities of the Red Army Faction, a leftist-radical group that carried out acts of domestic terrorism in Germany during the 1970s. It examines the political and social conditions that led to the emergence of the group, the media coverage of their actions, and the political responses to the terrorist threat. The film also delves into the personal stories of some of the key members of the RAF and the impact their actions had on German politics.

A road movie starring a Muslim family, a checkpoint and a flock of sheep.

March 27, 1977. At 2:00 in the afternoon, a thick fog rolled into the usually quiet Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. On the runway sat two fully loaded jumbo airliners. An explosion at a nearby airport had redirected air traffic to the undermanned airfield at Tenerife. Within three hours 583 people would be dead. This film reconstructs the moments leading up to the tragedy.