Cineplexity: The movies that tried to make sense of 9/11

NPR | By Adam Raney,

Marc Rivers, Andrew Limbong, Joel Rose

Published September 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM CDT

Over the past quarter century the events of 9/11 have been reflected in direct and indirect ways in movies.

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