He had already done so in his television work as a journalist and co-author of a book on sensitive British government information, as well as in his film Bloody Sunday (Domingo sangriento) (available at Filmin), about the 1972 shootings in Derry, Northern Ireland his portrait of the murder of a young black man who exposed institutional racism in the English police, The murder of Stephen Lawrence or the applauded Omagh (Filmin) about the 1998 car bombing in the small Irish town that he wrote and produced. United 93, that is currently available in Netflix Spain and Movistar +, is a masterful docudrama directed and written by Paul Greengrass, a director expert in delving into sensitive issues and portraying them cinematographically with a journalistic eye. ‘United 93’ promotional cartel (Universal Pictures) But the vast majority of productions did not experience the same fate. Even Nicolas Cage put a Hollywood flavor with Oliver Stone’s bet, Word Trade Center (Netflix), which amassed $ 162 million. Both were applauded by critics and received with open arms at the box office with $ 222 million and $ 132 million respectively.
Or the Oscar nominee The darkest night (available on Netflix and Amazon Prime), which dramatized the search for Osama Bin Laden through a fictional CIA character played by Jessica Chastain. Michael Moore’s work stirred political foundations and sowed controversy, serving as a critique of the George W. We can hardly stand out Fahrenheit 11/9, winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and still the highest grossing documentary of all time.
and social after the attacks.īut among so many proposals it is curious that only a handful have managed to penetrate the general public. Some went straight to the point portraying events and characters, others inquired into the political and war consequences, some dramas glorified the work of those who took charge of the physical and emotional debris of the terrible event, and others brought us stories of survival, of racial analysis.
#Scariest movies on netflix series
Over the past 20 years we have witnessed countless films, series and documentaries focusing on the terrorist attacks of 9/11.