Osama Bin Laden

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of al-Qaeda, the terrorist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite. Bin Laden was on the American Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) lists of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and Most Wanted Terrorists for his involvement in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings. From 2001 to 2011, bin Laden was a major target of the War on Terror, with a US$25 million bounty by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. After being placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list, bin Laden remained in hiding during three U.S. presidential administrations. On May 2, 2011, bin Laden was shot and killed inside a private residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs and CIA operatives in a covert operation ordered by U.S. President Barack Obama. Shortly after his death, bin Laden's body was buried at sea. Al-Qaeda acknowledged his death on May 6, 2011, vowing to retaliate.

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Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

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Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Moore
CAST:  Michael Moore  •  George W. Bush  •  John Conyers  •  Ben Affleck

Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Moore
CAST:  Michael Moore  •  George W. Bush  •  John Conyers  •  Ben Affleck

The Kingdom (2007)

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Berg
CAST:  Jamie Foxx  •  Jennifer Garner  •  Chris Cooper  •  Jason Bateman

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Berg
CAST:  Jamie Foxx  •  Jennifer Garner  •  Chris Cooper  •  Jason Bateman

Why We Fight (2005)

Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eugene Jarecki
CAST:  Ken Adelman  •  John Ashcroft  •  Osama Bin Laden  •  George W. Bush

Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eugene Jarecki
CAST:  Ken Adelman  •  John Ashcroft  •  Osama Bin Laden  •  George W. Bush

Fahrenhype 9/11 (2004)

A documentary which refutes and debunks facts made by Michael Moore in his film "Fahrenheit 9/11".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Peterson
CAST:  Dick Morris  •  Zell Miller  •  Ed Koch  •  Ron Silver

A documentary which refutes and debunks facts made by Michael Moore in his film "Fahrenheit 9/11".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Peterson
CAST:  Dick Morris  •  Zell Miller  •  Ed Koch  •  Ron Silver

Celsius 41.11 (2004)

This film attempts to correct the record when it comes to the left's attacks on President Bush, 9/11 and the war in Iraq and Kerry's 20-year tenure in the Senate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Knoblock
CAST:  Michael Moore  •  Richard Nixon  •  Yasser Arafat  •  Madeleine Albright

This film attempts to correct the record when it comes to the left's attacks on President Bush, 9/11 and the war in Iraq and Kerry's 20-year tenure in the Senate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Knoblock
CAST:  Michael Moore  •  Richard Nixon  •  Yasser Arafat  •  Madeleine Albright

Propaganda (2013)

An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean perspective.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Slavko Martinov
CAST:  Susannah Kenton  •  Eugene Chang  •  George W. Bush  •  Ronald Reagan

An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean perspective.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Slavko Martinov
CAST:  Susannah Kenton  •  Eugene Chang  •  George W. Bush  •  Ronald Reagan

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

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A 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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kathryn Bigelow
CAST:  Jessica Chastain  •  Jason Clarke  •  Mark Strong  •  Joel Edgerton

A 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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kathryn Bigelow
CAST:  Jessica Chastain  •  Jason Clarke  •  Mark Strong  •  Joel Edgerton

Iran: The Hundred Year War (2009)

What kind of world power is Iran becoming, and how will Western countries deal with it?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Michel Vecchiet
CAST:  Abbas Abdi  •  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  •  Osama Bin Laden  •  Zbigniew Brzezinski

What kind of world power is Iran becoming, and how will Western countries deal with it?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Michel Vecchiet
CAST:  Abbas Abdi  •  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  •  Osama Bin Laden  •  Zbigniew Brzezinski

Top Priority: The Terror Within (2012)

Federal officer with the Department of Homeland Security discovers a national security breach related to the entry of 23 aliens from terrorist countries into the United States. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, former head of the DEA Robert Bonner can't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Asif Akbar
CAST:  Julia Davis  •  BJ Davis  •  Herbert P. Kaufer  •  Jeffrey J. Deal

Federal officer with the Department of Homeland Security discovers a national security breach related to the entry of 23 aliens from terrorist countries into the United States. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, former head of the DEA Robert Bonner can't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Asif Akbar
CAST:  Julia Davis  •  BJ Davis  •  Herbert P. Kaufer  •  Jeffrey J. Deal

The Oath (2010)

Tells the story of two men, Abu Jandal and Salim Ahmed Hamdan, whose fateful encounter in 1996 set them on a course of events that led them to Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo, and the U.S. Supreme Court.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laura Poitras
CAST:  Osama Bin Laden  •  Salim Hamdan  •  Abu Jandal

Tells the story of two men, Abu Jandal and Salim Ahmed Hamdan, whose fateful encounter in 1996 set them on a course of events that led them to Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo, and the U.S. Supreme Court.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laura Poitras
CAST:  Osama Bin Laden  •  Salim Hamdan  •  Abu Jandal

Snowden (2016)

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  •  Shailene Woodley  •  Melissa Leo  •  Zachary Quinto

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  •  Shailene Woodley  •  Melissa Leo  •  Zachary Quinto

Shadow World (2016)

A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of the 20th century, have pulled the strings of the arms trade, hidden in the shadows, feeding the shameful corruption of politicians and government officials and promoting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johan Grimonprez
CAST:  Eduardo Galeano  •  Lawrence Wilkerson  •  Jeremy Rifkin  •  Pierre Sprey

A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of the 20th century, have pulled the strings of the arms trade, hidden in the shadows, feeding the shameful corruption of politicians and government officials and promoting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johan Grimonprez
CAST:  Eduardo Galeano  •  Lawrence Wilkerson  •  Jeremy Rifkin  •  Pierre Sprey

The Last Days of Osama Bin Laden (2011)

After the United States mounted a covert mission to eliminate Americas number-one terrorist target, celebration turned to mounting questions. Now, Peter Bergen obtains rare access to interview former CIA agents, Navy Seal operatives and a Black Hawk pilot who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carsten Oblaender
CAST:  Peter Bergen  •  Osama Bin Laden  •  Erik Thompson

After the United States mounted a covert mission to eliminate Americas number-one terrorist target, celebration turned to mounting questions. Now, Peter Bergen obtains rare access to interview former CIA agents, Navy Seal operatives and a Black Hawk pilot who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carsten Oblaender
CAST:  Peter Bergen  •  Osama Bin Laden  •  Erik Thompson

Blood and Oil (2008)

The notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East is often disregarded as nonsense or mere conspiracy theory. In Blood and Oil, bestselling author and Nation magazine defense correspondent Michael T. Klare challenges this conventional ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Earp
CAST:  Ronald Reagan  •  Osama Bin Laden  •  George H. W. Bush  •  George W. Bush

The notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East is often disregarded as nonsense or mere conspiracy theory. In Blood and Oil, bestselling author and Nation magazine defense correspondent Michael T. Klare challenges this conventional ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Earp
CAST:  Ronald Reagan  •  Osama Bin Laden  •  George H. W. Bush  •  George W. Bush

Being W (2008)

Being W is an unauthorized autobiography of the 43rd President of the United States of America.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Zéro  •  Michel Royer
CAST:  George W. Bush  •  Osama Bin Laden  •  Tony Blair  •  Condoleezza Rice

Being W is an unauthorized autobiography of the 43rd President of the United States of America.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Zéro  •  Michel Royer
CAST:  George W. Bush  •  Osama Bin Laden  •  Tony Blair  •  Condoleezza Rice

The Secret KGB Sex Files (2001)

The KGB was, for 50 years, an intelligence agency, using money, sex and blackmail as tools to entice foreigners to betray their countries and hand over secret information. We enter the vaults of the KGB to see the use of the "Honey Trap" -- the use of women in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David McKenzie  •  John R. Peterson
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Osama Bin Laden  •  Genadi I. Gerasimov  •  Joseph Helmich

The KGB was, for 50 years, an intelligence agency, using money, sex and blackmail as tools to entice foreigners to betray their countries and hand over secret information. We enter the vaults of the KGB to see the use of the "Honey Trap" -- the use of women in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David McKenzie  •  John R. Peterson
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Osama Bin Laden  •  Genadi I. Gerasimov  •  Joseph Helmich

12 Strong (2018)

A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolai Fuglsig
CAST:  Chris Hemsworth  •  Michael Shannon  •  Michael Peña  •  Trevante Rhodes

A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolai Fuglsig
CAST:  Chris Hemsworth  •  Michael Shannon  •  Michael Peña  •  Trevante Rhodes

Shock and Awe (2018)

A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Reiner
CAST:  James Marsden  •  Woody Harrelson  •  Rob Reiner  •  Jessica Biel

A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Reiner
CAST:  James Marsden  •  Woody Harrelson  •  Rob Reiner  •  Jessica Biel

Osama Bin Laden: Up Close and Personal (2015)

Four years after a Navy SEAL team killed Osama Bin Laden in a raid on his compound, his correspondence sheds new light on his mindset and final years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Berkel
CAST:  Osama Bin Laden

Four years after a Navy SEAL team killed Osama Bin Laden in a raid on his compound, his correspondence sheds new light on his mindset and final years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Berkel
CAST:  Osama Bin Laden

Sergio (2020)

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Greg Barker
CAST:  Wagner Moura  •  Ana de Armas  •  Garret Dillahunt  •  Will Dalton

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Greg Barker
CAST:  Wagner Moura  •  Ana de Armas  •  Garret Dillahunt  •  Will Dalton
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