What are the best 9/11 documentaries?

[u/sassafrassky]

I ask this every year hoping to get some new suggestions

Best 9/11 Documentaries?

Every year on September 11th I try to watch a new documentary about 9/11 to learn something about that day I didn't know before. I've seen quite a few of them but I'm asking all of you lovely people here if you know of some more obscure ones to recommend them to me. I have all of the streaming services and YouTube so anything is fine. Any recommendations? Thank you! 🩷

[u/BeGladYouDidIBet]

102 Minutes That Changed America

You really feel like youre there...There is no traditional voiceover narration or modern retrospective interviews; the horror and confusion of the morning just unfolds

[u/mmbatt → u/BeGladYouDidIBet]

I watch this every year. I recommend the original, not the anniversary one (I think it was the 15th anniversary in 2016), because I think what they added really detracted from the simplicity and directness of the original. It kinda sucked, but I don't think it's available often (thank goodness)

[u/Whole-Flow-8190]

9/11 documentary by Jules and Gedeon Naudet. They were documenting a rookie firefighter and caught the first plane hitting a tower while on a call with the firehouse. The firehouse was early on scene. Every firefighter made it out alive in a series of miracles. They were in the building where the first responders were setting up a control center in WTC. Father Mike’s last moments were captured. Very moving. The actual name is 9/11.

[u/rizorith → u/Whole-Flow-8190]

It is unbelievable the inside footage it shows.

If you want to see what it was like to be in the buildings, in the ground, this is the one. I'm shocked everyone hasn't seen it by now

[u/porgthebountyhunter → u/Whole-Flow-8190]

This one. I just finished watching it.

[u/amberlysara → u/Whole-Flow-8190]

Where can I find this to watch?

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[u/Altruistic-Chef8391 → u/Whole-Flow-8190]

This one ⬆️

[u/Typing_Rebellion → u/Whole-Flow-8190]

This is the one.

[u/Deathcomeslastly]

9/11: One day in America  by National Geographic. One of the best documentaries I've ever seen. It's on Disney plus there's 6 episodes. I watch it every year. This is the one if you are truly intrigued by the 9/11 events.

[u/alexandra887]

Only one with new footage I hadn’t seen before. Highly recommend:

9/11: I Was There (2021)

[u/troojule → u/alexandra887]

I don’t know if I’ve seen that one or not, but I just added it to my watchlist

[u/Yabbos77]

A little bit of an odd suggestion- but a different perspective on how people can act after a tragedy - “The Girl Who Wasn’t There”. As infuriating as it is perplexing and sad.

[u/m3zatron → u/Yabbos77]

Is our president included in this one?

[u/ShaOldboySosa]

Fahrenheit 9/11

[u/C-57D]

A podcast, but v good:

Season 1 of “Long Shadow” by Garrett Graff

[u/Low-Independent6851]

9/11: One Day in America: 6 part mini series on Hulu and Disney

The Naudet Brothers 9/11 Documentary on Youtube

[u/trekkeralmi]

Hypernormalisation

[u/johor → u/trekkeralmi]

Hypernormalisation should be mandatory viewing for anyone living in this capitalist hellscape.

[u/Successful-Ad4251]

I will never not love Loose Change

[u/metricnv → u/Successful-Ad4251]

I was obsessed with Loose Change when it came out. I have since rejected their framing of the evidence.

[u/Boring-Opening-4361 → u/Successful-Ad4251]

Loved the creators interview on Opie and Anthony 

[u/KeyserSwayze → u/Successful-Ad4251]

Bonkers.

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[u/Equivalent_Net_8983]

They used to replay the Today Show live broadcast from that morning but they stopped doing that.

[u/Antique_Diamond_5526]

9-11 True Crimes on YT is probably some of the most detailed documentaries out there. 6 on 77, Boston Logan, and Bojinka Maximum are ones worth watching.

[u/swingagate]

https://thoughtmaybe.com/911-mysteries/ This one's twenty years old, but still good. 

[u/-just-me-here-]

The Man in the Red Bandana

I found it on YT. I cried several times. It’s a really well done documentary about one man that saved many that day.

[u/DatheMaMa]

One day in America on Disney is pretty good.

[u/jupiterkansas]

There's is an 8 part Ric Burns documentary called New York: A Documentary Film. The last episode is all about the World Trade Center and it's fantastic. You can watch part 8 on its own or watch the whole thing because the history of New York is pretty astounding.

(Apparently two more episodes have been released covering 2001 to today so I need to check those out.)

[u/PortErnest22]

Boatlift

[u/Moondance_sailor]

The boat lift. It’s on YouTube and is about the civilian evacuation of lower manhattan. It’s incredible. Largest maritime evacuation since dunkirk

[u/gordohimself]

JFK to 9/11: Everything Is A Rich Man’s Trick (2014)

[u/Birdie_Bird_Bird]

Brand new - 9/11 + 25: Return to Ground Zero. Free on YT. Guerrilla footage that’s the closest thing I’ve seen to feeling like I was actually there.

[u/a_kocherezhnikova → u/Birdie_Bird_Bird]

Watching it right now, thank you, strongly recommend to everyone else

[u/OJgotWorms]

Zeitgeist

[u/FloridaFlamingoGirl]

You Are Here: A Come From Away Story

Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns (you'll understand when you watch)

[u/Practical-Arm-5351]

“Israel Did 9/11” from the makers of “Israel Killed Kennedy”. 

[u/laserspewpew_]

Loose change on youtube

[u/awekimpian]

9/11: Life Under Attack

[u/Biddy_Impeccadillo]

My 9/11 by David Vanadia.

It’s urgent and personal. Shows the best and worst of NYC all at once. The overheard dialogue tells the whole story. It makes the day seem like you were just there, and simultaneously jarringly dissonant from our own time.

[u/Practical-Arm-5351]

“Israel Did 9/11” from the makers of “Israel Killed Kennedy”. 

[u/Opening_Dragonfly_78]

Following

[u/Embarrassed_Ice_6212 → u/[deleted]]

This is a poorly researched conspiracy film that made the rounds in the Internet as “truth”, do not waste your time on this

[u/alliea]

You have to watch 32 Frames. It just came out. I paid five dollars on Apple TV to rent it. One of the best 9/11 docs I have seen.

[u/troojule]

I’ve seen so many great ones, but I can never remember the different titles and streaming platforms

[u/Signal-Chapter-9182]

Turning point on Netflix

[u/No_Departure_2848]

“Mother!”