The Final Films

Directed by James B. Rogers

Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth) takes a call from a street-corner payphone, the twin towers visible down the avenue behind her.

Directed by Steven Spielberg

In the film's far-future coda, David drifts by boat through a flooded, ice-locked Manhattan where the twin towers still stand among the submerged ruins of the skyline.

Directed by Edward Burns

Edward Burns' ensemble comedy cuts between its story and faux-documentary interview segments with its characters; the World Trade Center is visible on the skyline behind Tommy (Stanley Tucci) throughout those segments, part of the city as Burns filmed it in early 2000.

Directed by Cameron Crowe

A hazy Manhattan skyline, including the towers, appears behind Tom Cruise's David Aames on a rooftop ledge in the film's dreamlike final act.

Directed by Ben Stiller

The Twin Towers sit on the Manhattan skyline throughout Zoolander's New York-set scenes, in the version now available to watch, at least. Ben Stiller had them digitally erased for the film's original release; they were not restored until the 2016 Blu-ray edition, the version current streaming and disc copies are based on.

Directed by Mary Harron

The towers are visible in the distance as Patrick Bateman crosses a Manhattan street.

Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood

An establishing shot of the Lower Manhattan skyline and Brooklyn Bridge, glimpsed through a car window, marks Zora's move from Manhattan to her renovated Brooklyn brownstone early in the film.

Directed by Douglas Aarniokoski

The towers appear among several glimpses of the New York City skyline throughout the film.

Directed by Bryan Singer

A nighttime Manhattan street shot shows the lit Empire State Building in the foreground and the twin towers standing dark in the skyline beyond, part of the film's contemporary New York setting used for its climax at the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.

Directed by Chris Columbus

A view from the Brooklyn Bridge promenade shows a digitally reimagined future Manhattan skyline, with the twin towers rendered taller and linked by a sky bridge among the film's futuristic architecture.

Directed by Phil Joanou

Jake takes a phone call on the Brooklyn Bridge at sunset, his silhouette framed against the Lower Manhattan skyline with the twin towers glowing in the fading light behind him.

Directed by Mike Newell

The opening credits show a jet airliner banking toward the World Trade Center on a clear day as air traffic controllers track it.

Directed by John McTiernan

Well into the film, not at the start, Thomas Crown races a catamaran far out on Long Island Sound, off Norwalk, Connecticut. The towers are still visible on the skyline behind him, from a distance well beyond the film's other, closer New York shots.

Directed by Andrew Davis

An early rooftop shot over industrial Brooklyn establishes the film's New York setting, with the twin towers standing across the East River in the hazy skyline beyond.

Directed by Eric Darnell & Tim Johnson

A stylized version of the twin towers, positioned alongside the Empire State Building, appears as the ants get their first glimpse of the human city.

Directed by Michael Bay

Establishing shots of New York before the meteor shower include the twin towers on the skyline, part of the world the film is about to put at risk.

Directed by George Miller

The film's fictional composite "Metropolis" skyline includes the twin towers among a mix of world landmarks, glimpsed as a plane passes near them in an establishing shot.

Directed by Mimi Leder

Pre-disaster New York establishing shots in this apocalyptic drama include the twin towers as part of the ordinary skyline about to be upended.

Directed by Roland Emmerich

Godzilla's rampage through Manhattan is staged against a skyline that includes the twin towers, visible in multiple wide shots of the city under attack.

Directed by Spike Lee

A kid dribbles alone on a weathered outdoor court in Brooklyn during the film's opening montage of pickup basketball, with the twin towers visible across the harbor.

Directed by Edward Zwick

Set in a New York under terrorist threat, the film's skyline and aerial shots of the city include the twin towers.

Directed by James L. Brooks

As Good As It Gets centers on a West Village apartment building, with the towers visible on the Manhattan skyline outside it.

Directed by Kevin Smith

Chasing Amy is set mostly across the river in New Jersey, but its brief scenes in Manhattan put the towers on the skyline.

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

Aerial New York shots throughout this sci-fi comedy place the twin towers on the skyline as the MIB agents crisscross the city.

Directed by Taylor Hackford

The film's New York law-firm setting includes skyline views of downtown Manhattan with the towers present.

Directed by Alan J. Pakula

The towers are visible as Frankie McGuire first arrives in New York City.