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United 93

United 93

2006
Drama
History
1h 51m
A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
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United 93

2006
Drama
History
1h 51m
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Rated 12 May 2009
95
98th
Unbelievable, shocking, true story. The biggest, powerful nation of the world in a real turmoil, helpless, attacked by terrorists with knifes. I must confess that it was a ingenious and well-thought plan of the terrorists, and where was Bush ? Maybe the coward sat down on the toilet.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
92
98th
There is no way a better movie could have been made about this subject. There are no "Hollywood type heroes", there are no politics or patriotic bullshit, and there is no false dramatization (like Titanic or any other disaster movie). This is as close to Documentary as it gets, and while being almost a documentary, this is the most emotional rollercoaster you will see all year. From feeling hopelesness in the beginning to absolutely terrified in the end, this is one of the best movies I have e
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
89th
It's like 2 straight hours of a heart attack. Excellent in almost all of its aspects, specially the editing and cinematography. In the end, it shows that we're all human beings and things like this could happen to any of us.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
76th
An absolutely amazing movie. I was spellbound, enthralled, and ENRAGED. I think the director and cast really did put aside the showbiz glitz and glamour and captured the real moment for a change. I really feel they honored those who lost their lives and their families. I challenge anyone who watches not to be moved to tears. This film should be required viewing for the leagues of milquetoast liberals who cry crocodile tears for the poor misunderstood murdering scumbags.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
83rd
strangly, this was one of the best and bravest movies of the year while remaining one of the most respectable
Rated 31 May 2008
60
62nd
Almost a pseudo-documentary (which does not mean that there is not a pronounced mythological element, nor that the filmmakers have not made some historically dubious narrative choices), this film is impressive and affecting, but doesn't really have characters, a film-making decision that has pros and cons.
Rated 31 Dec 2008
100
99th
Extremely well made mokumentary. Very realistic, my stomach was in knots for the last third. If I'm half as heroic in the position that the passengers were, I'd be proud.
Rated 21 Dec 2008
89
76th
Depicts the tragic events of 9/11 respectably, and it's an exquisite yet severly fierce, narrative journey about the account of the hijacking of the last plane in the notorious terrorist attacks on the day of September 11th, 2001. Greengrass reincarnates and retells the events like no other, and everything falls into place in an outstanding manner. It's truly his own version of the incident. A must-see.
Rated 26 Mar 2007
87
94th
This is just genius. The tempo is unstoppable. The documentary style is terrific. The editing is brilliant. And their was no over-the-top action involved. ... During the whole movie I think my heartbeat was an average 120.
Rated 01 Sep 2008
10
99th
Very well handled, and extremely powerful. When 9/11 actually happened, I don't think I had any real emotional reaction to the disaster other than "bummer", but here it strips away any connections you might have had with the event, and it just puts you onto the doomed aircraft. Some character development might have been done better, but chances are it would have ended up hurting it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
93rd
This is a miracle. This movie is NOT fucked up, stupid or unintentionally funny in the slightest way. Miracle.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
94th
It feels real, honest, and gives us a truer appreciation of the incredible tragedy than reading any article or watching any new report could ever do.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
10
3rd
I notice that the majority of critics tripping over each other to praise United 93 are American. This movie is complete drivel, an exercise in masochism. I'm shocked that family members of the "heroes" of United 93 supported this turd.
Rated 22 Dec 2013
91
77th
Potent and sobering, United 93 is even more gut-wrenching because the outcome is already known. While difficult to watch, director Paul Greengrass' film has been made with skill and treats the subject matter with respect, never resorting to the aggrandizement of which Hollywood has sometimes been accused. Especially effective is the cast of mostly unknown actors, who portray the passengers of the doomed flight as ordinary people who respond with bravery to extraordinary circumstances.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
83rd
It's not an artistic achievment, but its a powerful, relevant, and tasteful depiction of the events that took place in United Airlines 93. A must see!
Rated 25 Jul 2007
95
90th
Paul Greengrass escapes being pigeon-holed into the action genre by Hollywood and shoots a very docu-drama movie that will be eternally connected with this decade in cinema history this side of ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN for the 1970s.
Rated 18 May 2007
94
98th
Mindblowing. This film just moves you in a , for me , unseen way and altough you know what is going to happen you just believe the passengers are going to make it out alive. Proves again the talent of Paul Greengrass.
Rated 23 Jan 2008
100
99th
Masterpiece, in a word. Salient, spellbinding and not in the least contrived, which I was afraid of beforehand. And I am European, by the way, and I'd hope, less inclined to any 9/11 nostalgia which could supposedly obscure my judgment.
Rated 31 Dec 2007
87
73rd
I didn't think I'd be affected by this (it IS a movie, even if it's very realistic) but I was still pretty shaken by the end. Greengrass went out of his way to portray this in a way that wouldn't exploit those killed, and not cheese it up with GI Joe America bullshit.
Rated 14 Jul 2008
83
93rd
i knew that the airplane has fallen down but while watching the movie i wished passengers to survive. incredibly majestic.
Rated 20 Dec 2006
76
70th
A tense, heart-breaking movie. You know what happens and you know why but it doesn't seem to matter. Greengrass did what he could. You can say it should not have been made, but it has been, and at least Greengrass understood WHY it should be made.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
87th
Very few films these day carry a true emotional punch. Most emotions are forced onto us, some are layered with a heavy hand. Not so with united 93. Those who can vividly remember the events of 9/11, no matter where they were in the world, will know the shock and disbelief they felt. The problem with the tragic events was that it was predictable that Hollywood would get its hands on the day that changed the world. Enter Paul Greengrass. Mr Greengrass is a blazing talent that has made his name
Rated 14 Aug 2007
79
71st
Well-crafted, but if you know the story, and most Americans do, you don't need to see this movie to find out how it ends. 15 years later? this might be a classic.
Rated 18 Mar 2007
81
63rd
Emotionally intense movie that could have benefited with a little more engaging drama in the first half. The last thirty minutes are some of the most incredible ever captured on film.
Rated 12 Feb 2007
85
91st
A for-real, no bullshit portrayal of what could've possibly happened on flight 93. Doesn't exploit the disaster as a vehicle to push any kind of hidden agenda or inappropriate "patriotic rally" message through cheesy dialogue or the like. I feel as though one can really appreciate and respect this movie for being as non-capitalizing as it is.
Rated 26 Mar 2009
97
98th
A film I had a hard time bringing myself to see. But I found it to be well done and also respectful to the lives of those involved. Highly recommmended.
Rated 02 May 2007
100
98th
Pretty goddamn difficult to watch but just as hard not to think about. Rarely do movies so effortlessly capture what it must have felt like to be there at this particular moment in history. It also reiterates that it is both too soon and long enough ago to feel like a dream.
Rated 09 Aug 2008
85
81st
I came in expecting preachy, maudlin, jingoistic nonsense. I came out sweaty and breathless, feeling as if I'd just been kicked in the solar plexus. This movie makes no statement other than "we're fucked." And it makes it in bold, 20 foot high letters. By the way: will the truthers please fuck off. We know we're all sheeple, great, now go jerk yourselves off somewhere else.
Rated 16 Apr 2010
75
72nd
Given the subject matter at hand this is probably the best film it could be. Greengrass is an expert at conjuring up a feel of realism, and it serves this movie well. So too does the brave decision to hire unknown actors in all parts. Sadly, Greengrass also displays why there is a difference between film and reality and the "too many characters you know too little" problem shows its ugly head when the credits are rolling.
Rated 11 Mar 2014
78
67th
It certainly succeeded in creating a very tense atmosphere.
Rated 20 Mar 2008
90
92nd
Harrowing. I avoided it forever in fear it would be a flag-waving dramatization with a crying bald eagle for a closing shot. For that movie, see World Trade Center. This is something else entirely, and it doesn't feel 'too soon'. If anything, now more than ever it's important to remember just what we all felt that day, so we can retrace the journey from there, to the mess we're in now. The finale is perhaps the saddest, most shocking and heartbreaking thing I've ever seen on film.
Rated 12 Jan 2007
7
84th
That rare narrative film that stays so grounded and utterly objective that it nearly qualifies as "docu-drama." I don't know if I ever want to watch it again, but it's definitely a must watch and the finest 9/11 film to date by miles and miles.
Rated 08 Oct 2009
45
11th
I still don't buy the "official" story, which is what this film covers, but still a decent film.
Rated 13 Jan 2007
88
90th
Greengrass makes an outstanding job, relating the popular tragic story about the United 93 flight, with a style very near to the documentary. Brave and touching. It's worth it.
Rated 01 Jul 2007
95
89th
Tense and riveting beyond belief. With no plot, no character development, and no real resolution it manages to hold your attention like a vise. I was sick with tension by the end.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
1
3rd
ok, besides the fact that they made a Hollywood movie out of a contervisial issue ill give it a 1. Everything else sucks, its like okay this is exactly why people hate other countries, this movie supports the fact that everyone (who has no clue) thinks that "the terriorists did it" did anyone watch this and think "this in incredibly made up! we dont know what went on on September 11! even now we dont even have a clue! and they have the nerve to make a movie about it, fueling the "the terrior
Rated 14 Aug 2007
74
85th
I believe this movie is a bit overrated and it plays more like an in-depth up-close documentary rather than a movie (aside from the last 20-30 minutes). Still a solid viewing experience.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
81
69th
Powerful and harrowing. The decision to use lesser-known actors (and in some cases, people are actually playing themselves) was absolutely right: one "big name" actor (*cough* Nicolas Cage *cough*) would have fucked the whole thing up. I was surprised by how primitive the air traffic control situation is.
Rated 29 Dec 2007
85
61st
Nobody will ever make another movie about 9/11 because this film depicted it perfectly with the right direction and taste. Compelling, thrilling and told with the kind of honesty that was needed.
Rated 14 Apr 2012
72
72nd
It was good and I'm not comfortable making any jokes here.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
95th
If Hollywood has to make movies about 9/11 - and apparently it believes it does - I doubt the ensuing onslaught will ever top this.
Rated 19 Dec 2006
3
28th
People will say it can't be filmed any better than this but I say why was this even filmed? It's just a pointless story to tell - especially 5 years later. Also has absolutely no replay value and the Greengrass's trademark shakycam couldn't be more annoying.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
7
88th
I developed a year-long fear of air travel after seeing this.
Rated 01 Mar 2007
75
89th
Paul Greengrass is an excellent director and has made an excellent film out of the story of flight 93.However this is a work of fiction and in time when the truth is told it will be seen as so.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
91
94th
Perfect. It's a difficult topic, but I don't see any way that the film could have been made any better than it was.
Rated 29 Jan 2007
83
57th
Rather decent film, but I fear that far too many jumped on the movie as being the best of 2006, just because of the subject matter and the manner in which it was dealt with (i.e. not so heavy handed like WTC)
Rated 26 Nov 2013
65
42nd
"My penis, wah" I kept on thinking of that episode of Curb with "let's roll!" and couldn't take this seriously at all. OH and imagining LArry David on the plane next to the exit. TOO MUCH PRESSURE. I'm a child.
Rated 07 Feb 2010
89
73rd
The Last scene is one of the most intense movie experiances I have ever been through. Perfect directorial skill.
Rated 19 Dec 2009
76
42nd
Easily a film that captures your emotions and makes you realize how people fight to survive, but it wasnt an easy to film make and ultimately I dont think they should have made it.
Rated 11 Sep 2010
75
60th
Casting unknown actors in all roles and the focusing on the collective effort of both the flight controllers and the passengers on board United 93, Greengrass wisely avoids turning this into a story of just one or two brave, patriotic americans fighting evil. The fact that the movie has a high number of characters and that you don't learn much about them, somehow brings old Soviet cinema, where the collective and not the individual was the hero, to mind.
Rated 08 Jun 2007
92
86th
With flat, decisive style, Greengrass take the most wrenching day in recent U.S. history and turns it into a procedural. Rather than staying with the harrowing airphone conversations and back row plotting in the jet, Greengrass gives equal focus to those on the ground working nondescript jobs as air traffic controllers or with the FAA as they gradually become aware that history is unfolding on their workstations. The film provokes personal rediscovery of the lingering feelings about that day.
Rated 09 Nov 2008
85
80th
Shows the tragedies of 9/11 in a very respectful and realistic way.
Rated 06 May 2009
86
73rd
Very well made drama, though I still wonder if I'll like it that much down the line.
Rated 07 Sep 2011
81
93rd
As a film: a beautifully directed story of ordinary people who risked -and lost- their lives to save many others... No cheap drama and no Hollywood-like superheroes here, while great acting and the wonderful soundtrack support the thrilling cinematography. As a documentary: no words can describe what these people must have gone through - so I'll end with a 87 character silence... Thumbs up for Mr. Greengrass.
Rated 28 Sep 2012
90
90th
I remember avoiding this film when it came out because I thought it was "too soon" but I regret that. Greengrass' trademark shaky-cam works perfectly here, considering the attempt at a documentary feel. Watching this is better than watching news footage when it comes to reliving that day. It's incredible filmmaking.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
89
94th
Provokes an intense and guttural reaction. Extremely well done. Somehow, it's both horrifying and extraordinary at the same time. The conclusion is forgone, but the suspense is still crushing. I have no desire to ever see it again, but I want anyone who hasn't to watch this flick.
Rated 27 Jul 2010
90
97th
This is a film that anyone who questions the power of cinema must see. Almost unbearably tense, this compelling, well-crafted drama is undoubtedly the best 9/11-inspired film and also a jaw-dropping thriller, directed with extraordinary skill by Paul Greengrass. It is also quite impressive how Greengrass has skillfully avoided pointless melodrama and stupid nationalisms, something Oliver Stone's overhyped "World Trade Center" obviously failed to do.
Rated 05 Jul 2009
92
91st
Way intense and really well made. Still, it never feels saccharine or manipulative, as these types of films can be. One of the best portrayals of 9/11 I can imagine ever being made.
Rated 12 Aug 2009
95
89th
Awesome. It really made you feel what the passengers were feeling and I thought it did a great job of telling the truth without getting overly patriotic.
Rated 19 Apr 2010
82
62nd
Couldn't see the point of making this film, but was pleasantly surprised by its quality. Very tightly put together with excellent attention to detail. The DVD contains the worst audio commentary I've ever heard.
Rated 20 Feb 2007
90
99th
Unflinchingly real.
Rated 06 Dec 2008
78
82nd
Shook me up badly.
Rated 10 Jun 2009
70
59th
It actually makes you think that this is exactly how it happened....
Rated 29 Dec 2007
98
96th
Utterly mesmerising in every single way I can think. REAL men cry at United 93.
Rated 16 Sep 2014
80
78th
A tense and tightly constructed docudrama that verges on the upsetting because of how effective it is. Another meticulously crafted work from Greengrass.
Rated 17 Sep 2013
90
77th
Need to re-watch it but i remember it as very fine moving (even harrowing) piece.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
82nd
I didn't flinch once. Powerful, powerful, thrilling, haunting experience.
Rated 30 Dec 2007
85
92nd
Greengrass does his thing with shakycam.
Rated 13 Jan 2011
93
96th
A story so incredible that if they put it in a movie I wouldn't believe it. The final scene is heart-punchingly tense.
Rated 26 Sep 2016
80
37th
Viewed September 13, 2016. There isn't a perfect film to be made of this story. The material is just too loaded, it hits too close. There isn't a way to tell it that it could satisfy everyone. This works because Greengrass's direction is able to create this unbelievable intensity without sacrificing any of the emotion. We only get the smallest details about these people on the plane, but their humanity shines through. It's like you're there and yet, it's greater than that.
Rated 30 Mar 2024
89
74th
Rated 25 Sep 2010
67
57th
Greengrass is a talented director and this is an undserstated piece of work but I just wasn't as taken by it as others. I did like the cast of unknowns.
Rated 13 Feb 2022
50
23rd
To an extent, "United 93" goes for authenticity in terms of casting, pacing and specific details and, most notably, has a suspenseful finale. Also, Greengrass seems to attempt a welcome guerilla type of direction at first, but unfortunately gives up on it soon: most of the film is just a nerveless, bland and worst of all faceless succession of airport/ boarding footage and the same information being relayed again and again through a bunch of control rooms and control towers and control centres.
Rated 13 Jan 2008
82
76th
Maybe the story isn't really worth a movie of it's own but it can't be filmed better than this.
Rated 15 Apr 2012
77
57th
Can t really rate a movie like that.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
3rd
This film is well made and well acted but I can't help but think that some stories just aren't appropriate entertainment. Uncomfortable viewing...
Rated 20 Jan 2013
40
10th
I'm intensely wary of this film.
Rated 15 Nov 2014
76
69th
Intense, thrilling, tragic but uplifting.
Rated 15 Apr 2024
80
57th
Rated 17 Jan 2024
70
63rd
I went in expecting to hate this but definitely didn't. It's visceral and frustrating but it doesn't distract with any big names or over dramatization. It's harrowing in it's realness. I usually rate immediately after watching for a gut reaction but I needed to sleep on this to chew through how I felt first.
Rated 05 Sep 2009
91
96th
Paul Greengrass has done a great job with this film, and to date this is the only picture based on the events of 9/11 that could prove to be a classic. It is suspenseful, charged and ultimately, a very beautiful film. The first half focuses on the ground crews and air traffic controllers who first unearth the hijackings, which is a refreshing and deeply tense take on the events. The second follows the ordeal of the passengers of flight 93, and culminates in an utterly immense final scene. 9/10
Rated 16 Sep 2021
72
80th
Setting aside this is based on a real tragedy, this film is well made and well acted but it's not really a groundbreaking movie.
Rated 24 Feb 2008
55
28th
Too patriotic, too blabla.. I really expected much more of this one..
Rated 14 Aug 2007
88
83rd
Brilliant approach and suitable as the first major cinematic response to what happened.
Rated 16 Feb 2008
60
38th
Not cringingly bad, so you could call it a success.
Rated 27 Jul 2008
35
9th
Dull. If you want to revisit 9/11, it's more interesting to go to youtube and watch clips of newscasts from the day.
Rated 25 Sep 2012
90
99th
One of the most powerful movies ever made.
Rated 23 Sep 2008
42
5th
Under appreciated
Rated 18 Dec 2008
90
95th
Not exactly where I typically look for entertainment, too serious for my usual fare, but this movie truly strikes chords, feels very real and very intense.
Rated 06 Aug 2011
100
96th
Yeah. Shit gets real. I wonder if it counts as a workout if my heartbeat was -- HEY IT'S THAT GUY FROM 30 ROCK!
Rated 11 Sep 2017
95
98th
United 93 is a hard film to sit through because we are there with the people that were on that plane. 9/11 hasn't happened yet in the world that opens this film up. It is still something that us Americans never thought would happen on our soil. That is this film in a nutshell. This is a film about 9/11 that opens with 9/11 not having taken place. We are in that world of peace and tranquility and then the plane gets taken over and everything becomes so real. This is one of the best horror films t
Rated 03 Feb 2008
91
95th
Haunting, effective, and sticking-to-the-facts. No exploitation works in its favor. One of 06's best.
Rated 13 Sep 2015
3
73rd
Good visual storytelling, the majority would work just fine as a silent movie. The final act -almost the adrenaline and claustrophobia nightmare it should have been- was marred by a sentimentality out of keeping with what came before.
Rated 12 Sep 2019
96
90th
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Rated 25 Oct 2012
89
97th
* Casting, Acting : 8.5 * Script : 9.5 * Directing, Aura : 9.5 * Ease of Viewing : 8 * Naked Eye : 9
Rated 08 Aug 2014
90
82nd
Easily Greengrass' best movie, and he escapes being called self-serious by choice of subject matter. Tough to rewatch, obviously.
Rated 02 Jan 2008
88
87th
Hard to watch, but everything is handled well. It's a document, not a statement, which is what this had to be.
Rated 14 Jul 2008
95
90th
This one hits you in the gut. It will be embedded in your memory forever. Only one viewing required.
Rated 21 Jun 2008
65
5th
Pretty disappointing rendition of an amazing story. Still entertaining.
Rated 02 Apr 2024
56
15th

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