The Looming Tower
2018 · Miniseries · TV-MA · 60 min · ★ 7.3 · 81% critics
This miniseries traces the years before 9/11 as intelligence and law enforcement teams pursue a growing terrorist threat. As warnings mount across multiple countries, rivalry, missed connections, and official blind spots make the situation feel increasingly urgent and tragic.
Based on The Looming Tower
Also known as 40 North
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Streaming on Hulu.
8 hours to watch · 10 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-02-28
- Network
- Hulu
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (189 votes)
About
If you like tense, fact-based political thrillers like Homeland or Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, this offers a sobering, character-driven look at warning signs and bureaucracy; Not for you if you want escapist fun or clear-cut heroes.
Pros: gripping real-world tension; strong performances; smart political drama | Cons: one-sided agency portrayal; uneven personal subplots; unconvincing locations
Themes
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- fbi
- terrorism
- iraq war
- 9/11
- iraq invasion
- terrorist threat
Cast & crew
Jeff Daniels
as John O'Neill
Tahar Rahim
as Ali Soufan
Wrenn Schmidt
as Diane Priest
Bill Camp
as Robert Chesney
Louis Cancelmi
as Vince Stuart
Virginia Kull
as Kathy Shaughnessy
Ella Rae Peck
as Heather
Sullivan Jones
as Floyd Bennet
Michael Stuhlbarg
as Richard Clarke
Peter Sarsgaard
as Martin Schmidt
Episodes1 season · 10 episodes
Season 110 episodes
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- S1E5Y2K50mDisney+Hulu
- S1E6Boys at War50mDisney+Hulu
- S1E7The General50mDisney+Hulu
- S1E8A Very Special Relationship50mDisney+Hulu
- S1E9Tuesday50mDisney+Hulu
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