For reasons that should be obvious, I don't own many of the movies which include the Twin Towers and were therefore were not included in Part 1. King Kong (1976) has Kong climb the World Trade Center instead of the Empire State Building. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) has a New York montage that ends with the camera pulling back from Macaulay Culkin standing on the observation deck of the South Tower. Much of the action in the futurstic Escape from New York (1981) takes place at the WTC. The future is often wrong:
Back to the Future, Part 2 - (1989)
The Matrix (1999)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - (June 2001)
After 9/11/01, movies left the Towers in for different reasons.
Vanilla Sky - (December 2001) - Cameron Crowe was criticized for leaving it in, but it fits in with the rest of the story.
Gangs of New York - (2002) - A closing shot just before the credits shows the changes in the New York skyline from the 1850s. With the soundtrack playing "The Hands That Built America" by U2, I think it was appropriate for Scorsese to leave it in.
Miracle - (2004) - A nice inclusion that shows how much things have changed since that Olympic Hockey game with the Soviets in 1980. 
Munich - (2005) - Some felt this closing shot was a little heavy-handed. I think it's sublime and masterful. 
United 93 - (2006) - Many films have included the South Tower explosion (Bowling for Columbine, The Barbarian Invasions, Old Boy). This film and the less successful World Trade Center focused on that day. This film, by director Paul Greengrass, is the one that will be watched in history classes 50 years from now.For a more complete list, try:
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Weird to see them so many times. Impressive posts. Timely and well done.
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