The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist

"Terror has two faces."

2013

2h 10m

6.6(220 votes)

Thriller

Overview

In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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62 members

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Riz Ahmed

Changez

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Kate Hudson

Erica

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Liev Schreiber

Bobby Lincoln

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Kiefer Sutherland

Jim Cross

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Om Puri

Abu

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शबाना आज़मी

Ammi

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Martin Donovan

Ludlow Cooper

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Nelsan Ellis

Wainwright

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Haluk Bilginer

Nazmi Kemal

Sound

Meesha Shafi

Bina

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Imaad Shah

Sameer

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Christopher Nicholas Smith

Mike Rizzo

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Ashwath Bhatt

Junaid

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Sarah Quinn

Clea

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Chandrachur Singh

Bandy Uncle

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Adil Hussain

Mustafa Fazil

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Ali Sethi

Ahmed

Art

Deepti Datt

Amreh

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Gary Richardson

Anse Rainier

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Sonya Jehan

Nadia

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Golam Sarwar Harun

Ranting South Asian Man

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Rohan Gupta

Rahim

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Claire Roberts Lamont

June Davis

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Victor Slezak

Maxwell Underwood

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Ismail Bashey

Pak-Punjab Deli Customer

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Mahmood Mamdani

Pak-Punjab Deli Customer

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Taylor St. Clair

Cable Company Manager

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Roy McCrerey

Agent Ford

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Clayton Landey

Agent Jackson

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James Sutton

Airport Security

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Jamie Moore

Cable Company Worker

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Vince Canlas

Kenzaburo

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Yinka Adeboyeku

NYPD Officer

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Amuche Chukudebelu

Nigerian Merchant

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Cody Parker

Herman

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Kuldeep Lulla

Little Boy in Mercedes

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Daksh Vashisht

Bobby's Shooter

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Charu Shankar

Lovely Girl at Wedding

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Javed Basu Kesselman

Pakistani Bond

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Bradford Haynes

Jogger

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Kartikeya

Student

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Josiah Lyricq

Airport worker

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Byron Carvil Cecil Napier

Extra Student

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Mark Oliver

Ruddy Immigration Officer

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Jimmy R. Perdue Jr.

Office personel / airport extra

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Tim Campione

Blood Donor (uncredited)

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Keenan Carver

Bar Patron (uncredited)

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Momo Casablanca

Airport Patron (uncredited)

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John Darko

John (uncredited)

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Robert Bryan Davis

Bald Officer (uncredited)

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Ashlyn Henson

The American Girl (uncredited)

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Cait Johnson

Airport Patron (uncredited)

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Ryan Nesset

Cocktail party Guest (uncredited)

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Megan Pigott

Lacrosse Player (uncredited)

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John Mark Ridings

National Guard (uncredited)

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Joel Rogers

Airport Security Agent (uncredited)

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Wendy Schweitzer

Airport Patron (uncredited)

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Jawad Talpur

New York Deli Patron (uncredited)

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Erik Thirsk

NYPD Cop (uncredited)

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Uzimann

Cab Driver (uncredited)

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Karen Valero

Student (uncredited)

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Christian Wallace

Chris (uncredited)

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