--- description: Thousands of files about Osama bin Laden released by the CIA revealed a surprising movie collection, including cartoons and Hollywood films title: Osama bin Laden Had Pixar's 'Cars' and Other Cartoons in His Movie Collection image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccd37cef36ff2704/6988e44fab6d77f92a6b074e/osama-bin-laden-movies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [CIA](/tag/cia/) ## CIA Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Osama bin Laden Had Pixar's _Cars_ and Other Cartoons in His Movie Collection  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 2, 2017 12:50 AM CUT  In this 1998 file photo made available on March 19, 2004, Osama bin Laden is seen at a news conference in Khost, Afghanistan. In this 1998 file photo made available on March 19, 2004, Osama bin Laden is seen at a news conference in Khost, Afghanistan.Mazhar Ali Khan—AP  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 2, 2017 12:50 AM CUT Thousands of files about [Osama bin Laden](http://time.com/3890945/osama-bin-laden-books/ "undefined") released by the CIA on Wednesday revealed he had a surprising movie collection that included American cartoons, Hollywood movies and documentaries about himself. The movies stored in Bin Laden’s collection included _Antz_, _Chicken Little,_ _Cars, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs_, _Home on the Range_ and _The Three Musketeers,_ [according to the CIA](https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/2017-press-releases-statements/cia-releases-additional-files-recovered-in-ubl-compound-raid.html "undefined"). Experts have noted that such movies could have been viewing material for kids or family members in his compound. Bin Laden, the Al Qaeda leader responsible for the 9/11 attacks, also had several documentaries and TV specials about himself, including W_here in the World is Osama bin Laden_ and CNN’s _In the Footsteps of bin Laden._ The files released Wednesday were recovered from bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan — where he was killed during a [May 2011 raid](http://time.com/4314193/osama-bin-laden-raid-anniversary-live-tweet/ "undefined"). The materials contain information about Al Qaeda’s inner workings, revealing strategies and disagreements within the group. “Today’s release of recovered al-Qa‘ida letters, videos, audio files and other materials provides the opportunity for the American people to gain further insights into the plans and workings of this terrorist organization,” CIA Director Mike Pompeo said in a statement. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5006709/osama-bin-laden-files-movies-cars-pixars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5006709/osama-bin-laden-files-movies-cars-pixars/"},"headline":"Osama bin Laden Had Pixar's Cars and Other Cartoons in His Movie Collection","datePublished":"2017-11-02T00:50:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:05:00.299Z","description":"He also had a few documentaries about himself","url":"https://time.com/5006709/osama-bin-laden-files-movies-cars-pixars/","keywords":["CIA","Pakistan","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccd37cef36ff2704/6988e44fab6d77f92a6b074e/osama-bin-laden-movies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccd37cef36ff2704/6988e44fab6d77f92a6b074e/osama-bin-laden-movies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Osama bin Laden","caption":"Osama bin Laden","creditText":"Mazhar Ali Khan—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/cia/","name":"CIA"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5006709/osama-bin-laden-files-movies-cars-pixars/","name":"Osama bin Laden Had Pixar's Cars and Other Cartoons in His Movie Collection"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"10 Days That Define the Obama Presidency: The Death of bin Laden","description":"As President Obama's two terms in office come to a close, TIME is taking a look back at the most pivotal moments of his presidency.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/7HHtoGVJ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-01-13T15:01:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7HHtoGVJ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5006709/osama-bin-laden-files-movies-cars-pixars/","duration":"PT1M57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5006709/osama-bin-laden-files-movies-cars-pixars/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```