List of firefighting films
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The following criteria qualify a film for inclusion on this list:
  • Primary plot of film regards firefighting or related fire/rescue service work in general.
  • Primary plot of the film involves firefighters or their personal lives as affected by their firefighting.
  • Noteworthy attention is given to firefighting activities.


This list includes documentaries.

Fiction

  • 15 Minutes
    15 Minutes
    15 Minutes is a 2001 film starring Robert De Niro , Edward Burns and Karel Roden. It is about a homicide detective and a fire marshal who must stop a couple of Eastern European murderers from videotaping their killing and becoming sensationalized by the media. Melina Kanakaredes and Kelsey Grammer,...

    (2001)
  • The 119 (TV 1987) (unaired)
  • A Dangerous Summer
    A Dangerous Summer
    A Dangerous Summer is a 1982 Australian crime film drama film directed by Quentin Masters and starring Tom Skerritt, Ian Gilmour, Guy Doleman and James Mason.-Box office:...

    (A.K.A. Flash Fire; 1981)
  • Ablaze (2000)
  • The Accidental Husband
    The Accidental Husband
    The Accidental Husband is a 2008 American/Irish romantic comedy film directed by Griffin Dunne and starring Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth, Isabella Rossellini, and Sam Shepard. The film is written by Mimi Hare, Clare Naylor and Bonnie Sikowitz, and is produced by Jennifer Todd,...

    (2008)
  • Always (1989)
  • Backdraft
    Backdraft (film)
    Backdraft is a 1991 action thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Gregory Widen. The film stars Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, and Robert De Niro. Jason Gedrick and J. T. Walsh co-star in the film...

    (1991)
  • Bad Day on the Block
    Bad Day on the Block
    Bad Day on the Block is a 1997 psychological thriller film directed by Craig R. Baxley. It stars Charlie Sheen, Sarah Jessica Parker, Albert Brooks, Pete Postlethwaite and Mare Winningham. Although intended to be released in theaters, it was ultimately distributed direct-to-video...

    (1997)
  • The Bells Go Down
    The Bells Go Down
    The Bells Go down is a black-and-white wartime film made by Ealing Studios in 1943. The reference in the title is to the alarm bells in the fire station that "go down" when a call to respond is made...

    (1943)
  • Blue Smoke
    Blue Smoke
    Blue Smoke, also known as Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke, is a 2007 made-for-tv movie directed by David Carson, which stars Alicia Witt, Matthew Settle, and Scott Bakula. The film is based on the Nora Roberts novel of the same name. And is part of the Nora Roberts 2007 movie collection, which also...

    (2007)
  • City on Fire
    City on Fire (1979 film)
    City on Fire is a 1979 disaster film directed by Alvin Rakoff and featuring an “all-star cast,” as was the custom for that time. The film’s plot revolves around a disgruntled employee who sets fire to an oil refinery, setting off a blaze which engulfs an entire city. Various people try to either...

    (1979)
  • Code Red
    Code Red (TV series)
    Code Red is an American television series that ran from 1981 to 1982 on ABC and was produced by Irwin Allen. This was Allen's sixth and final television series....

    (TV 1981)
  • Collateral Damage
    Collateral Damage (film)
    Collateral Damage is a 2002 American action film that tells the story of a Los Angeles firefighter, Gordon Brewer , who looks to avenge his son's and wife's deaths at the hands of a guerrilla commando, by traveling to Colombia and facing his family's killers.-Plot:A bomb is detonated in the plaza...

    (2002)
  • Emergency!
    Emergency!
    Emergency! is an American television series that combines the medical drama and action-adventure genres. It was produced by Mark VII Limited and distributed by Universal Studios...

    (TV 1972)
  • Emergency: The Convention
    Emergency!
    Emergency! is an American television series that combines the medical drama and action-adventure genres. It was produced by Mark VII Limited and distributed by Universal Studios...

    (TV 1979)
  • Emergency: Greatest Rescues of Emergency!
    Emergency!
    Emergency! is an American television series that combines the medical drama and action-adventure genres. It was produced by Mark VII Limited and distributed by Universal Studios...

    (TV 1979)
  • Emergency: Most Deadly Passage
    Emergency!
    Emergency! is an American television series that combines the medical drama and action-adventure genres. It was produced by Mark VII Limited and distributed by Universal Studios...

    (TV 1978)
  • Emergency: The Steel Inferno
    Emergency!
    Emergency! is an American television series that combines the medical drama and action-adventure genres. It was produced by Mark VII Limited and distributed by Universal Studios...

    (TV 1978)
  • Emergency: Survival on Charter #220
    Emergency!
    Emergency! is an American television series that combines the medical drama and action-adventure genres. It was produced by Mark VII Limited and distributed by Universal Studios...

    (TV 1978)
  • Emergency: What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing...
    Emergency!
    Emergency! is an American television series that combines the medical drama and action-adventure genres. It was produced by Mark VII Limited and distributed by Universal Studios...

    (TV 1979)
  • Fahrenheit 451
    Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film)
    Fahrenheit 451 is a 1966 film directed by François Truffaut, in his first colour film as well as his only English-language film. It is based on the novel of the same name by Ray Bradbury....

    (1966)
  • The Fallen (2009)
  • False Alarms (1936)
  • Fire! (1901)
  • Fire!
    Fire! (1977 film)
    Fire! is a 1977 action TV movie, made for NBC television and Warner Bros. Television, directed by Earl Bellamy, who directed other disaster film one year before, Flood!...

    (TV 1977)
  • The Fire Alarm (1935)
  • The Fire Brigade (1926)
  • Fire Cheese (1941)
  • Fire on Kelly Mountain (TV 1973)
  • Fire Serpent
    Fire Serpent
    Fire Serpent is a 2007 Sci Fi Channel film.-Plot:A solar flare from the sun sends a serpentine alien of fire to Earth, where it begins to wreak havoc among a small community in its search for more fuel, in the form of a large military oil reserve for fuel....

    (TV 2007)
  • Fire, Trapped on the 37th Floor (TV 1991)
  • Firefight (2003)
  • Firefighter
    Firefighter (film)
    Firefighter is a 1986 television film directed by Robert Michael Lewis. The film is based on the true story of Cindy Fralick, the first female firefighter at the Los Angeles Fire Department.- Plot :...

    (TV 1986)
  • Firefighter (TV 2005)
  • Firehouse
    Firehouse (TV series)
    Firehouse was a short-lived ABC television series in early 1974. Somewhat derivative of Emergency! and the recent best-selling novel Report From Engine Co. 82 by FDNY fireman Dennis Smith, this drama/adventure series was set in Los Angeles at a small inner-city fire station...

    (TV 1974)
  • Firehouse
    Firehouse (1987 film)
    Firehouse is a 1987 film directed and co-written by J. Christian Ingvordsen. The movie is notable as the film debut of actress Julia Roberts in an uncredited role.-Plot:...

    (1987)
  • Firehouse
    Firehouse (1997 film)
    Firehouse is a 1997 drama film about the dealings of a crew at a firehouse. The group is attacked by an assassin and eventually must accept that the firehouse is to be consolidated with a rescue unit....

    (1997)
  • Firehouse Dog
    Firehouse Dog
    Firehouse Dog is a 2007 American family film produced by Regency Enterprises and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Directed by Todd Holland, it stars Josh Hutcherson, Bruce Greenwood, Dash Mihok, Steven Culp and Bill Nunn. It was released April 4, 2007, in the U.S.-Plot:The film starts in the tour...

    (2007)
  • The Fireman
    The Fireman (film)
    The Fireman is the second film Charlie Chaplin created for Mutual Film Corporation in 1916. Released on June 12, it starred Chaplin as the fireman and Edna Purviance as the daughter to Lloyd Bacon....

    (1916)
  • Fireproof
    Fireproof (film)
    Fireproof is a 2008 American Christian drama film released by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Affirm Films , directed by Alex Kendrick, who co-wrote and co-produced it with Stephen Kendrick...

    (2008)
  • Fires Were Started
    Fires Were Started
    Fires Were Started is a British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War II...

    (A.K.A. I Was a Fireman; 1943)
  • Firestorm
    Firestorm (film)
    Firestorm is a 1998 action thriller film directed by Dean Semler, and starring Howie Long, Scott Glenn, William Forsythe and Suzy Amis.-Plot summary:...

    (1998)
  • Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone (TV 2006)
  • Flames (1932)
  • Flat Foot Stooges
    Flat Foot Stooges
    Flat Foot Stooges is the 35th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.-Plot:...

    (1938)
  • Frequency
    Frequency (film)
    Frequency is a 2000 science-fiction film that contains elements of the time travel, thriller and alternate history film genres. It was directed by Gregory Hoblit and written by Toby Emmerich. The film stars Dennis Quaid and James Caviezel as father and son, Frank and John Sullivan respectively. It...

    (2000)
  • The Garage
    The Garage (film)
    The Garage is a 1920 American short comedy film starring Buster Keaton and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. It was directed by Arbuckle himself. The film was also known as Fire Chief. This was the fourteenth film starring the duo...

    (A.K.A. Fire Chief; 1919)
  • Going to the Fire (1896, Edison Films)
  • The Guys
    The Guys
    The Guys is a play by Anne Nelson about the aftereffects of the collapse of the World Trade Center. In the play, Joan, an editor, helps Nick, an FDNY captain, prepare the eulogies for an unprecedented number of firefighters who died under his command that day...

    (2002)
  • Heart of Fire (TV 1997)
  • Heaven's Fire
    Heaven's Fire
    Heaven's Fire is a 1999 made-for-TV action movie film starring Eric Roberts and Jürgen Prochnow.-Plot:The story involves a group of would-be burglars who attempt a daring daylight robbery of a Federal Building in Seattle, Washington. However, the criminals are forced to improvise when their...

    (TV 1999)
  • Hellfighters
    Hellfighters (film)
    Hellfighters is a 1968 American film starring John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Bruce Cabot, Jim Hutton, Jay C. Flippen and Vera Miles. The movie, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, is about a group of oil well firefighters, based loosely on the life of Red Adair...

    (1968)
  • Heroes of the Flames
    Heroes of the Flames
    Heroes of the Flames is a Universal movie serial. It is considered to be lost.-Cast:*Tim McCoy as Bob Darrow*Marion Shockley as June Madison*Bobby Nelson as Jackie Madison*Joe Bonomo as a Henchman*Gayne Whitman as Don Mitchell...

    (1931)
  • Holy Joe (1999)
  • Hook and Ladder
    Hook and Ladder (1932 film)
    Hook and Ladder is a 1932 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 116th Our Gang short that was released.-Synopsis:...

    (1932)
  • In Old Chicago
    In Old Chicago
    In Old Chicago is a 1937 American drama film directed by Henry King. The screenplay by Sonya Levien and Lamar Trotti was based on the Niven Busch story, "We the O'Learys." The film is a fictionalized account about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and stars Alice Brady as Mrs. O'Leary, the owner of...

    (1937)
  • I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
    I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
    I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry is a 2007 comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, written by Barry Fanaro, and starring Adam Sandler and Kevin James as the title characters. The film was released on July 20, 2007, in the U.S., August 16, 2007, in Australia and on September 21, 2007, in the UK and...

    (2007)
  • Inferno (2001)
  • Into the Fire (TV 2005)
  • Juvenile Fire Department (1903)
  • Ladder 49
    Ladder 49
    Ladder 49 is a 2004 film about the heroics of a Baltimore fireman Jack Morrison, who is trapped inside a warehouse fire and his recollection of the events that got him to that point. The movie is a celebration of the firefighting profession and the life that comes with it...

    (2004)
  • Life of an American Fireman
    Life of an American Fireman
    Life of an American Fireman is a short, silent film Edwin S. Porter made for the Edison Manufacturing Company. It was shot late in 1902 and distributed early in 1903...

    (1903)
  • Lifeline (1997, Hong Kong)
  • London's Burning: The Movie
    London's Burning
    London's Burning was a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network that focused on the lives of members of the London Fire Brigade, principally those of the Blue Watch at a fictional fire station called Blackwall.It was broadcast between 1986 and...

    (television film and series, 1986)
  • Mickey's Fire Brigade (1935)
  • The Morning Alarm (1896)
  • A Morning Alarm (1896, Edison Films)
  • On Fire (1987)
  • On Fire (1996, Hong Kong)
  • One True Love 2000 (2000, Lifetime Movie)http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/one-true-love
  • Point of Origin
    Point of Origin (film)
    Point of Origin is a 2002 film released by HBO. It stars Ray Liotta and John Leguizamo. The film details an account of the true story of the convicted serial arsonist John Leonard Orr. John Orr is an Arson investigator who tries to figure out whose been setting fire to family businesses and Orr is...

    (TV 2002)
  • Quarantine (2008)
  • Red Skies of Montana
    Red Skies of Montana
    Red Skies of Montana is a 1952 adventure drama in which smoke jumper Cliff Mason, Richard Widmark, attempts to save his crew while being over-run by a forest fire, not only to save his men, but to redeem himself after his last fire when he was the only survivor.The film was very loosely based on...

    (1952)
  • Rescue Me
    Rescue Me (TV series)
    Rescue Me is an American television drama series that premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004, and concluded on September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictitious Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse.The show...

    (TV 2004)
  • Roxanne
    Roxanne (film)
    Roxanne is a 1987 comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi. It is a modern retelling of the 1897 verse play Cyrano de Bergerac, written by French author Edmond Rostand, and stars Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah.-Plot summary:...

    (1987)
  • Scorched (2008)
  • Smoke Jumpers (A.K.A. In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers; 1996)
  • Superfire (TV 2002)
  • The Towering Inferno
    The Towering Inferno
    The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American action disaster film produced by Irwin Allen featuring an all-star cast led by Steve McQueen and Paul Newman.A co-production between Twentieth Century-Fox and Warner Bros...

    (1974)
  • Third Watch
    Third Watch
    Third Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....

    (TV 1999)
  • Trapped in a Forest Fire
    Trapped in a Forest Fire
    Trapped in a Forest Fire is a 1913 American silent short film directed by Gilbert P. Hamilton starring Charlotte Burton, Sydney Ayres, Jacques Jaccard, Violt Neitz, Louise Lester, Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich, and Harry von Meter....

    (1913)
  • Trespass (1992)
  • Trial by Fire
    Trial by Fire (2008)
    Trial by Fire is an adventure film starring Brooke Burns and Rick Ravanello. The film has been distributed commercially under the title Smoke Jumper....

    (A.K.A. Smoke Jumper; 2008)
  • Turk 182
    Turk 182
    Turk 182! is a 1985 film starring Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich, Kim Cattrall, Robert Culp and Peter Boyle. It is also one of the first movies to receive a PG-13 rating.-Film synopsis:...

    (1985)
  • Turn Out of the Cardiff Fire Brigade (1924)
  • Where's That Fire?
    Where's That Fire?
    Where's That Fire? is a 1940 British comedy film, produced by Twentieth Century Fox, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt.-Synopsis:...

    (1940)

Non-fiction

  • 343 (2007)
  • 9/11
    9/11 (film)
    9/11 is a 2002 American documentary film about the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, in which two planes crashed into the buildings of the World Trade Center from the point of view of the New York City Fire Department...

    (TV 2002)
  • Answering the Call: Ground Zero's Volunteers
    Answering the Call: Ground Zero's Volunteers
    Answering The Call: Ground Zero's Volunteers is a 9/11 documentary film that pays tribute to the thousands of volunteers who answered New York City's call for help following the September 11 attacks in 2001...

    (TV 2006)
  • "The Bronx is Burning" (episode of Man Alive, TV 1972, BBC)
  • Brotherhood: Life in the FDNY (2005)
  • Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (A.K.A. A Thousand Heroes, TV 1992)
  • "Fire Wars" (episode of NOVA
    NOVA (TV series)
    Nova is a popular science television series from the U.S. produced by WGBH Boston. It can be seen on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States, and in more than 100 other countries...

    , TV 2002)
  • Firefighters: Brothers in Battle (1991)
  • Firehouse USA: Boston
    Firehouse USA: Boston
    Firehouse USA: Boston was a 2005 TV series on Discovery Channel. The series followed Engine 37 & Ladder 26 stationed out of Huntington Ave, Boston, Mass. Narrator was Mikey Kelley, executive producer was Mark Kadin. The series premiered Sept 20th, 2005 and was canceled later that year...

    (TV 2005)
  • Fires of Kuwait (1992)
  • First In (TV)
  • Into the Fire (2007)
  • New York's Bravest - A Firefighting Odyssey (2005)
  • Ricky's Rib Shack, a Firefighter's Journey (2008)
  • The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
    The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
    The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal is a 1979 film about the March 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, in which 146 garment workers died and which spurred the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union....

    (1979)
  • Twin Towers (2002)
  • Without Warning: Terror in the Towers (TV 1993)
  • World Trade Center
    World Trade Center (film)
    World Trade Center is a 2006 American disaster-drama film directed by Oliver Stone and based on the September 11 attacks at the World Trade Center. It stars Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Michael Shannon. The film was shot from October 19, 2005 - February 10, 2006...

    (2006)
  • The Women of Ground Zero (2002)
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