FIRE and FIREFIGHTING MOVIES
Movies about fire fighters are more scarce than you would think. Here's a list of movies about fire fighters, arsonists, pyromniacs and fires, where that is the main point of the movie.
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- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsPaul NewmanSteve McQueenWilliam HoldenAt the opening party of a colossal San Francisco skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out due to careless building practices by the contractor, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
- DirectorJoseph KosinskiStarsJosh BrolinMiles TellerJeff BridgesBased on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsKurt RussellWilliam BaldwinRobert De NiroTwo feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.
- DirectorGonzalo López-GallegoStarsJoe AndersonWilliam BaldwinDonald SutherlandThe sequel to the 1991 hit, follows an investigator with the Chicago F.D., who has to track down an arms dealer who use deadly fires as a distraction.
- DirectorErik SkjoldbjærgStarsTrond NilssenPer FrischLiv Bernhoft OsaA ruthless pyromaniac is on the loose in a southern village of Norway. They don't know he's not a stranger, but one of them. We follow him, the fire brigade chief's own son, spreading fear in secret.
- DirectorNewton Thomas SigelStarsRay LiottaJohn LeguizamoColm FeoreFact-based drama about an arson investigator (Ray Liotta) searching for the perpetrator of a string of deadly fires in 1980s California.
- DirectorDavid HacklStarsJohn TravoltaKate BosworthDevon SawaA crew of men who do the high-wire work of fixing the electrical grid are hit by a sudden deadly storm.
- DirectorKim Ji-hoonStarsKim Sang-kyungSul Kyung-guSon Ye-jinA Christmas Eve party at a luxury residential building takes a horrific turn when a fire breaks out.
- DirectorMichael PhelanStarsSean Patrick FlaneryMelina KanakaredesJoBeth WilliamsInto the Fire follows the story of Walter Hartwig, a lieutenant in the New York City Harbor Unit, who finally comes to terms with what is really important about this life.
- DirectorJohn ShepphirdStarsJohn SavageBentley MitchumSherrie RoseIn the year 2047, a fierce battle rages between a ruthless villain and an android resistance group. Identical twin brothers - one a jazz musician and former cop, the other a troubled gun for hire with a gambling problem - find themselves caught in the middle.
- DirectorDean SemlerStarsHowie LongScott GlennWilliam ForsytheFirefighter Jesse Graves has to save ornithologist Jennifer and other people caught in a forest fire, which was set up by the lawyer of convicted killer Earl Shaye, who escaped from the prison with several of his inmates posing as firefighters to recover thirty-seven million dollars in stashed loot.
- DirectorQuentin MastersStarsTom SkerrittIan GilmourGiselle MorganWhen a crummy hotel burns down in Australia, the American co-owner tries to find out whether or not the fire was deliberately set or just an accident.
- DirectorJoshua FrizzellStarsHannah MarshallDaniel WattersonMark MitchinsonOn November 18, 1947, as a fire took hold in the basement of Ballantynes department store in Christchurch, 500 employees kept working and hundreds of shoppers roamed through the showrooms or chatted over tea and cakes in the cafe. Staff were eagerly awaiting a visit from reigning Miss New Zealand Mary Wootton and management were quick to reassure staff and customers alike that, despite a bit of smoke, there was nothing to worry about. Hours later, 41 people were dead.
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsJohn BradleyTom ArnoldIce-TAn oil refinery blows up, causing a firestorm that threatens a hospital and everyone inside.
- DirectorAlex KendrickStarsKirk CameronErin BetheaKen BevelIn an attempt to save his marriage, a firefighter uses a 40-day experiment known as "The Love Dare."
- DirectorJohnnie ToStarsChing-Wan LauAlex FongCarman LeeFollowing the lives of firefighters as they deal with joys and hardships, both on the job and with their own personal lives.
- DirectorJay RussellStarsJoaquin PhoenixJohn TravoltaJacinda BarrettA firefighter, injured and trapped in a burning building, has flashbacks of his life as he drifts in and out of consciousness. Meanwhile, fellow firefighters led by the Chief attempt to rescue him.
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsErnest BorgnineVera MilesPatty DukeA convict starts a fire in a forest to cover his escape, but the fire goes out of control and threatens to destroy a small mountain community.
- DirectorDavid Warry-SmithStarsEric RobertsJürgen ProchnowVenus TerzoTerrorists seize a building with intent to blow it up. However, one of the men trapped in the building is an ex-treasury agent, who just happens to be there with his wife and children in a tour group. Having to fight the terrorists and fires that breakout in the high rise...
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsNicolas CageMichael PeñaMaria BelloTwo Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.