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1. Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A teenage murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert tasked with protecting him -- and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.
Director: Taylor Sheridan | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Finn Little, Jon Bernthal
Votes: 72,525
2. Kindergarten Cop (1990)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt
Votes: 162,437 | Gross: $91.46M
3. Emergency! (1972–1979)
TV-G | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
Stars: Randolph Mantooth, Kevin Tighe, Julie London, Bobby Troup
Votes: 6,047
4. The Florida Project (2017)
R | 111 min | Drama
Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.
Director: Sean Baker | Stars: Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Rivera
Votes: 128,128 | Gross: $5.90M
5. Third Watch (1999–2005)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve New York City as police officers, firefighters, and paramedics in the fictional 55th Precinct.
Stars: Coby Bell, Skipp Sudduth, Jason Wiles, Molly Price
Votes: 11,422
6. The Towering Inferno (1974)
PG | 165 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Faye Dunaway
Votes: 48,191 | Gross: $116.00M
7. The Little Rascals (1994)
PG | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Alfalfa is wooing Darla and his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage the relationship.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Travis Tedford, Bug Hall, Brittany Ashton Holmes, Kevin Jamal Woods
Votes: 56,113 | Gross: $52.13M
8. Only the Brave (2017)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Based 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.
Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Connelly
Votes: 77,230 | Gross: $18.34M
9. Rescue Me (2004–2011)
TV-MA | 42 min | Comedy, Drama
Tommy Gavin deals with the fears of his job as a firefighter and seeing his ex-wife dating other men.
Stars: Denis Leary, Michael Lombardi, Steven Pasquale, Andrea Roth
Votes: 27,940
10. Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Romance
In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge
Votes: 53,641 | Gross: $12.23M
11. Frequency (2000)
PG-13 | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An accidental cross-time radio link connects father and son across 30 years. The son tries to save his father's life, but then must fix the consequences.
Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Shawn Doyle, Elizabeth Mitchell
Votes: 115,649 | Gross: $45.01M
12. Volcano (1997)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles and a city official and a seismologist try to stop its inevitable flow through the city.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle
Votes: 81,485 | Gross: $49.32M
13. Battle of Britain (1969)
G | 132 min | Action, Drama, History
In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jürgens
Votes: 24,482 | Gross: $4.36M
14. Backdraft (1991)
R | 137 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Two 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.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 87,771 | Gross: $77.87M
15. Roxanne (1987)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Romance
The large-nosed C.D. Bales is in love with the beautiful Roxanne; she falls for his personality but another man's looks.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall
Votes: 47,645 | Gross: $40.05M
16. Always (1989)
PG | 122 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson, John Goodman
Votes: 32,766 | Gross: $43.86M
17. London's Burning (1988–2002)
50 min | Drama
The lives of firefighters at Blackwall Fire Station.
Stars: Glen Murphy, Richard Walsh, Ben Onwukwe, Shirley Greenwood
Votes: 942
18. Ladder 49 (2004)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Jay Russell | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett, Robert Patrick
Votes: 59,407 | Gross: $74.54M
19. Fire with Fire (II) (2012)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against, after being held up at a local convenience store, threatens him.
Director: David Barrett | Stars: Josh Duhamel, Bruce Willis, Rosario Dawson, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 27,576
20. Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
PG | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he joins a forest fire and rescue unit to be trained as a firefighter, or else his air strip will be shut down.
Director: Bobs Gannaway | Stars: Dane Cook, Ed Harris, Julie Bowen, Curtis Armstrong
Votes: 19,792 | Gross: $59.17M
21. The January Man (1989)
R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two years after being forced out of NYPD, quirky Nick is rehired by the mayor to catch a serial killer after the 11th murder of a woman.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel
Votes: 9,148 | Gross: $4.61M
22. Hellfighters (1968)
G | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Divorced Chance Buckman fights international oil rig fires. An injury brings his daughter and to his dismay, she weds Greg, a team member. Chance gets a desk-job, so he and Madelyn remarry, but a Venezuelan oil rig fire reunites them.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Vera Miles
Votes: 6,403
23. The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment (1999)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Veteran of World War II takes revenge on three scums who raped his naive granddaughter.
Director: Stanislav Govorukhin | Stars: Mikhail Ulyanov, Anna Sinyakina, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Sergey Garmash
Votes: 4,850
24. Rams (2020)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
A decades-long feud between two sheep farming brothers comes to a head when disaster strikes their flocks.
Director: Jeremy Sims | Stars: Sam Neill, Michael Caton, Wayne Blair, Kipan Rothbury
Votes: 3,733
25. Turk 182 (1985)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
Jimmy Lynch is angry because his older brother, who was injured as a result of an off duty fire rescue, is denied benefits by the city.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich, Kim Cattrall, Robert Culp
Votes: 4,109 | Gross: $3.59M
26. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Thomy Bourdelle, Gustav Diessl
Votes: 13,572
27. Promare (2019)
PG-13 | 111 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A futuristic firefighting mecha service is created to protect the world.
Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi | Stars: John Eric Bentley, Steve Blum, Johnny Yong Bosch, Melissa Fahn
Votes: 5,193
28. Ride Your Wave (2019)
Not Rated | 95 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A surfer and firefighter meet and fall in love.
Director: Masaaki Yuasa | Stars: Ryôta Katayose, Rina Kawaei, Honoka Matsumoto, Kentarô Itô
Votes: 4,128
29. Lessons of Darkness (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, War
This film surveys the disaster of the Kuwaiti oil fields in flames, with little narration and scarcely any interviews. Hell on Earth is presented in such transcendent visions and music that one can only be fascinated by it.
Director: Werner Herzog | Star: Werner Herzog
Votes: 6,732
30. The Egg and I (I) (1947)
Approved | 108 min | Comedy, Romance
On their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on Bob.
Director: Chester Erskine | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Louise Allbritton
Votes: 3,066
31. Rescue Heroes (1997–2013)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Family
An elite team of rescue personnel respond to emergencies around the world.
Stars: Tara Strong, Andrea Libman, Tabitha St. Germain, Cathy Weseluck
Votes: 392
32. Bright Eyes in the Dark (2023– )
45 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The show focuses on the professional and personal life of the firefighters from Heping Road Special Division Station.
Stars: Johnny Huang, Jingyi Zhang, Jin Zhang, Siyu Lu
Votes: 45
33. Code Red (1981–1982)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The adventures of a Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion Chief's family and crew.
Stars: Lorne Greene, Andrew Stevens, Julie Adams, Sam J. Jones
Votes: 195
34. Flowers and Trees (1932)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A jealous stump threatens two trees that are in love by starting a forest fire. When the rain comes and puts out the fire the forest revives and celebrates the wedding.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Clarence Nash, Esther Campbell, Pinto Colvig, Marion Darlington
Votes: 3,783
35. Der Ostfriesen-Report (1973)
80 min | Comedy
The owner of a failing Munich strip club sends his manager to an area of the country considered backwards to recruit new talent for his club.
Director: Walter Boos | Stars: Josef Moosholzer, Margot Mahler, Konstantin Wecker, Alexandra Bogojevic
Votes: 101
36. London's Burning (1986 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
The close knit members of Blue Watch, at Blackwell Fire Station, adjust to having a female firefighter join their ranks. The pilot movie for the long-running ITV series.
Director: Les Blair | Stars: Gary McDonald, Mark Arden, James Hazeldine, James Marcus
Votes: 109
37. Task Force (1949)
Approved | 116 min | Drama, War
As he is retiring, Jonathan L. Scott "Scotty" reminisces about his long Navy career and the development of the role of the aircraft carrier from the early 20s.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Wayne Morris, Walter Brennan
Votes: 1,186
38. Fire (1977 TV Movie)
97 min | Action, Drama
A 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.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Vera Miles, Patty Duke, Alex Cord
Votes: 359
39. The Daisy Chain (2008)
R | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A grieving couple move to a remote Irish village in the wake of their baby daughter's death. They soon take in an orphaned autistic girl, only to become involved in a series of strange occurrences.
Director: Aisling Walsh | Stars: Samantha Morton, Steven Mackintosh, Mhairi Anderson, David Bradley
Votes: 1,606
40. Fire (1995–1996)
50 min | Drama
Georgie Parker, Peter Phelps, Andy Anderson and Aaron Jeffery head up the cast in this series about a group of 'firies' in Queensland. A new female recruit battles sexism in the ... See full summary »
Stars: Andy Anderson, Wayne Pygram, Tayler Kane, Liddy Clark
Votes: 84
41. Backfire! (1995)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy
Just as Jeremy Jackson attempts to become the first male firewoman in New York, fires begin mysteriously erupting from toilets all over the City and Fire Marshal Marc Marshall is called in ... See full summary »
Director: A. Dean Bell | Stars: Josh Mosby, Robert Mitchum, Kathy Ireland, Telly Savalas
Votes: 361
42. Ablaze (2001)
R | 97 min | Drama, Action, Thriller
An oil refinery blows up, causing a firestorm that threatens a hospital and everyone inside.
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: John Bradley, Tom Arnold, Ice-T, Amanda Pays
Votes: 736
43. Fireball (2009 TV Movie)
PG-13 | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Inspector Ava Williams investigates a prison fire to its source, a prisoner seeking revenge against those who put him behind bars.
Director: Kristoffer Tabori | Stars: Ian Somerhalder, Lexa Doig, Aleks Paunovic, Aaron Pearl
Votes: 513
44. NileCity 105.6 (1995)
180 min | Comedy
Percy Nilegård has gotten in to the commercial radio business. The radio station rents premises of the fire station and its chief, the self willed Greger who's in charge of six well built ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Gustafsson, Jonas Inde, Andres Lokko, Johan Rheborg
Votes: 3,597
45. Life of an American Fireman (1903)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Action
A fireman rushes into a carriage to rescue a woman from a house fire. He breaks the windowpanes and carries the woman to safety; after dangerous and uncertain moments he also saves the woman's son.
Directors: George S. Fleming, Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Edwin S. Porter, Vivian Vaughan, Arthur White, James H. White
Votes: 2,701
46. The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, History
The story of the fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist Mfg. Co. building in New York City in 1911 that resulted in the deaths of 146 employees, mostly young women. The ensuing investigation ... See full summary »
Director: Mel Stuart | Stars: David Dukes, Tovah Feldshuh, Lauren Friedman, Janet Margolin
Votes: 177
47. Elmer Elephant (1936)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A little elephant is ashamed of his trunk until he saves his tiger girlfriend with it by using it as a fire hose when her house burns.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Bernice Hansen, Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,446
48. Burn (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary
A documentary about Detroit told through the eyes of firefighters charged with the thankless task of saving a city that many have written off as dead.
Directors: Tom Putnam, Brenna Sanchez | Stars: Donald Austin, Brendan Doogie Milewski, Craig Dougherty, Terrell Hardaway
Votes: 784
49. Far into the Night (1943)
TV-G | 90 min | Drama, War
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service), the dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Tommy Trinder, James Mason, Philip Friend, Mervyn Johns
Votes: 264
50. Firehouse (1996 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A firehouse crew is attacked by an assassin and eventually must accept that the firehouse is to be consolidated with a rescue unit.
Directors: John McNaughton, Alan Smithee | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Lillo Brancato, Morris Chestnut, Edie Falco
Votes: 153