List of firefighting films

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 and TV series.

Fiction

 * 15 Minutes (2001)
 * The 119 (TV 1987) (unaired)
 * 911 (TV 2018)
 * Ablaze (2019)
 * Ablaze (2001)
 * The Accidental Husband (2008)
 * Always (1989)
 * As the Light Goes Out (2014)
 * Asphalt City (2024)
 * Backdraft (1991)
 * Bad Day on the Block (1997)
 * The Bells Go Down (1943)
 * Blue Smoke (2007)
 * Burning Flame (2009)
 * Chicago Fire (TV 2012)
 * City on Fire (1979)
 * Code Red (TV 1981)
 * Collateral Damage (2002)
 * A Dangerous Summer (A.K.A. Flash Fire; 1981)
 * Emergency! (TV 1972)
 * Emergency: The Convention (TV 1979)
 * Emergency: Greatest Rescues of Emergency! (TV 1979)
 * Emergency: Most Deadly Passage (TV 1978)
 * Emergency: The Steel Inferno (TV 1978)
 * Emergency: Survival on Charter #220 (TV 1978)
 * Emergency: What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing... (TV 1979)
 * The Fallen (2009)
 * False Alarms (1936)
 * Fire! (1901)
 * Fire! (TV 1977)
 * The Fire Alarm (1935)
 * The Fire Brigade (1926)
 * Fire Cheese (1941)
 * Fire Country (TV 2022)
 * Fire on Kelly Mountain (TV 1973)
 * Fire Serpent (TV 2007)
 * Fire, Trapped on the 37th Floor (TV 1991)
 * Firefight (2003)
 * Firefighter (TV 1986)
 * Firefighter (TV 2005)
 * The Firefighters (British, 1975)
 * Firehouse (TV 1974)
 * Firehouse (1987)
 * Firehouse (1997)
 * Firehouse Dog (2007)
 * The Fireman (1916)
 * Fireproof (2008)
 * Fires Were Started (A.K.A. I Was a Fireman; 1943)
 * Firestorm (1998)
 * Flames (1932)
 * Flat Foot Stooges (1938)
 * Frequency (2000)
 * The Garage (A.K.A. Fire Chief; 1920)
 * Going to the Fire (1896, Edison Films)
 * The Guys (2002)
 * H.E.L.P. (TV 1990)
 * Heart of Fire (TV 1997)
 * Heaven's Fire (TV 1999)
 * Hellfighters (1968)
 * Heroes of the Flames (1931)
 * Holy Joe (1999)
 * Hook and Ladder (1932)
 * I Do (But I Don't) (2004)
 * I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
 * In Old Chicago (1937)
 * Inferno (2001)
 * Into the Fire (TV 2005)
 * Juvenile Fire Department (1903)
 * Ladder 49 (2004)
 * Life of an American Fireman (1903)
 * Lifeline (1997, Hong Kong)
 * London's Burning (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, Lifetime Movie)
 * Only the Brave (2017)
 * Out of Inferno (2013, Hong Kong)
 * Pine Canyon Is Burning (1977)
 * Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
 * Playing with Fire (1985)
 * Playing with Fire (2008)
 * Playing with Fire (2019)
 * Point of Origin (TV 2002)
 * Promare (2019)
 * Pyromaniac (2016, Norway) (Pyromanen)
 * Quarantine (2008)
 * Red Skies of Montana (1952)
 * Rescue 8 (1958)
 * Rescue Me (TV 2004)
 * Rookie Fireman (1950)
 * Scorched (2008)
 * She Loved a Fireman (1937)
 * Skyscraper (2018)
 * Smoke Jumpers (A.K.A. In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers; 1996)
 * Station 19 (TV 2018)
 * Superfire (film) (TV 2002)
 * Tacoma FD (TV 2019)
 * Third Watch (TV 1999)
 * Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
 * The Tower (2012 South Korean film)
 * The Towering Inferno (1974)
 * Trapped in a Forest Fire (1913)
 * Trespass (1992)
 * Trial by Fire (A.K.A. Smoke Jumper; 2008)
 * Turk 182 (1985)
 * Turn Out of the Cardiff Fire Brigade (1924)
 * Volcano (1997)
 * Where's That Fire? (1940)

Non-fiction

 * 102 Minutes that Changed America (TV 2008)
 * 343 (2007)
 * 9/11 (TV 2002)
 * 9/11: The Falling Man (TV 2006)
 * Ablaze (2019 film), New Zealand telemovie
 * The Academy: Orange County Fire Authority Recruit Class 36 (FOX reality TV 2009)
 * America Burning: The Yarnell Hill Fire Tragedy and the Nation's Wildfire Crisis (Weather Channel 2014)
 * Angels Too Soon (WTTV 2003)
 * Answering the Call: Ground Zero's Volunteers (TV 2006)
 * The Big Burn (PBS 2019)
 * Brave Are The Fallen (2020)
 * "The Bronx is Burning" (episode of Man Alive, TV 1972, BBC)
 * Brotherhood: Life in the FDNY (2005)
 * Burn (2012)
 * Burned: The Science of Arson (TV: 20/20 episode May 7, 2010)
 * Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (A.K.A. A Thousand Heroes, TV 1992)
 * Detroit on Fire: A Documentary (Constance York 2011)
 * Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 (TV 2006)
 * Escape: Because Accidents Happen: Fire (TV NOVA 1999)
 * "Fire Wars" (episode of NOVA, TV 2002)
 * Firefighters: Brothers in Battle (1991)
 * Firehouse USA: Boston (TV 2005)
 * Fires of Kuwait (1992)
 * Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone (TV 2006)
 * First In (TV)
 * A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY (TV 2014 HBO)
 * How to Survive a Disaster (BBC Horizon 2 2008)
 * Hunt for the Serial Arsonist (TV NOVA 1995)
 * Into the Fire (2007)
 * Modern Marvels "Firefighting! Extreme Conditions" (S12E72 TV: History Channel 2004)
 * Modern Marvels "Oil Firefighting" (S11E08 TV: History Channel 2004)
 * Modern Marvels "The Arson Detectives" (S11E46 TV: History Channel 2004)
 * New York's Bravest - A Firefighting Odyssey (2005)
 * Only the Brave (2017)
 * The Price of Fire (1960), National Film Board of Canada, educational documentary
 * Pyromania (TV Mania, S01E03)
 * Q.E.D. The Burning Question: A Case of Spontaneous Human Combustion (BBC TV 1998)
 * Ricky's Rib Shack, a Firefighter's Journey (2008)
 * Toxic Hot Seat (HBO 2013)
 * Toxic Soup: The Politics of Pollution (2011)
 * The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979)
 * Triangle Fire (PBS American Experience 2011)
 * Tunnel Inferno: Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire (TV Seconds From Disaster S01E02)
 * Twin Towers (2002)
 * Without Warning: Terror in the Towers (TV 1993)
 * The Women of Ground Zero (2002)
 * World Trade Center (2006)