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1. The Martian (2015)
PG-13 | 144 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara
Votes: 926,070 | Gross: $228.43M
2. Rush (I) (2013)
R | 123 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara
Votes: 513,967 | Gross: $26.95M
3. Deepwater Horizon (2016)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, History
A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Douglas M. Griffin, James DuMont
Votes: 182,592 | Gross: $61.43M
4. 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: 6,066
5. Midway (2019)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Drama, History
The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans
Votes: 94,511 | Gross: $56.85M
6. 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: 77,431 | Gross: $18.34M
7. Equilibrium (2002)
R | 107 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In an oppressive future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system and state.
Director: Kurt Wimmer | Stars: Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs
Votes: 347,144 | Gross: $1.20M
8. 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: 48,287 | Gross: $116.00M
9. Firestarter (2022)
R | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A young girl tries to understand how she mysteriously gained the power to set things on fire with her mind.
Director: Keith Thomas | Stars: Zac Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Sydney Lemmon, Michael Greyeyes
Votes: 22,136
10. 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: 87,894 | Gross: $77.87M
11. The Wages of Fear (1953)
Not Rated | 131 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli
Votes: 66,616
12. Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996– )
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two police inspectors and their team from a Bonn-Koeln precinct fight all sorts of criminals they encounter daily on major highways in Germany.
Stars: Erdogan Atalay, Gottfried Vollmer, Niels Kurvin, Dietmar Huhn
Votes: 5,838
13. 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: 59,443 | Gross: $74.54M
14. 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: 6,414
15. The Hindenburg (1975)
Approved | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A chronicle of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes
Votes: 6,590 | Gross: $27.95M
16. How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A cynical advertising exec has a block at work leading to a meltdown. He's hilariously out of control. Getting a big, talking boil on his shoulder doesn't help.
Director: Bruce Robinson | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Jacqueline Tong
Votes: 6,633 | Gross: $0.42M
17. Hindenburg: The Last Flight (2011)
180 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
About the supposed conspiracy that led to the catastrophic deadly crash of the Hindeburg zeppelin in 1937.
Stars: Hannes Jaenicke, Maximilian Simonischek, Lauren Lee Smith, Stacy Keach
Votes: 1,168
18. 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: 6,754
19. Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997)
Not Rated | 165 min | Documentary, History
A reassessment of the tragedy at Waco that left 76 members of the Branch Davidian religious sect dead.
Director: William Gazecki | Stars: Dan Gifford, Jim Cavanaugh, Dick DeGuerin, Clive Doyle
Votes: 3,734
20. 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
21. No Escapes (2020)
131 min | Action, Drama
A heroic story about firefighters and rescuers. What some may call an act of bravery is an ordinary day for them.
Director: Alexey Nuzhny | Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Ivan Yankovskiy, Stasya Miloslavskaya, Andrey Smolyakov
Votes: 1,613
22. 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
23. Burning Bush (2013)
231 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on real characters and events, this drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the Soviet occupation ... See full summary »
Stars: Tatiana Pauhofová, Jaroslava Pokorná, Petr Stach, Vojtech Kotek
Votes: 1,735 | Gross: $0.01M
24. Beshoot (2019)
120 min | Action, Drama, War
Based on a true story. Two fighters of 'Donbas' Volunteer Battalion get locked inside city of Ilovaysk after regular Russian army enters Ukraine and shells the surrounded divisions of ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Tymchenko | Stars: Taras Kostanchuk, Oleg Drach, Aleksandr Mavrits, Istan Rozumny
Votes: 610
25. Bring Your Own Brigade (2021)
R | 119 min | Documentary
An investigation into our landscape's hidden fire stories and on-the-ground experiences of firefighters and residents struggling through deadly fires.
Director: Lucy Walker | Stars: Trina Cunningham, Mike Davis, Don Hankins, Chad Hanson
Votes: 361
26. December 7th (1943)
Unrated | 82 min | Documentary, Action, Drama
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.
Directors: John Ford, Gregg Toland | Stars: Walter Huston, Harry Davenport, Dana Andrews, Paul Hurst
Votes: 1,007
27. Grand Prix: The Killer Years (2011 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 59 min | Documentary
In the 1960s and early '70s it was common for Grand Prix drivers to die while racing, often watched on television by millions. Featuring many famous drivers, this film tells the story of ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Heap | Stars: Denise Cooke, Chris Hilton, David Tremayne, Tony Brooks
Votes: 618
28. Fires of Kuwait (1992)
36 min | Documentary, Short
Man's emergency creativity can be seen at its best, after Saddam Hussein had the Kuwait oil wells lit up, as teams from all over the world fought those fires for months, and had to save the oil resources, as well as reduce air pollution.
Director: David Douglas | Star: Rip Torn
Votes: 581
29. Pump (2014)
PG | 88 min | Documentary
A documentary that tells the story of America's addiction to oil, from its corporate conspiracy beginnings to its current monopoly today, and explains clearly and simply how we can end it - and finally win choice at the pump.
Directors: Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell | Stars: Adhemar Altieri, Greg Anderson, Edwin Black, David Blume
Votes: 658 | Gross: $0.07M
30. Tarragona: Paradise on Fire (2007 TV Movie)
181 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
In 1978, a Spanish coastal campground full of German tourists exploded after a tragic accident. This is their story.
Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Tim Bergmann, Sophie von Kessel, Johannes Brandrup, Herbert Knaup
Votes: 235
31. Oil (1977)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure
At an oilfield in the Sahara Desert, a massive derrick blaze is tackled by a team of Romanian oil well firefighters aided by an American specialist but hired saboteurs with ulterior motives imperil the scene.
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Woody Strode, Tony Kendall, Gheorghe Dinica
Votes: 182
32. Jan Palach (2018)
124 min | Biography
The last six months of the life of Jan Palach, who self-immolated to protest against the invasion of Czechoslovakia to crush of Prague Spring.
Director: Robert Sedlácek | Stars: Viktor Zavadil, Zuzana Bydzovská, Denisa Baresová, Kristína Kanátová
Votes: 361
33. Das Inferno - Flammen über Berlin (2007 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Action
A fire breaks out in the Berlin Television Tower, trapping several people in the revolving restaurant and observation deck at the top. A team of firefighters, including a disgraced former ... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Matsutani | Stars: Stephan Luca, Silke Bodenbender, Klaus J. Behrendt, Christian Kahrmann
Votes: 330
34. Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage (1937)
5 min | Short, News
Film of the famous airship explosion.
Stars: Graham McNamee, Herbert Morrison
Votes: 542
35. A Fire (1961)
24 min | Documentary, Short
An oil well is on fire near Ahvaz in the south of Iran and firemen are trying hard day and night to put it out.
Director: Ebrahim Golestan | Star: Myron Kinley
Votes: 168
36. Eine mörderische Entscheidung (2013 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Drama
A dramatized reconstruction of events in restless Afgna province Kunduz, in 2009, and the ensuing trial of the German NATO contingent commander, colonel Klein. After the tragic loss of ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond Ley | Stars: Matthias Brandt, Axel Milberg, Vladimir Burlakov, Ludwig Trepte
Votes: 102
37. Brave Are the Fallen (2020)
Approved | 52 min | Documentary
Heartfelt and inspiring, this award winning documentary chronicles firefighter Captain Tom Wall's life, and his untimely death while battling an inferno that he helped to ultimately put out, saving homes and lives one last time.
Director: Jacob Whitley | Star: Billy Cook
Votes: 24
38. Joelma 23º Andar (1980)
80 min | Drama
The after-life journey of a young woman, the youngest in her spiritualist family, after she perishes in the disastrous Joelma building fire in 1974.
Director: Clery Cunha | Stars: Beth Goulart, Liana Duval, Carlos Marques, Ed Carlos
Votes: 103
39. The Burden (2015)
40 min | Documentary, Short, News
The Burden tells the story of fossil fuel dependence as our greatest long-term national security threat, and why the U.S. military is leading the fight for clean energy.
Director: Roger Sorkin | Stars: James Amos, Gregory A. Ballard, Sharon Burke, Bob Charette
Votes: 11
41. Unser Auto wird 100 (1985)
390 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Diego Martín, Ralph Nader
Votes: 7
42. The Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments (2006 TV Movie)
Comedy
Stars: Fritz Grobe, Stephen Voltz
43. Combustible Russ (2006)
7 min | Short, Comedy
Ever since childhood Russ doesn't let life's little upsets get to him, and stores his emotions deep inside, now he's running out of space. When all else fails, combustion is an option. Russ can't cope, he can combust.
Director: Alecia Orsini Lebeda | Stars: Ken Acker, Neely Coe, Rob Constantine, Mark Davis
Votes: 5
44. The Hindenburg Disaster (2004 Video)
60 min | Documentary, History
Director: Robert Garofalo | Star: Quinn Showell
Votes: 21
45.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Das Mädchen am Klavier
(1977)
TV-14 | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Lutz Büscher | Stars: Gustl Bayrhammer, Helmut Fischer, Willy Harlander, Werner Asam
Votes: 72
46.
ChemicalForce (2018– )
Episode:
Violet Violent Phosphorus Explodes on impact!
(2021)
6 min | Documentary
Violet phosphorus explodes on impact, as Felix demonstrates. So you might expect it to be more reactive than red phosphorus. But while both red and violet phosphorus react with chlorine, only the red allotrope reacts with bromine.
Star: Felix Z.
47.
Thoisoi2 - Chemical Experiments! (2014– )
Episode:
This Chemical is Not from Our Planet!
(2021)
18 min | Documentary
Alkalais such as sodium hydroxide are know for there corrosive nature and react with human skin to produce soap. Maxim demonstrate some superalkalis that are even more corrosive. Sodium ... See full summary »
Star: Maxim Bilovitskiy
48.
Home Diagnosis (2019– )
Episode:
Slow Burn
(2022)
TV-G | Reality-TV
Fire and chemicals are wild, elemental variables that require careful consideration within our home environments. The myriad systems, appliances, and products we use add to our home's indoor chemistry in ways we need to pay attention to.
Directors: Corbett Lunsford, Grace Lunsford | Stars: Corbett Lunsford, Grace Lunsford, Michele Tompkins, Charles Weschler
49.
Reactions (2014– )
Episode:
How Do We Fight the California Fires?
(2019)
7 min | Documentary
Firefighters have a variety of methods to help bring wildfires under control.