Highest-Rated Movies about 'Fireman', Sort by Popularity

Ragtime (1981), Frequency (2000), Fahrenheit 451 (1966), 7 Days in September (2002), The King of Staten Island (2020), The Towering Inferno (1974), Backdraft (1991), Roxanne (1987) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Fireman movies.

#1. Ragtime (1981)

Storyline: The story runs in the 1910's New York. Coalhouse Walker Jr. is a black piano player. He has won fame and fortune playing with a jazz band. Some white men do not like this situation, and one day they assault him and spoil his brand new car. Walker tries by all means to get justice, without an answer...—Michel Rudoy <mdrc@hp9000a1.uam.mx>

Plot Keywords: maid, jazz musician, father, mother, showgirl, fireman, charming ...

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#2. Frequency (2000)

Storyline: A rare atmospheric phenomenon allows a New York City firefighter to communicate with his son 30 years in the future via HAM radio. The son uses this opportunity to warn the father of his impending death in a warehouse fire, and manages to save his life. However, what he does not realize is that changing history has triggered a new set of tragic events, including the murder of his mother. The two men must now work together, 30 years apart, to find the murderer before he strikes so that they can change history--again.

Plot Keywords: fireman, son, father, mother, friend, wife, suspenseful ...

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#3. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

Storyline: Based on the 1951 Ray Bradbury novel of the same name. Guy Montag is a firefighter who lives in a lonely, isolated society where books have been outlawed by a government fearing an independent-thinking public. It is the duty of firefighters to burn any books on sight or said collections that have been reported by informants. People in this society including Montag's wife are drugged into compliancy and get their information from wall-length television screens. After Montag falls in love with book-hoarding Clarisse, he begins to read confiscated books. It is through this relationship that he begins to question the government's motives behind book-burning. Montag is soon found out, and he must decide whether to return to his job or run away knowing full well the consequences that he could face if captured.

Plot Keywords: fireman, neighbor, wife, old woman, professor, gripping, suburbia ...

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#4. 7 Days in September (2002)

Storyline: This documentary from director Steven Rosenbaum presents the experiences of a diverse group of regular Americans in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Featuring footage from the area surrounding the World Trade Center shot as early as 10:05 a.m. on the day of the tragedy, SEVEN DAYS IN SEPTEMBER looks at the way 9/11 changed the lives of a firefighter's wife, a Muslim-American woman, an 11-year-old boy, and many others.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: police officer, rescue worker, civilian, fireman, filmmaker, powerful, patriotic ...

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#5. The King of Staten Island (2020)

Storyline: Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He's now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys - Oscar, Igor and Richie - and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey. But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray, it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.

Plot Keywords: young man, stoner, fireman, mother, stepfather, cool, endearing ...

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#6. The Towering Inferno (1974)

Storyline: Doug Roberts, Architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his skyscraper. He goes to the party that night concerned he's found that his wiring specifications have not been followed and that the building continues to develop short circuits. When the fire begins, Michael O'Halleran is the chief on duty as a series of daring rescues punctuate the terror of a building too tall to have a fire successfully fought from the ground.

Plot Keywords: contractor, architect, fireman, victim, thrilling, suspenseful, skyscraper ...

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#7. Backdraft (1991)

Storyline: A rookie firefighter tries to earn the respect of his older brother and other firefighters while taking part in an investigation of a string of arson/murders. This detailed look into the duties and private lives of firemen naturally features widespread pyrotechnics and special effects.

Plot Keywords: fireman, politician, investigator, brother, gripping, suspenseful, raw ...

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#8. Roxanne (1987)

Storyline: In Nelson, the chief of the firemen C. D. Bales is a man with complex since he has a huge nose. When his friend Dixie rents her house to the gorgeous student of astronomy Roxanne, he falls in love with her but keeps his feelings as a secret. C.D. hires the handsome fireman Chris and Roxanne asks C.D. to help her to date him. However Chris is an average American with very limited culture and he asks C.D. to help him to get in her pants. C.D. writes letters disclosing his feelings for her and Roxanne is seduced by the man that writes such letters. What will happen when she meets Chris?

Plot Keywords: fire chief, love interest, fireman, poet, charming, winsome, witty ...

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#9. Hellfighters (1968)

Storyline: The telling of Chance Buckman an oil rig fire fighter who becomes hospitalized and has to come to grips with how his job interfered with his marriage, after being laid up in a hospital bed after an accident with a news man running in front of a bulldozer causing it to swirve into Chance, and forcing him to allow veteran oil fire fighter Greg, a cocky but knowledgeable Greg becoming his son in law and he has to learn tolerance for not being able to control his daughter wanting to visit oil fires and learn how to rekindle the spark that went out with his ex of more than 25 years and the fear of losing her daughter as well as her husband to the oil fighting.—Jared Johnson

Plot Keywords: fireman, assistant, wife, daughter, executive, son-in-law, fascinating ...

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#10. Fires Were Started (1943)

Storyline: A new man joins the civilian firefighters at a London unit during the Second World War. He meets his fellow firemen and firewomen, manages to enjoy some leisure time with them, and then goes on his first mission with the crew as it attempts to save an explosives warehouse on Trinidad Street near the London docks.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

Plot Keywords: fire chief, fireman, coworker, newcomer, patriotic, uplifting, thrilling ...

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#11. Ladder 49 (2004)

Storyline: Under the watchful eye of his mentor Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. Jack has reached a crossroads, however, as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted his relationship with his wife and kids. Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. And as he reflects on his life, now Deputy Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save him.

Plot Keywords: fireman, fire chief, wife, girl, daughter, gutsy, heartwarming ...

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#12. Trespass (1992)

Storyline: Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't know is that the factory is in the turf of a local gang, who come by to execute one of their enemies. Vince sees the shooting, the gang spots Vince, and extended mayhem ensues. As Vince and Don try to escape, gang leader King James argues with his subordinate Savon about how to get rid of the trespassers.—Jesse Garon <grifter@primenet.com>

Plot Keywords: fireman, crime boss, gang member, homeless person, treasure hunter, half brother, tense ...

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#13. 15 Minutes (2001)

Storyline: When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and make them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story."

Plot Keywords: detective, fireman, criminal, murderer, reporter, victim, engaging ...

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#14. Quarantine (2008)

Storyline: A television reporter and her cameraman are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles fire crew. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartments. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to leave with the news crew, only to find the building has quarantined. All communication in and it is stopped; the only evidence of what took place is the news crew's videotape.

Plot Keywords: reporter, cameraman, fireman, young girl, zombie, suspenseful, disturbing ...

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#15. Fireman Save My Child (1932)

Storyline: Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small home town. He gets an offer to play in a big team, he hopes to get more money for his inventions. But he is invited to present his invention to a fire-extinguisher company at the same time when he is supposed to play. Will he be able to show the effectiveness of his invention and win the game ?—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@inka.org.chemie.tu-meunchen.de>

Plot Keywords: fireman, coach, fiancée, baseball scout, gold digger, company president, playful ...

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