Movies like Backdraft

Backdraft 2

2019

arson, firefighter, chicago, illinois · Drama, Action, Crime · with Donald Sutherland and William Baldwin · Imagine Entertainment

Set It Off

1996

somber · Drama, Action, Thriller

The Towering Inferno

1974

rescue, firefighter, explosion · Drama, Action, Thriller

A Better Tomorrow

1986

sibling relationship · Drama, Action, Crime

Léon: The Professional

1994

suspenseful, corruption · Drama, Action, Crime

The Client

1994

sibling relationship, investigation · Drama, Thriller, Crime · with J.T. Walsh

Ladder 49

2004

rescue, firefighter, firefighting · Drama, Action, Thriller

The Missing

2003

Also Ron Howard · Thriller · Imagine Entertainment

Patriot Games

1992

psychopath · Drama, Action, Thriller

Primal Fear

1996

chicago, illinois, suspenseful, psychopath · Drama, Thriller, Crime

Apollo 13

1995

Also Ron Howard · rescue, explosion · Drama · Universal Pictures

The Killer

1989

Close on feel, same era · Drama, Action, Thriller

Pandora

2016

explosion, corruption · Drama, Action, Thriller

Gangs of New York

2002

rescue, fire · Drama, Crime

The Untouchables

1987

chicago, illinois · Thriller, Crime · with Robert De Niro

Widows

2018

chicago, illinois · Drama, Thriller, Crime

On the Waterfront

1954

corruption · Drama, Crime

Rebel Ridge

2024

corruption · Drama, Action, Thriller

Only the Brave

2017

firefighter, firefighting, fire · Drama

A Better Tomorrow II

1987

sibling relationship · Action, Thriller, Crime

The Wages of Fear

1953

explosion, fire, suspenseful · Drama, Thriller

New Police Story

2004

investigation · Drama, Action, Thriller

Special Forces

2011

rescue · Drama, Action

The Big Easy

1986

corruption, investigation · Drama, Action, Crime