Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "pyromania"

1. Quills (2000)

R | 124 min | Biography, Drama

In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine

Votes: 56,701 | Gross: $7.06M

2. 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: 87,776 | Gross: $77.87M

3. Beavis and Butt-Head (1993–2011)

TV-14 | 15 min | Animation, Comedy, Music

Animated MTV series about two teenage heavy-metal music fans who occasionally do idiotic things because they're bored. For them, everything is "cool" or "sucks."

Stars: Mike Judge, Kristofor Brown, Dale Revo, Tracy Grandstaff

Votes: 34,215

4. Häxan (1922)

Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Fantasy, Horror

Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.

Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Benjamin Christensen, Elisabeth Christensen, Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan

Votes: 16,691

5. Devdas (I) (2002)

Not Rated | 185 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain.

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jackie Shroff

Votes: 46,875 | Gross: $3.50M

6. Don't Go in the House (1979)

R | 82 min | Horror

A disturbed young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother stalks women with a flamethrower.

Director: Joseph Ellison | Stars: Dan Grimaldi, Charles Bonet, Bill Ricci, Robert Carnegie

Votes: 5,230

7. Up, Up, and Away! (2000 TV Movie)

TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The only normal member of a super-powered family feels left out and confused until he has the chance to use a talent of his own to save everyone.

Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Robert Townsend, Michael J. Pagan, Alex Datcher, Sherman Hemsley

Votes: 2,194

8. I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)

Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

In a small Midwestern town, a troubled teen with homicidal tendencies must hunt down and destroy a supernatural killer while keeping his own inner demons at bay.

Director: Billy O'Brien | Stars: Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser, Christina Baldwin

Votes: 15,889

9. Wilder Napalm (1993)

PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Two brothers with the secret power of starting fires with their minds, reunite after years apart, only to find conflict with their differing lifestyles.

Director: Glenn Gordon Caron | Stars: Debra Winger, Dennis Quaid, Arliss Howard, M. Emmet Walsh

Votes: 1,814 | Gross: $0.08M

10. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part 2 (1996)

R | 84 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Henry II picks up where the original (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer) left off. Henry (Neil Giuntoli) takes a thankless job at a port-o-john company where he meets husband and wife, Kai... See full summary »

Director: Chuck Parello | Stars: Penelope Milford, Neil Giuntoli, Mike Houlihan, James Otis

Votes: 1,276

11. Nice Girls Don't Explode (1987)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

A young lady is kept away from boys by her overprotective mother because flames tend to spontaneously erupt whenever her hormones are aroused; for her, "protection" on a dinner date is carrying a fire extinguisher.

Director: Chuck Martinez | Stars: Barbara Harris, Michelle Meyrink, William O'Leary, Wallace Shawn

Votes: 532

12. Bustin' Loose (1981)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

Failed parolee Joe Braxton has one last shot at redemption: by driving school kids from Philadelphia to Washington State.

Directors: Oz Scott, Michael Schultz | Stars: Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson, Angel Ramirez Jr., Jimmy Hughes

Votes: 3,710 | Gross: $31.26M

13. AmnesiA (2001)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A photographer returns to his parental home because his mother is seriously ill. The confrontation with his past leads to panic in a surreal, stylised psychological drama.

Director: Martin Koolhoven | Stars: Fedja van Huêt, Carice van Houten, Theo Maassen, Sacha Bulthuis

Votes: 552

14. Cosi (1996)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Lewis is a young Sydney amateur theater director at his first experience: he is offered a job with a Governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Joffe | Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths

Votes: 2,239

15. Harvester (1996 Video Game)

M | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Amnesiac named Steve wakes up in a strange little town called Harvest, a place seemingly straight out of 1950s Americana but with a noticeably eerie and twisted pitch black dark side, that's preparing for the annual festival of blood.

Director: Gilbert P. Austin | Stars: Michael Napadano Jr., Pieter Van Der Vliet, M.R. Eudy, Tim Higgins

Votes: 236

16. Wisconsin Death Trip (1999)

Not Rated | 76 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A series of grisly events that took place in the state of Wisconsin between 1890 and 1900 is dramatized as reported in the Black River Falls newspaper.

Director: James Marsh | Stars: Ian Holm, Jeffrey Golden, Jo Vukelich, Marcus Monroe

Votes: 1,606

17. A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio (John Leguizamo) is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroyed ... See full summary »

Director: Joshua Brand | Stars: William Baldwin, John Leguizamo, Sadie Frost, Erika Eleniak

Votes: 1,127 | Gross: $0.47M

18. Natural Enemy (1996 Video)

R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A businessman (Donald Sutherland) begins to suspect his young new partner (William McNamara) has a deadly ulterior motive for getting close to him and his family.

Director: Douglas Jackson | Stars: Donald Sutherland, William McNamara, Lesley Ann Warren, Joe Pantoliano

Votes: 682

19. The Drummer and the Keeper (2017)

94 min | Drama

An unlikely friendship develops between the bipolar drummer of a rock band and an institutionalized teen living with Asperger's syndrome.

Director: Nick Kelly | Stars: Dermot Murphy, Jacob McCarthy, Adrian Hudson, Aoibhinn McGinnity

Votes: 400

20. Key to the City (1950)

Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Romance

Two mayors meet at a convention and, despite their contrasting personalities and views, find themselves attracted to one other.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Frank Morgan, Marilyn Maxwell

Votes: 894

21. Meet the Pyro (2012 Video)

3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The last member of the Team Fortress 2 cast is introduced our favorite arsonist, the Pyro.

Director: Robin Walker | Stars: Dennis Bateman, Nathan Vetterlein, Gary Schwartz, Robin Atkin Downes

Votes: 244

22. El niño y la niebla (1953)

TV-14 | 111 min | Drama, Mystery

Marta (Dolores del Río) es una mujer que vive obsesionada, ya que su madre y su hermano murieron de esquizofrenia. Temerosa de que la enfermedad sea congénita, sobreprotege hasta el extremo... See full summary »

Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Pedro López Lagar, Eduardo Noriega, Alejandro Ciangherotti

Votes: 113

23. House in the Alley (2012)

Not Rated | 93 min | Horror

Until they lose their baby to a miscarriage, a young couple were happily settling into their new life in their spacious home. After the tragedy, Thao is inconsolable and won't let her ... See full summary »

Director: Le-Van Kiet | Stars: Veronica Ngo, Son Bao Tran, Van Hai Bui

Votes: 241

24. Pyromaniac (2016)

98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A ruthless pyromaniac is on the loose in a southern village of Norway. They don't know he's not a stranger, but one of them. We follow him, the fire brigade chief's own son, spreading fear in secret.

Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Trond Nilssen, Per Frisch, Liv Bernhoft Osa, Henrik Rafaelsen

Votes: 1,045

25. Ape (2012)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Trevor Newandyke is a struggling comedian. Not only does he bomb on stage, but he bombs in everyday life. To him, it's the little things that matter most. He's fed up with the threats from ... See full summary »

Director: Joel Potrykus | Stars: Joshua Burge, Nicholas Fairbanks, Gary Perrine, Teri Ann Nelson

Votes: 555

26. The Passion of Berenice (1976)

107 min | Drama

When a man appears in her life, a young woman of traditional manners who lives with her godmother suffers a deep and unusual transformation.

Director: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Martha Navarro, Emma Roldán, Blanca Torres

Votes: 323

27. Only the Brave (1994)

59 min | Drama, Romance

A teenage pyromaniac catches the attention of another girl, who takes desperate, self-destructive measures to be noticed within their dysfunctional community.

Director: Ana Kokkinos | Stars: Elle Mandalis, Dora Kaskanis, Maude Davey, Helen Athanasiadis

Votes: 120

28. Polisen och pyromanen (1996– )

70 min | Crime

A pyromaniac is wreaking havoc in Strömstad and the surrounding area. In the town hall, at the same time, a murder is committed against the municipal councilor. Police chief Gustav ... See full summary »

Stars: Per Oscarsson, Evert Lindkvist, Stefan Ljungqvist, Alf Nilsson

Votes: 120

29. Under Surveillance (2006)

R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When a dead body turns up, a local group of Satanists seem the most likely suspects. With the help of a friend, a criminal law student decides to conduct his own investigation by placing his neighbors under 24/7 video surveillance.

Director: Dave Campfield | Stars: Eric Conley, Felissa Rose, Mark Anthony Love, Dave Campfield

Votes: 178

30. Jimmy Zip (1999)

R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An abused runaway with pyromaniac tendencies teams up with a metal sculptor. Together they blow away the art world and a local crime boss.

Director: Robert McGinley | Stars: Brendan Fletcher, Ike Gingrich, Rosemary Welden, Honey Lauren

Votes: 192

31. Brennende Betten (1988)

85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Gina, a woman who works as a mechanic and lives in Hamburg is sexually unleashed. He is a musician who fled from London who takes refuge in Gina's flat. There will be sparks between the two.

Director: Pia Frankenberg | Stars: Pia Frankenberg, Ian Dury, Gerhard Garbers, Christiane Carstens

Votes: 49

32. Burning Man: Metropolis (2012)

PG-13 | 77 min | Documentary

The Visual Adventure into the Minds and Hearts of 50,000 Burners coming together and living in Harmony for one week in the Black Rock City desert. Captured by first-time filmmaker and ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph G. Quinn | Stars: Joseph G. Quinn, Tosca Rivola, Justin McEwen, Dan Gordon-Levitt

Votes: 88

33. Mikcocchaken (2018)

98 min | Comedy, Family

Shiwasu's mother left their home when Shiwasu was a little girl. Shiwasu does not understand why. She is a woman now and working at a Shinto shrine as a shrine maiden under her father who ... See full summary »

Director: Su-yeon Gu | Stars: Kentez Asaka, Lily Franky, Alice Hirose, Naoko Iijima

Votes: 30

34. Keep in a Dry Place and Away from Children (1998)

10 min | Animation, Short

A strange half-duck/half-baby escapes from his cot. He finds his wings hidden in the toy cupboard and flies up towards where the matches are stored. Will disaster occur?

Director: Martin Davies

Votes: 12

35. Lågor i dunklet (1942)

94 min | Drama, Thriller

In this obvious forerunner to Torment (1944), Stig Järrel plays mentally-disturbed Latin teacher Birger Sjögren at Ringsala boarding school. A series of mysterious fires have taken place ... See full summary »

Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Edvin Adolphson, Stig Järrel, Inga Tidblad, Hugo Björne

Votes: 145

36. One Step Beyond (1959–1961)
Episode: The Burning Girl (1959)

Approved | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Alice Denning is a shy teenage girl who is trying to fit into a new community, make new friends and coexist with her abusive aunt and insensitive father, who insists she's a pyromaniac ... See full summary »

Director: John Newland | Stars: Olive Deering, Luana Anders, Edward Platt, Sandra Knight

Votes: 208

37. Baretta (1975–1978)
Episode: The Fire Man (1975)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Baretta ask for help from an old friend expert in explosive devices, in order to track down a serial fire bomber whose last hit make toll some victims.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Robert Blake, Tom Ewell, Edward Grover, Christine Avila

Votes: 45

38. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Night Virginia City Died (1970)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A series of destructive fires has Virginia City residents on edge and anxious to catch the arsonist. But Deputy Clem's new love interest seems to know a lot more about the fires than what she's letting on.

Director: William Wiard | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Angel Tompkins

Votes: 103

39. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Bad Words (2004)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

There is a fire in a house and Catherine, Nick, Warrick arrive at the scene. An arson investigator tells them that there was a fire in the block ten days ago, maybe caused by a serial ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 745

40. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
Episode: Firefall (1974)

TV-PG | 51 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The evil spirit of a murdered arsonist who loved classical music is somehow incinerating his former enemies, while simultaneously trying to take to life again.

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Fred Beir, Philip Carey

Votes: 505

41. Viza za buducnost (2002–2008)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2002)

Comedy, Drama, Family

Few years after the Bosnian war, Milan and Danica decide to return to their apartment in Sarajevo. Suad has difficulty buying watermelon for his daughter.

Director: Sulejman Kupusovic | Stars: Nada Djurevska, Admir Glamocak, Meliha Fakic, Ljubisa Samardzic