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Summary

NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her offices Christmas Party, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

Details

Release Date: July 15, 1988

Runtime: 132 minutes

Genres: Action, Thriller

Rating: 7.8/10 (11453 votes)


Die Hard Collection

  • Die Hard

    Die Hard

    NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her offices Christmas Party, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

  • Live Free or Die Hard

    Live Free or Die Hard

    John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.

  • Die Hard: With a Vengeance

    Die Hard: With a Vengeance

    New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.

  • Die Hard 2

    Die Hard 2

    One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.

  • A Good Day to Die Hard

    A Good Day to Die Hard

    Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes.


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Cast

  • Bruce Willis

    Bruce Willis

    John McClane

  • Alan Rickman

    Alan Rickman

    Hans Gruber

  • Alexander Godunov

    Alexander Godunov

    Karl

  • Bonnie Bedelia

    Bonnie Bedelia

    Holly Gennaro McClane

  • Reginald VelJohnson

    Reginald VelJohnson

    Al Powell

  • Paul Gleason

    Paul Gleason

    Dwayne Robinson

  • De'voreaux White

    De'voreaux White

    Argyle

  • William Atherton

    William Atherton

    Richard Thornburg

  • Hart Bochner

    Hart Bochner

    Harry Ellis

  • James Shigeta

    James Shigeta

    Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi

  • Andreas Wisniewski

    Andreas Wisniewski

    Tony

  • Clarence Gilyard Jr.

    Clarence Gilyard Jr.

    Theo

  • Lorenzo Caccialanza

    Lorenzo Caccialanza

    Marco

  • Dennis Hayden

    Dennis Hayden

    Eddie

  • Al Leong

    Al Leong

    Uli

  • Gary Roberts

    Gary Roberts

    Heinrich

  • Wilhelm von Homburg

    Wilhelm von Homburg

    James

  • Robert Davi

    Robert Davi

    Big Johnson

  • Grand L. Bush

    Grand L. Bush

    Little Johnson

  • Rick Ducommun

    Rick Ducommun

    Walt

  • Matt Landers

    Matt Landers

    Captain Mitchell

  • George Christy

    George Christy

    Dr. Hasseldorf

  • Anthony Peck

    Anthony Peck

    Young Cop

  • David Ursin

    David Ursin

    Harvey Johnson

  • Mary Ellen Trainor

    Mary Ellen Trainor

    Gail Wallens

  • Kym Malin

    Kym Malin

    Hostage

  • Betty Carvalho

    Betty Carvalho

    Paulina

  • Kip Waldo

    Kip Waldo

    Convenience Store Clerk

  • Tracy Reiner

    Tracy Reiner

    Thornburg's Assistant

  • Bob Jennings

    Bob Jennings

    Cameraman

  • Robert Lesser

    Robert Lesser

    Businessman

  • Stella Hall

    Stella Hall

    Stewardess

  • Terri Lynn Doss

    Terri Lynn Doss

    Girl at Airport

  • Terry Ray

    Terry Ray

    SWAT (uncredited)

  • Eric Kay

    Eric Kay

    Fireman (uncredited)

  • Gérard Bonn

    Gérard Bonn

    Kristoff

  • Mark Winn

    Mark Winn

    Police Detective (uncredited)