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Die Hard

1988 · Movie · 131 min

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Scores

  • IMDb8.2/10as of 2026-02-22
  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer94%as of 2022-11-29
  • Rotten Tomatoes average8.6/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic72/100as of 2025-06-16

What it is

Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza, based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. It stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, and Bonnie Bedelia, with Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton, Paul Gleason, and Hart Bochner in supporting roles.

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Genres
Action / Crime
Original language
English

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