The 16 Greatest Bruce Willis Movies of All Time

Wisecracking action heroes, twist-laden thrillers, and a few unexpected detours into comedy and arthouse — his filmography swings wider than you'd remember. Which one comes out on top?

1

Live Free or Die Hard

The 2007 fourth Die Hard entry pitting McClane against a cyber-terrorist plot.

1000pts

2

Die Hard

The 1988 action classic that turned Bruce Willis into a star as wisecracking NYPD cop John McClane.

910pts

3

Sin City

The 2005 neo-noir comic adaptation where Willis plays hard-boiled cop John Hartigan.

849pts

4

Die Hard with a Vengeance

The 1995 third installment pairing McClane with Samuel L. Jackson against a vengeful bomber.

826pts

5

The Fifth Element

Luc Besson's 1997 sci-fi spectacle with Willis as cab driver Korben Dallas saving the universe.

809pts

6

Pulp Fiction

Quentin Tarantino's 1994 crime masterpiece in which Willis plays a boxer on the run.

762pts

7

Unbreakable

Shyamalan's 2000 grounded superhero drama starring Willis as a man who survives a train crash unscathed.

643pts

8

Glass

Shyamalan's 2019 finale uniting the heroes and villains of Unbreakable and Split.

643pts

9

Death Becomes Her

Robert Zemeckis's 1992 dark comedy about an immortality potion and deadly vanity.

643pts

10

The Sixth Sense

M. Night Shyamalan's 1999 supernatural thriller with one of cinema's most famous twists.

566pts

11

Armageddon

Michael Bay's 1998 disaster blockbuster about oil drillers sent to destroy an asteroid.

566pts

12

Twelve Monkeys

Terry Gilliam's 1995 time-travel thriller starring Willis as a prisoner sent back to stop a plague.

566pts

13

The Last Boy Scout

Tony Scott's 1991 buddy action film with Willis as a burned-out private detective.

566pts

14

Red

The 2010 action comedy about retired black-ops agents pulled back into the field.

566pts

15

Looper

Rian Johnson's 2012 sci-fi thriller in which Willis plays the older version of a time-traveling hitman.

471pts

16

Moonrise Kingdom

Wes Anderson's 2012 whimsical comedy with Willis as a melancholy island police captain.

471pts