TRY HARD DIE HARD GENRES (MORE TO COME AS I FIND SOME)
by m_roberts_07 | created - 22 Mar 2021 | updated - 30 Mar 2021 | PublicHERE IS A LIST OF MOVIES THAT ARE DIE HARD RIP OFFS. MANY OF THEM ARE B-GRADE, BUT FUN MOVIES. TO THOSE WHO DON'T AGREE THAT THEY ARE LIKE DIE HARD MOVIES, THEY ARE STILL TERRORIST ORIENTATED THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO USING THE SAME FORMULA AS DIE HARD.
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1. Die Hard (1988)
R | 132 min | Action, Thriller
A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson
Votes: 945,758 | Gross: $83.01M
2. Die Hard 2 (1990)
R | 124 min | Action, Thriller
John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Bruce Willis, William Atherton, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson
Votes: 383,145 | Gross: $117.54M
3. Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
R | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene
Votes: 408,232 | Gross: $100.01M
4. Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Thriller
John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.
Director: Len Wiseman | Stars: Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Timothy Olyphant, Maggie Q
Votes: 420,692 | Gross: $134.53M
5. A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
R | 98 min | Action, Thriller
John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working undercover, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.
Director: John Moore | Stars: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Votes: 215,097 | Gross: $67.35M
6. Toy Soldiers (1991)
R | 111 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A group of troublemaking boys decide to take a stand when terrorists seize control of their boarding school.
Director: Daniel Petrie Jr. | Stars: Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Keith Coogan, Andrew Divoff
Votes: 25,027 | Gross: $15.07M
7. Under Siege (1992)
R | 103 min | Action, Thriller
An ex-Navy Seal turned cook is the only person who can stop a group of terrorists when they seize control of a U.S. battleship.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Steven Seagal, Gary Busey, Tommy Lee Jones, Erika Eleniak
Votes: 95,524 | Gross: $83.36M
8. Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Casey Ryback hops on a Colorado to LA train to start a vacation with his niece. Early into the trip, terrorists board the train and use it as a mobile HQ to hijack a top secret destructive US satellite.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Steven Seagal, Eric Bogosian, Everett McGill, Katherine Heigl
Votes: 50,148 | Gross: $50.02M
9. Deadly Outbreak (1995 Video)
R | 88 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A terrorist group lead by Colonel Baron has taken over an Israeli biochemical weapon laboratory. Colonel Baron wants to get his hands on a new secret weapon developed by Dr. Allie Levin. ... See full summary »
Director: Rick Avery | Stars: Jeff Speakman, Ron Silver, Rochelle Swanson, Jack Adalist
Votes: 609
10. Stranglehold (1994)
R | 73 min | Action
Deep inside the nation's top chemical weapons facility, a brilliant terrorist takes a Congresswoman hostage. The Navy can't stop him. The Air Force can't reach him. The Coast Guard can't ... See full summary »
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Jerry Trimble, Jillian McWhirter, Vernon Wells, Bob McFarland
Votes: 142
11. No Contest (1995)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Andrew Dice Clay takes over a hotel during a beauty pageant taking several pageant contestants hostage since one of them is a rich senator's daughter.
Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Shannon Tweed, Robert Davi, Andrew Dice Clay, Roddy Piper
Votes: 980
12. No Contest II (1995)
R | 86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sharon Bell is back, this time she must stop a terrorist plot to smuggle Nazi nerve gas.
Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Shannon Tweed, Bruce Payne, Jayne Heitmeyer
Votes: 408
13. Demolition High (1996 Video)
R | 84 min | Action
A high school is taken over by terrorists with deadly far reaching intentions but one heroic, resourceful student decides to take the fight right to them.
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Corey Haim, Alan Thicke, Dick Van Patten, Jeff Kober
Votes: 923
14. Demolition University (1997 Video)
Unrated | 90 min | Action
A college student and his friends try to thwart a deranged war veteran's plan to poison the city's water supply.
Director: Kevin Tenney | Stars: Corey Haim, Ami Dolenz, Laraine Newman, Todd Allen
Votes: 572
15. Sudden Death (1995)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A former fireman takes on a group of terrorists holding the Vice President and others hostage during the seventh game of the NHL Stanley Cup finals.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, Raymond J. Barry, Whittni Wright
Votes: 37,023 | Gross: $20.35M
16. Welcome to Sudden Death (2020 Video)
R | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A security guard (ex special forces) brings his two kids to work at a basketball arena on the day, the governor, mayor, thousands of other spectators and 8 terrorists are there.
Director: Dallas Jackson | Stars: Michael Jai White, Michael Eklund, Sabryn Rock, Nakai Takawira
Votes: 2,387
17. High Risk (1995)
R | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After failing to save his wife from 'The Doctor', Kit Li is working as a bodyguard and secret stunt double for the cowardly martial arts film star Frankie Lane. Frankie attends an ... See full summary »
Directors: Jing Wong, Wai-Lun Lam | Stars: Jet Li, Chingmy Yau, Jacky Cheung, Charlie Yeung
Votes: 4,604
18. Open Fire (1994 Video)
R | 95 min | Action, Thriller
As a group of mercenaries hold an entire city in the grip of terror, a force of one unleashes an all-out assault to stop them.
Director: Kurt Anderson | Stars: Jeff Wincott, Mimi Craven, Patrick Kilpatrick, Marty Anderson
Votes: 294
19. Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero (1994 Video)
R | 86 min | Action
Terrorists take over a nuclear weapons launch site, but don't count on a humble military courier, who happens to be making a visit.
Director: Rick Jacobson | Stars: Don Wilson, Marcus Aurelius, Michael Blanks, Anthony Boyer
Votes: 493
20. Blast (1997)
R | 105 min | Action
Terrorists are holding the U.S. Olympic swim team hostage, and only janitor Jack Bryant (Linden Ashby) can stop them.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Linden Ashby, Andrew Divoff, Kimberly Warren, Rutger Hauer
Votes: 1,744
21. Cliffhanger (1993)
R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner
Votes: 139,987 | Gross: $84.05M
Not quite Die Hard, but it's terrorist orientated on mountains, so kinda fits in this category.
22. Crackerjack (1994)
R | 96 min | Action, Thriller
A cop on vacation at a mountain resort comes to the rescue when the resort is taken over by violent criminals.
Director: Michael Mazo | Stars: Thomas Ian Griffith, Nastassja Kinski, Christopher Plummer, George Touliatos
Votes: 872
23. Icebreaker (2000)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Drama
At the the Killington ski resort something has gone awry. Evil terrorists led by the sinister Greig have taken the resort hostage with a stolen nuclear device. It's up to Ski Patrol bum Matt Foster to save the day - and his fiancé.
Director: David Giancola | Stars: Sean Astin, Bruce Campbell, Stacy Keach, Suzanne Turner
Votes: 1,313
24. Skyscraper (1996 Video)
R | 96 min | Action, Thriller
A helicopter charter soon turns deadly when the female pilot finds that she is on a building held by terrorists. It is up to her and her husband to save the hostages.
Director: Raymond Martino | Stars: Anna Nicole Smith, Richard Steinmetz, Branimir Cikatiæ, Calvin Levels
Votes: 2,767
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