The first and best

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2013)

Die Hard is a masterpiece of action cinema, turning Moonlighting star Bruce Willis into an action icon as John McClane. It also proved to be Alan Rickman's breakthrough into Hollywood, playing memorable villain Hans Gruber.
Following this, many action films were pitched to studios as 'Die Hard on a bus/plane/train/ship/Ferris Wheel, but none, not even it's own sequels ever quite matched it. Die Hard provides relentless thrills, and epic action set-pieces, and at the time, it was refreshing to not have a musclebound one-man army as the hero. Hans is a truly cold-blooded villain, showing no remorse when he executes hostages.