Die Hard

Directed by John McTiernan

Written by Roderick Thorp (novel), Jeb Stuart (screenplay), Steven E. de Souza (screenplay)

Cast: Bruce Willis as John McClane, Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber, Bonnie Bedelia as Holly Gennaro McClane, Reginald VelJohnson as Sgt. Al Powell, William Atherton as Richard Thornburg, Paul Gleason as Deputy Chief Dwayne Robinson

Released 1988

Visiting his wife in L.A. for Christmas, NYPD detective John McClane is on hand when a gang of thieves pretending to be terrorists take over a office skyscraper intent of stealing many millions in bearer bonds.