Welcome to the party, pal. The ultimate “This is a Christmas movie, actually,” Die Hard is an action classic from 1988 starring Bruce Willis and directed by John McTiernan. Based on the novel Nothing Lasts Forever (which, by the way, has a way darker ending than the movie), Die Hard sees Willis play John McClane, a tough New York cop who travels to Los Angeles to see his estranged wife for Christmas. When his wife’s company party is crashed by terrorists (led by Hans Gruber, memorably played by Alan Rickman) the barefoot McClane springs to action. Yippie ki-yay… you know the rest.

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