The Top 20 Bruce Willis Films!! (So Far)

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Bruce Willis is one of the kings of action movies. With a ton of great films and a resume of different roles, he is a perfect candidate for a Top 20 list. This list will only include movies that have already been released. It will not include surely good future movies like Looper and The Expendables 2, and possibly good flicks like G.I. Joe: Retaliation and A Good Day to Die Hard.

The Top 20 Bruce Willis Films!!!!   (So Far)

#20  Mercury Rising (1998)

Plot Summary: Bruce Willis is an outcast FBI agent who is assigned to protect a 9 year old autistic boy who is the target for assassins after cracking a top secret government code.

#19  Armageddon (1998)

Plot Summary: When an asteroid the size of Texas is headed for Earth the world's best deep core drilling team is sent to nuke the rock from the inside.

 

#18  The Last Boy Scout (1991)

Plot Summary: A down and out cynical detective teams up with a down and out ex-quarterback to try and solve a murder case involving a pro football team and a politician.

 #17  Cop Out (2010)

Plot Summary: A comedy about a veteran NYPD cop whose rare baseball card is stolen. Since it's his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, he recruits his partner to track down the thief, a memorabilia-obsessed gangster.

#16  Red (2010)



Plot Summary: When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.

#15  Last Man Standing (1996)

Plot Summary: A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.

#14  Planet Terror (2007)

Plot Summary: After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.

#13 The Fifth Element (1997)

Plot Summary: In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr Zorg at bay.

#12  The Sixth Sense (1999)

Plot Summary: A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.

#11  Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)

Plot Summary:  John McClane is forced to battle mercenaries who seize control of an airport's communications and threaten to cause plane crashes if their demands are not met.

#10  Unbreakable (2000)

Plot Summary: A suspense thriller with supernatural overtones that revolves around a man who learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.

#9 Alpha Dog (2006)



Plot Summary: A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list.

#8  Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Plot Summary: John McClane takes on an Internet-based terrorist organization who is systematically shutting down the United States.

#7 Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Plot Summary: In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.

#6 Pulp Fiction (1994)



Plot Summary: The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.



#5  Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)

Plot Summary: John McClane and a store owner must play a bomber's deadly game as they race around New York while trying to stop him.

#4 Sin City  (2005)

Plot Summary: A film that explores the dark and miserable town, Basin City, and tells the story of three different people, all caught up in violent corruption.

#3 Lucky Number Slevin (2006)



Plot Summary: A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi and The Boss. Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat and finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get them before they get him.

#2  Hostage (2005)

Plot Summary: A failed police negotiator turned small town cop, must save the lives of a family held hostage, which draws him into a much more dangerous situation.

#1 Die Hard (1988)

Plot Summary: New York cop, John McClane, gives terrorists a dose of their own medicine as they hold hostages in an LA office building.