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.

The Top 20 Movies of 1993

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Every year in film, there are certain movies that end up sticking with a person for life. Great films are made every year, and the next and the next. Since the 60's, there hasn't been a year, that hasn't produced at least 20 great or good movies. Here is a list for the best of 1993.

The Top 20 Movies of 1993!!!!!!!





# 20  In the Line of Fire

Plot Summary: Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.

  # 19  Body Snatchers: The Invasion Continues

Plot Summary: A teenage girl and her father discover alien clones are replacing humans on a remote U.S. military base in Alabama.

 # 18  Cool Runnings

 Plot Summary: Based on the true story of the First Jamaican bobsled team trying to make it to the winter Olympics. 

 # 17  Philadelphia 

Plot Summary:  When a man with AIDS is fired by a conservative law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.

# 16  What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

Plot Summary:  Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.

# 15  Benny & Joon

Plot Summary: A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

 

# 14  Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Plot Summary: A spoof of Robin Hood in general, and 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' in particular.

 

# 13  In the Name of the Father

Plot Summary: Man's coerced confession to an IRA bombing he didn't do imprisons his father as well; a British lawyer helps fight for their freedom.

 # 12  Hard Target

Plot Summary: A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her father, who has gone missing. They discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance in the process.

# 11  Loaded Weapon 1

Plot Summary: An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. A "Lethal Weapon" style cop team tries to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the "Wilderness Girls" cookie drive.

 

# 10  Hot Shots! Part Deux

Plot Summary: "Rambo" parody in which Topper Harley leads a rescue team into Iraq to save Iraqi war prisoners and all of their previous rescue teams.

 

# 9  Cliffhanger

Plot Summary: A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains.

# 8  Carlito's Way

Plot Summary: A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.

# 7  The Nightmare Before Christmas

Plot Summary: Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn't quite understand the concept. 

 

# 6 Groundhog Day

Plot Summary: A weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again.

# 5 Jurassic Park

Plot Summary: During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok.

# 4 Last Action Hero

Plot Summary: A young movie fan gets thrown into the movie world of his favorite action film character.

# 3 Dazed and Confused

Plot Summary: The adventures of incoming high school and junior high students on the last day of school, in May of 1976.

# 2  True Romance

Plot Summary: Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

# 1  Tombstone

Plot Summary: A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona, are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.