The Top 50 Movies Starring Bruce Willis

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On March 19th, 1955, one of the most famous American actors was born in Germany; Walter Bruce Willis started his career on the glamourous Broadway stage in the 1970s,

and he had a career spanning over 50 years before he ultimately had to retire due to a chronic disease.

Furthermore, ten years after Bruce had begun to pursue an acting career (the 1980s), he finally achieved fame on the TV and movie screen.

With this, he is most known for playing in action-packed, intense films, and he has won countless awards for his performances.

Moreover, Bruce Willis has starred in over 126 movies, so come along and explore the top 50 movies that this revolutionary, talented actor has starred in!

Die Hard

In 1988, Bruce Willis had starred in the American action movie,

Die Hard

, and this is certainly one of his most popular and recognized roles in the entertainment industry; in this series, Bruce plays the character of John McClane, an NYPD officer who attempts to find his kidnapped wife.

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This film was based on a novel published in 1979, and Bruce Willis is accompanied by actors such as Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, and Alexander Godunov.

Furthermore, the plot of this movie is based around hostages that were taken during a Christmas party (John's wife being one of them), and Willis' character is the one destined to rescue all of the victims.

Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions

premiered in 1999 as an American dark-humored film, and it was based on a novel written in 1973.

Despite this movie not doing well at the box office, it is known as a well-loved Bruce Willis movie, and he plays the character of Dwayne Hoover in this comedy.

Furthermore, Alan Rudolph directed this film, and it was submitted to the Berlin International Film Festival.

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This film is about a fictional midwestern town full of comedic, odd characters, and Bruce plays the character of Dwayne Hoover, a car dealership owner.

Despite Dwayne being rich, the movie follows his journey as he considers ending his life and as he becomes disengaged with reality due to the stresses around him.

Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

is one of the most famous movies of all time, and Bruce Willis plays the character of Butch Coolidge in this 1994 American dark-humored crime movie.

Director Quentin Tarantino directed this film and John Travolta, Tim Roth, Uma Thurman, and Samuel L. Jackson were also stars in this revolutionary movie.

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This movie is action-packed and intense for it covers multiple fictional crime stories occurring across Los Angeles, with all of them being told without chronological order in mind.

Furthermore, the title refers to crime novels popular in the 1990s, which were symbolized by violence and "punchy" dialogue.

Die Hard with a Vengeance

Die Hard with a Vengeance

premiered in 1995 as a part of the

Die Hard

series, which Bruce is most known for; he still plays John McClane in this movie, although in this film, he gets called back onto the detective force (after being let go for recklessness and alcohol abuse) to help stop a terrorist.

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This thrilling, action-packed film follows John as he plays 'Simon Says' with a terrorist in New York City to attempt to stop serial bombings all across the city.

In order to stop the villain, Detective McClane is forced to join powers with an electrician, Zeus Carver, to try and save the city from mass destruction.

RED

In the movie

RED

, Bruce stars as the retired C.I.A. agent, Frank Moses, who gets disrupted from his peaceful, lonely life after being assaulted by mysterious men.

To combat this, Frank (Willis) recruits old agents and associates to find out why he has been attacked and why he is now RED (Retired Extremely Dangerous).

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Robert Schwentke directed this film and people such as Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban, and many more starred alongside Bruce Willis in this intense film.

Furthermore, this movie was inspired by the Homage Comics, which was a limited series that went by the same name.

The Last Boy Scout

The Last Boy Scout

was released on December 13th, 1991 in the United States, and it stars famous actors such as Bruce Willis, Chelsea Field, Damon Wayans, Taylor Negron, and many more.

Furthermore, this movie is considered a buddy cop action-comedy, and Tony Scott was the director.

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Bruce Willis plays the character of Joe Hollenbeck in this movie, who is a private detective assigned to protect a female witness, Cory; when she gets murdered,

Joe and his fellow policemen must work together to figure out which corrupt politicians or malicious football team owner may have killed the innocent girl.

The Fifth Element

The Fifth Element

is a French science-fiction action movie (in English) that was directed and written by Luc Besson.

Furthermore, in this film, Bruce Willis acts alongside other talented actors such as Gary Oldman and Milla Jovovich as he discovers 'the Fifth Element', otherwise known as the only thing able to destroy 'the great Evil'.

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This movie is set in the 23rd century, and it follows the story of a cab driver and former Major who must find the Fifth Element to stop the great Evil that is plaguing the Earth;

the Fifth Element turns out to be a woman named Leeloo, and they must get her to safety without coming into contact with evil men.

Moreover, this movie premiered in 1997 and is considered a success in Bruce's career.

Armageddon

Armageddon

premiered in 1998 as an American science-fiction movie under the direction of Michael Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Touchstone Pictures.

Other stars that acted in this film besides Bruce Willis were Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, and Will Patton;

Armageddon

was the most profitable film of 1998.

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This movie will keep you on the edge of your seat, for it follows a story of a race against time; it all had started when NASA had caught sight of an asteroid heading right for Earth,

to which they then employed a group of average deep-core drillers to stop the major asteroid from crashing into and destroying the planet.

Unbreakable

Unbreakable

is one of the most popular Bruce Willis movies of all time, for it premiered in 2000 as an American superhero thriller movie, with M. Night Shyamalan writing, producing, and directing the masterpiece.

Furthermore, in this movie, Bruce acts alongside stars such as Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn, and Spencer Treat Clark.

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This interesting film is about a man, David Dunn (Willis), who seems to never die despite being involved in multiple deadly crashes and like events.

When David meets the owner of a comic shop who has a brittle bone disease and breaks at the slightest impact, they come together to explore their realities and destinies in this captivating movie.

12 Monkeys

In the film

12 Monkeys

, Bruce Willis was cast as the main character, James Cole, who was a felon (in the year 2030) that was sent back to the 1990s to stop a deadly plague.

Furthermore, this science fiction film made in 1995 explores the journey of James as his perception and reality become extremely warped as he travels back in time with the world's fate in his hands.

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Terry Gilliam was the director of this film, and the movie was inspired by a short film produced by Chris Marker in 1962.

As far as Bruce's costars, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer, and David Morse also act in this thrilling feature.

With this, most of the scenes for this film were shot in Baltimore and Philadelphia with a $29.5 million budget.

Tears of the Sun

Bruce Willis and his production company, Cheyenne Enterprises, produced

Tears of the Sun

, which follows a captivating story about a group of Navy SEALs who are sent head-on into a civil war in Nigeria to rescue a doctor in a remote village;

this story follows the struggles of these military men as they face grueling situations and decisions.

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Bruce Willis was cast as the leader of the Navy SEAL team that is sent on the mission to save the American doctor, and this film premiered in 2003, with Antoine Fuqua directing the movie.

Furthermore, this American action thriller is yet another masterpiece accomplished by Bruce Willis, and yet again illustrates his immense talent in acting and production.

Sin City

Sin City

premiered in 2005 as an American neo-noir crime movie, and it is based on the graphic novels of the same name by Frank Miller (who directed the film along with Robert Rodriguez).

Furthermore,

Sin City

combines four strange, interconnected stories which occur in the fictitious location, Basin City.

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Bruce Willis plays the main character in this film, John Hartigan, who is a detective; the story also involves characters such as a poetic hitman, an abusive ex-boyfriend, and a corrupt cop.

Furthermore, other stars in this movie include Jessica Alba, Alexis Bledel, Quentin Tarantino, and Elijah Wood.

Looper

Looper

is about a hitman (who lives in the year 2044) who is hired by criminals from the future (2074), and Bruce Willis stars as the main character, with actors such as Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, and Jeff Daniels starring alongside him.

Furthermore, this movie premiered in 2012 as an American sci-fi film.

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Joe, the hitman, is called a Looper because he is contacted by people in the future and awaits his victims after communicating with the criminals as to where to close the 'loop'.

Moreover, the conflict of this film occurs when Joe is sent to 'close a loop' but finds his future self as his targeted victim.

Last Man Standing

The film,

Last Man Standing,

is set during the Prohibition Era, and it premiered in 1996 as an American action movie under the direction of Walter Hill.

Furthermore, Bruce Willis plays the main character of John Smith, who is a contracted hitman on the run and finds himself in Jericho, Texas.

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When John (Willis) reaches the town in Texas, he finds it abandoned by the townspeople because it had been taken over by Irish and Italian mobs; for his enjoyment, John decides to plot the two gangs against one another.

Additionally, this movie of honor and action is yet another masterpiece made possible by the talent of Bruce Willis.

The Whole Nine Yards

The Whole Nine Yards

is an American comedy crime film that premiered in 2000 under the direction of Jonathan Lynn and Warner Bros; the main role of this film is played by Bruce Willis,

and some of his costars include Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Natasha Henstridge.

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Bruce stars as Jimmy 'The Tulip' Tudeski, who unintentionally complicates his life after moving in next to a dentist, Oz, in Montreal, whose wife hears of his involvement as a hitman for the mob;

when Oz's wife forces him to travel to Chicago to rat out Jimmy, the plot of this action-packed film thickens.

Lucky Number Slevin

In 2006, a neo-noir crime thriller starring Bruce Willis premiered, and it featured other talented actors such as Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Lucy Liu, and Stanley Tucci;

Lucky Number Slevin

is about two friends, Slevin and Nick, who find themselves in an intense situation in New York.

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Lucky Number Slevin

follows the story of Slevin Kelevra, who is faced with the decision to resort to a life of crime in order to save his friend Nick, whom he finds missing after going to visit him;

after being kidnapped on multiple occasions and being asked for a giant ransom pay-out, Slevin is forced to make a choice of paying off mob bosses and killing someone or letting his friend die,

all the while being pressured by an assassin and a detective.

The Jackal

The Jackal

premiered in 1997 with Bruce Willis playing the titular role of a mystery-filled, skilled assassin who is sought out to murder people of authority.

Furthermore, Bruce Willis illustrates his excellent talent in this film seeing that he portrays such a wise, ruthless, intelligent killer who remains calm even when being chased by the FBI.

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This American action thriller certainly left its mark in the 1990s, and the movie was based on a film made in 1973 called

The Day of the Jackal

(which was based on a novel written in 1971).

Additionally, this movie starring Bruce Willis was a huge hit, for it made over $100 million in profit.

Hostage

Even though the film

Hostage,

starring Bruce Willis,

was not a financial success, it is still considered one of his top 50 movies considering his flawless performance and the storyline he is involved in.

Additionally, Bruce Willis plays the main character in this film, Jeff Talley, a police chief with excellent negotiating skills.

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This film premiered in 2005 as an action thriller, and Bruce Willis was the producer and the main star of the movie. With this, Florent Emilio Siri was the director, and the entire movie was centered on the novel written by Robert Crais in 2001 (Doug Richardson was the one to adapt it for the screen).

Sunset

In 1988, Bruce Willis starred in the film Sunset, which was a mysterious, crime-filled Western movie that was written and directed by Blake Edwards; Bruce played the main character, Tom Mix, who uses the help of his lawman friend Wyatt Earp to solve a mysterious murder case in the 1930s.

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Bruce is praised for his role in this film because it was done extremely well, seeing that it had some comedic components, yet it was true to the initial period of the mystery genre in Hollywood (the Golden Era). Additionally, this movie was based on a book by Rod Amateau, which remains unpublished.

The Expendables

The Expendables premiered in 2010 and Bruce Willis portrayed the type of character that he is most known for, which is an action-packed superhero! This film follows a group of heroes as they attempt to overthrow a dictator in South America, and it is a part of a series of movies that Bruce stars in.

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This Bruce Willis film achieved number one at the box office when it first came out, and the movie was written and directed by Sylvester Stallone; Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture,

Terry Crews, Steve Austin, and Mickey Rourke also starred in this film.

The Expendables

is most known for successfully creating nostalgia for the 1980s and 1990s blockbuster action movies, and this film has a twist because the dictator is actually controlled by an ex-C.I.A. agent!

Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom

first came out in 2012 as a modern comedy-drama movie, and it was written and directed by Wes Anderson, along with Roman Coppola.

Furthermore, this movie features talented actors such as Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, and Bob Balaban.

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Moonrise Kingdom

, Bruce Willis plays the character of Captain Sharp, a police officer that is included in the storyline of two main characters named Sam and Suzy;

Sam and Suzy are two young children with troubled lives who decided to run away together on the New England island that they live on.

Split

Split

was one of the most anticipated and most popular movies of 2016, and it is about a man, Kevin Wendell, who has an extreme dissociative identity disorder, which results in him having 23 distinct personalities, with one of them being quite deadly.

Furthermore, this story follows Kevin as his condition worsens and he endangers the lives of other people.

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Well-known actor Bruce Willis also starred in this groundbreaking film, for in the final scene, he made an impactful appearance as his former character, David Dunn from

Unbreakable

at the end of the film.

Furthermore, M. Night Shyamalan directed and produced this movie, and besides Bruce, James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Betty Buckley also starred in this movie.

Death Wish

Bruce Willis stars as the main character in the film

Death Wish

, which premiered in 2018 as an American action thriller film, and the movie is based on a novel written in 1972 by Brian Garfield.

Furthermore, Bruce plays the character of Dr. Paul Kersey, a skilled trauma surgeon whose life changes one day when burglars break into his home and harm his family.

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Even though three criminals had broken into his home and attacked his wife and daughter, the police were not able to do anything for Dr. Kersey, so the surgeon seeks out revenge on his own terms and on his own time.

With this,

Death Wish

was the perfect role for Bruce, seeing that he has perfected the art of revenge-seeking characters that are not afraid to take action.

Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her

was released on July 31st, 1992, and despite some critics giving it negative reviews, it was an extreme commercial success seeing that it made over $100 million in profit (which was not the first time that a Bruce Willis film had achieved this!).

Furthermore, this movie was praised for its advanced usage of computer effects.

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Death Becomes Her

is about two best friends (played by Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn) whose relationship becomes sour after fighting for the love of the same man (Bruce Willis);

the women even go as far as to drink a magical youth potion, which unfortunately turns them into a type of zombie.

Mercury Rising

In the film

Mercury Rising,

Bruce Willis plays the character of Art Jeffries, an FBI agent who is asked to investigate a threat to national security, which becomes apparent after a nine-year-old autistic child unintentionally deciphers a secret code.

Furthermore, this American action thriller premiered in 1998.

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Additionally, after the code was deciphered by the child, people are sent to kill him, yet Art Jeffries makes it his mission to protect the boy.

On the other hand, Harold Becker directed this movie, and it is based on a novel written in 1996 by Ryne Douglas, who originally called the story,

Simple Simon

(which was the initial title for the movie).

Grindhouse

Bruce Willis was a significant part of the movie mashup between

Planet Terror

and

Death Proof

named

Grindhouse

, which premiered in 2007 under the direction of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino.

With this,

Grindhouse

combines the ideas of a zombie movie and the storyline of a psycho stuntman.

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Moreover, Rodriguez was the creator of

Planet Terror,

with Tarantino being responsible for the movie

Death Proof

; the two genius directors decided to come together to produce this smashing hit,

and they presented

Grindhouse

as a double feature to create a comedic horror film that anyone could enjoy.

Striking Distance

Striking Distance

, Bruce Willis plays the main protagonist, Thomas Hardy, who is a dedicated police officer that begins an unofficial investigation to find out how and why his ex-lovers were murdered.

With this, Hardy (Willis) also investigates the death of his police officer father, and the film is considered an American action thriller.

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Striking Distance

premiered in 1993 and some of Bruce's costars include Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, and Tom Sizemore.

Furthermore, the original name for the movie was supposed to be

Three Rivers

, and Rowdy Herrington along with Marty Kaplan both wrote and directed this Bruce Willis film.

The Kid

Walt Disney released

The Kid

on July 7th, 2000, and despite film critics having mixed opinions about the movie, it still made a profit of over $50 million.

Furthermore,

The Kid

is an American fantasy comedy-drama that stars Bruce Willis, who plays the character of a 40-year-old image consultant who finds himself in the strangest situation.

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Jon Turtletaub and Audrey Wells directed this film, and some of Bruce's costars included Emily Mortimer, Lily Tomlin, Chi McBride, and Jean Smart.

As far as the plot, Bruce's character finds himself in an odd situation when a mystery boy, similar to his younger self, magically appears in his life.

The Bonfire of the Vanities

The Bonfire of the Vanities

premiered in 1990 as a dark-humored comedy with Brian De Palma as the director and producer; Bruce Willis played the part of the main narrator of the story, Peter Fallow.

Furthermore, some of the other actors in the movie consist of Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall, and Morgan Freeman.

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Michael Cristofer was the one to write the screenplay for this movie, and he drew inspiration from the novel of the same name which was written in 1987 by Tom Wolfe.

Even though the plot of this film was quite weak, Bruce Willis gave an excellent performance, deeming this one of his top 50 films!

Surrogates

In 2009, the American science fiction film,

Surrogates

premiered, and it features Bruce Willis as the main character, an FBI agent named Tom Greer.

In this futuristic film, humans only interact with their robotic surrogates, yet if their surrogate is injured, so is the operator.

Moreover, when two surrogate operators die, Tom Greer (Willis) and his detective friend are assigned the case.

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This film takes a turn when Tom Greer loses his surrogate, leaving him fully exposed to the world as his true self (the operator), and this movie was based on a comic book series from the earlier 2000s.

Moreover, Jonathan Mostow directed this film, and it is one of Bruce Willis' most popular films aside from

Die Hard.

Glass

In 2019, the movie

Glass

premiered, with M. Night Shyamalan as the primary writer and director of this masterpiece which featured the talented Bruce Willis, along with other actors such as Samuel L. Jackson, Spencer Treat Clark, and Charlayne Woodard.

With this, many of the actors in this film played previous characters from films such as

Unbreakable

and

Split.

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Glass

is considered an American superhero film, and it is the last movie in the

Unbreakable

franchise.

With this, it is also a mashup between the two movies

Split

and

Unbreakable

, where the main protagonists and antagonists of each film come together to create the ultimate cross-over showdown.

Planet Terror

Planet Terror

is most recognized as being a part of a double feature for the movie

Grindhouse

(it was paired along with

Death Proof

), yet this film starring Bruce Willis did become a standalone feature in various countries.

As far as

Planet Terror

being a standalone film, most people consider it the best movie to come out of

Grindhouse.

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In the 2007 comedic horror-action film

Planet Terror

, Bruce Willis stars as Lt. Muldoon, and some of his costars include Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey, Josh Brolin, and Marley Shelton.

Furthermore, Willis plays the hero in this film as the world turns to chaos due to a deadly biochemical that had been released.

16 Blocks

16 Blocks

premiered in 2006 as an American crime-thriller movie under the direction of Richard Donner (this was his last film before he died), and the main star in this feature was Bruce Willis; Mos Def and David Morse accompanied Bruce in this film.

Like many of Bruce's films, he plays an NYPD detective, who goes by the name of Jack Mosley.

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This film is about an NYPD detective (Willis) who is assigned to take a trial witness to the courthouse, yet everything shifts rapidly when people are out to murder the witness to prevent him from testifying.

With the detective feeling like he wasted most of his life, he feels a need to save the witness from being murdered, and this motivation is what drives the storyline.

10 Minutes Gone

10 Minutes Gone

is a crime-thriller movie that premiered in September of 2019, and it is about a man (played by Bruce Willis) who lost his memory due to some horrible things gone wrong during a bank robbery;

the conflict of this film is that the man must remember 10 minutes of his missing memory to remember who was conspiring against him.

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10 Minutes Gone

is a gripping film as the audience explores the man's struggles in trying to regain his memory to essentially put his entire life back together.

Nevertheless, Bruce Willis does an excellent job at capturing the character, and his main costar was Michael Chiklis.

Additionally, Brian A. Miller was the director of this movie.

Hard Kill

On August 21st, 2020, Bruce Willis starred in yet another great movie,

Hard Kill

, which was produced by Vertical Entertainment and directed by Matt Eskandari.

Bruce starred as the main character in this film (a hero attempting to stop someone who is trying to destroy the world), and his costars consisted of Jesse Metcalfe and Natalie Eva Marie.

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Even though this isn't the first time that this plot has been used for a movie, the actors and director were successful at giving it a twist of originality;

Hard Kill

is about mercenaries who are racing against time to try and stop a villain who wants to end the world via technological warfare (like computer programs).

Ocean's Twelve

Ocean's Twelve

is a sequel to

Ocean's Eleven

, and this series follows the fate of Danny Ocean (originally supposed to be played by Willis) as he is forced to return millions of dollars worth of stolen money, all the while being hunted down by a thief and detective.

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Bruce Willis was unable to play the main character in this film due to scheduling issues, yet he did appear in this popular film as himself; actors such as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon,

Julia Roberts, Don Cheadle, and Bernie Mac were also involved in this film that grossed $362 million in 2004.

The Siege

The Siege premiered in 1998 as an American action thriller, and Bruce Willis plays the character of U.S. Army General, William Devereaux, who wrongly starts to accuse anyone suspicious of recent terrorist attacks in Brooklyn. Furthermore, this role is a bit different than what Bruce usually portrays, for his character is highly racist and sadistic in this film.

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As far as the plot goes, General Devereaux is able to torture these innocent people because martial law had been filed, so FBI agents could no longer investigate the attacks as diligently.

Moreover, some of Bruce's costars included Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, and Tony Shalhoub.

Hart's War

This film starring Bruce Willis is an American war drama movie, and it premiered in 2002 as a story about WWII and law students who become imprisoned by the Nazi forces.

Hart's War

is an intense film based on a book written by John Katzenbach, and Bruce Willis portrays the character of Col. William McNamara.

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Gregory Hoblit was the director of this film, and some of Bruce's costars include Terrence Howard, Colin Farrell, Cole Hauser, and Marcel Iureş.

Furthermore,

Hart's War

is yet another excellent example of Bruce's talent and his ability to diversify his roles.

Cop Out

Cop Out

(2010)

is yet another buddy cop action-comedy that Bruce Willis played a major role in, and in this movie, in particular, he plays the role of Jimmy Monroe, who happened to lose his job working for the NYPD alongside his friend, Paul Hodges (Tracey Morgan).

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The conflict of this movie arises when Jimmy has to pay for his daughter's wedding, and with having lost his job, the only way to do so is to sell his prized baseball cards; when going to the pawnshop,

he becomes aware that it has been robbed and his cards are lost.

Blind Date

Blind Date

is the first movie that Bruce Willis played the primary role in, and in this film, he plays the character of Walter, a PR executive who makes the choice of going on a blind date with a girl named Nadia.

Moreover, the conflict arises when the date, along with Nadia, turns hectic.

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This film premiered in 1987 as an American romantic comedy, and Blake Edwards was the director; Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger were the lead actors in this feature.

Even though critics highly disliked this film, the public voted different seeing that it was number one at the box office when it first came out.

Reprisal

In 2018, Bruce Willis starred in the American action thriller movie,

Reprisal

, which was written by Bryce Hammons and directed by Brian A. Miller.

Additionally, some of Bruce's costars included actors such as Frank Grillo, Johnathon Schaech, and Olivia Culpo.

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Bruce did nothing but shine in this movie, for he was cast as an ex-cop that was sought out by a wealthy man (Jacob) to investigate and seek revenge on burglars; Jacob's institution had been robbed,

and as a result, he lost a co-worker, which is what pushed him to seek out the ex-cop to bring justice and redemption to the situation.

Vice

Vice

premiered in 2015 as an American sci-fi action film under the direction of Brian A. Miller, with Andre Fabrizio and Jeremy Passmore being the ones to write the movies.

Furthermore, the primary stars of this film were Bruce Willis, Thomas Jane, and Ambyr Childers.

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This movie is about a man (Julian Michaels, played by Willis) who creates an immoral resort where people can pursue any type of fantasies with the resort-provided robots;

the conflict arises when a robot becomes aware and attempts to escape and bring down the resort.

Survive the Night

Survive the Night

premiered in 2020 as an American action thriller movie under the direction of Matt Eskandari, and the main actors featured in this film were Bruce Willis, Shea Buckner, and Chad Michael Murray;

in this film, Bruce starred as Frank, one of the main hostages in the film.

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Survive the Night

is about two criminals who take a family and a trauma doctor hostage after getting harmed in a robbery, and the criminals force the doctor (Murray) to operate while he begs for his family's life (Willis playing his father).

Furthermore, Frank (Willis) is the one to disarm the attackers and flee safely into the night before being pursued.

The Prince

In 2014, the American action thriller,

The Prince

premiered, and this film featured stars such as Bruce Willis, Jason Patric, John Cusack, and 50 Cent,

all under the supervision of director Brian A. Miller.

Moreover, Lionsgate was the company to release this movie.

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This film is about a former assassin who gave up his way of life for his family yet is forced to revert back to it when his daughter is kidnapped; not only does he have to rescue his daughter,

but he also has to face an old former rival in order to save her and himself.

Assassination of a High School President

Assassination of a High School President

is a comedic mystery film that premiered in 2008 under the direction of Brett Simon, and it features stars such as Bruce Willis, Reece Thompson, Mischa Barton, Emily Meade, and Michael Rapaport.

Furthermore, Kevin Jakubowski and Tim Calpin wrote this story.

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This film is about a high school girl (Witherspoon) who is known as an overachiever, and how the principal (Willis) sabotages her academic career.

Furthermore, the storyline follows the student as she tries to identify the culprit of all of the chaos.

Additionally, this film was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival.

Color of Night

In 1994, the American mystery thriller,

Color of Night

had premiered, and it starred Bruce Willis as the main character, Bill Capa, a psychiatrist whose life changes after a patient commits suicide in front of him; leaving him color blind, he joins a therapy group, only to be tormented further.

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Cinergi Pictures had produced this film in the early 90s, with Richard Rush as the director; Jane March, Ruben Blades, Brad Dourif, Scott Bakula, and Lesley Ann Warren were also a part of this film. Moreover, this movie was yet another success for Bruce's career!

Perfect Stranger

Perfect Stranger

had premiered in 2007 as a psychological thriller film under the direction of James Foley, and Bruce Willis and Halle Berry were featured as the main characters;

Bruce and Halle had not made a film together for 14 years before this, so the public was excited to see them back in action together.

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This movie is about a journalist who utilizes their skills to investigate the death of a friend, with her search leading to Harrison Hill (a businessman played by Bruce Willis).

Furthermore, Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures were the ones to produce this movie.

Fire with Fire

In the film

Fire with Fire

, Bruce Willis is featured as one of the characters, police officer Mike Cella, who is essential in the storyline, which consists of a deadly criminal who does anything he can to stop people from testifying against him.

Furthermore, this film premiered in 2012.

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When the police department is unable to provide justice, the firefighter (Jeremy) takes matters into his own hands in this American action thriller.

Moreover, Bruce Willis, Josh Duhamel, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Rosario Dawson are featured in this action-packed movie.

The Story of Us

The Story of Us

premiered in 1999 as an American romantic comedy-drama under the direction of Rob Reiner, and Bruce Willis along with Michelle Pfeiffer were cast as the main characters in this film (a couple who had been married for almost two decades).

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This movie is about Ben (Willis) and Katie (Pfeiffer), and their story of a failing marriage that is held together by security and children, despite no longer being in love.

When getting the chance to reassess their marriage, the couple continues to go through turbulence to reveal what is best for them.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

In 2013, the

G.I. Joe

series continued with

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

, a classic action movie that is based on Hasbro's popular toy.

Despite Bruce Willis not having a principal role in this film, he still gave a highly noteworthy performance that strengthened his career.

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Like the previous films, this addition to the franchise continues the story of the classic characters and G.I. Joe team, with the cast consisting of Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis, Ray Park, and countless other stars.

Moreover, this movie also explores the whereabouts of a familiar nemesis, Storm Shadow.