Bruce Willis – 10 Best Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 11, 2026

Die Hard is the obvious starting point, but Pulp Fiction, The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable reveal a far stranger actor than the action-hero reputation suggests, and 12 Monkeys remains the most underrated performance here. Moonrise Kingdom casts him as a melancholy small-town police captain in Wes Anderson’s coming-of-age tale, Looper puts an older hitman face to face with his younger self, Sin City makes him a grizzled cop in Robert Rodriguez’s noir anthology, and Armageddon sends an oil driller into space to stop an asteroid. Die Hard with a Vengeance rounds out the list.

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

TMDB ★ 7.7

Two twelve-year-olds fall in love and run away together, prompting a town-wide search.

Directed by Wes Anderson · 1h 34m · Rated PG-13

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Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Looper (2012)

IMDb ★ 7.4 RT 93% Metacritic 84

A hitman who kills targets sent back in time is ordered to kill his own future self.

Directed by Rian Johnson · 1h 58m · Rated R

18 wins & 47 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Starz, Starz Apple TV channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Sin City (2005)

TMDB ★ 7.5

Stylised to the point of being a moving comic panel, and it works.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller · 2h 04m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Armageddon (1998)

IMDb ★ 6.7 RT 42% Metacritic 42

A crew of oil drillers is trained as astronauts to blow up an asteroid heading for Earth.

Directed by Michael Bay · 2h 31m · Rated PG-13

Nominated for 4 Oscars15 wins & 41 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

IMDb ★ 7.6 RT 60% Metacritic 58

A bomber forces John McClane through an escalating citywide scavenger hunt.

Directed by John McTiernan · 2h 08m · Rated R

2 wins & 3 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Hulu, YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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12 Monkeys (1995)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 88% Metacritic 75

A time traveller sent back to stop a deadly plague begins to doubt whether his own memories are real.

Directed by Terry Gilliam · 2h 09m · Rated R

Nominated for 2 Oscars11 wins & 25 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Unbreakable (2000)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Bruce Willis gives a quiet, restrained turn as a man discovering he might be indestructible.

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan · 1h 46m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Sixth Sense (1999)

IMDb ★ 8.2 RT 86% Metacritic 64

A troubled child psychologist tries to help a young boy who claims he can see dead people.

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan · 1h 47m · Rated PG-13

Nominated for 6 Oscars37 wins & 56 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Apple TV, Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Pulp Fiction (1994)

IMDb ★ 8.8 RT 92% Metacritic 95

Two hitmen, a boxer and a gangster's wife weave through a nonlinear crime saga in Los Angeles.

Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 2h 34m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar69 wins & 72 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, YouTube TV · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Die Hard (1988)

IMDb ★ 8.2 RT 94% Metacritic 72

An off-duty New York cop battles terrorists who have taken over a Los Angeles skyscraper.

Directed by John McTiernan · 2h 12m · Rated R

Nominated for 4 Oscars10 wins & 12 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

Bruce Willis – 10 Best Movies

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Looper (2012)

Sin City (2005)

Armageddon (1998)

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

12 Monkeys (1995)

Unbreakable (2000)

The Sixth Sense (1999)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Die Hard (1988)

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