On the day that the Die Hard (1988) was released, we take a look and recommend some of the best movies that if you liked the 1988 action movie, then you should add these to your watch list.
MUST WATCH MOVIES LIKE DIE HARD
SPEED (1994)
A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.
Dir. Jan de Bont
Cst. Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock
UNDER SIEGE (1992)
An ex-Navy Seal turned cook is the only person who can stop a group of terrorists when they seize control of a U.S. battleship.
Dir. Andrew Davis
Cst. Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones
THE RAID (2011)
A S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.
Dir. Gareth Evans
Cst. Iko Uwais, Ray Sahetapy
CON AIR (1997)
Newly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control.
Dir. Simon West
Cst. Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich
SUDDEN DEATH (1995)
A former fireman takes on a group of terrorists holding the Vice President and others hostage during the seventh game of the NHL Stanley Cup finals.
Dir. Peter Hyams
Cst. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, Raymond J. Barry
THE ROCK (1996)
A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.
Dir. Michael Bay
Cst. Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris
HOSTAGE (2005)
When a family is held hostage, former hostage negotiator Jeff Talley arrives at the scene. Talley's own family is kidnapped and Talley must decide which is more important: saving a family he doesn't even know or saving his own family.
Dir. Florent-Emilio Siri
Cst. Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Serena Scott Thomas
LOOPER (2012)
In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
Dir. Rian Johnson
Cst. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt
DREDD (2012)
In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.
Dir. Peter Travis
Cst. Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey
CLIFFHANGER (1993)
A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains.
Dir. Renny Harlin
Cst. Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker
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