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Die Hard

edited 2026-06-15

A complete viewing order for the Die Hard franchise, covering all five theatrical films starring Bruce Willis as New York detective John McClane. The films run in release order, which is also their in-universe chronological sequence — no timeline puzzle here, just one cop in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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01FILM
1988The 1988 film directed by John McTiernan that launched the franchise, following NYPD Detective John McClane as he flies to Los Angeles on Ch…
2h 12m
02FILM
1990The 1990 sequel directed by Renny Harlin, set two years after the original on another Christmas Eve as McClane waits at Washington Dulles In…
2h 4m
03FILM
1995The 1995 installment directed by John McTiernan, relocating the action to New York City and introducing a new enemy: Simon Peter Gruber, the…
2h 8m
04FILM
2007The 2007 sequel directed by Len Wiseman, set on Independence Day as cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel, played by Timothy Olyphant, orchestrates…
2h 8m
05FILM
2013The 2013 sequel directed by John Moore, taking McClane to Moscow after learning his estranged son Jack has been arrested in Russia. What McC…
1h 38m