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Die Hard
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #251
- IMDb #124
- Google retired #346
- Rotten Tomatoes #150
- Metacritic #618
- Letterboxd #467
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #534
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #139
- Metacritic Critics #1328
- Metacritic Audience #90
- Criticker #322
- Douban #482
- Kinopoisk #241
- AlloCiné #178
- Trakt #105
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 67, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 94.
See the most agreed on films →A New York City police officer arrives in Los Angeles to reconcile with his estranged wife at her company's Christmas party. The high-rise office building is seized by a group of terrorists posing as radicals. He becomes the only hope for the hostages, using his wits and courage to battle the terrorists from within.
Details
- Director
- John McTiernan
- Writers
- Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza
- Based on
- Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp
- Released
- 15 July 1988
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, German, Italian, Japanese
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $28.0M
- Box office
- $140.8M
- Awards
- 1 win, 12 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 13 →1 win from 13 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Sound | Richard Overton | Nominee |
| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Sound Editing | Richard Shorr | Nominee |
| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Sound Editing | Stephen Hunter Flick | Nominee |
| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Visual Effects | Richard Edlund | Nominee |
| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Visual Effects | Al DiSarro | Nominee |
| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Visual Effects | Brent Boates | Nominee |
| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Visual Effects | Thaine Morris | Nominee |
| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Film Editing | Frank J. Urioste | Nominee |
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13 awards — Die Hard
×| Best Film Editing | Frank J. Urioste | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | John F. Link | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Richard Overton | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Don Bassman | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Al Overton, Jr. | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Kevin F. Cleary | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing | Richard Shorr | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing | Stephen Hunter Flick | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Richard Edlund | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Al DiSarro | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Brent Boates | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Thaine Morris | Nominee |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Winner |