Bruce Willis Movies

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*Bruce Willis is taking a break from acting as he battles aphasia, a neurological condition that affects the ability to communicate.  3/30/2022

Want to know the best Bruce Willis movies?  How about the worst Bruce Willis movies?  Curious about Bruce Willis’s box office grosses or which Bruce Willis movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Bruce Willis movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place.

I have followed Bruce Willis’ career since he hit the big time with his star making role as David Addison on Moonlighting. I still think the Moonlighting 3 episode story arc with Mark Harmon,was some the best television I have ever seen and the pinnacle of that series.  Since Moonlighting, Bruce Willis has had a very busy career, making over 60 movies over the last 27 years. It has been a roller coaster ride…the highs….. movies like Pulp Fiction, most of the Die Hards, and The Sixth Sense…..the lows….movies like The Whole Ten Yards, Hudson Hawk, Bonfire of the Vanities and North.  His IMDb page shows 145 acting credits since 1980.  In the table below, Ultimate Movie Rankings ranks movies in 6 different sortable columns.

Bruce Willis Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.

Bruce Willis Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Bruce Willis movies by movie title and movie trailers.
  • Sort Bruce Willis movies by co-stars of his movies.
  • Sort Bruce Willis movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
  • Sort Bruce Willis movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
  • Sort Bruce Willis movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Bruce Willis movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Bruce Willis movie won.
  • Sort Bruce Willis movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

Possibly Interesting Facts About Bruce Willis

1. Walter Bruce Willis was born on March 19, 1955, in the town of Idar-Oberstein, West Germany.  His dad was an American while his mother was a German.

2.  Bruce Willis worked as a bartender when he was a struggling actor in New York City.

3.  In 1984, Bruce Willis left New York City to audition for roles in Los Angeles.

4.  Bruce Willis’ big break was getting the role in the television series Moonlighting (1985-1989).  Glenn Gordon Caron had to fight with ABC to put Willis in the lead role having already signed Shepherd for both the pilot and series. Caron claims he tested Willis about a third of the way through testing over 2,000 actors, knew “this was the guy” immediately, and had to fight through twice as many more acting tests and readings while arguing with ABC executives before receiving (initial) conditional authorization to cast Willis in the pilot. ABC, according to Caron, did not feel that anyone viewing would think there could possibly be any “believable” sexual tension between Shepherd and Willis.

5.  Although Bruce Willis was the 115th choice to play John McClane in 1988’s Die Hard….he was given an unheard, at the time, salary of $5 million dollars.

6.  Bruce Willis was the only celebrity that attended Julia Roberts’ wedding to Daniel Moder. Their friendship is referred to in Ocean’s Twelve (2004), when he mistakes Tess Ocean for Julia Roberts, and asks her about ‘Danny’.

7.   Bruce Willis was the first actor to ever “act” in a video game (Apocalypse (1998)). No one before had ever done voice work along with having their likeness and movements digitally added to the game, as well as receiving prominent billing on the game’s cover.

8.  Bruce Willis was considered for the role of Kyle Reese in The Terminator (1984), which went to Michael Biehn.

9.  Bruce Willis has been married two times.  He has 5 daughters.  His first marriage was to Demi Moore.  His current marriage is to Emma Heming.

10. Check out Bruce Willis’ career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

Personal Top Ten Bruce Willis Movies

  • Die Hard
  • The Fifth Element
  • Looper
  • Lucky Number Slevin
  • Nobody’s Fool
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Sin City
  • The Sixth Sense
  • Twelve Monkeys
  • Unbreakable

Our You Tube Video that goes through the Rankings all of Bruce Willis’ movies.

My Letterboxd.com Bruce Willis Movie Reviews.

Steve Lensman’s Bruce Willis Top 50 Movies You Tube Video

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245 thoughts on “Bruce Willis Movies”

  1. Great movie page and a lot of details on his pecuniary draw to the movies.

    He has only had a few bad movies, so not a bad career. If he was a baseball player, he would be in the hall of fame.

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    1. Hey id radmasters….I like the baseball analogy….I think you are correct Bruce would be in the Hall of Fame….maybe not the first ballot but probably 2nd or 3rd year. Thanks for stopping by.

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    1. Hey mythbuster….the joy of being a Willis fan….he gives you plenty to watch….2011 did not offer much…but he made up for it in 2012….Moonrise Kingdom, Looper and Expendables 2 is his Summer 2012 trilogy….and early next year we get Die Hard 5 and GI Joe 2. T

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  3. Well written,great page!!Die hard is too low but seriously Bruce is one of my favorite actors.He is awesome!Voted up and shared!

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    1. Hey mmsu….I think his top 3 could rotate….with each of the three being first at sometime….I think Pulp Fiction, The Sixth Sense and Die Hard are some of the best movies of the last 25 years. I appreciate the votes and the nice compliment.

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  4. Another excellent movie page. “Breakfast of Champions”? I don’t even remember that. Did it go straight to video? (DVD).

    I agree that he has some great comic timing which I think separates him from most action heroes. I’ll go read your Schwartzenegger Hub next, but he certainly can’t hold a candle to Willis as an actual actor.

    His comic timing is why Die Hard is such a great move (“Come out to the coast, we’ll have a few laughs. . .”)

    As a side note, it’s really a shame that Bonfire of the Vanities was so bad. It was a great book, and with Bruce Willis and Tom Hanks, it seemed like a home run.

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    1. Hey First Colony….Breakfast of Champions got a very limited release…I think it earned about 200,000 dollars….I love Bruce Willis and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is my favorite author so when I heard the movie was being made I was very happy…..and then I saw the movie….it is unwatchable…only Nick Nolte shines in the movie…..easily the worst of Willis’ career. As for Bonfires…..I think they changed so much of the book to make the movie that it lost its power….that being said I think the movie is ok…..not as good as it could have been…but not nearly as bad as it’s reputation.

      Thanks for checking out my first movie page….granted it looks nothing like the first attempt….I think this page has gotten about 30 remodels.

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  5. Bruce updates Bruce.

    52 films in 25 years. Bruce has been a lot more active than Arnie or Sly.

    14 films from your list I haven’t seen.

    Saw 10 from the box office top 10 and 8 from the critics top 10.

    I want to see Moonrise Kingdom, I’ll wait for the disc.

    Another useful update, good work amigo.

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    1. Hey Steve….thanks for checking out my update on Mr. Willis. He has been a very busy actor over the years….and it looks like he will continue to be busy for a very long time. I think he will be able to easily move into supporting roles…much like Michael Caine…and maybe he will pick up a Oscar nomination along the way.

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