*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.
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- Sort Bruce Willis movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
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- 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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You know Bruce, I’ve never been a huge Bruce Willis fan, but I’ve always loved 12 monkeys and pulp fiction. I also want to see Looper. It looks great and Joseph Gordon Levitt is one of my favorites. Thanks for all the work you do putting this articles together.
Hey PDX…..good to hear from you again….I think if you liked 12 Monkeys you will also like Looper…..it is Bruce’s best movie in many moons. Joseph Gordon-Levitt earned lots of respect from me after seeing the movie….as he finally got rid of the 3rd rock from the sun ghost I was always saw when he appeared in movie. Thanks for the comment, the visit and the compliment.
Hi Cogerson;
I must admit that although I like Bruce Willis as an actor, I’ve never really taken to many of the films he’s made – even those considered great movies by the majority. ‘Pulp Fiction’, for example, does nothing for me – I think it’s all that jumping forward and backward in time which confuses me! I also didn’t like ‘Fifth Element’ or ‘The Sixth Sense’. As for ‘Armageddon’ – for me that suffers badly by comparison with ‘Deep Impact’.
I quite like the comedy of ‘Death becomes her’, but of course for me the four highlights of his career are the four ‘Die Hard’ movies. I like them all and can (and have) watched them, many times over. He created a great action hero character as John McLane in those movies with some nice one-liners in a series of witty scripts.
As usual a quality page detailing his career Cogerson. It was predictable that ‘Pulp Fiction’ would be Number One, but interesting to see all the other rankings.
Hey Alun….always good to hear from you. Interesting that you did not like some of his classics like The Sixth Sense and Pulp Fiction…but I respect your opinion. Glad to see you mention Death Becomes Her…as that is one of my favorites as well….I thought Bruce was excellent in that movie …..good points on the Die Hard films….and part 5 is coming this Valentine’s Day…it is the perfect Valentine’s Day movie…lol.
I just saw Looper twice over the weekend….and I can highly recommend that movie…it is his best movie in many years….it reminded me of Harrison Ford’s role in The Fugitive….many of his scenes it is just Bruce trying to work his way through the movie.
Thanks for the votes up and the comment…both are greatly appreciated.
I am a big Bruce Willis fan and I like most all his movies. I didn’t know Pulp Fiction went to #1 either. I really like The Sixth Sense and Die Hard, but several more also. I like the way you used the tables to show the information. I have never used them in a movie page. Up and awesome.
Hey Pamela99…..I am right there with you about being a Bruce Willis fan….this was the very first page I ever wrote…granted it looks nothing like the original page …as it has had many remodels. I love the tables here on HubPages….I have looked many places but there tables are easily the best out there. I appreciate the comment
Bruce Willis is one of my favorite actors. Die Hard is one of my favorite films of his. I think his newer one Looper is going to be a good one too
Hey Fullerman5000….I am right there with you. I have watched his career every since I saw the broadcast premiere of Moonlighting. I have seen some pretty bad movies of his….but he makes up for it with some classic movies….I also have high hopes for Looper…..thanks for the visit and comment.
i am die hard fans of bruce willis, great movie page!!
Hey bumblehub….thanks for the visit….I am sure as a Die Hard fan you are glad to see those 4 movies all being in his Top Ten….I am sure Die Hard 5 will bump 12 Monkeys out of that 10th spot as well.