The Best Bruce Willis Movies, Ranked
126 credits from 1980 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Breach (2020) comes out on top with a score of 76. The biggest box office hit is The Sixth Sense (1999) with $673M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Bruce Willis Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Bruce Willis is credited on. Breach (2020) leads with 76, followed by Motherless Brooklyn (2019) at 70. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 76 Breach 2020 · Action -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Motherless Brooklyn 2019 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 55 Glass 2019 · Action -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 45 Acts of Violence 2018 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 45 First Kill 2017 · Action -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 43 Death Wish 2018 · Action -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 40 Detective Knight: Rogue 2022 · Crime -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 40 White Elephant 2022 · Action -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 37 Once Upon a Time in Venice 2017 · Action -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 36 Assassin 2023 · Action -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 36 Survive the Game 2021 · Action -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 36 Gasoline Alley 2022 · Action
Biggest Bruce Willis Box Office Hits
Bruce Willis's films have made $7.15B worldwide in total. The Sixth Sense (1999) is the biggest hit at $673M, ahead of Armageddon (1998) ($554M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The Sixth Sense 1999 · Drama $673M $294M dom. - 2
Armageddon 1998 · Action $554M $202M dom. - 3
Live Free or Die Hard 2007 · Action $388M $135M dom. - 4
G.I. Joe: Retaliation 2013 · Action $376M $123M dom. - 5
Die Hard: With a Vengeance 1995 · Action $366M $100M dom. - 6
Over the Hedge 2006 · Adventure $340M $155M dom. - 7
The Expendables 2 2012 · Action $315M $85M dom. - 8
A Good Day to Die Hard 2013 · Action $305M $67.3M dom. - 9
The Fifth Element 1997 · Action $264M $63.8M dom. - 10
Unbreakable 2000 · Drama $248M $95M dom.
The Best Bruce Willis Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Bruce Willis has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Action leads with 60 films, and Breach (2020) is the pick of them.
- Action 60 films Breach 2020 · as Clay Movie Echo Score: 76
- Drama 13 films Motherless Brooklyn 2019 · as Frank Minna Movie Echo Score: 70
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Thriller 8 films Midnight in the Switchgrass 2021 · as Karl Movie Echo Score: 26 -
Comedy 7 films Blind Date 1987 - Crime 3 films Detective Knight: Rogue 2022 · as Det. James Knight Movie Echo Score: 40
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Mystery 3 films Color of Night 1994 -
Music 2 films The Hip Hop Project 2007 - Adventure 2 films Over the Hedge 2006
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Fantasy 2 films Death Becomes Her 1992
The Best Bruce Willis Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Bruce Willis's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
Most Awarded Bruce Willis Movies
Bruce Willis's films with wins at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database, the most decorated first. Pulp Fiction (1994) leads with 9 wins from 32 nominations.
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Awards: 9 wins Pulp Fiction 1994 · 32 nominations - Awards: 3 wins Death Becomes Her 1992 · 6 nominations
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Awards: 2 wins Twelve Monkeys 1996 · 2 nominations - Awards: 2 wins The Sixth Sense 1999 · 15 nominations
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Awards: 1 win Moonrise Kingdom 2012 · 14 nominations -
Awards: 1 win Looper 2012 · 7 nominations - Awards: 1 win The Fifth Element 1997 · 3 nominations
- Awards: 1 win Armageddon 1998 · 6 nominations
The Latest Bruce Willis Movies
The most recent films Bruce Willis is credited on, newest first — starting with Assassin (2023). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Assassin 2023 · Valmora
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Detective Knight: Independence 2023 · Det. James Knight -
Detective Knight: Redemption 2022 · James Knight -
Paradise City 2022 · Ian Swan - Detective Knight: Rogue 2022 · Det. James Knight
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Wire Room 2022 · Shane Mueller -
Wrong Place 2022 · Frank Richards - White Elephant 2022 · Arnold Solomon
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Vendetta 2022 · Donnie Fetter -
Fortress: Sniper's Eye 2022 · Robert -
Corrective Measures 2022 · Action -
A Day to Die 2022 · Alston
The Best Bruce Willis Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Bruce Willis films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Bruce Willis movie?
Breach (2020) is the best-rated Bruce Willis film, with a Movie Echo Score of 76, ahead of Motherless Brooklyn (2019) (70) and Glass (2019) (55). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Breach: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Bruce Willis movie?
The Sixth Sense (1999) made the most at the box office, with $673M worldwide, followed by Armageddon (1998) with $554M. Together, Bruce Willis's films with box office figures have made $7.15B.
Which Bruce Willis movie won the most awards?
Pulp Fiction (1994) is the most decorated Bruce Willis film, with 9 wins from 32 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Bruce Willis action movie?
Breach (2020) is the best-rated of Bruce Willis's action films, with a score of 76. In other genres: Motherless Brooklyn (drama), Midnight in the Switchgrass (thriller) and Blind Date (comedy).
What is the newest Bruce Willis movie?
The newest film on Bruce Willis's filmography is Pulp Fiction: The Making Of (2025), with Bruce Willis as Self (archive footage).
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