THE editor of the Dishoom trailer should be hailed as a hero

Highlights

• Bruce Willis has several critically acclaimed thrillers beyond the Die Hard franchise
• Looper currently holds the highest Rotten Tomatoes score among these picks at 93%
• 12 Monkeys and The Sixth Sense also rank among his strongest-reviewed films
• The list spans sci-fi thrillers, supernatural mysteries, neo-noir and action films

Bruce Willis will always be associated with John McClane, but Die Hard is hardly the only place where the actor made his mark on the thriller genre.

Across the 1990s and 2000s, Willis moved between time-travel mysteries, supernatural dramas, neo-noirs and action thrillers, often using the same understated intensity that made him such a recognisable screen presence. Rotten Tomatoes scores show that some of his most highly regarded work came when he stepped away from the role of the conventional action hero.