Few movies spark as much debate every December as Die Hard. Released in 1988, John McTiernan’s action classic didn’t just redefine the genre, but also quite effortlessly slipped into the holiday canon. It kicked off as a high-stakes thriller about a New York cop trapped in a Los Angeles skyscraper and aged into something of a Christmas tradition. Every year, fans revisit Bruce Willis’s John McClane crawling through air ducts, trading quips with terrorists, and ultimately saving the day. It’s proof that the movie’s seasonal setting is essential to the narrative.

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