Parents Guide for
Die Hard (1988) More at IMDbPro »

Sex & Nudity: 3/10

A woman breasts are shown quickly before getting chucked out. Very brief.

When John McClane looks down a hall in the hotel a pornographic image is shown briefly on the paper -- nothing too bad though.

Violence & Gore: 9/10

The main theme of this movie is that a gang of terrorists are attempting to take over a large corporate building, however one of the employee's husband is an off-duty New York Cop and is attempting to kill the terrorists one-by-one to save the hostages.

Two security guards are shot with bloody results.

A man is shot in the head unexpectedly and blood graphically explodes onto a glass door behind him, covering it. The blood on the door is seen several times throughout the movie.

Two men fight and one ends up with his neck broken with a little blood on his face.

A man is shot in a doorway with bloody results and subsequently two men exchange gunfire. One is shot numerous times through a table with bloody results.

A body is thrown out of a window onto the hood of a car, shattering the windshield with his head. The car is then shot many times with a large machine gun until the car crashes. The driver emerges unhurt with blood in his mouth.

Several SWAT members are shot, but they all survive. Some blood.

An armored car is shot twice with a rocket launcher, death is implied.

A man blows up two men by dropping C4 down an elevator shaft.

A man is shot offscreen. His dead body is seen later being dragged down a hallway.

A man is shot in an elevator with a brief shot of pieces flying off of him. A gunfight breaks out and another man's knees are graphically shot from under him in slow motion with lots of blood. His head crashes through glass and his body is shown with a large puddle of blood around his head.

A man walks across broken glass barefoot (offscreen) and is shown dragging his bloody feet across the floor, leaving a smeared trail of blood. He then begins removing pieces of glass from his feet quite graphically.

Two men fight with punches and kicks. One is shot in the arm, causing blood to shoot onto a door. The other ends up hung by chains.

A man shoots another man and blood shoots onto the walls and door behind him and the camera.

A helicopter crashes and explodes on the roof of a building, the men inside it dying.

A woman is threatened at gunpoint.

A man is shot in the head and a bullet hole is seen on his forehead. Another man is shot in the stomach and is thrown out of a very high window. He is seen falling and no impact is seen but it is heard.

A man who was previously presumed dead erupts out of rubble from the building explosion with a gun. He is then shot several times with moderately bloody results.

A woman punches a man in the mouth.

Profanity: 9/10

58 uses of the F word, and other uses of words such as damn, sh*t, two uses of d*ckhead, and other mild profanities,

Some mild sexual jokes and references.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: 4/10

People drink alcohol at a party, and there are one or two who are clearly drunk.

Hans and John both smoke cigarettes.

It is implied that Ellis snorts cocaine twice during the film. Once he is shown snorting it briefly.

Frightening/Intense Scenes: 8/10

Hans Gruber is an evil terrorist that attempts to seize control of the Nakatomi Building by any means possible. This includes killing anyone and everyone that stands in his way. 13 people are killed in the film, with one nearly mortally wounded.

Some of the violence becomes a bit intense, but the most graphic shot is the first killing, in which a hostage is shot in the head onscreen.

0-5: Suitable for everyone (Care Bears). 5-10: Take some caution with young children. (The Incredibles). 10-20: Suitable for children 8 years and over (Gremlins). 20-25: Recommended for mature audiences (THIS). 25-30: Suitable for children over 13 (The Dark Knight). 30-40: Recommended for people 17 years and over (Saving Private Ryan). 40-50: Absolutely Adults Only (Cannibal Holocaust).

Total Explicit Content: 33/50

Recommended For People 17 Years And Over