Die Hard Drinking Game Rules

Kick off your Die Hard drinking game with pure action energy. Bruce Willis brings John McClane to life, while Alan Rickman rules as Hans Gruber. The Nakatomi party turns into a hostage crisis, and you ride along. You follow quips, explosions, and tense radio calls with well timed sips. The holiday backdrop keeps the mood sharp and fun.
Use our Die Hard drinking game rules to pace your movie night. The 132 minute runtime spreads the action, so your glass stays busy. Pick beer, cocktails, or a zero proof drink, and keep water close. Play with friends, keep it light, and stop if you need a break. Only drink if you are of legal age. Ready to queue up Nakatomi Plaza and press play?
Die Hard Drinking Game Rules:
- Take a sip when John talks to himself while sneaking or hiding.
- Take a sip when the walkie-talkie crackles and John or Al checks in.
- Take a sip when glass shatters anywhere in Nakatomi Plaza.
- Drink when John writes "Now I have a machine gun. Ho-ho-ho."
- Drink when John says "Welcome to the party, pal!"
- Drink when Ellis calls Hans "bubby" and tries to negotiate.
- Take a sip when Argyle grooves in the limo or chats to himself.
- Drink when Hans fakes an American accent as "Bill Clay."
- Drink when John crawls through the vent and talks about the coast.
- Finish your drink when Hans orders "Shoot the glass."
- Finish your drink when the vault opens and "Ode to Joy" blares.
- Take a sip when someone calls John a cowboy.
- Finish your drink when John leaps off the roof on the fire hose.
- Drink when John finally says "Yippee-ki-yay."
- Drink when Al buys or eats Twinkies.
- Drink when John tapes the pistol to his back with holiday tape.
- Drink when paper rains down like snow over the plaza.
- Drink when Holly decks the reporter in the final scene.
Title: Die Hard
Released: 20 Jul 1988
Rated: R
Runtime: 132 min
Genre: Action
Plot: NYPD cop John McClane goes on a Christmas vacation to visit his wife Holly in Los Angeles where she works for the Nakatomi Corporation. While they are at the Nakatomi headquarters for a Christmas party, a group of robbers led by Hans Gruber take control of the building and hold everyone hostage, with the exception of John, while they plan to perform a lucrative heist. Unable to escape and with no immediate police response, John is forced to take matters into his own hands.
Language: English, German, Italian, Japanese








