Top 49 Die Hard in a School Films/Shows
Colleges and military schools included.
1 dishonorable mention & 1 pre-dating film.
1 dishonorable mention & 1 pre-dating film.
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- DirectorDaniel Petrie Jr.StarsSean AstinWil WheatonKeith CooganA group of troublemaking boys decide to take a stand when terrorists seize control of their boarding school.
- DirectorRobert MandelStarsTom BerengerRaymond CruzWilliam ForsytheShale's Mercenary team is retired after a (not so) covert mission in Cuba. He becomes a substitute teacher at his teacher fiancee's Miami high school to get those behind kneecapping her. His team helps him.
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsBruce WillisJeremy IronsSamuel L. JacksonJohn McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsDolph LundgrenAlex KarzisKata DobóA heroic high school teacher leads a band of students trapped in school by violent drug-runners.
- DirectorJon CassarStarsKiefer SutherlandCherry JonesBob GuntonJack Bauer confronts African general/aspiring dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malicious military training.
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsDenzel WashingtonBruce WillisAnnette BeningThe secret U.S. abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York City, which leads to the declaration of martial-law.
- DirectorOlivier MegatonStarsLiam NeesonForest WhitakerMaggie GraceAccused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed, Bryan Mills goes on the run and brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name.
- DirectorSteven PearlStarsOwen StadeleEdoardo BalleriniChristopher CousinsA mercenary masquerades as a teacher in order to enter a tough urban school and wreak his revenge upon his brother's killer.
- DirectorMimi LederStarsGeorge ClooneyNicole KidmanMarcel IuresA US Army colonel and a civilian woman supervising him must track down stolen Russian nuclear weapons before they're used by terrorists.
- DirectorCraig BolotinStarsUsherForest WhitakerRosario DawsonA group of teens are bent on improving the run-down conditions of their high-school.
- DirectorJohn StimpsonStarsKatee SackhoffGrant HarveyBart JohnsonA psychology professor lives in fear of criminality due to her mother murdering her father. A dangerous former patient who stalked her opens fire on her university, causing casualties. He seeks to declare his love.
- DirectorRobert RadlerStarsTreat WilliamsDavid JensenBarbara Jane ReamsAt a college visit to a war buddy's professor daughter, mercenary Karl Thomasson finds her brutally beaten. He then poses as a teacher to teach a lesson, and get revenge, on the brash football jocks responsible.
- DirectorHarry WinerStarsYancey AriasAlison BrieAbby CooperA drug dealer with a vendetta disrupts a detention at a local school after the hosting teacher witnesses him murdering one of her students. It's up to this tough teacher and her resourcefulness to save the day.
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsCorey HaimAlan ThickeDick Van PattenA high school is taken over by terrorists with deadly far reaching intentions but one heroic, resourceful student decides to take the fight right to them.
- DirectorAman ChangStarsWenzhuo ZhaoAnthony Chau-Sang WongGigi LaiA mainland security officer must race against the clock to retrieve the son of a man who's holding an entire school hostage.
- DirectorMikael SalomonStarsMorgan FreemanChristian SlaterRandy QuaidThe partner and nephew of an armored-truck driver tries to prevent three million dollars from being taken by a gang during a catastrophic flooding caused by a severe storm.Briefly underwater in a school.
- DirectorRobert RadlerStarsTreat WilliamsAngie EverhartPatrick KilpatrickFormer mercenary Karl Thomasson returns once again as a substitute teacher, this time to infiltrate a military school's faculty to cease the actions of white supremacists.
- CreatorDavid MametStarsDennis HaysbertRegina TaylorAudrey Marie AndersonA secret US military group conducts covert operations across the world, facing several life-threatening situations during their missions.Infiltration of corrupt military academies as well as hostage crisis in a school, a military simulation and a military town under siege from a biological weapon.
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioDon McGillStarsDavid McCallumSean MurrayMark HarmonFollows the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), as they get to the bottom of criminal cases connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.A bunch of different school, schoolyard, schoolbus or military academy encounters.
- CreatorMartin GeroStarsSullivan StapletonJaimie AlexanderAudrey EsparzaJane Doe is found in Times Square with no memory and mysterious tattoos on her body.
- CreatorRobert CochranJoel SurnowStarsKiefer SutherlandMary Lynn RajskubCarlos BernardCounter Terrorism Agent Jack Bauer races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.Briefly in a college and a school in season 3. Also a brief school subplot in season 10: Legacy.
- CreatorDavid WolstencroftStarsPeter FirthHugh SimonNicola WalkerThe missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.The first 3 seasons feature infiltrations of various schools, colleges and military academies.
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerPenelope Ann MillerPamela ReedA tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.
- DirectorDon Michael PaulStarsDolph LundgrenDarla TaylorBill BellamyAssigned to recover sensitive stolen data, a gruff FBI agent goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher, but is overwhelmed by the school's liberal, politically correct environment.
- DirectorRoger ChristianStarsPatrick StewartVincent KartheiserBrenda FrickerTrapped in a school in which a gang of criminals has seized control, a young troublemaker fights a cat and mouse battle from inside.Dishonorable mention