A Good Day to Die Hard is part of a film franchise.
A Good Day to Die Hard is a 2013 American action thriller film and the fifth installment in the Die Hard film series . Die Hard . The film 's success spawned the Die Hard franchise , which includes four sequels ( Die Hard 2 , Die Hard with a Vengeance , Live Free or Die Hard and A Good Day to Die Hard ) , video games , and a comic book . The Die Hard series is an American action film series that began in 1988 with Die Hard , based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp . Die Hard with a Vengeance is a 1995 American action film and the third in the Die Hard film series .