OVERALL: Draw

The German 4-disc release has both cuts of the film (on separate discs) with the most extras, but lacks an English DTS track.
The UK 2-disc release has the unrated cut with English DTS audio.
The Dutch, Scandinavian, Hong Kong, and Australian 2-disc releases have the theatrical cut with an English DTS track.
The Chinese release has the theatrical cut with a full bitrate English DTS track but lacks the commentary track.

Information on differences between the theatrical and unrated cuts can be found at Movie-Censorship.

CUTS:

• R1 Unrated America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No - Theatrical Version (128:32 NTSC).
  Yes - Unrated Version (128:26 NTSC):
  - The line "F**king idiot! F**k!" when McClane rips the airbag is missing from the unrated version. It appears to be a seamless branching error.
• R1 Unrated - 2-Disc Collector's Edition America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No - Theatrical Version (128:32 NTSC).
  Yes - Unrated Version (128:26 NTSC):
  - The line "F**king idiot! F**k!" when McClane rips the airbag is missing from the unrated version. It appears to be a seamless branching error.
• R2 Edition Collector France- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. Unrated Version.
• R2 Germany- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. Theatrical Version (123:27 PAL).
• R2 Century³ Cinedition Recut Version Germany- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. Includes the Theatrical Version (123:27 PAL) and the Unrated Version (123:20 PAL).
• R2 Special Edition Germany- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. Theatrical Version (123:27 PAL).
• R2 Holland- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. Theatrical Cut (123:27 PAL).
• R2 Scandinavia- SF Film - No cuts. Theatrical Version (123:27 PAL).
• R2 Yippee-Ki-Yay Edition Scandinavia- SF Film - No cuts. Theatrical Version (123:27 PAL).
• R2 Special Edition Spain- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. Theatrical Version (123:27 PAL).
• R2 United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. Theatrical Version (123:27 PAL).
• R2 Ultimate Action Edition United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - Unrated version (123:20 PAL).
• R3 2-Disc Edition Hong Kong- Deltamac - No cuts - Theatrical version (128:35 NTSC).
• R4 Theatrical Version Australia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - Theatrical version (123:27 PAL)
• R4 Uncut Version Australia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - Unrated version (123:20 PAL).
• R6 China- Excel Media - No cuts - Theatrical version.

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Comparison added by GavSalkeld on 29/10/07
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 18/04/21

UPDATE LOG:

17/09/12 - Added R2 Scandinavia 1-disc.
18/04/21: Added Germany single, Germany Cinedition, Spain, capsaholic.