Sometime like this case I don't know if I can put the name before or after the label (movie in this sentence)...
The movie "Die Hard" or The "Die Hard" Movie?
The variable "X" or The "X" variable?
Are they both correct? What is their difference? What is the application of each?
My question is not about "the" (like this), but the order of the "movie" and "Die Hard"
Answer
...the movie Die Hard ...
...the Die Hard movie...
Since this movie is quite a franchise, with multiple versions, we can also have
...one of the Die Hard movies.
In the first, Die Hard is a name in apposition to "movie". That is how names are typically given in English: My uncle Joe..., the movie On the Waterfront.
In the second, the two-word title, Die Hard, is used attributively as an adjective. This, too, is possible, but the longer the title, the less likely it becomes because this form is a type of concision. This would not be likely: "...the They Shoot Horses, Don't They? movie...". The title would most likely be truncated when using this form:
... in the They Shoot Horses movie...
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