Favourite Death Scenes

Mr.Nice Guy

I was thinking about some of my favourite death scenes from movies and was wondering if anyone has any they'd like to share? Here's a couple of mine:

Batman Returns:

The Penguin - I saw this the other night and was reminded how great this scene is along with the awesome music in the background. Really made the character come across as sympathetic in the end.

Braveheart:

William Wallace - Most people have probably seen this. I must say I still enjoy the "Freeeeddooommm!" line even though I've seen it loads of times at this stage.

Terminator 2:

Terminator (the good one) - Suppose it could be argued it's not technically a death but I love the last moments as he's lowered down by Sarah and as then gives the thumbs up to John.

Anyone got any more that they particularly like?

godspal

Return of the Jedi:

Vader

The Omen:

Gregory Peck

Godfather II:

Freydo

Kiith

There can only really be one choice here...Blade Runner.

Roy Batty wrote:

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those ... moments will be lost in time, like tears...in rain. Time to die.

BuachaillAbroad

Hi,

I agree on Terminator 2

My other favourite death scenes would be:
1) The Wild Bunch: The final scene
2) Cloverfield: Where he gets eaten at the end
3) Raiders of the Lost Ark: Swordfighter vs. Indy
4) Team America: When the 1st guy dies at the start...pure cheese!

uncleoswald

Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan.

Always brings a tear to my eye. The acting is actually first rate, even from Shatner. The way

Spock tries to remain dignified throughout, straightening his uniform etc... but still walks into the glass because he is disorientated

is heart breaking.

Deep Blue Sea.

Samuel L. Jackson after the rousing speech.

foxyboxer

Kiith wrote: »

There can only really be one choice here...Blade Runner.

Beat me to it!

Favourite would be;

Robbie and Cecelia

in Atonement. always get's to me.

Kevin Spacey in

LA Confidential. A complete shock.

Creasy

in Man on Fire. It's hinted at early on but still a great death scene.
Although, I'm not a huge fan of the film but King Kong's demise (Peter Jackson) makes me sad aswell.

Agreed about the Penguin's death. A fantastic scene made great by Danny Elfman's score.

Handsome Bob

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I was thinking about some of my favourite death scenes from movies and was wondering if anyone has any they'd like to share? Here's a couple of mine:

Batman Returns:

The Penguin - I saw this the other night and was reminded how great this scene is along with the awesome music in the background. Really made the character come across as sympathetic in the end.

Braveheart:

William Wallace - Most people have probably seen this. I must say I still enjoy the "Freeeeddooommm!" line even though I've seen it loads of times at this stage.

Terminator 2:

Terminator (the good one) - Suppose it could be argued it's not technically a death but I love the last moments as he's lowered down by Sarah and as then gives the thumbs up to John.

Anyone got any more that they particularly like?

Agreed on all of those.

Gran Torino -

Walt's death. I think everyone was expecting Clint to stick to form and go out all guns blazing. So it really knocks you for six.

Mystic River -

Dave's death, it's so hard to watch due to the injustice of it all.

Rocky 4 -

Creed's death. I don't care what anyone says, seeing that for the first time scared the **** out of me.

Basq

Have loads actually that I'll write more about later.. but the one that always comes to mind is:

LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring:

Always loved the death of Gandalf the Grey after the fight with the Balrog. He's hanging for his life and utters his final lines ("Fly, you fools!") before falling to his death. It's a pitch perfect scene - Frodo screams and Shore's glorious music comes in, Aragorn tries to get everyone out while arrows fly around their heads.

It's an incredible scene to be honest!

Handsome Bob

Forgot the end scene in American History X. Ed Norton did brilliantly in that final scene.

GlindaGale

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Forgot the end scene in American History X. Ed Norton did brilliantly in that final scene.

Agreed, I cry my eyes out every time I see it.

nix

Use the fookin spoiler tags you goons, now no need for me to ever see American history X :rolleyes:

Handsome Bob

nix wrote: »

Use the fookin spoiler tags you goons, now no need for me to ever see American history X :rolleyes:

Yeah, because why would you come into a thread about favourite death scenes and expect not to be spoiled? And I don't think I gave anything away either, I gave no specifics.

Penn

Shawshank Redemption

when Brooks Hatlen dies. His whole story after getting released, then him hanging himself with 'Brooks was here' etched into the rafter was unreal

GlindaGale

nix wrote: »

Use the fookin spoiler tags you goons, now no need for me to ever see American history X :rolleyes:

Sowwy! (though we didn't say who dies so it's still worth a watch!)

nix

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Yeah, because why would you come into a thread about favourite death scenes and expect not to be spoiled? And I don't think I gave anything away either, I gave no specifics.

See previous posts for examples on how you should have done it, and you were specific enough to give it away the movie and actor who played the character.

The thread is very broad so i doubt anybody posting in here has seen EVERY movie, so do the right thing and just slap a spoiler tag on, it isnt that hard to do.

norrie rugger

BuachaillAbroad wrote: »

Hi,

I agree on Terminator 2

My other favourite death scenes would be:
1) The Wild Bunch: The final scene
2) Cloverfield: Where he gets eaten at the end
3) Raiders of the Lost Ark: Swordfighter vs. Indy
4) Team America: When the 1st guy dies at the start...pure cheese!

dude spoilers please
It is not hard to state the name of the film and spoiler the rest

I hear Cloverfield is crap but would have watched it on telly, now I get part of the ending handed to me by you.
thanks

Magic Eight Ball

Sonny Corleone in Godfather.

Indie18

I liked Burn After Reading when

Brad Pitt gets killed,

it made me laugh.

p to the e

Indie18 wrote: »

I liked Burn After Reading when

Brad Pitt gets killed,

it made me laugh.

I swear me and my mate were laughing uncontrollably for about ten minutes after this happened. giggling about it now.

Rob Roy:

Tim Roth's character getting a bloody good sword through him after Neeson holds onto the sword. very vicious and straight to the point

Eirebear

Meet Joe Black. :pac::pac:

Otis Driftwood

NSFW!!!!


Scanners exploding head.

Rhodes in Day of the Dead

Bill in Kill Bill

Photi

Bright Eyes in Watership Down.

/Sorry, I've got something in my eye...

or

That one in Saving Private Ryan where the German slowly overpowers the Yank and shoves the bayonet right up through his chest all the while shushing him like a baby as he dies.

Certainly the most disturbing one I can remember.

L31mr0d

Well theres the

ending of the mist, I thought the kid did a great job of displaying fear in his eyes, the kind of fear you imagine a person shows when they know they are going to die

and of course this scene also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuxpSSJBwW0

Otis Driftwood

One that always springs to mind for me

is Brundle flys death at the end of Cronenbergs remake.The way it looks at Geena Davis and then aims the gun at its own head.Such a poignant scene.

ronnie3585

Commando

Let off some steam Bennett!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-tRErs5UcI

Yakuza

foxyboxer wrote: »

Creasy

in Man on Fire. It's hinted at early on but still a great death scene.

There's an alternate ending on the DVD extras where he goes into the main bosses home, but he's wired with C4 and blows the whole compound up, but as the director said in the intro to that scene, "that was the end of a different movie"

Some of my favourites:
Jaws :

Quint

Salem's Lot :

When the Master breaks into the jail cell (the first time we see him - scared the shyte out of me when I saw it first)

.
Alien:

John Hurt

(Ridley Scott, Tony ("Man On Fire") Scott's Brother)
Thelma and Louise:

Thelma and Louise

(oddly enough, another Ridley Scott )

razorblunt

Ah someone beat me to the Saving Private Ryan suggestion.

Also in SPR:

Barry Peppers death getting blasted by a tank in the clocktower, legendary character really. Also his shot through the lens at the German sniper

Other memorable one that come out of the blue which were hilarious at the time:

Executive Decision:

Segal!!! lol

Collateral:

Mark Ruffalo having finally found Jamie Foxx and believed him.

Daylight:

Viggo Mortenson's "adventurer"!

I've heard Marley and Me is a heartbreaker as well!

GlindaGale

Every single death in Rambo 4

rdow

maybe I just missed it there but noone has mentioned The Lion King!! Mustafa!? What a scene!

Killinator

Die Hard 1:

Hans slow-mo fall from John's view, then the switch to the view of him falling to his death at normal speed from the cops view, classic

Most people have probably seen it but spoiler tagged just to be sure

norrie rugger

Serenity:

Wash getting speared in the chest by the Reavers, out of nowhere! "I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I"....smash, squelch, dead. All the more shocking as you think that Book's death means no more major characters can die. I really gives the impression that they can fail

titan18

rdow wrote: »

maybe I just missed it there but noone has mentioned The Lion King!! Mustafa!? What a scene!

Fantastic movie.Very good scene too.

Scar's death at the end aswell

In Pocahontas,

Kocoum's death

Bambi

Bambi's mother's death

Saddest moment ever

Red Sleeping Beauty

The bad guy at the end of Lethal Weapon 2.

mewso

Not trying to be different here but it jumped straight into my head when I read the thread title. Electra Glide in Blue has a stunning ending with a death scene to remember. Great movie if you haven't seen it.

BopNiblets

Leon
"For... Mathilda..."

damonjewel

Trevor Coulahan wrote: »

Sonny Corleone in Godfather.

Beat me to it, Brando's death scene is pretty good too.

Venom

Roy Batty from Blade Runner
Vader from Empire Strikes Back
Gene Reno and Gary Oldman in Leon
Dick Jones From Robcop
Ripley From Alien 3
Archibald Cunningham (Tim Roth) from Rob Roy
Sally from Commando "remember Sally when I promised to Kill you last? I lied"

Saibh

Don't think this one mentioned



The Green Mile

when John Coffey died

Indie18

I loved in Pulp Fiction

When John Travolta shoots the guy in the back of the car, "oh man, I shot Marvin in the face"

TygerKrash

LOTR:Fellowship of the Ring:

Boromirs big redemptive death scene. I know my eyes welled up

Red Sleeping Beauty

Indie18 wrote: »

I loved in Pulp Fiction

When John Travolta shoots the guy in the back of the car, "oh man, I shot Marvin in the face"

I knew it'd be that scene. Totally implausible* that that is what would happen , but feck it, it's the movies eh ? :pac:

*

there's a video of a man who shot himself in the head with a similar gun and the difference is stark.

waterford1988

In Bruges:

Brendan Gleeson jumps from the tower with his gun in his pocket after being shot in an effort to give colin farell the gun but actually ends up smashing it along with killing himself

HalloweenJack

American Psycho:

Paul Allen's murder, I think it's hilarious

Get Carter:

Can't think of the characters name, but basically Michael Caine throws him off the side of a multi-story car-park onto a car

Unforgiven:

Lil' Bill: "See you in Hell, William Munny"

The Shining:

When Jack jumps out from behind a corner and kills Hallorann

The Wicker Man:

The policeman getting burned to death as he prays and sings

brennaldo

i am legend

bit emotional when robert dies at the end

TheDoc

Aliens :

Hudson

epik

@ norrie rugger - Totally have to second that death in serenity... I didn't want to believe it!

and Dick Jones in Robocop...

and it hasn't been mentioned but

William Dafoe

in Platoon was a classic too

epik

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

norrie rugger

epik wrote: »

@ norrie rugger - Totally have to second that death in serenity... I didn't want to believe it!

I had not even watched firefly, at the time I saw the movie, and I was still in shock. I was thinking "They can not kill him!!"

Indie18

Bill Marray

Killing himself in Groundhog day

daveyboy_1ie

Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) in Die Hard, when he fell to his death from the Nakatomi Plaza building, his face as he fell was brillant. It was so good they replayed it in the thrid film

daveyboy_1ie

epik wrote: »

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

One of my favourite films and film quotes EVER