Top Ten Movie Deaths (POSSIBLE SPOILERS)

[LordEd1976]

I think this has been disscussed here before but I had this conversation yesterday with an old film teacher of mine and wanted to share with the rest of you here and get your opinions.

After a long and painful process we agreed on a top ten of greatest movie deaths. Like the the thread title warns, if you havent seen one or all of the movies on this list then beware of spoilers.

10. the Old Guy in the oil tanker's hull (Waterworld)
9. Muldoon (Jurassic Park)
8. Admiral Ozzel (Empire Strikes Back)
7. Stansfield (Leon the Professional)
6. Richard III (Ian McKellan's Richard III)
5. O-Ren (Kill Bill V1)
4. All the heads of the Five Families (Godfather)
3. Darth Vader (Return of the Jedi)
2. Khan (Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan)
1. Captain Steven Miller (Saving Private Ryan)

One thing I should point out, we excluded from the list anyone who comes back to life, so Optimus Prime, Starscream, Spock, and others like them arent on it.

[tangentman]

I personally liked Budd's (Sidewinder) death from Kill Bill 2. A nasty betrayal played out quite effectively and showing a pleasingly vicious side to Darryl Hannah.

Why didn't Boromir make the list? His death in LOTR was one of the finest and most heroic I've seen recently.

Bonnie & Clyde's death scene was a classic.

[EZMOHR]

10. Neo (The Matrix Revolutions)
9. Captain Miller (Saving Private Ryan)
8. Lester Burnham (American Beauty)
7. Bill (Kill Bill Vol. II)
6. Billy (The Shawshank Redemption)
5. Col. Nicholson (The Bridge on the River Kwai)
4. Spock (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
3. Shane (Shane)
2. Roy Batty (Blade Runner)
1. Darth Vader (Return of the Jedi)

[BigJayStudd]

I think this has been disscussed here before but I had this conversation yesterday with an old film teacher of mine and wanted to share with the rest of you here and get your opinions.

After a long and painful process we agreed on a top ten of greatest movie deaths. Like the the thread title warns, if you havent seen one or all of the movies on this list then beware of spoilers.

10. the Old Guy in the oil tanker's hull (Waterworld)
9. Muldoon (Jurassic Park)
8. Admiral Ozzel (Empire Strikes Back)
7. Stansfield (Leon the Professional)
6. Richard III (Ian McKellan's Richard III)
5. O-Ren (Kill Bill V1)
4. All the heads of the Five Families (Godfather)
3. Darth Vader (Return of the Jedi)
2. Khan (Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan)
1. Captain Steven Miller (Saving Private Ryan)

One thing I should point out, we excluded from the list anyone who comes back to life, so Optimus Prime, Starscream, Spock, and others like them arent on it.

That's the first time i've seen Waterworld in a top ten list that didn't have the word "Suck" in the title.

[handOFfate]

Is this a list of the bloodiest, coolest, or most well-played death scenes? My list...

1. Bonnie and Clyde go down in a hail of gunfire. (Bonnie and Clyde)
2. King Kong takes the plunge (King Kong)
3. Darth Vader has a last touching moment with his son. (Return of the Jedi)
4. The insanities of war (Bridge on the River Kwai)
5. The wicked witch melts (The Wizard of Oz)
6. Michael Corleone gets revenge on his enemies (The Godfather)
7. Christopher Walken loses at roulette (The Deer Hunter)
8. Captain America gets blown off his bike (Easy Rider)
9. Five bullets instead of six (Dirty Harry)
10. Michael Corleone finishes off his enemies (The Godfather Part Two)
-special mention-
10b. Rutger Hauer burns out (Blade Runner)

[Lord of Denial]

Mel Gidsons death scene as William Wallace in Braveheart was one of the most moving and heroic in film history.

It would have to be near the top for me.

[Chiasm]

Obi Wan Kenobi's death in Star Wars would be my #1 by far.

[Cam63]

I personally liked Budd's (Sidewinder) death from Kill Bill 2. A nasty betrayal played out quite effectively and showing a pleasingly vicious side to Darryl Hannah.

Why didn't Boromir make the list? His death in LOTR was one of the finest and most heroic I've seen recently.

Bonnie & Clyde's death scene was a classic.

I agree with the above.

[Motormouse]

Here's couple not on the list:

"Say hello to my little friend" - Al Pacino in Scarfce

Captain Mafoony - Matrix Revalations

vasquez & Gorman - Aliens

Freddy Krueger - Dreamwarriors

The Emperor - Return of the Jedi

Oh....and the black dude in "The dirty Dozen" :eek:

[zilch]

Monty Python and the Meaning of Life is filled with lots of neat deaths.

[Lord of Denial]

Brian's Song!


Still the only movie as a man it is okay to cry like a baby while watching.

[Chiasm]

Monty Python and the Meaning of Life is filled with lots of neat deaths.

The Black Knights death in Holy Grail also deserves a mention. :D

[shades of eternity]

wash's imitation of balsa wood in serenity was brilliant, because it was fast, nasty and relatively unemotional.

sorry, you don't pine while somebody's dying and your surrounded by psychotics.

[LordEd1976]

The Black Knights death in Holy Grail also deserves a mention. :D

I wouldnt really count that as a death since he's still alive and kicking when the scene ends. And this being a Monty Python movie, one should go with a definate on-screen demise rather than assume someone kicks the bucket off-screen.

[SteelTownr]

The Black Knights death in Holy Grail also deserves a mention. :D

He was alive the last we saw him though.

Mark B.

[JohnPopa]

Kevin Spacey in 'LA Confidential.'

No contest.

[SlightlyMad]

Kevin Spacey in 'LA Confidential.'

No contest.

"Rollo Tomasi" ;)

[DubipR]

My Top Ten Movie Deaths:

10. Maximus in Gladiator
9. Tuco in The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
8. The prison guard in Silence of the Lambs - scary watching him getting clubbed to death by a steady breathing Hannibal Lecter.
7. Cody Jarrett in White Heat
6. David in Lost Boys
5. Jason Dean in Heathers
4. Uncas in Last of the Mohicans
3. Beatty & Dunaway in Bonnie & Clyde
2. Newman & Redford in Butch Cassaday & the Sundance Kid
1. Roy Batty in Blade Runner

[Lord_Archive]

Greatest Death Scenes:

10. John Doe (se7en)
9. Steve Buscemi getting stuffed into the wood chipper (Fargo - the ONLY good scene in that movie IMHO)
8. The Beating at the Spaghetti Dinner (The Untouchables)
7. Darth Vader (Return of the Jedi)
6. The Crazy 88 (Kill Bill Vol 1)
5. The 1st Mechanic getting hit by the propellor blade (Raiders of the lost Ark)
4. Marv (Sin City)
3. Abraham Whistler (Blade)
2. Commander Kril (The Last Starfighter)
1. Boromir (Fellowship of the Ring)

Funniest Deaths:

10. Iraqi Boat Driver swallowing the hand grenade (Hot Shots: Part Deux)
9. The Old Man at the Bridge (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
8. The Salmon Mousse (Monty Python's The Meaning of Life)
7. Matt Frewer jumping to his own demise after being overrun by the Crimson Permanent Assurance (Monty Python's The Meaning of Life)
6. Bad Ash blowing up (Army of Darkness)
5. "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line" (The Princess Bride)
4. The animator getting a fatal heart attack (Monty Python and The Holy Grail)
3. Thunder's Suicide (Big Trouble in little China)
2. Marv getting electrocuted.. Twice (Sin City)
1. The film crew member getting sliced in the lightsaber spoof (Spaceballs)

[davids]

James Cadney white heat blowing up a tank farm shouting, "TOP OF THE WORLD MA!"
JAMES CADNEY AGAIN ROARING TWENTIES BANDAGED STRAPPED TO A STRETURE FALLING FLAT ON HIS FACE WHILE THE RECORD PLAYER i'M FOR EVER BLOWING BUBLES! ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT THE HERO REACHES OUT FOR A BUTTER FLY AND A SNIPER GETS HIM. SHOOT OUT THE WILD BUNCH. SHOOT OUT RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY. jOHN wAYNE SANDS OF iO jIMA. :evilsmile

[Chou Blaster]

No order. Just well my favorites.

Roy in Blade Runner.
Maximus in Gladitor
Boromir in Fellow Ship of the Ring.
Goldfinger in Goldfinger (Sucked out of a air lock foo!)
Bonnie and Clyde.

King Kong
Bill (Kill Billvol2.)
William Wallace (Braveheart)
Hal (Sure Hal was a evil computer, but in 2010, it was not Hal's fault, and he dying bbeing used to safe the humans, and he was singing "Daisy, Daisy.")

[StoneGold]

Ronny Cox going out the window in Robocop.

The dad from That 70's Show taking a data spike to the neck and bleeding all over Murphy in Robovop.

The dude after he mutated from toxic waste going all splat when the car hit him in Robocop.

Murphy getting shot up to hell by Boddicker's gang in Robocop. Especially in the uncut version.



Sense a pattern?

[EZMOHR]

Ronny Cox going out the window in Robocop.

The dad from That 70's Show taking a data spike to the neck and bleeding all over Murphy in Robovop.

The dude after he mutated from toxic waste going all splat when the car hit him in Robocop.

Murphy getting shot up to hell by Boddicker's gang in Robocop. Especially in the uncut version.



Sense a pattern?


You are a fan of the movie Breakin 2 Electric Bogaloo.

[Chou Blaster]

Ronny Cox going out the window in Robocop.

The dad from That 70's Show taking a data spike to the neck and bleeding all over Murphy in Robovop.

The dude after he mutated from toxic waste going all splat when the car hit him in Robocop.

Murphy getting shot up to hell by Boddicker's gang in Robocop. Especially in the uncut version.



Sense a pattern?


: Cue ze Robocop theme music.:

[Grazzt]

The guy riding the nuke at the end of "Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb"

[LordEd1976]

The guy riding the nuke at the end of "Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb"

His name is Major "King" Kong. he was played by Western star Slim Pickens

[Grazzt]

His name is Major "King" Kong. he was played by Western star Slim Pickens

I knew the actor was Slim Pickens, but I can never remember his character's name. Thanks!

[tangentman]

I don't know if it's necessarily "Top Ten", but I really LOVE Dee Wallace Stone wolfing out on a live news broadcast at the end of The Howling, before being shot with a silver bullet! Eerie and humorous at the same time.

Chrissie's death while skinny-dipping in the beginning of Jaws. A classice scene.

[SteelTownr]

I don't know if it's necessarily "Top Ten", but I really LOVE Dee Wallace Stone wolfing out on a live news broadcast at the end of The Howling, before being shot with a silver bullet! Eerie and humorous at the same time.

Chrissie's death while skinny-dipping in the beginning of Jaws. A classice scene.

Chrissy?

Mark B.

[tangentman]

I think that was the swimmer's name from the opening scene.

[SteelTownr]

I think that was the swimmer's name from the opening scene.

Oh, I was thinking that you might have thought that the actress was Suzanne Sommers.

IMDB.com just calls her first victim/swimming girl.

Mark B.

[Trystenn]

Ronny Cox going out the window in Robocop.

The dad from That 70's Show taking a data spike to the neck and bleeding all over Murphy in Robovop.

The dude after he mutated from toxic waste going all splat when the car hit him in Robocop.

Murphy getting shot up to hell by Boddicker's gang in Robocop. Especially in the uncut version.



Sense a pattern?
They are all Hella Bad@$$?

[Buzz Dixon]

10. Richard Jaekel drowing in SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION
9. Mark Lenerd running out of ammo at the end of NOON SUNDAY
8. The junkies' baby in TRAINSPOTTING
7. Yul Brynner nodding off in THE KING AND I
6. Janet Leigh proving the tub is the most dangerous place in the house in PSYCHO
5. Henry Fonda making one last futile charge in FORT APACHE
4. John Wayne getting et by a giant squid in REAP THE WILD WIND
3. Olivia deHaviland finally expiring in GONE WITH THE WIND
2. Jimmy Cagney "diein' yella" in ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
1. OLD YELLER

[Faust451]

Favs....no order

Bonnie and Clyde - Bonnie and Clyde
The heads of the five families - The Godfather
Optimus Prime - Transformers the Movie
Darth Vader - Return of the Jedi
The Wild Bunch - The Wild Bunch
The Peguin - Batman Returns
Micheal Corlene - The Godfather pt.3
Major Kong - Dr. Strangelove
Paul Allen - American Psycho
Damn near everyone! - True Romance

:)

[TheOnlyXTremeFan]

3. The dude who got his face smashed in during the beginning scenes of Irreversible. It was...something I'd never seen before.
2. The villain's suicide at the end of Old Boy. It wasn't just the suicide but that whole scene on the bridge, I thought it was a beautiful scene. That sounds kinda weird.
1. Willem Dafoe's death scene in Platoon. The slow motion, the music, the final pose. I loved it.

[Nefarius]

1.Bill(Kill Bill Vol.2)
2.Tony Montana(Scarface)
3.Joker's death at the flashback scene(Batman Beyond:the return of Joker uncut version-yeah,i know it's anime but hey it was a movie:D )
4.Aniki's death scene(Brother)
5.William Wallace execution(Braveheart)
6.Darth Vader(Return of the Jedi)

[Gary Joyce]

10) 28 Days Later - The Eye Gouge

Toward the end of this movie, you're sure you've seen just about every way for a zombie to kill a person, or vice versa, and to be honest, you knew the evil army sargeant was gonna get it hard, but when the hero grabs his head and sticks his thumbs all the way through the guys eye ....Whoa

9) Silence of the Lambs - The Cage

A scene that included a) beating someone to death with a night stick, b) disembowling same person and c) slicing off and wearing another person's face...that's some serious violence.

8) American History X - The Curb

If you've never seen the movie, I won't describe the scene, I'll just say it involves a curb, a mouth, and a boot. Man...my jaw hurts typing this.

7) The Godfather - Sonny at the Tollbooth

It's intense...it's violent...it's The Godfather.Something like 200 squibs were put all over James Caan's body, that's dedication to the craft.

6) The Hitcher - The Girlfriend Splits

Tieing Jennifer Jason Leigh to two separate eighteen wheelers, and putting one in drive. An off-camera act, so you're left to wonder if all four appendages popped, or was it a clean break at the waist.

5) American Psycho - The Hatchet

This is another off-camera death scene on the list, but I gave it style points for having Hip to be Square playing in the background.

4) Brain Dead - The Death Of The Vicar

Father McGruder: "I kick ass for the Lord!" With a line like that how can it not be in the list.

3) Chuck Norris in Way of the Dragon

simply gets the crap beaten out of him

2) Psycho - Shower stabbing scene

Surely i don't need to explain this.

1) Dennis Hopper in True Romance

I love this scene it probably one of my favourite scenes in any movie.Its a well acted scene between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper.

On a sidenote i would say Trinitys death in Matrix Revolutions was the worst i thought that scene would never end i was begging her to hurry up and die.

[Matt]

I thought V's demise in the movie version of V for Vendetta was quite well done.

Guld Goa Bowman in Macross Plus also deserves a mention, ramming his YF-21 fighter into the X-9 Ghost to save everyone.

However, the best death I can think of off the top of my head is...

The main character in Second Coming, a BBC Production which was basically a What If ... Jesus Christ returned in Wales.

[Sean Walsh]

I wouldnt really count that as a death since he's still alive and kicking when the scene ends. And this being a Monty Python movie, one should go with a definate on-screen demise rather than assume someone kicks the bucket off-screen.

Why are there 2 pages after this and no one pointed out the obvious flaw in this description of the Black Knight's fate in HOLY GRAIL? ;) :p

[ambush bug]

I don't really know about the ten 10 deaths,but I do know the best one! How could you guys not have mentioned Mace Windu's demise in ROTS?????? That was,by the far,among the best death scene I have ever seen!

[brundlefly]

Most of my faves have already been mentioned (Hauer in Blade Runner, Slim in Doc Strangelove, Pacino in Scarface, Bonnie and Clyde). But I didn't see these listed, so I'll toss this assortment in:

Frank White (Christopher Walken) in King of New York
Brandt (Taye Diggs) in Equilibrium
Joker (Jack Nicholson) in Burton's Batman
Ivan Putin (Peter Firth) in Hunt for Red October ("You arrogant ass! You've killed us!")
Dino Velvet (Peter Stormare) in 8MM ("I'm supposed to have something more....cinematic...")
Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman) in Unforgiven ("I'll see you in hell, William Munny!" "Yeah..."

[tricksterpup]

10. Richard Jaekel drowing in SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION
9. Mark Lenerd running out of ammo at the end of NOON SUNDAY
8. The junkies' baby in TRAINSPOTTING
7. Yul Brynner nodding off in THE KING AND I
6. Janet Leigh proving the tub is the most dangerous place in the house in PSYCHO
5. Henry Fonda making one last futile charge in FORT APACHE
4. John Wayne getting et by a giant squid in REAP THE WILD WIND
3. Olivia deHaviland finally expiring in GONE WITH THE WIND
2. Jimmy Cagney "diein' yella" in ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
1. OLD YELLER
Thank god someone posted this.. thats my favorite.

[Motormouse]

1. The woman who gets a her eye pierced by being slowly dragged towards it by her hair - Zombie Flesh eaters

2. Edward Woodward - The Wicker man

3. Vasquez & gorman - Aliens

4. Boromir - Fellowship Of The Ring

5. Count Dooku - Revenge Of The Sith

6. The Shark - Jaws

7. Doc Copper - The Thing

8. The Terrorist leader - Wanted Dead or Alive (grenade in mouth and the immortal line "Fuck the Bonus")

9. The Curb Stomp - American History X

10. John Bon Jovi - U571

[Gavin Higginbotham, BotF]

Okay, ignoring characters that return (and not in an animation error, like my number 3 choice) otherwise Optimus Prime would be number 1. I cried when I saw that movie the first time. Prime was/is my ultimate fictional hero and his death really shook me up. A lot. My best friend at the time accidentally broke my toy around that time. I smashed his head into the wall. Heh.

10. Hudson (Aliens)

9. The Kurgan (Highlander)

8. Kahega (Congo)

7. Ironhide (Transformers: The Movie)

6. King Kong (Peter Jackson)

5. Harry Stamper (Armageddon)

4. Hector (Troy)

3. Brawn (Transformers: The Movie) - not the cause of death, but the manner in which he died.

2. Mani (Brotherhood of the Wolf)

1. Boromir (The Fellowship of the Ring)

[Kaiju]

Buliwyf in The 13th Warrior. " 'Lo, there do I see my father. 'Lo, there do I see my mother, and my sisters, and my brothers. 'Lo, there do I see the line of my people back to the beginning. 'Lo, they do call to me. They bid me take my place among them in the halls of Valhalla. Where the brave...may live...forever."

That gets me everytime I watch the movie.

[Cyke]

I can't really think of 10 deaths that I liked, but one of my favorites is that one lady at the beginning of Cliffhanger. It scared the hell out of me 10 years ago, and it scared the hell out of me last Tuesday on Encore.