Spoilert Alert! The Greatest Death Scenes Thread.

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

No one mentioned Vader death in RoTJ ?

The ultimate bad guy dies a hero.

 

[Mister H.]

The way Bill gets it in Kill Bill, Vol. 2 is one of my favorites.

 

[gn6196]

Bernardo in West Side Story at the end of Tonys knife.

 

[Bim]

<------- My avi

 

[gwynplaine]

2001, A Space Odyssey

Spoiler

HAL. Unplugged.

 

[The Navigator]

Three pages and no one mentions The Thing?

Spoiler

When Norris has a heart attack and his chest swallows the defibrilators...and the rest that follows. Actually a compound death scene since Doc dies too.

 

[gwynplaine]

^ Great ones
(One of my favorite movies ever and I forgot to mention itt.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Duck, You Sucker (aka A fistful of Dynamite)

Spoiler

John sacrifices himself to take out the rest of army by wiring the downed trains with dynamite.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Children of Men:

Spoiler

Julian Moore's character randomly gets shot in the woods.

 

[JP]

The ORIGINAL ending to Little Shop of Horrors.

Spoiler

In the movie, Seymore and Audrey destroy the plant and live happily ever after. In the original ending (as seen in the Broadway musical and original Roger Corman film to which the movie was adapted from) Audrey and Seymore are eaten by the plant, and the plant then goes on to take over the world... test audiences were mortified (this was 1986) so the ending was changed to a more happier one.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

District 9:

Spoiler

Jason Cope's character is about to kill Wikus when the prawns attack and eat him.

 

[Ipodman]

Wrath of Khan

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

2001, A Space Odyssey

Spoiler

HAL. Unplugged.

Ha yes, shame on me to not think about it since 2001/2010 are some of my favorit movies.

HAL : Dave, please stop.
HAL : My mind is going, there is no doubt about it.
HAL : Dave I'm afraid.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Wrath of Khan

I love that you didn't even need a spoiler. Everyone will know what you're talking about because his death is probably one of the most famous film deaths in all of movies.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

No idea who it is...

 

[Max J Power]

Children of Men:

Spoiler

Julian Moore's character randomly gets shot in the woods.

I love that scene. Definitely one of the most unexpected deaths I've seen.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Between that scene and when the war breaks out and they walk out of the building and all the fighting stops, Children of Men is one of my favorite movies ever.

 

[Dark Victory]

The Wicker Man

Spoiler

NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! THIS IS MURDER! MURDER! YOU'LL ALL BE GUILTY!

Days of Heaven

Spoiler

The hunt of Richard Gere's character

Wages of Fear

Spoiler

Jo's battle to stay awake in the truck

Dark Star

Spoiler

The nuke becomes self-aware

Blade Runner

Spoiler

I've....seen things...

Third Man

Spoiler

Harry Lime's chase through the sewers

Miller's Crossing

Spoiler

The failed hit. The mob boss going through the motions always gets a laugh out of me.

Zodiac

Spoiler

opening murder set to Hurdy Gurdy Man, and the one in the park.

Paths of Glory

Spoiler

Trialed execution of the innocent soldiers

Full Metal Jacket

Spoiler

Private Pile's suicide; Cowboy's death

Aguirre

Black Narcissus

 

[gwynplaine]

^ Good ones, DV. It made me want to watch the films again, specially Wages of Fear, The Kubrick ones and Aguirre.

 

[gwynplaine]

The Princess Bride

Spoiler

"Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."t:

Goodfellas

Spoiler

Samuel Jackson gets shot. "Make that coffee to go."

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Spoiler

Alec Guiness comes to his senses and blows up the bridge

 

[Brother Jack]

Inception:

Spoiler

This technically isn't a death scene but the moment when Cobb and Mal kill themselves in limbo to get back to reality via putting their heads on the train tracks, is pretty terrifying even though no carnage is actually shown.

 

[The Navigator]

The Princess Bride

Spoiler

"Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."t:

I think

Spoiler

Vizinni's poisoned glass speech

trumps that.

 

[danoyse]

No idea who it is...

Spoiler

It was Spock. Kirk's voice breaking during his funeral was one of the saddest funeral scenes ever.

 

[Doctor Jones]

The Departed

Spoiler

Spoiler

Costigan getting his brains blown out stepping out of the elevator. The most shocking death scene I've ever seen so far. The wind got knocked out of me. It's my favorite death scene of all time. No slo mo going out like a hero shot. Scorsese gives it to us raw and in your face. Costigan could have never gotten a happy ending anyway. But the beauty of it is, you don't realize it until after it happens. Seriously, not only is the film amazing, the last ten minutes themselves are better than alot of movies I've seen.

 

[gwynplaine]

I think

Spoiler

Vizinni's poisoned glass speech

trumps that.

I think you're rightt:.
Anyway, awesome film. Speaking of awesome films.


Goldfinger

Spoiler

Bond Girl. Gold Paint

Spoiler

Oddjob gets electrocuted

From Russia with Love

Spoiler

Red Grant kills "James Bond" in the first few minutes of the film

Spoiler

Real Bond strangles Grant to death with his own garrote