Best Movie Death scenes

[LOU]

Guys, guys, guys! How can you have a "Best Movie Death Scene" thread that's 3 pages long and not one of you guys picked either of these clearly classic death scenes...forget all that repetitive mob stuff...tsk, tsk, tsk...shame on you all!



The Jaws one is so famous they made a toy based on it...

There's a famous oil painting of it...


Come on now, Quint's demise IS one of the greatest movie deaths ever. What could be a worse way to die than to watch a creature eating you bite by bite. Nah, I'd get whacked by any of these two-bit Ray Liotta/Tony Soprano mobsters in the plethora of mob movies before I'd want to watch a 25-foot Great White bite into my gut as it ingested me...yeah, definitely the worse way to go...

[Hector]

Because the shark from Jaws is more plastic-looking than the Mego shark, that's why.

Give me a mob killing any day.

[Seeker]

Lots of good mentions... I cant believe I left off Gladiator and Ol Yeller off my original list. They just escaped me for the moment..


Heres a "Near death" Scene... The Iron Giant. Sure we find out hes not destroyed at the end but I get all teary eyed when he closes his eyes and says Superman just before he sacrifices himself by flying into the Nuke.

[fallensaviour]

Lots of good mentions... I cant believe I left off Gladiator and Ol Yeller off my original list. They just escaped me for the moment..


Heres a "Near death" Scene... The Iron Giant. Sure we find out hes not destroyed at the end but I get all teary eyed when he closes his eyes and says Superman just before he sacrifices himself by flying into the Nuke.

Oh,Iron giant thats excellent as well.But yeah he never really died though.
Thats why I left off mel gibson in leathal weapon 2.It had potential to be an awesome death scene even playing knocking on heavens door as the music...But alas he did not die.Could have been Iconic..

[Gorn Captain]

King Kong!!!!!

[Gorn Captain]

James Caan in The Godfather.
John Hurt in Alien.
Bambi's mother?
Exploding head guy in Scanners.
Electrocution gone wrong in The Green Mile.(smooookiiing....)
That Ewok in Jedi. (I cried and cried....)
Bruce Willis in Armageddon.
Spike in Buffy.
Bill Paxton in Aliens (You want some of this? And this?)
Anybody who ever had a grand piano fall on his head. Or an anvil. Or a safe.
That chick in Galaxy of Terrors. (screwed to death by a giant caterpillar).

[Gorn Captain]

And if you ever watch anime:
Miyazaki's Grave of the Fireflies.

Believe me, when that little girl dies, I was in tears.
Watch it with a big box of tissues, and a friend.

[toys2cool]

That Ewok in Jedi. (I cried and cried....)

lmao!!

[LOU]

Because the shark from Jaws is more plastic-looking than the Mego shark, that's why.

Give me a mob killing any day.

Well, there seems to be many that disagree with you Hector...check out #5 here...

Greatest Movie Deaths of All Time

and #2 here (not even the same scene)

Best Movie Death Scenes, goriest death scenes, bloody death scenes

and #12 here

Top 50 Best Movie Deaths Movie Feature at TheShiznit.co.uk

and #4 here

smith44 - Best Film Death Scenes - Flixster

and #3 here

FEATURED: Dead Meat (The Best Worst Death Scenes)



Shall I go on?

Any of the deaths listed on any of these lists I posted; like the Nazi melt from Raiders or the classic shower scene from Psycho are far more original and dramatic than these repetetive and unending mob "whacks". They are obvious classics. The Godfather did the whole "whacked" thing best, the rest was repetition and hardly worthy of a best death scene acknowledgment. I am Italian and enjoy mob stories obviously but I would hardly rank any of the kills from these movies as "all-time" greats. A bit of a stretch there when one thinks of the myriad of great film deaths over the years...many highlighted in my links above. Maybe Sonny's demise in The Godfather is worthy of such a nod but not any of the others...especially picking them over obvious classic death scenes that affected millions of people worldwide like Psycho and Jaws. Plastic shark? I think not, it still scares people 30-something years later my friend...maybe you should watch this...

The Shark is Still Working :: Trailer

[Seeker]

Lots of good mentions... I cant believe I left off Gladiator and Ol Yeller off my original list. They just escaped me for the moment..


Heres a "Near death" Scene... The Iron Giant. Sure we find out hes not destroyed at the end but I get all teary eyed when he closes his eyes and says Superman just before he sacrifices himself by flying into the Nuke.

Thinking of this I googled the movie for the heck of it. I had no idea
Vin Diesel was the voice of the iron giant.

[BlackKnight]

Thinking of this I googled the movie for the heck of it. I had no idea
Vin Diesel was the voice of the iron giant.

All He did was Grunt & say Argh,,. Uhhh,.. & ArHoOoo ..

[Manspider]

King Kong (Original with Fay Wray) - "It was beauty that killed the beast."
Vader slaying Obi-Wan - Star Wars
Freddy killing Jason - Freddy vs. Jason

[BlackKnight]

The Death of Darth Maul in the Phantom Menance...
I remember when I went & saw the Flick at up here... & was watching the news coverage of it.... A ton Of Star Wars Geeks showed up to the Film dressed as Darth Maul,.. Face it,.. even if your Not a Fan of the Movie,.. he was pretty much the Coolest new Character introduced in the SW World... Then they Kill him ,.. as fast as they Introduced him. Everyone was heart Broken.

[fallensaviour]

Not movie but TV I like the Angel death scene in buffy,at the hands of Buffy season 2 I think."it's okay just close your eyes."

[MysteryWho]

The Wild Bunch...
YouTube - The Wild Bunch, the Shootout
And this scene from Enter the Ninja w/ Christopher George.
YouTube - Best Death Scene Ever