# 100 Greatest Movie Deaths -- add your favorite! (SPOILERS) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520 "2003-07-06T05:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![meathead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@meathead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meathead)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/21 "2003-07-06T16:22:36Z")
Bambi’s mother or Old Yeller ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/22 "2003-07-06T16:32:51Z")
Sean Connery in _The Untouchables_. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Tambo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Mr\_Tambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Tambo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/23 "2003-07-06T16:51:48Z")
Mr Blonde’s death in _Reservoir Dogs_. Less for the moment itself than for all the build-up, and the revelation of who shot him and why. Betty/Diane’s suicide at the end of _Mulholland Drive_. The onimous knocks at the door, the incredibly creepy grinning old people screaming at her… it all just builds up to an unbearable crescendo, so that it’s almost a relief when she pulls out a gun and shoots herself. Bruno’s death in _Strangers on a Train_. Such a great character, such a great way to go out; squished under an out-of-control merry-go-round, still trying to work a little maliciously innocent manipulation on the hero. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/24 "2003-07-06T16:51:51Z")
Sergeant Howie in **The Wicker Man**. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/25 "2003-07-06T16:53:36Z")
Al Pacino in _Scarface_ The soldiers getting cut up in the laser room in _Resident Evil_ was pretty cool too. ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/26 "2003-07-06T16:56:02Z")
Spock in _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Tambo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Mr\_Tambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Tambo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/27 "2003-07-06T17:02:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bernse \* > \*\* > > The soldiers getting cut up in the laser room in _Resident Evil_ was pretty cool too. \*\* I agree, although I think the scene itself, while visually cool, was a bad idea, since it eliminated a lot of tension by removing about half the team at one stroke, instead of allowing fear and paranoia to build up. Still, it was a cool moment in a film that had a lot of cool moments, if, IMO, little over-all substance. The same effect, btw, was used in the film _Cube_ where someone gets sliced into pieces, although with blades rather than lasers. ---
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/28 "2003-07-06T17:09:06Z")
Optimus Prime’s death in Transformers the Movie ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/29 "2003-07-06T17:17:51Z")
Opening sequence of Jaws. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/30 "2003-07-06T17:23:33Z")
Oddly my favorite death scenes both feature the same actor. In Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves when Robin Hood stabs the Sheriff of Naughtingham(sp?) his death scene over-the-top but great because of it. The same actor played Hans Grouber the Exceptional Thief in the first Die Hard movie. In the scene he’s holding on to Holly McClains watch while bringing his gun to bear on John McClain, when McClain undoes the clasp. The look on his face is priceless and looks totally authentic. Ooh and on preview a second for the opening in Jaws. ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/31 "2003-07-06T17:32:55Z")
This thread has gone nearly thirty posts and nobody’s mentioned Boromir in _Lord of the Rings_? :eek: **checks again** Oh, wait, someone did. Good call, **Tangent**. 😉 Okay, then, Bardolph’s execution in the Branagh _Henry V_. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/32 "2003-07-06T17:37:34Z")
I saw the _South Park_ movie last night. Even though it animation, Kenny’s death sequence really, really disturbs me. That is _exactly_ how I don’t want to die. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/33 "2003-07-06T17:42:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spoke- \* > \*\*Opening sequence of Jaws. \*\* What about when Shaw gets eaten?! I can’t imagine a more gruesome way to go, unless it’s that old thing about sliding down a rusty razor blade into a vat of acid. Watching oneself being eaten can’t be a thrill. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/34 "2003-07-06T17:53:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fizzygoodmakefeelnice \* > \*\*Goldie Hawn’s husband at the beginning of _Private Benjamin_. I really hope I don’t die in a sink. \*\* OK, am I being whooshed here? Didn’t he die while having sex with her? Rutge Hauer in Blade Runner. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/35 "2003-07-06T17:56:19Z")
Saving Private Ryan…I nominate three deaths: The medic, dying of a belly wound. The night before, we’d gotten some sense of his resentment towards his mother leaving him at night to work at a hosptial, yet his dying breath he calls, “Mama, mama.” The knife scene with Melosh. I still can’t watch all of that…it’s so intense. Melosh lying on his back, urging the German to stop, like, “Okay, I call Uncle, can we go back to my house for lemonade now?” and the German whispering, “Ssh, ssh” as he pushes the blade into Melosh’s heart. Tom Hanks’ death. It’s over, he has a fatal wound, but by God, he’s going to keep shooting at those tanks with his pistol until he runs out of bullets. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/36 "2003-07-06T17:56:54Z")
Major Kong, the B-52 pilot in _Dr. Strangelove_ DD ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/37 "2003-07-06T18:14:30Z")
The death scenes I really love are the ones which have a villain so detestable, you want to see him die from the first moment you see him. Gary Oldman as the corrupt DEA director in the movie “The Professional” is just such a character. The film was great and starred Jean Reno and a young Natalie Portman. One of my favorite cinematic quotes “from Matilda”. If you saw the movie you KNOW what happens next. (Hey, I don’t want to be a spoiler). ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/38 "2003-07-06T18:52:17Z")
The list so far is: 100: Anonymous Swordsman in Indiana Jones (gunshot wound) 99: Terminator and T1000 in Terminator II (vat of molten metal) 98: Irene Walker in Prizzi’s Honor (knife) 97: Lady Jane Grey in Lady Jane (execution) 96: Sonny Corleone in The Godfather 95: Karl Malden in Nevada Smith (gunshot wounds to knees and elbows) 94: Gene Simmons in Wanted Dead or Alive (grenade in mouth) 93: Billy Zane in Dead Calm (disintegrated by flare) 92: Maximus and Commodus in Gladiator (fight to their mutual deaths) 91: Anonymous guard in Silence of the Lambs (hanging) 90: Italian detective in Hannibal (hanged and disembowled) 89: Boromir in The Fellowship of the Ring (injured in fight with orcs) 88: Little Bill in Unforgiven (gunshot wound to the head) 87: Tyler Durden in Fight Club 86: Marvin in Pulp Fiction 85: Christian Slater in Heathers 84: Lawyer dude from Jurassic Park (eaten by T-Rex) 83: Kane in Citizen Kane 82: Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (radiation poisoning) 81: Fredo Corleone in The Godfather II 80: John Coffey in The Green Mile (execution) 79: Danny Vinyard in American History X (gunshot wound) 78: Clayton in Disney’s Tarzan (hanging) 77: RAM in Tron 76: Queen in Akira Kurosawa’s Ran 75: Michael Ironside in in Scanners 74: John Hurt in Alien 73: Nicky Santoro in Cansino (beaten and left to die in a grave) 72: Neil McCauley in Heat 71: John Wayne in The Cowboys 70: John Wayne in The Shootist 69: Donnie in Donnie Darko (crushed by plane engine) 68: Sal Mineo in Rebel Without A Cause 67: Bambi’s Mother in Bambi (gunshot wound) 66: Old Yeller in Old Yeller (gunshot wound) 65: Sean Connery in The Untouchables 64: Mr. Blond in Resevoir Dogs (gunshot wound) 63: Betty/Diane in Mulholland Drive (self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head) 62: Bruno in Strangers on a Train (crushed by out-of-control merry-go-round) 61: Sergeant Howie in The Wicker Man 60: Al Pacino in Scarface (multiple gunshot wounds) 59: Optimus Prime in Transformers the Movie 58: Girl in opening scene and Shaw in Jaws (eaten by shark) 57: Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (stab wound) 56: Hans Gruber in Die Hard (fall from great height) 55: Bardolph in Henry V (execution) 54: Kenny in South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut 53: Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner 52: The medic, Melosh, and Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan (belly wound, knife to the heart, gunshot wound respectively) 51: Major Kong, the B-52 pilot in Dr. Strangelove 50: Stansfield in The Professional (blown to itty-bitty bits) 49: Todd in Final Destination (accidental strangulation in the shower) All deaths from the same movie will go in one place, unless the deaths occur in different sequels (hence Godfather and Godfather II’s deaths are listed separately). Also, I omitted the submissions that didn’t include a name of some kind (even the actor’s name) but I’ll gladly add them if a name is supplied. I included means of death if I knew it or if the poster supplied it. .:Nichol:. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/39 "2003-07-06T18:58:03Z")
Baseball bat scene in The Untouchables. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520/40 "2003-07-06T19:06:16Z")
**Nichol\_storm** Excellent summarizing. Might I suggest letting the list build to at least 150 (maybe more) and then closing the “nominations” and have everybody select their Top 10 from the nominations list? Using 10 for highest preference down to 1 for lowest of the 10, you could then order the resulting list by sum-of-scores and have an “official” SDMB list of the deaths? Lotta work on your part, but I had considered a similar approach to some similar “best of” threads I started. Just an idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-greatest-movie-deaths-add-your-favorite-spoilers/186520.md?page=3)