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From shower stabbings to chest-bursting aliens, some cinematic farewells are simply unforgettable! Join us as we count down our picks for the most iconic movie death scenes that shocked audiences and changed cinema forever. Our countdown includes unforgettable moments from horror classics, epic sci-fi finales, and heartbreaking goodbyes that left theaters in tears!
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00:00I don't know about you, but I intend to write a strongly worded letter to the white star
00:06lying about all this.
00:08Welcome to WatchMojo, and today, we're counting down art picks for the 10 most famous and
00:13renowned death scenes in all of cinema.
00:16Order you not to go.
00:18I order you not to go.
00:19I order you not to go.
00:22Number 10, Mike and Heather, The Blair Witch Project.
00:25I'm scared to close my eyes.
00:28I'm scared to open them.
00:30I'm going to die out of here.
00:41Even to this day, there's nothing like the ending to The Blair Witch Project.
00:44The house alone is mind-breakingly terrifying, and then Heather makes her way down to the
00:49basement.
00:49You all know what happens next.
00:51She sees Mike standing motionless in the corner, screams in absolute terror, and then her camera
00:56falls to the ground, having been attacked from something unseen.
00:58What he did is he took the kids down in the basement by twos, and he made one face into
01:04the corner.
01:04Really?
01:06And then he would kill the other one.
01:08And then when it's done with that, he'd grab the one out of the corner and kill that
01:10one too.
01:10The way this connects back to the Rustin Parr story from earlier is genius writing, a fantastic
01:16setup and payoff that scares the absolute wits out of us.
01:19The sheer dread of this ending is breathtaking.
01:22And even though we all knew it was coming, our faces were still pale while we walked out
01:26of the theater in silence.
01:40Number 9, Jack Torrance, The Shining.
01:42After all his axe-swinging chaos and menacing antics, Jack meets his end, not in a fiery
01:59blast like in the novel, but by freezing to death after chasing his own son through a hedge
02:03maze.
02:04The chase is one of the most famous scenes in movie history, with the visuals, music, and
02:08performances combining to create an unforgettable sequence.
02:11Danny!
02:17I'm coming!
02:20And that eerie image, Jack wide-eyed and iced over like a popsicle, is chilling.
02:26No pun intended.
02:27The ending has long cemented itself in pop culture, with the frozen Jacksicle being parody far and
02:33wide.
02:33Few horror villains exit with such dramatic flair, leaving us spooked, amused, and referenced
02:38in Kubrick's masterpiece decades later.
02:40You can't get away!
02:47I'm right behind ya!
02:49Number 8, Darth Vader, Star Wars Episode VI, Return of the Jedi.
02:53Luke, help me take this mask off.
02:59But you'll die.
03:02Nothing can stop that now.
03:05Well, this certainly isn't how we thought old Darth would go out, but we're glad it
03:10is.
03:11After years of being Sinema's ultimate villain, Vader finally redeems himself by saving Luke
03:16from the Emperor.
03:17The iconic mask finally comes off, and for the first time, we see the man behind the menace.
03:21And he's not some scary-looking authority figure, but a fragile, scarred, and ultimately human
03:34old man.
03:35And not only that, but he gets a moment of redemption by finally connecting with his long-lost
03:40son.
03:41He balances epic Star Wars drama with an oddly-touching family reunion, making it both heartbreaking
03:46and heartwarming.
03:46Vader dies, but you could certainly argue that he'd finally live.
03:50Number 7, Boromir, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring.
04:05Number 7, Boromir, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring.
04:19Sure, he was a problematic figure of The Fellowship, and even tried to steal the One Ring for himself.
04:28But Boromir's final stand against the Yurkai is pure redemption, absolute Sinema you could
04:33say.
04:34Arrows pierced him again and again, yet he keeps fighting to protect Merry and Pippin in a noble
04:39effort to redeem himself from the Frodo fiasco.
04:42His sacrifice cements his place as a flawed but ultimately noble hero.
04:58And let's be honest, Sean Bean delivering that stirring farewell to Aragorn goosebumps every
05:04single time.
05:05And maybe a man tear or two?
05:07It's the perfect mix of tragedy, bravery, and cinematic legend.
05:11So iconic that it still echoes in memes, fan tributes, and teary-eyed rewatches.
05:16I would have followed you, my brother, my captain, my king.
05:27Number 6, Hans Gruber, Die Hard.
05:28It's only fitting that the most stylish villain in action cinema gets one of the most stylish
05:44deaths.
05:45Alan Rickman's smooth-talking bad guy meets his end falling from the top of Nakatomi Plaza
05:50and splatting on the ground below.
05:51Luckily, we're a spare of the grizzly sight.
05:54Happy trails, Hans.
05:58But what really makes this scene so iconic is the look of sheer terror on Hans' face as
06:03he begins to fall.
06:04It's an oddly humanizing moment and it supposedly came about because the stunt team dropped Rickman
06:09before the countdown was finished.
06:10The slow motion, the face, the music, the shot of Hans' flailing body falling down the skyscraper.
06:16How can someone not love this?
06:26Number 5, Cain, Alien.
06:38Poor Cain.
06:39His death is so iconic that most people don't even remember his name.
06:43They remember the thing that comes out of him.
06:45What starts as a cheerful crew mill quickly turns into one of the most infamously terrifying
06:50sequences in movie history.
06:51The directing, performances, and tone of whiplash are just out of this world good.
06:56What's the matter?
06:57The food ain't that bad, baby.
06:59One second Cain is laughing with his shipmates and the next a small alien is bursting from
07:04his chest cavity and spraying sad shipmates in blood.
07:07The gore and surprise factor were unlike anything we had seen in 1979 and the scene still has
07:12an incredible power to disturb, even half a century later.
07:16In a matter of seconds, Cain was gone and horror had a new benchmark.
07:20In a head seal, anybody want to see anything?
07:27Number 4, Jack Dawson, Titanic.
07:29Are you alright now?
07:30Are you alright now?
07:33Are you alright now?
07:36The bombast and spectacle of Titanic is certainly memorable, and Propeller Guy is pretty unforgettable,
07:42but it's the relationship at the heart of the movie that often gets remembered and referenced.
07:47Jack and Rose were always destined for failure, but seeing Jack slowly freeze to death hurt
07:51all the same.
07:52It's getting quiet.
07:54It's just gonna take a couple of minutes to get the boats organized.
08:02Numerous things about this scene have been ingrained in the cultural consciousness, from
08:05Rose's I'll never let go line, to the image of Jack sinking below the water, and
08:10of course, the seemingly endless debate about the door.
08:13It's not a great way to go for poor Jack, but at least he went out as the chivalrous
08:17hero and a pop culture icon.
08:24I'll never let go, I promise.
08:28Number 3, The Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz.
08:31Everybody say it now, I'm melting, I'm melting, I'm melting.
08:39Those few words have transcended pop culture in ways that few other things have.
08:44Everyone knows it, and everyone can instantly picture the witch writhing her arms in agony
08:48as she slowly vanishes into a goopy puddle.
08:51How about a little fire, scarecrow?
08:55The death brings Dorothy's adventure to its triumphant climax, and it brings an end to
09:00one of cinema's greatest villains.
09:02It's campy, it's stagey, and it's completely unforgettable.
09:06More than that, her death is pure old-school Hollywood magic, a blend of inventive special
09:11effects, over-the-top theatricality, and timeless entertainment that can entertain the whole
09:16family.
09:17What a world!
09:18What a world!
09:19What a world!
09:20Who was not a good little girl like you who could destroy my beautiful wickedness!
09:24Ah!
09:25Look out!
09:26Look out!
09:27I'm going!
09:28Ah!
09:29Number 2, The T-800, Terminator 2, Judgment Day.
09:34Must go away, John.
09:35No!
09:36No, wait, wait, you don't have to do this!
09:40Sorry.
09:41No!
09:42Don't do it!
09:43Don't go!
09:44It has to end here.
09:46Few movie goodbyes hit as hard as the T-800's Farewell and T2.
09:51After saving Sarah and John from the T-1000, the heroic cyborg is lowered into a vat of
09:55molten steel in order to remove his CPU from the equation and save the future.
10:00No.
10:01There's one more chip.
10:06And it must be destroyed also.
10:13It's one of the most painful goodbyes in movie history.
10:15And he and John have developed a father-son bond throughout the course of the film.
10:19And the scene may remind viewers of saying goodbye to their own parents.
10:23And that image of the Terminator giving the thumbs up?
10:25Come on!
10:26What visual and action cinema is more iconic than that?
10:29And let's be honest, who hasn't done that in Nepal at least once in their lives?
10:34I know now why you cry.
10:38But it's something I can never do.
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10:551.
10:56Marion Crane – Psycho
10:58Wouldn't it be better if you put her someplace?
11:04You mean an institution?
11:09A madhouse?
11:10This scene flipped the script on everything audiences thought they knew about movies.
11:15It's that influential.
11:17Hitchcock masterfully sets up this scene and pivots his entire movie around it.
11:21In the first half, we're following Marion's story and getting slowly absorbed in the exciting
11:25tale of her embezzlement, much like Hitchcock's earlier, more thriller-based films.
11:302.
11:31Is there?
11:32Is there one?
11:34I've told you there's nothing wrong, except that I'm in a hurry and you're taking up
11:39my time.
11:403.
11:41Now, just a moment.
11:42Turn your motor off, please.
11:43And suddenly, BAM!
11:44She's murdered.
11:45And that thriller turns into outright horror.
11:48Hitchcock didn't just kill off his protagonist, he upended the very structure of movie storytelling
11:53and did something we didn't know was possible.
11:55Add in that screechy violin, rapid fire cuts, and the taboo of showing such violence in 1960,
12:01and you've got movie history.
12:03I'm not even gonna swat that fly.
12:05I hope they are watching.
12:07They'll see.
12:08They'll see and they'll know.
12:10And they'll say, why, she wouldn't even harm a fly.
12:15How did you react to these deaths?
12:17Let us know in the comments down below.
12:18I have failed you all.
12:19No more, man.
12:20You fought bravely.
12:21No more, man.
12:22You fought bravely.
12:23No more, man.
12:24You fought bravely.
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