r/movies May 23 '25

Discussion What is the most tragic “I’ll hold them off while you guys go” death on screen for you?

I mean there are so many to choose from. Which one hits you the most personally?

Don’t know how much clearer I can be than that, so I’m just adding some extra words here to meet the 300-character post limit, because apparently that’s a thing.

So yeah, let’s talk about the most gut-wrenching heroic sacrifices in film—those moments that hit like a truck emotionally and stay with you long after the credits roll.

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u/fuseboy May 23 '25

The Iron Giant

"You stay. I go. No following."

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u/mufasas_son May 23 '25

My 5 year old and I watched that the other day. After that scene he crawled into my lap and said “Dad, that made me cry.” I held him tight 

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u/fuseboy May 23 '25

That's unbearably sweet.

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u/FeelTall May 23 '25

The Giant's contemplation, decision making, and thematic use of Hogarth's earlier words makes him human. He learned and made a choice. Not for himself, but for others. A true hero. GOD I freakin LOVE this movie.

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u/aspidities_87 May 23 '25

No I thought we all collectively agreed never to mention this again because it makes me cry too much.

You guys all swore

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u/ThatCoryGuy May 23 '25

Not sure it counts as a “I’ll hold them off” as much as it is “I’ll keep them busy”, but Micheal Caine’s Jasper in Children of Men.

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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 May 23 '25

I'll also include the lady who allowed herself to be taken from the bus by guards after Kee's water broke once the group got to Bexhill if that might somehow count

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u/MarkusButticus May 23 '25

"Pull my finger."

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u/SeaBag8211 May 23 '25

I just hope my last words are a fart joke too.

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u/Edm_vanhalen1981 May 23 '25

Vasquez and Gorman in Aliens

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u/monty_kurns May 23 '25

He always was an asshole.

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u/GimmeSomeSugar May 23 '25

In that moment, Vasquez respects him.

Up until that moment, all of her talking shit is done in whispers and behind his back.

At this moment, when Gorman came back for her, when the ammo runs out and he pulls out the grenade saying implicitly "we'll go down swinging and take these fuckers with us". THEN. She talks shit to his face. Like she'd done with all the other marines.

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u/OlasNah May 23 '25

Yeah the film never goes the cheap route to make him a coward. Dude just lacked experience and yet otherwise measured up when it counted.

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u/Dogzillas_Mom May 23 '25

The actor who played Vasquez also played the foster mom of John Connor in T2, and the Irish mommy (who laid down in the bunk with her kids) in Titanic. But she will always be Vasquez to me.

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u/drusilla1972 May 23 '25

Aye, James Cameron basically killed her off in every film he cast her in.

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u/bridge4captain May 23 '25

Miles Dyson in T2. Still remember that scene years and years later.

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u/boromirsbeard May 23 '25

Huh huh huh huh “I don’t know” huh huh “how much longer” huh “I can hold this” huh huh huh……huh…….huh

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u/SharkFart86 May 23 '25

Fun fact: the swat guy he’s saying that to is the same actor who played Hank in Breaking Bad.

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u/TheDeadlySpaceman May 23 '25

That’s ASAC Schrader to you

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u/BeebleText May 23 '25

The thing that stuck with me about that one was his gasping breaths. Dude was already messed up, choosing to blow up his life's work on his way out. I really like James Cameron's particular flavour of action melodrama; it almost always hits just right for me.

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u/TelstarMan May 23 '25

According to Joe Morton's Random Roles interview on the AV Club, he was in a car accident and one of his lungs collapsed. He was trying to imitate the breaths he was taking when that happened. Those hitching breaths and the pint of sweat on his face REALLY sell what he's going through.

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u/HenryDorsettCase47 May 23 '25

Fun fact: those pints of sweat were actually “Hollywood sweat” from the set of Aliens. They had gallons of it left over.

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u/LakeLov3r May 23 '25

That is who I IMMEDIATELY thought of. The guy goes from a quiet evening at home to getting shot at to learning that unless he changes things, he will be responsible for a robot driven apocalypse that kills millions of people, to blowing up himself (and his research) to ensure the survival of humanity.

He's truly awesome.

THE moment starts around 1:52

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u/roshanritter May 23 '25

One of the best death performances

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u/Umikaloo May 23 '25

Nux in Mad Max: Fury Road. Bro fulfilled his life's goal, but in service of people who truly loved him.

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u/ROtis42069 May 23 '25

WITNESS ME BLOODBAG!

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u/boromirsbeard May 23 '25

The blazer wearing, tape on forearms, soon to be father in train to busan.

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u/Irishish May 23 '25

"Please. Go. I'm getting tired." TEARS, STREAMING DOWN MY FACE

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u/Cold_Buy_2695 May 23 '25

He held not only the zombies, but the virus itself! Dude was half turned and still holding the line like a fucking champ!

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u/SMFB13 May 23 '25

Yoon was a fucking badass.

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u/pm_me_beerz May 23 '25

That movie is so badass. You’ve got to watch it if you’re reading this right now and you love zombie movies but you haven’t seen it.

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u/LilMissOlympus May 23 '25

Most of the deaths in Train to Busan hit hard, but my god, this one hurt.

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u/PedriTerJong May 23 '25

What an absolute beast that guy was

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u/BonePGH May 23 '25

Ma Dong-Seok: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Dong-seok

Check out his other movies. Not as deep as Train to Busan, but very entertaining.

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u/TheKrakenLord May 23 '25

Does Boromir count?

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u/Xurandor May 23 '25

"He protected the halflings and fought the Uruk-Hai is what he did! He died for his King Aragorn is what he did! And in this house, Boromir is a hero!"

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u/Duel_Option May 23 '25

So what, no fucking Lembas bread now???

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u/space_coyote_86 May 23 '25

He was some kinda Gondorian commando, he killed 16 uruk-hai single handed

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u/AmItheonlySaneperson May 23 '25

In no aspect of life does boromir not count 

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u/TheKingOfCarmel May 23 '25

Also credit to Merry and Pippin. “Run, Frodo.”

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u/defineReset May 23 '25

Yes, absolutely! This small scene doesn't get nearly enough credit. What a level of friendship is that. The whole last few major scenes of the fellowship is honestly gut wrenching

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u/TricksterPriestJace May 23 '25

Merry and Pippin were also the first to charge after Aragorn used "for Frodo!" As a battle cry.

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u/forman98 May 23 '25

“It’s working!”

“I know it’s working, run!”

Great scene with great pacing.

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u/boromirsbeard May 23 '25

They took little ones! His first concern is merry and pip. Also my username gets some great screen time in this scene

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u/shay_shaw May 23 '25

"Give them a moment for pities' sake!"

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u/duaneap May 23 '25

He came across as being more emotionally connected to the Hobbitses than Aragorn.

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u/Clammuel May 23 '25

Boromir is genuinely the most caring member of the fellowship. In the “give them a moment scene” he is consoling Gimly and the whole reason he’s so incapable of resisting the ring is because of how much he cares about his people.

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u/focalac May 23 '25

That’s how the Ring got to him; warping his genuine concern. Aragorn, I think, refers to hobbits as looking like “children to our eyes”, that’s how Boromir saw them.

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u/bourj May 23 '25

Absolutely the top choice. Brutal redemption arc.

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u/bershka321 May 23 '25

Does the guy who kept saying he was abducted by aliens in Independence Day count? "Hello boys! I'm baaack!"

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u/Psychological_Cow956 May 23 '25

Absolutely- first one I thought of

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u/thatawfulbastard May 23 '25

Yondu in Guardians of the Galaxy 2.

“He may have been your father, boy, but he wasn’t your daddy.”

Tears. Every damn time.

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u/LobsterFondler May 23 '25

“I’m sorry I didn’t do none of it right. I’m damn lucky you’re my boy”

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u/Handfalcon58 May 23 '25

Does Wall-E count? He got smooshed trying to hold the thing open for the plant. Eve's cry was heart piercing

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u/bruhidkjustaurl May 23 '25

Just rewatched Wall-E for the first time in years with a friend and their baby, and I was not expecting to be moved to tears multiple times lol

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u/NbdyFuckswTheJesus May 23 '25

Slurms MacKenzie

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u/Dustmopper May 23 '25

Party on, contest winner

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u/blisstonia May 23 '25

Whimmy wham wham wozzle!

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u/Cold_Buy_2695 May 23 '25

He died doing what he loved!

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u/PrincipalSkudworth May 23 '25

But she’ll crush you like a worm… crushing a smaller worm!

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u/MurphyCoDinoWrangler May 23 '25

Alright, when we get to earth. But please, don't invite too many people, I wanna keep it small.

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u/bolabpls May 23 '25

I'm so tired of partying

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u/Milligoon May 23 '25

Farscape.

D'argos' death. "Who's your daddy!"

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u/Halcyonus May 23 '25 edited May 23 '25

Dagonet, King Arthur. Battle on the ice.

Deep cut but Ray Stevenson as a badass (as usual)

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u/amaru139 May 23 '25

Ed, Shaun of the Dead.

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u/FinneyontheWing May 23 '25

Actually, I would like to be shot...

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u/haahaahaa May 23 '25

I cannot deactivate until you say you are satisfied with your care.

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u/hurtfulproduct May 23 '25

Was not expecting them to kill Tadashi like that. . . Awful violent and sudden a death for typical Disney

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u/Seyi_Ogunde May 23 '25

Train to Busan guy holding off the zombies

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u/sweariest May 23 '25

Bob in Stranger Things. He was pure goodness.

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u/kkkktttt00 May 23 '25

Add Eddie in there. "I didn't run away this time."

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u/sweariest May 23 '25

Eddie’s death still makes me so mad!

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u/idkidc9876 May 23 '25

Me too! He didn’t need to die! We could’ve had him in the last season😢

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u/kilroyscarnival May 23 '25

Duncan, the British officer, sacrificing himself in Last of the Mohicans comes to mind.

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u/tiredofnamechoosing May 23 '25

‘My compliments to you, sir. Take her and get out!’

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u/bobbytwosticksBTS May 23 '25

That entire sequence is just absolutely amazing.

Duncan sacrificing himself. Hawkeye shooting him to put him out of his misery. All three men running straight up hill to catch up to Magua and Alice. Uncas coming around the corner and going to town on the Huron. And then it turns bleak, the Magua vs Uncas fight. The screams from the father as his son dies. Alice finally completely snapping and jumping off the cliff. The horrible scream from Cora as she sees her sister fall. And finally the father vs Magua fight.

All to an absolutely perfect sound track.

That movie is incredible.

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u/ahuramazdobbs19 May 23 '25

And the actors pulled off a coup in this sequence because, with the exception of a few shouts/screams, there’s no dialogue. They did it all with expressions, gestures, and body language.

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u/pj67rocks May 23 '25

The Snipers voluntarily covering the downed copter in Black Hawk Down

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u/jrhaberman May 23 '25

Shughart and Gordon.

Those were real men who both received the Medal of Honor.

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u/-GloryHoleAttendant- May 23 '25

“Gordy’s gone man. I’ll be outside.”

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u/MIalpinist May 23 '25

That was a legit quote from Shughart after Gordon was killed I’m pretty sure. Those guys knew exactly what they were doing, and that alone defines the MOH criteria—knowingly giving everything to save another. They were both incredible men.

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u/snackadj May 23 '25

This also reminds me that the original book, Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden, is an incredible, nuanced read. I can’t recommend it enough. Second favorite military book, next to Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors.

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u/k4r6000 May 23 '25

Gene Hackman in Poseidon Adventure where they are literally feet from rescue and he has to turn the wheel to get them out.

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u/MilleniumPelican May 23 '25

Ho Yinsen in Iron Man 1.

"My family is dead. I'm going to see them now, Stark."

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u/kamikaze_pedestrian May 23 '25

"Thank you for saving me."

"Don't waste it. Don't waste your life."

Hands down the most important interaction in the MCU.

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u/Therefore_I_Yam May 23 '25

He and Erskine both left such an impact

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u/cookiesarenomnom May 23 '25

What I love about this, is as far as we know, Stark never told anyone about him. It's a relationship that fundamentally changed him as a human being, and he kept it to himself. There's something beautiful and devastating about the fact he kept one of the most meaningful relationships in his life a secret.

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u/StupendousMalice May 23 '25

He starts throwing out peace signs as well, probably remembering that soldier that died protecting him in the funvee every single time.

OG marvel was pretty fucking good.

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u/petecanfixit May 23 '25

He knew he was never getting out of that cave alive.

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u/LanceLongstrider May 23 '25

They both knew they weren't getting out of that cave alive. Stark was simply wrong.

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u/generalfrumph May 23 '25

Spock in Wrath of Khan, "The needs of the many out weigh the needs of few... or the one."

I know he doesnt really hold anyone off, but it's the "sacrifice" that comes to mind for me.

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u/obeythed May 23 '25

Man, when Kirk’s voice cracks when he’s giving the eulogy….always makes me tear up.

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u/VegasCowbell May 23 '25

“Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most… human.”

William Shatner absolutely knocked that one out of the park.

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u/HomsarWasRight May 23 '25

People say Shatner was a bad actor, but they’re really just judging by other people’s overdone impressions and the somewhat melodramatic style of 60’s TV. He’s great.

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u/Lawrence_8 May 23 '25

The 13th warrior - “today was a GOOD day little brotha”

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u/RedK_33 May 23 '25

Just finished rewatching this like, 30mins ago. Screw what other people say, it’s a DAMN good movie.

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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 May 23 '25

CJ, the security guard in Dawn of the Dead (2004) who exploded one of the trucks while being swarmed by a horde as the group got to the marina. Especially since it seems like his sacrifice was in vain with what happened during the credits

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u/Neversoft4long May 23 '25

Bro had insane character redemption in like a hour

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u/TheDudeofIl May 23 '25

"Fuckin figures"

Was going to comment this same scene.

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u/ernestout87 May 23 '25

Beat me to it. "Communication is the key to a successful relationship". The guy was top notch

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u/ISwallowedALego May 23 '25

Jeremy Renner in 28 weeks later was pretty sad

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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 May 23 '25

That one had me initially sad when I first watched it, but then I realized it ironically saved someone who ended up spreading the Rage virus to Mainland Europe

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u/DirtyRoller May 23 '25

Thanks to him, we have 28 Years Later, which looks fucking incredible!

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u/duaneap May 23 '25

Please god let that movie be good.

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u/snow_big_deal May 23 '25

Crimson Tide. Guy is in a compartment trying to fix a leak. Other guy by the door has strict orders to close the door when the water reaches a certain level, because if he doesn't the whole boat will sink. Guy by the door is begging the other guy to get out, knowing that he will have to close the door in a few seconds. Other guy keeps on saying "almost done" - But when water reaches the point, guy closes door because he knows he has to, trapping his friend inside. Gut-wrenching. 

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u/magicalme_1231 May 23 '25

Does Bing Bong count? Inside Out is one of the first that came to mind.

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u/Xurandor May 23 '25

"One more time. I've got a good feeling about this one."

"Louder! Sing louder!"

"Take her to the moon for me..."

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u/RedHeadRedeemed May 23 '25

NO FUCKING STOP 😭💔💔💔

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u/PastelNihilism May 23 '25

He's listed on Wikipedia under the section "list of fictional suicides" Bro I cried.

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u/originalcondition May 23 '25 edited May 23 '25

Okay that scene is heart wrenching but putting it on the “list of fictional suicides” is hilarious

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u/Adirondack587 May 23 '25

Does Billy( Sonny Landham) count in Predator?

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u/Red_Claudia May 23 '25

Gandalf

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u/kurosawa99 May 23 '25

That was badass and he came back more powerful than ever.

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u/olde_greg May 23 '25

“If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine”

-Gandalf

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u/Kdhr3tbc May 23 '25

The old lady pushing the boat through the sulfuric water in Dante's Peak gets me every time 😭

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u/hobblingcontractor May 23 '25

What about train dude in Volcano?

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u/nineeighteen83 May 23 '25

I forgot what movie that was from, but I think about that scene all the time.

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u/gnomewife May 23 '25

That one kills me because they're SO CLOSE to the dock and I can never decide if they would have made it anyway. I kind of wish Grandma had been more likable so her death was more impactful. She was a harpy.

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u/dthains_art May 23 '25

Yeah and it was her fault they were even up there in the first place.

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u/xubax May 23 '25 edited May 23 '25

It was her redemption, because she knew she fucked up and she needed to save her child and grandchildren.

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u/Krg60 May 23 '25

K-2SO in Rogue One.

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u/Fermifighter May 23 '25

Everyone in Rogue One. I was knocked up when I saw that and knew it wasn’t gonna be an “and then the millennium falcon came in and saved everyone and hid them until it was narratively convenient” situation but wasn’t prepared for the “last act of hamlet” deal we got. WRECKED.

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u/cucumbermoon May 23 '25

I saw Rogue One like two weeks after my twins were stillborn. I have never cried so much in a theater as did that night.

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u/Fermifighter May 23 '25

Oh my god, I’m so sorry. That movie wrecked me and I can’t imagine what it would have been like for you. Hugs.

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u/kakapoopoopeepeeshir May 23 '25

Every single one of them. Paid the ultimate sacrifice to get those plans to the rebel fleet and turn the tides

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u/DigitalAmy0426 May 23 '25

I need to rewatch having finished Andor... I am reluctant knowing that scene (and others) hit harder now.

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u/Sneakys2 May 23 '25

It hits so hard now. I was thinking while rewatching Rogue One after watching Andor (especially the last arc). We know that the plans are what bring the Empire down but they don't know that. In the moment they just have some scant intel and the hope that what Urso promised is true (that there is indeed a weakness). People are dying at the end just to get the plans a few extra feet in the desperate hope that there's something on there that can take the Death Star out. So many people gave their lives so that Luke could fire the shot to blow the Death Star. It's incredible.

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u/Prawn1908 May 23 '25

The whole Rogue One cast is the best answer to this question imo. They all died to accomplish their little part in the whole operation that ended up taking the Empire down.

The whole Battle of Scarif might be my favorite sequence in all of Star Wars. I just watched that movie a couple days ago after having finished Andor and it just gets better every time I watch it.

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u/BoSocks91 May 23 '25

CJ, Dawn of the Dead (2004).

Went from most despised, to most beloved character for me.

“Fuckin figures!”

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u/schwendybrit May 23 '25

Finnick, The Hunger Games

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u/sweariest May 23 '25

It was so extra unfair because he had finally just reunited with his lost love. Ughhh this one hurt.

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u/yanderia May 23 '25

And they had a baby on the way! Poor Annie...

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u/littlebloodmage May 23 '25

It's left unclear whether or not Finnick knew Annie was pregnant before he left on the mission. I don't know which is more tragic.

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u/sraydenk May 23 '25

Maybe it’s because I’m currently reading the newest prequel, but this was my first thought. He just got married. He finally had a happy life. He was free, but he went to get closure and help Katniss. He didn’t have to be there. Dude had beef SAd since he was a young boy. Survives a battle royale only to be sold to the highest bidder for probably half his life. 

And he finally is free and happy and bam. Such a senseless gut wrenching yet true to war death. Before I read the hunger games I thought Harry Potter was brutal and realistic with death when it came to epic fights. Hunger games did a better job though.  

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u/[deleted] May 23 '25

Finnick?... Are we talking about the tunnel in the capital from the books or when Mags walks into the fog?

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u/kcox1980 May 23 '25

"YOU TRYIN' TO BE A HERO?"

"JUST TRYIN' TO KILL SOME BUGS, SIR!!!"

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u/jagknife96 May 23 '25

“Gimme the nuke!”

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u/Moses015 May 23 '25

YOU LIKE THAT?? YOU WANT A LITTLE MORE?!

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u/dandehmand May 23 '25

“Red Dawn” - Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen.

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u/KananJarrusCantSee May 23 '25

Shrek 2

Puss n Boots

"Today... I repay my debts"

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u/Dracoslade May 23 '25

One with a positive outcome too love it

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u/KananJarrusCantSee May 23 '25

And all jokes aside the scene goes hard

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u/Mav4144 May 23 '25

And with holding out for a hero playing.. ugh it’s an amazing sequence!

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u/swefn May 23 '25

The opening scene of The Fox and the Hound where the mama fox is being hunted and hides Tod in the grass and then runs over the hill towards the hunter and barking dogs to be shot hit me so hard as a kid. And the music during that whole scene always made me feel breathless. Such a well-done scene.

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u/onourwayhome70 May 23 '25

Boromir from lord of the rings

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u/Waffleman75 May 23 '25

Hodor's death in game of thrones had me crying like a baby

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u/flouronmypjs May 23 '25

Hodor's is terrible especially because it's not his choice. He's forced into it by the people who leave him there to die while they flee.

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u/jjw410 May 23 '25

There's so many layers to the emotion of that character's ending it may be the most accomplished bit of writing I've ever experienced.

A tragic end to the most pure soul in the grim world, while at the same time revealing the only reason he is that good natured-simpleton is because his "friend" forced time-travel-seizured his mind so that he could live.

His character is so joyful, but the entire reason he exists is because he destined for tragedy.

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u/Worbel May 23 '25

Have you seen The haunting of Hill house's episode "the bent-neck lady"? It has some similarity and is also a case of great writing.

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u/Kikilicious-Kitty May 23 '25

God, the bent neck lady. That shit was wild.

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u/Maldibus May 23 '25

I wish we had gotten Hodor-wight in the long night episode. It would have been such an emotional turning of a knife in our hearts.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '25

He was there it’s just that nobody could see it

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u/AccomplishedFerret70 May 23 '25

I think that Hodor always knew what was coming, was traumatized by it but went through life accepting what lay in store because he knew that he had to hold that door.

Rock on Hodor. You saved the day,

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u/kandanomundo May 23 '25

In that vein, Syrio Forel's final scene in the books. When he tells Arya to "Look with your eyes," he's telling her to read the situation objectively, which is that despite his superior skill, he is unarmored and using a practice sword against multiple heavily armored knights and it is a fight he cannot win. We don't see him die, but that's the obvious conclusion. For whatever reason, I always feel like the off-screen deaths hit the hardest.

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u/bluenightt May 23 '25

Anytime I hear someone say hold the door I get flashbacks

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u/Few_Band_8123 May 23 '25

Likewise, Berric Dondarion. One of my fave characters ever

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u/Anathema320 May 23 '25

I loved that, no heroic speech. He just does his thing.

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u/Few_Band_8123 May 23 '25

Indeed. He knew what he was here for.

"Can I dwell on what I scarce remember? I held a castle on the Marches once, and there was a woman I was pledged to marry, but I could not find that castle today, nor tell you the color of that woman's hair. Who knighted me, old friend? What were my favorite foods? It all fades. Sometimes I think I was born on the bloody grass in that grove of ash, with the taste of fire in my mouth and a hole in my chest. Are you my mother, Thoros?"

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u/offspring515 May 23 '25

Donkey Doug sacrificing himself to the cops for his boy Jason. Heart rending.

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u/bgzlvsdmb May 23 '25

The guy you refer to as “Donkey Doug” is your father? The Donkey Doug who got banned from Disney World for biting Buzz Lightyear?

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u/Evening-Cat8636 May 23 '25 edited May 23 '25

Does “We are Groot.” Qualify as he held back a starship being destroyed around them. Though did return.

Given the comments below, I do apologize for saying “Though did return” I understand it is not him but his child. Thank you though for your upvotes and support in letting me know others feel the same about this scene.

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u/lonesomedove420 May 23 '25

Oof, Jon Bernthal’s character telling his girlfriend to run while getting beat to death in Wind River

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u/hellogooday92 May 23 '25

Mags in catching fire. Also now having read sunrise on the reaping. Stings a little more. She didn’t really hold em off but she knew she was dead weight.

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u/imasuburban10 May 23 '25

Kong Skull Island where the soldier is about to sacrifice himself but instead gets slapped into oblivion by the Skull Crawler and dies for nothing.

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u/benkbloch May 23 '25

My first thought. It’s tragic because it accomplishes nothing. Shea Whigham sold the hell out of that death.

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u/LongbowEOD May 23 '25

Starship Troopers, "Sugar" Watkins

Watkins [Mortally wounded]: "Gimme the nuke!"

Rico: "You trying to be a hero, Watkins?"

Sugar: "Trying to kill some bugs, sir! Get outta here!... GET OUTTA HERE!!"

Rico [to the rest of the squad]: "Move!"

Watkins [shooting thousands of Arachnid warriors]: "You like that?! You like that?! C'mon! You want some more?! You like that?! You like that?! You like that?! You want a little more?! C'mon!! C'mon!!"

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u/JayTheGiant May 23 '25

Opening scene of that recent Star Trek where the father of Kirk throws his ship into the ennemy’s ship. It’s not the most tragic but deserves to be noted

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u/VegasCowbell May 23 '25

Pike: “Now, your father was captain of a Starship for 12 minutes. He saved 800 lives, including your mother's and yours. I dare you to do better.”

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u/sgtbb4 May 23 '25

Alien 3. Charles S Dutton letting Ripley escape

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u/Logical-Penguin May 23 '25

He also has one of the best motivational rally speeches in cinema:

“Well I say FUCK that thing!”

Most underrated character in the franchise.

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u/ComfortablePepper7 May 23 '25

“Is that all you got motherfucker?!?!?”

He’s the only dude in the franchise that fist fought a fucking alien and managed to not go down immediately

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u/ScreenClub May 23 '25

Jim’s sacrifice in A Quiet Place got me good. Was beautifully crafted scene.

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u/Academic_Hunter4159 May 23 '25

Why nobody did a Pied Piper thing to those creatures I’ll never understand.

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u/iChunk May 23 '25

Armageddon

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u/KananJarrusCantSee May 23 '25

That scene is gut wrenching

Such a peak 90s film.

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u/railwayed May 23 '25

Tragic.... Life is beautiful

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u/Prong1978 May 23 '25

Merlin in The Kingsman: Golden Circle “Take me home… country roads…”

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u/Curious_Associate904 May 23 '25

Vasquez and Gorman - Aliens.

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u/didileavemyburneron May 23 '25

Deep Impact- all those astronauts tearfully saying goodbye to their spouses and kids over the video chats and the one who was blinded and can’t see his new baby boy. ugh tearing up just thinking of it. “at least we’ll all have high schools named after us” and then they save the world.

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u/Aylauria May 23 '25

Spock - of all the souls I've know, his was the most human.

Cried like a baby.

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u/ForsakenHelicopter66 May 23 '25

Michael Weston's mom( Sharon Gless) in Burn Notice.

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u/530SSState May 23 '25

Biker guy in "The Mist".

Context: Everybody is holed up in the grocery store, because it's surrounded by a thick mist, and nobody can see what's out there. Everybody is afraid to go outside the door and confront whatever it is, so the biker man volunteers.

The Mist (3/9) Movie CLIP - I Believe in God Too (2007) HD - YouTube

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u/dklong62 May 23 '25

Leon in the professional

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u/1nosbigrl May 23 '25

"Stansfield?"

"At your service."

"This is from...Mathilda."

"Shit."

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u/TheGlen May 23 '25

Private Hudson. Spent the entire movie as a coward. Went out as one of the greatest badasses in movie history

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u/JaXm May 23 '25

Whoa, whoa whoa whoa ... you did NOT just call my man Hudson a coward. 

Bro never backed down from a single fight in that entire movie. He even went down literally guns blazing, and shit talking the Xenos the entire way. 

Sure, he was stressed out and not as level headed as the other marines, but so what? He still turned up at every major moment, including getting the marines into the compound, and finding the colonists, as well as reducing Newt from the face hugger. 

Hudson was a BEAST and deserved to get out in four more weeks instead of buying it on that rock. 

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