{"id":6727,"date":"2025-07-19T20:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/6727\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T20:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:32:14","slug":"36-movie-deaths-that-are-seared-into-peoples-memory-foreverfor-better-or-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/6727\/","title":{"rendered":"36 Movie Deaths That Are Seared Into People\u2019s Memory Forever\u2026For Better Or Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warning: This post mentions suicide.<\/p>\n

Movies indeed move us, and nothing hits harder than the death of a beloved character. On the always alive subreddit r\/AskReddit<\/a>, Reddit user u\/CubicleJoe0822<\/a> asked: What movie death is seared into your memory forever?<\/a> Here are just some of the answers and…enter at your own risk of trauma and tears:<\/p>\n

*WARNING: This post contains spoilers*<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

1.”That one Ewok that didn’t get up in Return of the Jedi.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/HawaiianSteak<\/a><\/p>\n

2.”Doesn’t show the actual death, but the scene in Titanic<\/a> when the ship is sinking and the mother tucks her children into bed knowing they will drown…f*cked me up for life. I was like nine or ten.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/i_want_that_boat<\/a><\/p>\n

3.”The little shoe that gets dipped in Who Framed Roger Rabbit<\/a>?”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/PantherBillyWilliams<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cartoon Buena Vista Pictures Distribution \/ giphy.com<\/a><\/p>\n

4.”Macaulay Culkin<\/a> in My Girl.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/CubicleJoe0822<\/a><\/p>\n

5.”The sweet alien in Galaxy Quest<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/fermat9990<\/a><\/p>\n

6.”Spock dying in massive radiation contamination in Star Trek<\/a> II: The Wrath of Khan.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/No-Solid9108<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

7.”Littlefoot’s mom in The Land Before Time.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/Suzy-Creamcheez<\/a><\/p>\n

8.”American History X. I was way too young to watch that curb-stomping scene.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/Captainomericah<\/a><\/p>\n

9.”Mufasa in The Lion King. That scene hit like a truck as a kid and honestly still does.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/Bifalt<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Simba<\/p>\n

10.”Private Mellish getting stabbed by the German soldier in Saving Private Ryan.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/JudoChop10mm<\/a><\/p>\n

11.”‘I’m tired, boss.’ The Green Mile.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/Nezrite<\/a><\/p>\n

12.”The dog in I Am Legend.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/Osmo250<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Person<\/p>\n

13.”Not only am I scarred still by Artax dying in the swamp of sadness, but I carelessly showed my young daughter The NeverEnding Story, so now she\u2019s scarred too. Thus turns the cycle of trauma.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/Free_Research5231<\/a><\/p>\n

14.”The AC unit in Brave Little Toaster. That movie was a psychological horror, not a children’s movie, and I’m tired of pretending otherwise.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/TommyDontSurf<\/a><\/p>\n

15.”The death scene in Blade Runner that features the character Roy Batty (portrayed by Rutger Hauer) delivering the iconic ‘Tears in Rain’ monologue just before his death.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/SilverFoxBeachbum<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Close-up<\/p>\n

16.”Wash in Serenity. I relate to his wife, Zoe, going on a crazy kill spree. I’d do the same.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/lazyradicalsage<\/a><\/p>\n

17.”To the Gen X guys out there, Neil\u2019s death by suicide in Dead Poets Society. Hearing the dad\u2019s ‘Oh my son!’ when discovering his body haunts me so many years later.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/Artificial_Appendix1<\/a><\/p>\n

18.”I know he lives ultimately, but the Iron Giant.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/Adventurous-Fix-1054<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Animated<\/p>\n

19.”Old Yeller.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/Jack_Wraith<\/a><\/p>\n

20.”The grandma in Dante’s Peak.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/063464619<\/a><\/p>\n

21.”Boromir in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. ‘I would have followed you, my brother. My captain. My King.'”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/bigandtallandhungry<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Person<\/p>\n

22.”Bambi’s mom in Bambi.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/IndependentEvening35<\/a><\/p>\n

23.”‘Brooks was here.’ Shawshank Redemption.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/figuringthingsout__<\/a><\/p>\n

24.”In Guardians of the Galaxy 3, the death of the hybrid animals. So f*cking cruel.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/The_milk_was_spoiled<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Animated Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures \/ giphy.com<\/a><\/p>\n

25.”Yondu in Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/DiveCatchABaby<\/a><\/p>\n

“‘He may have been your father, boy, but he wasn’t your daddy. I’m sorry that I didn’t do none of it right. I’m damn lucky you’re my boy.’ Gets me every time.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/TeacherMan78<\/a><\/p>\n

26.”The little girl from The Bridge to Terabithia! F*ck that movie forever.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/AA-WallLizard<\/a><\/p>\n

27.”Marley from Marley and Me. Could go for most dog deaths on screen, they’re always the worst.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/joetheplumberman<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

28.”Leon in The Professional.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/guiltyas-sin<\/a><\/p>\n

29.”Shelby from Steel Magnolias.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/Alarming-Setting-592<\/a><\/p>\n

30.”T-800 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Thumbs up into the molten steel.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/guylexcorp<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

31.”The longneck dino at the end of the dock watching them leave while the entire island goes up into flames in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/fern_soup<\/a><\/p>\n

32.”Debra Winger in Terms of Endearment. Her goodbye to her kids and the way Shirley McLain reacts is painful to watch.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/hippocampus237<\/a><\/p>\n

33.”Up.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/aandw_415<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Animated Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures \/ giphy.com<\/a><\/p>\n

34.”That chick in the tanning bed in Final Destination 3.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/KaiThePokemonMaster<\/a><\/p>\n

35.”I know it wasn’t really a ‘permanent death’ but Spider-Man when Thanos snaps in Avengers: Infinity War\u2026’I’m scared, I don\u2019t want to disappear.’ I have a kiddo about Spider-Man’s age in that movie, and I lost it in the theater.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/No_Hamster4622<\/a><\/p>\n

36.And lastly, and perhaps the most devastating inanimate object death in cinema history, “Wilson in Cast Away.”<\/p>\n

\u2014u\/krng1<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Man<\/p>\n

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