What is the most perfect death scene you've seen in a movie or on t.v.? (Expect Spoilers)

[Baitball Blogger]

In Dexter, where there are so many death scenes, but there was one in Season three that was just amazing...






























Margo Martindale as Camilla Figg was just crazy good. This is a recap: She was dying of lung cancer and Dexter comes to visit her. She tells him that all her life she had been searching for the perfect Key Lime Pie and she convinces Dexter to go out and find it for her. Dexter complies, but each pie he brings to her she turns down, finding fault with each one. In one of the visits, she confesses to Dexter that she does not want to live any longer because of the pain and because of the indignity she is experiencing. She tries to convince him to mercy kill her, and then later apologies for putting him on the spot.

Dexter is torn by this because killing her would break his code, but by Season three he is struggling to find new parameters, since he's questioning everything that his father taught him. In the final scene he decides to give Camilla what she wants and he brings her one last Key Lime Pie, only this one is injected with poison. He offers a piece to her and asks her if she is sure this is what she wants. Immediately she understands what he's telling her, and she responds by accepting the forkfuls of pie that Dexter feeds her. One of the last things she says is that he brought her the best Key Lime Pie.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Leonardo DiCaprio in The Quick and the Dead

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[Baitball Blogger]

2. Oh, I remember that one.

That was good, but sad.

[riderinthestorm]

3. I can never get this out of my head...

Maybe its because burning at the stake has always seemed so horrific... the fear, agony and pain... from Elizabeth. The opening scene of the burning of the heretics....

Or this one... Duncan's death. Althought Alice and Uncas's death would be equally as tragic from Last of the Mohicans

[Baitball Blogger]

4. I'm beginning to regret starting this thread.

Yeah, those were tear jerkers.

[rug]

5. Mufasa

[Baitball Blogger]

8. I can feel her pain.

You know, for most of the movie, Finding Nemo, I thought he would reconnect with his mother. I had no idea it was a Bambi under the sea story.

[UTUSN]

6. "Black Swan" n/t

[hunter]

7. The first "death scene" I experienced in real life was nothing like movie or T.V., nor any since.

Drama is so rare.

I don't have much experience, but one of my siblings is a paramedic and my wife does similar work.

It's just... strange and deeply disturbing. The "stories" are created later. As humans we try to make sense of things. There is so much in this world that is senseless.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. I know that's true.

Some things make no sense at all. It is really crazy how fragile life is.

[Taverner]

11. Yep. In reality, death comes suddenly

One minute, there, next minute, gone

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

10. Roy Batty in Blade Runner

I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those... moments... will be lost in time, like tears... in... rain. Time... to die...

[Aristus]

12. Best EVER!

[TuxedoKat]

73. Oops

I didn't see that you already posted this, but I totally agree -- so moving and beautiful because you were expecting violence and anger and got the opposite.

[Brother Buzz]

13. Jimmy Durante Kicking the Bucket in 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

[Baitball Blogger]

23. "You better believe it."

Comedians.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

14. The death of Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe)

in The Last Samurai. Not a big fan of Cruise but this movie was very good...

sP

[NewJeffCT]

25. That was a good death scene

"they're all perfect"

[Dash87]

71. Ohhhh, you beat me to it.

That was a beautiful scene.

[TeeYiYi]

15. Movie: Dredd. Slow motion death of Ma-Ma...

TYY

[Baitball Blogger]

22. Very artistic.

[spiderpig]

16. Kevin Spacey ("Rollo Tomasi...") in LA Confidential

His eyes just went blank. Mr. pig & I think it's one of the best-performed death scenes ever.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. Found it.

[spiderpig]

59. I love this movie. What a fantastic cast,

script, direction, cinematography, production design - and I think Russell Crowe's best performance as Bud White.

[Bertha Venation]

27. + 1,000

[pinboy3niner]

17. Willem Dafoe as Sgt. Elias in 'Platoon'

[Baitball Blogger]

19. Great movie.

[Aristus]

33. I don't know how realistic it was, but it sure was spectacular.

It's impossible not to feel pity for Elias, and to be stunned by his courage.

If you look closely, you can see Willem Dafoe try to activate the squibs which would spurt fake blood on cue. Oliver Stone admitted that they failed to go off, but Dafoe's commitment to his performance in the death scene was so realistic that they decided not to reshoot it with working squibs.

I remember reading that even Dafoe's mother found the scene convincing, thinking he was dead, even though the scene had been filmed months before and she knew he was all right.

[pinboy3niner]

68. That's funny about the squibs failing

But more blood would not have improved the scene. The image of Elias, arms outstretched as a Christ figure, is iconic--and I was floored by how well Dafoe did the scene.

"Platoon' was exceptionally realistic in depicting the experience of combat Infantry troops in Vietnam, including its depiction of traumatic combat injuries--something that rarely was shown so graphically in war films. The movie had a huge impact on Vietnam vets as well as the public and raised the bar for war films that followed it.

[NewJeffCT]

18. Spock in Star Trek II "Wrath of Khan"

[Baitball Blogger]

20. But of course.

Another good friendzy movie would have been Michonne killing zombie Andrea.

But you know, we never did see her do it. I wonder if we'll still see Zombified Andrea?

[NewJeffCT]

35. I hope not

It would be cheesy to bring back Andrea or Lori in anything other than Flashbacks.

BTW - did you see my post about the Walking Dead spinoff?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018482314

[charlie and algernon]

24. John Coffey's execution

[Brigid]

96. "Why, they's angels!"

Who could forget this one?

[NewJeffCT]

26. One of the most memorable death scenes

though, nobody remembers the character's name:

[Baitball Blogger]

29. The actor's name was John Hurt.

He's died in a movie forty times. Someone collected all of them and made a clip out of it.

[NewJeffCT]

32. Sean Bean's got a similar clip

Not sure if he's died 40 times, but he's died a lot.

[Baitball Blogger]

36. Sean Bean can't be too far behind.

[sharp_stick]

52. Here it is (Sean Bean dies in every movie)

and there are some good deaths in it.

[blogslut]

66. He dies well.

In fact, I think the death of Boromir is the bestest, bravest movie death of all time:

[Baitball Blogger]

69. Brutal!

[krispos42]

60. And the only dialogue is...

... "Oh no, not again" from "Spaceballs".

[Mike Daniels]

41. The character's last name if I recall (not looking at Wikipedia) was Kane.

The scene was revealed by a bunch of kids at the neighborhood school bus stop (when the movie originally came out) but that didn't diminish the shock when I saw it on screen a few weeks later.

[NewJeffCT]

44. good memory

most people remember it as John Hurt or just "that guy where the alien burst out of his stomach"

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

83. Great scene.

But from that movie I the one that really stuck with me was Lambert's death. The action stays on Ripley running through the corridors and all we hear are Lambert's screams over the intercom.

So for me, I'd say it's Kane for shock value, but Lambert for emotional impact.

[lame54]

28. Rollo Tomasi...

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

30. A few that I like

Dexter (the TV series): (spoiler alert) Rita is dead in the bathtub, killed by the Trinity killer (John Lithgow); baby Harrison standing in a pool of blood, just as Dexter had himself been when his mother was killed.

Another Dexter death I thought was heartwrenching: (spoiler alert) Debra has a choice: shoot Dexter or shoot a wounded Lt. La Guerta. She shoots and kills La Guerta.

The other one: the movie Seven, starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey. The end scene: (spoiler alert). Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman know the killer (Kevin Spacey) has killed his last 'deadly sin' victim. There is a box in the middle of nowhere. Morgan suspects something is up (due to previous hints about the victim's identity). Brad is also suspecting something... they approach the box, Morgan warns Brad not to open it, that if he opens the box his life may be changed. Brad opens it. Though you don't see it, Gwyneth's head is in the box - a symbol of the killer's 'envy' of Brad and Gwyneth (who are married in the movie; her character had just learned she was pregnant) and their normal life.

[Baitball Blogger]

38. You might want to put "Dexter Spoilers" in your thread.

I haven't reached that episode yet.

But no problems. I don't have a problem with spoilers.

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

84. About "Seven"

"Seven" Spoiler ahead:





If I remember correctly Gwyneth wasn't the last deadly sin victims, because the whole grand design only comes together when Brad kills Kevin Spacey's character, and becomes the embodiment of wrath or revenge (I'm not up on my deadly sins .

[pinboy3niner]

31. "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?"

The murder of Becket (Richard Burton) at the behest of King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) in 'Becket'.

[kiva]

34. Equilibrium

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[Baitball Blogger]

37. A death scene thread is not complete without a Sean Bean movie.

[NewJeffCT]

39. or TV show

They showrunners really nailed this one...

[kiva]

61. Absolutly.

His death by cow was quirkier, but I like his reading of Yeats.

[DFW]

40. Never a great fan of the real thing, I'm voting for Peter Sellers in "The Party"

[Baitball Blogger]

42. 1021 gun salute.

LOL!

[DFW]

43. How did you know?

First time I saw it, I only counted 1017......

[blogslut]

63. Ha!

[KamaAina]

45. Six Feet Under

always had classics at the beginning of the show. Two that stand out:

Someone is backing his SUV out of the driveway. He opens the door to grab the paper. He falls out. And gets run over by his own SUV.

A woman is taking a bath. There's a radio up on the sink. Her orange tabby cat jumps up on the sink. And rubs up against the radio. Kerplunk!

[sharp_stick]

76. I like the party girl

maybe it was a stagette sticking her head up through the sunroof of the limo when they go into a low tunnel....Splat.

Just watching Rico try to work her back into open casket quality made for some of the funniest most cringe-worthy scenes ever in that series IMO.

[pinboy3niner]

46. "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" James Cagney in 'White Heat' (1949).

[KG]

47. Justin Bieber in killed by everyone!

[jakeXT]

48. Indiana Jones and the shoot of death

[NewJeffCT]

74. That was a classic

Lots of LOLs in the theater at the time.

[jakeXT]

77. Thank god for diarrhea

http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/raiders.asp

[NewJeffCT]

82. great story!

never knew that

[pinboy3niner]

49. Mel Gibson in 'Braveheart,' Denzel Washington in 'Training Day'

And, of course, 'Bonnie and Clyde.'

[NuclearDem]

50. Elias, from Platoon.

Nothing more to be said.

[pinboy3niner]

80. Elias as Christ figure

I posted that above. GREAT film. iirc, it won something like 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.

[Auggie]

51. Bobby Baccalieri, in the Hobby Shop, Sopranos

[pinboy3niner]

53. The Godfather: Luca Brasi sleeps with the Mentos

[Auggie]

56. Hell yes! Might as well add the scene in Louis', too -- Sollozzo and McClusky

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

54. I thought the death scenes in Thelma and Louise and The Wild Bunch were pretty cool

If I had to go, why not do it in style?

[Shrek]

55. The Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man

Also Gollum from LOTR.

[csziggy]

57. Not just one death scene but several!

Best part starts at 1 hour and 28 seconds:

[Barack_America]

58. Kareteci Kiz

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtxkvj_worst-movie-death-scene-ever_news

Enjoy.

[sharp_stick]

75. The fact that that movie

was overlooked by the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film has completely ruined movies for me.

[Kaleva]

78. Lol! That was good!

[Kaleva]

62. Major Kong

[jmowreader]

64. The deaths of the terminators in T2

[Paper Roses]

65. On the Beach.

[pinboy3niner]

67. Butch and Sundance--the death scene unseen. nt

[Dash87]

70. Katsumoto in The Last Samurai

The soundtrack, scenery, and acting make it perfect. I teared up a little.

[TuxedoKat]

72. Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner

It was so moving and beautiful, mostly because the way he passed was unexpected.

[frogmarch]

79. this death scene in the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer

:-D

[MuseRider]

81. Funny to see this thread.

I could not sleep last night so around 3 AM I came out to the living room and turned on the TV. Crap on everything except the movie The Bridge on the River Kwai. I dozed off and on but watched a good part of it.

The scene when they are getting ready to blow up the bridge. Niven discovers the plot and then the shooting started as all the soldiers started running after him as he helped them look for where the bombs were to be detonated. The Americans (sorry I was so dozy I don't remember if that is who they all were) were shooting at them and one guy was shooting shells over his shoulder. One of them blew up close to Niven as he closed in on the detonator. Right behind him in the background was a Japanese soldier stumbling through the water wobbly from the first shell and when the next shell detonated Niven did his little scene and fell but there in the background one actor did an amazing death scene where he fell and rose and fell and his body did some contortions it looked so real I actually noticed it and found the scene on youtube.

Now this is nothing compared to what all has been written above but usually they all just fall down as background and you never notice it really. This guy made me notice and I thought it was a pretty good death scene in the background of all that was going on, made me notice.

At around 1 minute in. Sorry about the TCM advertisement first.

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

85. Doctor Who: Miss Evangelista in "Silence In The Library"

Just saw this episode a couple of weeks ago and it really struck me.

[Still Blue in PDX]

94. So right. nt

[MrScorpio]

86. The Final Scene of Six Feet Under

[Baitball Blogger]

89. Saddest ending ever.

I liked the Bob Newhart ending better. Skip to about 6 and a half minutes.

[Burma Jones]

87. Sophie Scholl – The Final Days

[mainer]

88. Lady Sibyl. Downton Abbey.

Horrifying.

Also claire danes character in Little Women.

[tavernier]

90. Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood

(i hope this works... I'm computer challenged)

[tavernier]

91. And, of course, Rasputin

the longest death scene in history if the record books are correct...

[Graybeard]

92. Killing HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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Dave......Stop Dave......I can feel it, Dave........

"Daisy, Daisy. Give me your answer do.

I'm half crazy..."
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[JonLP24]

93. Last death scene in Django

[Still Blue in PDX]

95. Okay, it was an UNseen death scene, but the final episode of Burn Notice had a good death. nt