Most Shocking Death Scenes?

I thought Jackie Brown had some pretty shocking death scenes where certain characters would just suddenly shoot another.

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Keven Costner's death scene in A Perfect World was very realistic and disturbing.

Many greats already named.

Along with the sudden shocking elevator deathscene from Departed that someone had mentioned, I'd add Juliane Moore's sudden death in Children of Men. Joe Pesci deathscenes in both Goodfellas and Casino.

One that always screwed with me was the execution of the dutch assasin in the Spielberg film Munich, probably because I'm a cat person.

Joe Pesci in Casino-so brutal

Faye Dunaway in Chinatown-unexpected and sad

Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter-sudden

John Travolta in Pulp Fiction-just so quick

Robin Wright in Forrest Gump-sad

Tim Robbins in Mystic River-tragic

Eric Stoltz in Mask-tragic

Nancy Allen in Blow Out-unexpected

Thelma and Louise

"Donny was a good bowler, and a good man. He was one of us. He was a man who loved the outdoors... and bowling."

Agreed. He was pretty much a pretty bad dude but by that point in the movie you are actually feeling really sorry for him.

That one was a lulu!

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1 - Saving Private Ryan: The landing craft ramp drops at the beginning, allowing those at the front to be cut to pieces by gunfire; horrific.

2 - Schindlers List: This movie is full of such moments, but the one which always gets me is when the old man is unable to clear the snow; it's the casual way the officer shoots him almost as a joke...

3 - The Pianist (1): The child who doesn't quite make it under the wall in time...

4 - The Pianist (2): The old man in the wheelchair...

Would the ending in 7 be considered a death scene? That was harsh. Brians Song, The Champ are tear jerkers.




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Well, if you want to get technical, go to 4:05 of this clip

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The scene in Saving Private Ryan where the two enemies are fighting over the knife and, suddenly, the battle turns and the American realizes he's going to lose and the knife slowly, agonizingly digs into his sternum and then into his heart. I have goosebumps just writing it. It gave me nightmares for a couple weeks after seeing it and I can't watch that scene even now.

Shocking yes, but it's not like it was entirely out of the blue. That it happened was surprising, how it happened made complete sense. First off the bathroom scene, "There's a black spot in the green of your eye," and later, literal foreshadoing:

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Well, the one for L.A. Confidential that's been mentioned would have been shocking for me, but I didn't get to see it until three years after it's release. And by the time I saw it, I was surprised that the "Inside the Actor's Studio" episode that had that particular actor featured, showed the death scene! I guess they considered three years a long enough time, but for a movie where that particular scene is so important to the plot, I was shocked by the show actually airing that scene with no disclaimer. I hadn't seen them do it before, so it ticked me off. Haven't watch "Inside the Actor's Studio" since.

I think I have to agree with the death in Burn After Reading. I laughed at that one, too!

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I was literally pissed off at that scene....





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The boys fighting in Where the Red Fern Grows.

Me too. I remember wanting to avenge my American brother!

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I seriously wondered if the actor who hid and let it happen would have a hard time getting roles in the future as I despised every ounce of him. I also had to accept that this must have happened so many times in so many ways.

This.

that was one hell of a death scene.. guess I'm gonna have to see this film !
As for me, the most unexpected death scene for me was in Mirrors [2008] the main guy's sister ripped her jaw open before entering the bath.. please excuse the terrible quality [below]

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Well, shocking implies in unexpected? Because the most powerful death scenes in cinema are those that you expect that they may/will happen but hope that it doesn't and when it happens they break you.

Some examples as the final death scenes in Grave of the Fireflies and in The Human Condition III.

In that case, I looked at the free online dictionary, shocking means:

1. Highly disturbing emotionally.
2. Highly offensive; indecent or distasteful.
3. Very vivid or intense in tone: shocking pink.

So shocking doesn't rule out things that you expect. Therefore, the most powerful/shocking death scene that I ever watched would be Setsuko's death in Grave of the Fireflies, and it was much more powerful than the runner ups (which include some scenes already suggested in this threat).