If there is any scene in a movie that’s going to be memorable and stay in your mind long after the film has ended, then it’s probably going to be a death scene.
It may be the untimely death of a beloved protagonist or the vengeful death of the antagonist. Some of these deaths are heartbreaking, some of them are pure redemption and some can be seen as shocking or just plain silly!
Here are 44 of the most memorable deaths in cinema.
I’ll never forgive or forget that shoe being dipped in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’
Apollo Creed – Rocky IV

Death – Pummeled to death by Ivan Drago
Donald Gennaro – Jurassic Park

Death – Eaten by a T-Rex while sitting on the toilet
Hans Gruber – Die Hard

Death – Falling from Nakatomi Tower
Darth Vader and The Emporer – Star Wars Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

Death – Darth Vader by Force Lightning and the Emporer being dumped down a shaft (although we thought!)
Emil Antonowsky – Robocop

Death – Toxic waste and hit by car combo
Judge Doom – Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Death – Dip
Sonny Corleone – The Godfather

Death – Shot to death
Major Arnold Ernst Toht – Raiders of the Lost Ark

Death – Melting caused by the opening of the Ark
Tina – A Nightmare on Elm Street

Death by – Killed in a dream
Russell Frankin – Deep Blue Sea

Death – Surprise shark attack
Gilbert Kane – Alien

Death – Chest bursting alien
Sergeant Elias Gordon – Platoon

Death – Gunshot
Marvin – Pulp Fiction

Death – Shot in the face (by accident)
Private Leonard Lawrence & Gunnery Sergeant Hartman – Full Metal Jacket

Death – Murder-Suicide
Tod Voight – Terminator 2

Death – Metal knife arm of T-1000 while impersonating Janelle Voight
Quint – Jaws

Death – Shark Attack
Major T. J. “King” Kong – Dr. Strangelove

Death – Riding a nuclear bomb
Jack Dawson – Titanic

Death – Selfish people and freezing to death!
LTJG Nick “Goose” Bradshaw – Top Gun

Death – Faulty Aircraft canopy
The Wicked Witch of the West – The Wizard of Oz

Death – Melting due to severe allergy to water!
Mustafa – The Lion King

Death – Falling into the canyon and trampled by a stampede
Thelma and Louise – Thelma and Louise

Death – Driving into the Grand Canyon
Private Mellish – Saving Private Ryan

Death – Knife inserted very slowly into the heart
Private Vasquez and Gorman – Aliens

Death – Grenade
Miles Dyson – Terminator 2

Death – Gunshot wounds and then explosive
Consec Scanner – Scanners

Death – Head explosion
Sulley – Commando

Death – Being dropped off a cliff
James “One” Shade – Resident Evil

Death – A laser grid
Ricky Baker – Boyz N the Hood

Death – Drive-by
Sarah – Cliffhanger

Death – Falling to death
Tommy – The Shawshank Redemption

Death – Shot by corrupt prison guards
Jimmy Malone – The Untouchables

Death – Tommy Gun
Frank Nitti – The Untouchables

Death – Pushed off the roof of the court building (Revenge for the above)
Eli Sunday – There Will Be Blood

Death – Bowling ball
The Clown Shoe – Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Death by dip
Nicky and Dominick Santoro – Casino

Death – Beaten then buried alive in a cornfield
Dillon – Predator

Death – The Predator
Russel Casse – Independence Day

Death – Kamikaze into a spacehip
Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big – Live and Let Die

Death – Inflation
Ben – The Night of the Living Dead

Death – Gunshot while being mistaken for a zombie or not?
Lieutenant Tay – Rambo – First Blood Part 2

Death – Explosive arrow
Thomas J. – My Girl

Death – Bee stings
Walter Donovan – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Death – Choosing the wrong holy grail
Finally….
Artax – The Neverending Story

Death – Giving up and drowning in the swamp of sadness