Death is the true final frontier… in reality, there is no way to avoid it. We’re all building up to our inevitable death scene at some point in the future. But in the world of movies, characters can not only skirt death and return after the funeral, they can have one of the coolest and most memorable deaths ever imagined. There is no better scene than a death scene and actors often will take on a role knowing that their character will die on screen. Sometimes a death scene is Oscar bait and sometimes it’s to get out of doing a sequel. Harrison Ford famously wanted Han Solo to die in the “final” film in the Star Wars series, but George Lucas refused. Too bad. A badass like Han Solo going down would have been memorable indeed.
The Best Five…
Here’s a round up of five of the most gut-wrenching, tear-jerking, awesometacular best movie death scenes…
