Your favorite movie villain deaths

[Book One]

uhh...spoilers I guess.

Reading that Green Goblin thread reminded me how much I liked his death scene and got me thinking about some other good ones. Doesn't have to be a death, a defeat is fine too

there's the classic Happy Trails, Hans



Neo realizes he's The One to kick Agent Smith's ass (well one of them anyway)



Honorable mention to (though I guess it depends on what cut of the movie you're watching whether or not this is a death?) how Superman dispatches Zod and his crew at the end of Superman 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Rq1TlbFWY&t=114s

 

[Aurongel]

District 9: Dude gets mauled by Prawn, has head ripped off then eaten by one.
Terminator 1: The fakeout deaths for the Terminator really speaks to what an unstoppable force he is. Even when he's dying he still manages to feel threatening and unstoppable.
Total Recall: Surface of Mars, eyeballs a-poppin'
Black Panther: Registers on a lot of levels emotionally and leaves you feeling pretty conflicted. Damn good stuff.
MacGruber: Thrown off a cliff, shot at, blown up then pissed on.
Jurassic Park: Newman's death was damn near unwatchable for me as a child and the image of the Dilophasaur in the Jeep haunted my nightmares for years.

 

[HellforLeather]

 

[Stouffers]

 

[Hippopuncher12]

OP already put mine which was Hans. What makes it better is they dropped him before he thought they were going to. Classic.

 

[Deleted member 16516]

Bye, bye Sauron.

 

[Chopchop]

T-1000 in Terminator 2.

 

[Deleted member 2254]

Spoiler: Spoilers for the Saw series

Saw III had a very powerful sendoff for the main villain of the series (Jigsaw) and his accomplice Amanda, leaving many questions open of course. I mean, how more badass can it be? Jigsaw gets his throat cut with a circular blade. This then causes a chain reaction which traps Jeff "the good guy" in a room with him with no escape (after basically killing Amanda, too), with the guy's daughter also trapped in an unknown location that only the serial killer knew. He died having the last laugh for sure. Of course, they kinda retconned this in Saw IV/V where a further accomplice seemed to know the location of the kid, and a detective finding his way into that room (so much for it being an unescapeable trap). Of course, joke's on him, Jeff gets shot literally minutes after the ending of Saw III in the sequel's ending, as it turns out that both movies happened at the same time.

 

[nekkid]

The death of Commodus in Gladiator always felt really satisfying as a tale of revenge. He suffered in the most public arena after still trying to cheat his way to winning the fight.

 

[Transistor]

One that's always stood out to me is Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean.

"I feel cold...."

 

[PreeminentDB]

It's actually less drawn out than I remember:

 

[Kromeo]

 

[Deception]

 

[MaitreWakou]

Oh well yeah, came here to say Green Goblin in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man.
Another villain from super hero movie is Killmanger in Black Panther. His last words are beautiful.

Also the corporate guy in Robocop. "You're fired !" And the last shot right after that is awesome. "My name's Murphy".

 

[Soj]

Romeo Must Die


Point Blank (1997)

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Killmonger the god

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Hans was my pick when I saw the thread title. He also ensured a long trend of bad guys falling to their deaths for years afterwards.

So I'll go with this:

Spoiler: However

Is Roy really a villain?

 

[StrawberryJam]

Always loved Roy Batty in Blade Runner spitting some knowledge on Deckard with his last breath

Edit: beaten by literally a second haha

 

[Temp_User]

 

[sir_crocodile]

Count Cagliostro in Catle of Cagliostro

Time....caught up with him

 

[Qasiel]

The Kurgan from Highlander for me. This is a guy who had a real good time being defeated.

 

[CopperPuppy]

Immortan Joe in Fury Road
Alonzo Harris in Training Day
Roy Batty in Blade Runner
Sauron in ROTK
Voldemort in Deathly Hallows Pt. II
Mother Gothel in Tangled

 

[NealMcCauley]

Sean Bean in Goldeneye. Bond drops him a few stories, almost assuredly breaks his spine in multiple areas upon landing, and screams helplessly as an antenna cradle falls on his head.

 

[BWoog]

 

[Livingskeletons]

"Sayaonara RoboCop"

 

[Torpedo Vegas]

Demolition Man

 

[thecouncil]

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Mother Gothel in Tangled had the best Disney fall-from-tower death of all time.

 

[Force_XXI]

 

[Deception]

Serious answer:

 

[jph139]

Roy Batty is here, I'm satisfied. Not even a big Blade Runner fan, but that's a hell of a finale.

I really wanted to like Killmonger's death scene, because the sentiment was really profound, but the writing felt... off. Like, poor phrasing. Too many conjunctions and prepositions, made the whole thing sound clunky.

 

[Rendering...]

I liked the part in Revenge of the Sith where dear old Uncle Palpy threw filthy usurper Mace Windu out the window.

 

[Sephzilla]

The music and the build up to this moment still gives me chills

 

[Geist]

Hans was my pick when I saw the thread title. He also ensured a long trend of bad guys falling to their deaths for years afterwards.

So I'll go with this:

Spoiler: However

Is Roy really a villain?

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This is my choice.

Also, Commodus' death in Gladiator was pretty damn satisfying.

 

[Astral]

Clayton's death in Tarzan was dark.

 

[Navidson REC]

Yeah, Roy Batty for sure.

I also liked the one in M:I Fallout, although I would've liked a good old fist fight were they both go all out before the end.

 

[HellforLeather]

Also this, shit was horrifying when I saw it as a little kid but the scene is awesome watching all the Nazis get their comeuppance:

 

[Heshinsi]

Judge Claude Frollo from the Hunchback of Notre-Dame

He is saved by the very people he's trying to kill...

And he attempts to pay them back with...

Then the universe said, "I'm sorry you were saying?!"

 

[Khanimus]

 

[Sephzilla]

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This one was damn good

 

[winjet81]

Always partial to this scene:

 

[leenbzoold]

Do deleted scenes count? Because this one is kinda sick:

 

[Mugsy]

The fakeout death that leads into the real death, everything about it is great.

Remember me, Eddie?! When I killed your brother, I talked just... like... THIS!

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[JJH]

 

[Instant Vintage]

I'm so glad to see some of my favorites represented, especially Hans, who will remain my pick.

 

[HellforLeather]

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I dont know how I didnt think of this one. Probably the best villain death in at least a decade. The music, the coin from the beginning, Prof X controlling him at the time and feeling the coin. So good. First Class (and DOFP to a lesser extent) finally made Magneto a bad ass on film.

 

[G.O.O.]

Punisher : War Zone has some seriously awesome deaths

like this one at 0:23



EDIT : it's not *the* villain of the movie tho. Oh well, that one is nice to watch aswell => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk56iV1SDHM

 

[Futureman]

Roger Rabbit is one that instantly comes to mind. I haven't seen the movie decades but it's still pretty clear in my mind.

Also the first Ninja Turtles where Shredder falls (or is thrown off?) the roof.

 

[Squarehard]

 

[Camstun187]

Serious answer:

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"Neva' get ghost like swayze...."

 

[Mathi]

Ma-Ma's slow motion death in Dredd.