I like the way you die, boy.

by BoboDee | created - 15 Jul 2021 | updated - 15 Jul 2021 | Public

Which on-screen movie death is pure poetry in motion?

Vote for your favourite non-horror character extermination.

John Doe (Se7en, 1995) Vincent Vega (Pulp fiction, 1994) Hans Gruber (Die Hard, 1988) Calvin Candie (Django Unchained, 2012) Vas Cohaagen (Total Recall, 1990) Paul Sunday (There Will Be Blood, 2007) Sadie (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, 2019) Katie (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, 2019) Lawrence (American History X, 1998) Walter Donovan (Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, 1989) William "Wild Bill" Wharton (The Green Mile, 1999) Morris "Moe" Greene (The Godfather, 1972)

1. Kevin Spacey

Actor | The Usual Suspects

Kevin Spacey Fowler, better known by his stage name Kevin Spacey, is an American actor of screen and stage, film director, producer, screenwriter and singer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s before obtaining supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in...

John Doe in Se7en (1995). Detective Mills (Brad Pitt) executes serial killer, John Doe, played by Kevin Spacey in the movie Se7en. Retribution for the murder of his pregnant wife. Bitter Sweet justice, but it had to be done.

2. John Travolta

Actor | Pulp Fiction

John Joseph Travolta was born in Englewood, New Jersey, one of six children of Helen Travolta (née Helen Cecilia Burke) and Salvatore/Samuel J. Travolta. His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry. His father owned a tire repair shop called Travolta Tires in Hillsdale, ...

Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction (1994). Tarantino kills off one of his main characters half way through the movie in true Tarantino style. Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) guns down the unsuspecting criminal with a Mac-11 as he leaves the toilet - coincides with the popping of his pop tarts. Love-it!

3. Alan Rickman

Actor | Die Hard

Alan Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London, to Margaret Doreen Rose (Bartlett), of English and Welsh descent, and Bernard Rickman, of Irish descent, who worked at a factory. Alan Rickman had an older brother (David), a younger brother (Michael), and a younger sister (Sheila). ...

Hans Gruber in Die Hard 1988. the Die Hard franchise could provide a good dozen potential deaths for this list, but to keep the numbers down we are going with the best of the bunch - the Death of quintessential criminal mastermind, Hans Gruber, in the original movie. Gruber is shot by John McClane (Bruce Willis) and falls from the top of Nakatomi Plaza in slow motion. "Yippee-ki-ay motherf*cker."

4. Leonardo DiCaprio

Actor | Inception

Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Leonardo DiCaprio's. DiCaprio has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast member of the sitcom Growing Pains (1985) and low budget horror movies, such as Critters 3 (1991), to a major teenage heartthrob in the 1990s,...

Calvin Candie in Django Unchained (2012). Candies pushes the usually self-restrained, Dr King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), over the edge with his threats. Schultz shoots Candie in the heart with his quick-draw sleeve derringer and SHTF. "I'm sorry! - I couldn't resist."

5. Ronny Cox

Actor | RoboCop

Ronny Cox is a superbly talented actor, singer-songwriter, and musician who has been consistently active in Hollywood for more than 40 years portraying a diverse range of characters. Born in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, Cox received positive reviews for his first film role, his portrayal of ill-fated ...

Vilos Cohaagen in Total Recall (1990). The Governor of Mars, Cohaagen, spends his time asphyxiating everyone in the local red light district, executing rebels, and messing with peoples minds. Which makes it all the more sweet when, Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger) pushes him out onto the red planet where he suffocates in a rather unpleasant eye popping manner.

6. Paul Dano

Actor | There Will Be Blood

An actor for all seasons and all kinds of roles (from dark, difficult characters to more loving ones) Paul Dano has an extensive body work that includes working with directors such as Paul Thomas Anderson, Steve McQueen, Dayton & Ferris, Ang Lee, Denis Villenueve and Paolo Sorrentino; acting with ...

Paul Sunday in There Will Be Blood (2007). In the final scene, a drunken and vengeful Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis) batters his arch nemesis to death with a bowling pin. "I'm finished."

7. Mikey Madison

Actress | Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood

Mikey Madison is an American actress. Madison was born and raised in Los Angeles and is best known for her role as, "Max Fox" on the FX comedy-drama series Better Things (2016-2022), "Sadie" Atkins in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), and as "Amber Freeman" in Matt ...

Sadie in Once Upon a time in Hollywood (2019). Mikey Madison plays Manson family member, Sadie, who arrives at the home of Rick Dalton with the intention of murdering the occupants. After receiving a can of dog food to the face, she is savaged by Cliff Booths Pitbull, Brandy, before crashing through glass doors into the pool. She is then incinerated by Rick and his movie prop flamethrower. "Anyone order fried sauerkraut?"

8. Madisen Beaty

Actress | Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood

Madisen Beaty was born in Centennial, Colorado, USA. She is an actress and music artist, known for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019), The Master (2012) and The Clovehitch Killer (2018).

Katie in Once Upon a time in Hollywood (2019). Indestructible stuntman, Cliff Booth, played by Brad Pitt, kills Manson family member, Katie, by smashing her head into various walls and pieces of furniture until it is a bloody mashed-up pulp. Booth also kills the annoying, Tex, but for pure brutality we have to go with the Katie death. Ouch!

9. Antonio David Lyons

Actor | Monster

Antonio David Lyons was born on December 20th in Hollywood, Florida, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Book of Negroes (2015), American History X (1998), Hotel Rwanda (2004) and The Sum of All Fears (2002).

His artistic universe straddles the globe with one foot planted firmly in both ...

Lawrence in American History X (1998). Edward Norton plays a particularly unpleasant neo-Nazi skinhead who catches Lawrence and friends attempting to steal his truck. He guns down the two accomplices before curb stomping Lawrence to death. Nobody likes a thief, but the punishment certainly didn't fit the crime in this case.

10. Julian Glover

Actor | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Julian Wyatt Glover was born on March 27, 1935 in Hampstead, London, England, to Honor Ellen Morgan (Wyatt), a BBC journalist, and Claude Gordon Glover, a BBC radio producer. He is of English, Scottish and Welsh ancestry. Primarily a classical stage actor, Glover trained at the National Youth ...

Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Donovan gets what is coming to him when he drinks from the wrong Holy Grail and ages rapidly before turning into dust. A fitting demise.

11. Sam Rockwell

Actor | Moon

Sam Rockwell was born on November 5, 1968, in San Mateo, California, the only child of two actors, Pete Rockwell and Penny Hess. The family moved to New York when he was two years old, living first in the Bronx and later in Manhattan. When Sam was five years old, his parents separated, at which ...

William "Wild Bill" Wharton in the Green Mile (1999). John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan) is wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of two young girls. While on death row he encounters Wharton who is the true culprit for the crimes. Coffey uses his magic powers to manipulate an evil prison guard to shoot Wharton to death - yes it sounds daft on paper and deserved to be more gruesome, but it is what it is - until the remake, that is!

12. Alex Rocco

Actor | The Godfather

Tough, gruff, thick-browed, volatile-looking character actor Alex Rocco was born Alessandro Federico Petricone, Jr. on February 29, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Cambridge, Mass. He grew up a member of Boston's Winter Hill gang (his nickname was "Bobo") and was briefly detained regarding a murder ...

Morris "Moe" Greene in the Godfather (1972). Why is this death so satisfying? Could be because Moe was a pretty annoying character who insulted our anti-hero, Michael Corleone (Pacino) - but most likely, because he was shot directly in the eye. In the words of small screen gangster, Big Pussy Bonpensiero of The Sopranos, "A Moe Greene Special."



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