Most Memorable Movie Deaths That Left Us Shook

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Movies indeed move us, and nothing hits harder than the death of a beloved character. On the always alive subreddit r/AskReddit, Reddit user u/CubicleJoe0822 asked: What movie death is seared into your memory forever? Here are just some of the answers and...enter at your own risk of trauma and tears:
"That one Ewok that didn't get up in Return of the Jedi."
"Doesn't show the actual death, but the scene in Titanic when the ship is sinking and the mother tucks her children into bed knowing they will drown...f*cked me up for life. I was like nine or ten."
"The little shoe that gets dipped in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
"Macaulay Culkin in My Girl."
"The sweet alien in Galaxy Quest."
"Spock dying in massive radiation contamination in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."
"Littlefoot's mom in The Land Before Time."
"American History X. I was way too young to watch that curb-stomping scene."
"Mufasa in The Lion King. That scene hit like a truck as a kid and honestly still does."
"Private Mellish getting stabbed by the German soldier in Saving Private Ryan."
"'I'm tired, boss.' The Green Mile."
"The dog in I Am Legend."
"Not only am I scarred still by Artax dying in the swamp of sadness, but I carelessly showed my young daughter The NeverEnding Story, so now she's scarred too. Thus turns the cycle of trauma."
"The AC unit in Brave Little Toaster. That movie was a psychological horror, not a children's movie, and I'm tired of pretending otherwise."
"The death scene in Blade Runner that features the character Roy Batty (portrayed by Rutger Hauer) delivering the iconic 'Tears in Rain' monologue just before his death."
"Wash in Serenity. I relate to his wife, Zoe, going on a crazy kill spree. I'd do the same."
"To the Gen X guys out there, Neil's death by suicide in Dead Poets Society. Hearing the dad's 'Oh my son!' when discovering his body haunts me so many years later."
"I know he lives ultimately, but the Iron Giant."
"Old Yeller."
"The grandma in Dante's Peak."
"Boromir in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. 'I would have followed you, my brother. My captain. My King.'"
"Bambi's mom in Bambi."
"'Brooks was here.' Shawshank Redemption."
"In Guardians of the Galaxy 3, the death of the hybrid animals. So f*cking cruel."
"Yondu in Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2."
"The little girl from The Bridge to Terabithia! F*ck that movie forever."
"Marley from Marley and Me. Could go for most dog deaths on screen, they're always the worst."
"Leon in The Professional."
"Shelby from Steel Magnolias."
"T-800 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Thumbs up into the molten steel."
"The longneck dino at the end of the dock watching them leave while the entire island goes up into flames in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom."
"Debra Winger in Terms of Endearment. Her goodbye to her kids and the way Shirley McLain reacts is painful to watch."
"Up."
"That chick in the tanning bed in Final Destination 3."
"I know it wasn't really a 'permanent death' but Spider-Man when Thanos snaps in Avengers: Infinity War…'I'm scared, I don't want to disappear.' I have a kiddo about Spider-Man's age in that movie, and I lost it in the theater."
And lastly, and perhaps the most devastating inanimate object death in cinema history, "Wilson in Cast Away."
What movie death scarred you for life? Comment below and tell us why!