Top 30 Death Scenes in Cinema
November 5th 2009 02:24
There are obviously spoilers in this list. Read at your own risk.
UPDATED: Due to popular demand, now including reasons. Also decided to include clips to the scenes (the ones I could find) as well. Please note a lot of these characters are on here for similar reasons and a lot is very subjective. Everyone is going to have their opinion on what is memorable, what is the best, ect. This list is more about memorable deaths that have struck some type of emotional cord with me. Please also note that many changes have occured.
Top 30 most memorable/best death scenes in cinema
Created: 10/22/06
Last updated: 11/8/09
30 Tony - West Side Story
Although not shocking in any way (the only shocking thing about West Side Story's adaptation of Romeo and Juliet is the decision to let Maria live) still a very effective death scene. One of my favorites.
29. Vera - Detour
Detour is a highly underrated film noir released in 1945. It's gritty and bleak and the death that occurs is shocking due to it's accidental nature. It makes the list due to the element of surprise, which I feel is highly important in a death scene. you can see the scene here, it's a long clip though
28. Mrs. Danvers - Rebecca
It's just such an iconic death in cinema when it comes to villains. Yes it's short but still, that psychotic look on her face as the house burns around her, the shot of the wood falling down on top of her, from her point of view, the pan to the R on the bed. So good. Not the best death scene ever constructed but very memorable.
Watch it here
27. Horace - The Little Foxes
A scene memorable due to the stunning nature of it. Anyone familiar with the play knows what is about to happen. Still, the framing of the scene within the movie is incredible. Regina's stone cold face is terrifying yet oddly hypnotic. It's difficult to decide where your eyes should be focused; Horace struggles in the background while Regina sits silently as the grave in the foreground. Regina only springs into action when she knows Horace is beyond help. The entire scene is brilliant. It can be found here: Little Foxes clip
26. Tony Montana - Scarface (1983)
I'm not a huge Scarface fan. I prefer the Howard Hawks original. I like the film well enough but I feel its iconic placement in cinema is overblown. Yet I put it on here because of that exact iconic placement. It's a great scene from a technical point of view. And how can you pass up the irony of 'the world is yours'? view here
25. Camille - Camille
Ah, Garbo and death. Who does it better? The entire scene is just gorgeous and heartbreaking. An instant classic in melodramatic death. View it here
24. Fredo Corleone - The Godfather Part 2
Yes, the action of this death takes place off screen, but it's still widely powerful and disturbing. Yes, Fredo was an inept moron who betrayed his brother. But to resort to the murder of your own brother? Even though I find Godfather Part 3 to be mostly a failure I do love that it focused so much on Michael's torment so many years after making this choice. It's more the contextual situations rather than visual aesthetics that allows this scene to make the cut.
view here
23. Marie - The Bourne Supremacy
Um, talk about a shock. I saw this in the theater and it probably took me a good 30 minutes to absorb the fact that they'd just killed a main character witihin the first 10 minutes of the film. The result, although very saddening, delivered the best Bourne movie by far and Damon's performance was given a whole layer of depth that was missing before. Incredible.
22. Matthew Poncelet - Dead Man Walking
Sean Penn's performance (my favorite actor, by the way) is what guarantees this a spot on the list. Matthew's final words (and Penn's gut-wrenching delivery of them) are haunting. The nature of the execution is terribly realistic and disturbing. It is intercut with scenes of Matthew's horrific crime.. a curious move by Robbins that can serve as either a plot device within the film to reveal what is going through the character's minds as they watch Matthew die, or as a way of appeasing those who believe no sympathy should be felt for a man who could perform such a crime. Whatever your view, this death stays with you long after the film has ended. It is incredibly difficult for me to even watch the scene.
view here
21. Annie - Snow Angels
Utterly disturbing and horrific. It took me a long time to shake this one.. a new addition to the list because the more I think about it, the more it deserves a spot.
20. Leona Stevensen - Sorry Wrong Number
Wow. The powerful nature of this death comes from the intense build-up throughout the film. The entire film is fantastic and the death scene, although it occurs off screen, is terrifying. View it here
19. Nana - Vivre Sa Vie
Godard has a penchant for the senseless deaths of his main characters and this film is no different. Throughout the film, Nana repeatedly believes that her actions and fate are controlled by her own free will. "I raise my hand, I am responsible. I turn my head, I am responsible". Nana believes that her own choices propel her fate and determinism in no way has a hand, unlike Joan of Arc in The Passion of Joan of Arc, which she goes to see in the theater. Godard intercuts between Nana and Joan, framing her in close-ups just like Falconetti as tears run down her cheek. It's at that point in the film that the comparison between Nana and Joan is made, even though Nana will continue to believe her life consists of her own free will. It's at that point we should realize Nana is doomed. But we don't, and her death comes as a shocking conclusion. Again, it's more about the context within the film that the death occurs rather than the actual scene itself that makes this remarkable.
Clip is here, but with italian subtitles
18. Madeline/Judy - Vertigo
Just completely shocking. And then it just ends. I remember the first time I saw this film with my family I had no idea what I'd just watched. And I hated it because of that ending! After a few years I realized the brilliance of it all, and learned to overcome my frustration. And if anyone has seen the extended ending Hitchcock was required to shoot, you soon realize the frustration is worth it. Classic Hitchcock ending. So glad he didn't have to compromise for the original release.
17. Charles Foster Kane - Citizen Kane
One of the most insanely brilliant scenes. Everything from the deep focus to the camera angles to the lighting.. a technical masterpiece. view here
16. Chris McCandless - Into the Wild
A haunting, heartbreaking image. More so because it was a true story. I can't remember now if I knew it was going to happen or not. I think I did but I didn't expect it to happen that way. Incredibly memorable to me. Amazing performance by Hirsch and one of my favorite films of all time. watch it here
15. O-ren Ishii - Kill Bill
Quentin Tarantino knows how to do a death scene and the Kill Bill films are no exception. Both are aesthetically astounding masterworks. The entire scene with O-Ren and The Bride from the setting to the song usage and finally its cumulation with the tight shot of O-ren's face and slow reveal of her severed skull was enthralling and cannot be forgotten.
here it is
14. Wicked Witch of the West - The Wizard of Oz
Another iconic image. And just an all around great scene. Cannot have a list without it. view it here
13. Paul Allen - American Psycho
I mean, come on, this is just a great scene! Hilarious, even. You don't need anymore reasons. You know it's great.
view here
12. Billy and Captain America-Wyatt - Easy Rider
Just.. completely shocking and abrupt. And disturbing in terms of the whole social commentary of the film. I remember staring at the screen, rather stunned.
view here
11. Cody Jarrett - White Heat
Another iconic image in cinema. Can't in good conscience have a list without it.
view here. it isn't towards the very end of clip
10. Shosanna Dreyfus - Inglourious Basterds
What a masterful moment in cinema by Tarantino. Another audible gasp received from me in the theaters. Truly shocking and also gorgeously filmed. And more brilliant song usage.
view it here
9. Billy Costigen - The Departed
I gasped. Audibly. In the theater. I was in shock. I could barely wrap my mind around the fact that there's more of this movie yet the main character was just killed off in one of the most immediate death scenes ever put in cinema. I had to forget this and keep watching. Absolutely incredible in the startling reaction this death no doubt caused everyone that saw it. The direction and pacing of the scene could not have been more astute.
another clip that's rather tough for me to watch
8. Angel Eyes - The Good The Bad and the Ugly
Mexican stand-off, Sergio Leone, Ennio Morricone, really does anything else need to be said? The build-up, the tension, the rapid succession of quick cuts; the overall satisfaction as Angel Eyes falls ironically into the abandoned grave. Perfect.
view it here
7. Frank - Once Upon a Time in the West
This scene, from the direction to the Ennio Morricone's music is utter perfection. Not only does the entire scene reveal a key mystery in the film's plot but also delivers cathartic closure. It is the ultimate revenge death. And the fact that it's Mr. Nice Guy Henry Fonda that donned this villainous role makes it all the more memorable. Incredible. view it here
6. Bill - Kill Bill Vol 2
Tarantino manages to top the death of O-Ren with the fateful demise of his titular character. The way he "killed Bill" could not have been more satisfying and simultaneously heartbreaking. The song usage of Navajo Joe by Morricone (can you tell I'm obsessed with the man yet?) propels the scene into a class of its own, as does Uma Thurman's incredibly effective reaction. watch here
5. Joan of Arc - The Passion of Joan of Arc
Again, not a shocking death scene in any way but utterly hypnotic, as is every single milisecond of Maria Falconetti's performance. It's unreal, unlike anything captured on the screen. The rather long death scene is haunting and incredibly disturbing. Possibly the most powerful death scene I've ever encountered. View it here
4. Mouchette - Mouchette
I'm just obsessed with this entire scene. It's gorgeous yet so disturbing. Again, it's a death which occurs off-screen but it's so different than anything I'd seen before.. to end a film this way is brilliant. Such a great movie. Highly recommended.
view here
3. Sonny Corleone - The Godfather
We know something is gonna go down with sonny the second he stops the car at that toll booth. Still, I'm not sure anyone was prepared for a massacre of that calibre. I love Sonny. He's one of my favorite characters of all time. For me, it's such a memorable and powerful scene.
view here
2.Marion Crane – Psycho
Technically, it's an incredible scene; the number of cuts, the immediacy, the small details. Witihin the context of the film, it's jarring. Imagine going into Psycho without knowing what occurs in that shower. Imagine the people who saw it in the theater, knowing Janet Leigh has first billing yet witnessing her death within the first 3rd of the film. It's brilliant and still makes me uneasy to this very day.
view here
1.Jesse James – The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert ford
Alright, the film is called The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Yes, we know he will die and we know who will kill him. Yet the realism of this death made me gasp. I was not prepared to see Brad Pitt's face hit that picture. The meticulous detail within the scene is unreal. It was painstakingly created, based upon factual accounts of James's death. The angle upon which he was shot, the force upon which his head went forward, the way his head hit the frame, the way his body fell; all shown to us in rapid succession. The buildup to this scene was slow and deliberate and yet once it happened we weren't prepared. I was haunted by that scene, by that image long after I saw it. It is incredible and in my mind, the most memorable death scene I've ever experienced on film.
here it is
UPDATED: Due to popular demand, now including reasons. Also decided to include clips to the scenes (the ones I could find) as well. Please note a lot of these characters are on here for similar reasons and a lot is very subjective. Everyone is going to have their opinion on what is memorable, what is the best, ect. This list is more about memorable deaths that have struck some type of emotional cord with me. Please also note that many changes have occured.
Top 30 most memorable/best death scenes in cinema
Created: 10/22/06
Last updated: 11/8/09
30 Tony - West Side Story
Although not shocking in any way (the only shocking thing about West Side Story's adaptation of Romeo and Juliet is the decision to let Maria live) still a very effective death scene. One of my favorites.
29. Vera - Detour
Detour is a highly underrated film noir released in 1945. It's gritty and bleak and the death that occurs is shocking due to it's accidental nature. It makes the list due to the element of surprise, which I feel is highly important in a death scene. you can see the scene here, it's a long clip though
28. Mrs. Danvers - Rebecca
It's just such an iconic death in cinema when it comes to villains. Yes it's short but still, that psychotic look on her face as the house burns around her, the shot of the wood falling down on top of her, from her point of view, the pan to the R on the bed. So good. Not the best death scene ever constructed but very memorable.
Watch it here
27. Horace - The Little Foxes
A scene memorable due to the stunning nature of it. Anyone familiar with the play knows what is about to happen. Still, the framing of the scene within the movie is incredible. Regina's stone cold face is terrifying yet oddly hypnotic. It's difficult to decide where your eyes should be focused; Horace struggles in the background while Regina sits silently as the grave in the foreground. Regina only springs into action when she knows Horace is beyond help. The entire scene is brilliant. It can be found here: Little Foxes clip
26. Tony Montana - Scarface (1983)
I'm not a huge Scarface fan. I prefer the Howard Hawks original. I like the film well enough but I feel its iconic placement in cinema is overblown. Yet I put it on here because of that exact iconic placement. It's a great scene from a technical point of view. And how can you pass up the irony of 'the world is yours'? view here
25. Camille - Camille
Ah, Garbo and death. Who does it better? The entire scene is just gorgeous and heartbreaking. An instant classic in melodramatic death. View it here
24. Fredo Corleone - The Godfather Part 2
Yes, the action of this death takes place off screen, but it's still widely powerful and disturbing. Yes, Fredo was an inept moron who betrayed his brother. But to resort to the murder of your own brother? Even though I find Godfather Part 3 to be mostly a failure I do love that it focused so much on Michael's torment so many years after making this choice. It's more the contextual situations rather than visual aesthetics that allows this scene to make the cut.
view here
23. Marie - The Bourne Supremacy
Um, talk about a shock. I saw this in the theater and it probably took me a good 30 minutes to absorb the fact that they'd just killed a main character witihin the first 10 minutes of the film. The result, although very saddening, delivered the best Bourne movie by far and Damon's performance was given a whole layer of depth that was missing before. Incredible.
22. Matthew Poncelet - Dead Man Walking
Sean Penn's performance (my favorite actor, by the way) is what guarantees this a spot on the list. Matthew's final words (and Penn's gut-wrenching delivery of them) are haunting. The nature of the execution is terribly realistic and disturbing. It is intercut with scenes of Matthew's horrific crime.. a curious move by Robbins that can serve as either a plot device within the film to reveal what is going through the character's minds as they watch Matthew die, or as a way of appeasing those who believe no sympathy should be felt for a man who could perform such a crime. Whatever your view, this death stays with you long after the film has ended. It is incredibly difficult for me to even watch the scene.
view here
21. Annie - Snow Angels
Utterly disturbing and horrific. It took me a long time to shake this one.. a new addition to the list because the more I think about it, the more it deserves a spot.
20. Leona Stevensen - Sorry Wrong Number
Wow. The powerful nature of this death comes from the intense build-up throughout the film. The entire film is fantastic and the death scene, although it occurs off screen, is terrifying. View it here
19. Nana - Vivre Sa Vie
Godard has a penchant for the senseless deaths of his main characters and this film is no different. Throughout the film, Nana repeatedly believes that her actions and fate are controlled by her own free will. "I raise my hand, I am responsible. I turn my head, I am responsible". Nana believes that her own choices propel her fate and determinism in no way has a hand, unlike Joan of Arc in The Passion of Joan of Arc, which she goes to see in the theater. Godard intercuts between Nana and Joan, framing her in close-ups just like Falconetti as tears run down her cheek. It's at that point in the film that the comparison between Nana and Joan is made, even though Nana will continue to believe her life consists of her own free will. It's at that point we should realize Nana is doomed. But we don't, and her death comes as a shocking conclusion. Again, it's more about the context within the film that the death occurs rather than the actual scene itself that makes this remarkable.
Clip is here, but with italian subtitles
18. Madeline/Judy - Vertigo
Just completely shocking. And then it just ends. I remember the first time I saw this film with my family I had no idea what I'd just watched. And I hated it because of that ending! After a few years I realized the brilliance of it all, and learned to overcome my frustration. And if anyone has seen the extended ending Hitchcock was required to shoot, you soon realize the frustration is worth it. Classic Hitchcock ending. So glad he didn't have to compromise for the original release.
17. Charles Foster Kane - Citizen Kane
One of the most insanely brilliant scenes. Everything from the deep focus to the camera angles to the lighting.. a technical masterpiece. view here
16. Chris McCandless - Into the Wild
A haunting, heartbreaking image. More so because it was a true story. I can't remember now if I knew it was going to happen or not. I think I did but I didn't expect it to happen that way. Incredibly memorable to me. Amazing performance by Hirsch and one of my favorite films of all time. watch it here
15. O-ren Ishii - Kill Bill
Quentin Tarantino knows how to do a death scene and the Kill Bill films are no exception. Both are aesthetically astounding masterworks. The entire scene with O-Ren and The Bride from the setting to the song usage and finally its cumulation with the tight shot of O-ren's face and slow reveal of her severed skull was enthralling and cannot be forgotten.
here it is
14. Wicked Witch of the West - The Wizard of Oz
Another iconic image. And just an all around great scene. Cannot have a list without it. view it here
13. Paul Allen - American Psycho
I mean, come on, this is just a great scene! Hilarious, even. You don't need anymore reasons. You know it's great.
view here
12. Billy and Captain America-Wyatt - Easy Rider
Just.. completely shocking and abrupt. And disturbing in terms of the whole social commentary of the film. I remember staring at the screen, rather stunned.
view here
11. Cody Jarrett - White Heat
Another iconic image in cinema. Can't in good conscience have a list without it.
view here. it isn't towards the very end of clip
10. Shosanna Dreyfus - Inglourious Basterds
What a masterful moment in cinema by Tarantino. Another audible gasp received from me in the theaters. Truly shocking and also gorgeously filmed. And more brilliant song usage.
view it here
9. Billy Costigen - The Departed
I gasped. Audibly. In the theater. I was in shock. I could barely wrap my mind around the fact that there's more of this movie yet the main character was just killed off in one of the most immediate death scenes ever put in cinema. I had to forget this and keep watching. Absolutely incredible in the startling reaction this death no doubt caused everyone that saw it. The direction and pacing of the scene could not have been more astute.
another clip that's rather tough for me to watch
8. Angel Eyes - The Good The Bad and the Ugly
Mexican stand-off, Sergio Leone, Ennio Morricone, really does anything else need to be said? The build-up, the tension, the rapid succession of quick cuts; the overall satisfaction as Angel Eyes falls ironically into the abandoned grave. Perfect.
view it here
7. Frank - Once Upon a Time in the West
This scene, from the direction to the Ennio Morricone's music is utter perfection. Not only does the entire scene reveal a key mystery in the film's plot but also delivers cathartic closure. It is the ultimate revenge death. And the fact that it's Mr. Nice Guy Henry Fonda that donned this villainous role makes it all the more memorable. Incredible. view it here
6. Bill - Kill Bill Vol 2
Tarantino manages to top the death of O-Ren with the fateful demise of his titular character. The way he "killed Bill" could not have been more satisfying and simultaneously heartbreaking. The song usage of Navajo Joe by Morricone (can you tell I'm obsessed with the man yet?) propels the scene into a class of its own, as does Uma Thurman's incredibly effective reaction. watch here
5. Joan of Arc - The Passion of Joan of Arc
Again, not a shocking death scene in any way but utterly hypnotic, as is every single milisecond of Maria Falconetti's performance. It's unreal, unlike anything captured on the screen. The rather long death scene is haunting and incredibly disturbing. Possibly the most powerful death scene I've ever encountered. View it here
4. Mouchette - Mouchette
I'm just obsessed with this entire scene. It's gorgeous yet so disturbing. Again, it's a death which occurs off-screen but it's so different than anything I'd seen before.. to end a film this way is brilliant. Such a great movie. Highly recommended.
view here
3. Sonny Corleone - The Godfather
We know something is gonna go down with sonny the second he stops the car at that toll booth. Still, I'm not sure anyone was prepared for a massacre of that calibre. I love Sonny. He's one of my favorite characters of all time. For me, it's such a memorable and powerful scene.
view here
2.Marion Crane – Psycho
Technically, it's an incredible scene; the number of cuts, the immediacy, the small details. Witihin the context of the film, it's jarring. Imagine going into Psycho without knowing what occurs in that shower. Imagine the people who saw it in the theater, knowing Janet Leigh has first billing yet witnessing her death within the first 3rd of the film. It's brilliant and still makes me uneasy to this very day.
view here
1.Jesse James – The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert ford
Alright, the film is called The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Yes, we know he will die and we know who will kill him. Yet the realism of this death made me gasp. I was not prepared to see Brad Pitt's face hit that picture. The meticulous detail within the scene is unreal. It was painstakingly created, based upon factual accounts of James's death. The angle upon which he was shot, the force upon which his head went forward, the way his head hit the frame, the way his body fell; all shown to us in rapid succession. The buildup to this scene was slow and deliberate and yet once it happened we weren't prepared. I was haunted by that scene, by that image long after I saw it. It is incredible and in my mind, the most memorable death scene I've ever experienced on film.
here it is
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Comment by Bruno Dante
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The death of Sonny Corleone is a sudden and sensational killing, his body and car riddled with bullets, yet in the context of the movie, it's not the most powerful death scene.
So is it the instant impact of the violent moment?
The shocking death of Billy and Captain America at the very end of Easy Rider is both profound and heartbreaking ...
Is it the poetry of irony?
I'm very curious as to your thoughts.
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Comment by JohnDoe
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Like Bryn i am a little fuzzy on what you consider makes a movie death "the best", but the films you cite are mostly good ones.
i think Carlito's Way deserves a mention in the same vein as Jesse James.
Equally interesting is the death of Richard Widmark in "Street of No Return"
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very awesome number 1. lets not forget mary louise parker really powerful reaction right afterwards. amazing.
if i post my list though and i have some of the same ones as you then my reasons will be not very good compared to yours because you gave really awesome reasons. mine will be awful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!
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Hey, Sarah, by the way Brian De Palma once said "Cinema is lying twenty-four frames per second" ... thought you'd find that a curious contradiction to your own statement.
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Sean Penn is my favourite actor also! Have you read the excellent bio, Sean Penn - His Life and Times by Richard T. Kelly?
Bugger, I got busted on the spoiler issue, since I haven't yet managed to get to see Inglourious Basterds. Oh well.
I'm a big fan of Scarface, and the cinema (not all of it) of Brian De Palma ... there's a Hitchcockian element to the mise-en-scene in Scarface (well, to a lot of Palma actually) that I really enjoy.
So have you seen Breaking the Waves? That dying scene of Emily Watson's character was gut-wrenching!
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Still a good list.
I can go shallow (Spoilers included!!!) with the death of Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi or deep with the death of Jacob in Jacobs Ladder. Both unforgettable for me, but in no way definitive
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I guess De Palma was trying to contradict Jean Luc Godard then.. because Godard originally said " The photograph is truth and cinema is truth 24 times a second"
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JohnDoe: Vader is iconic. I actually totally forgot about it! I actually stopped watching Jacob's Ladder. I was disgusted by it. Yet so many people love it.. I dunno, maybe I'll give it another shot
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luckily matt picked up my computer with me so i am going to do th underrated actors list tonigt and probably the 30 decade movies I really should probably see now list and 10 to rewatch. even though i should be relearning basic math.
i actually had seen the times uk one but not the telegraph one. the times uk one is ridiculously all over the place. it is kind of nice to see some risks (even if they are ridiculous) such as Team America at number 5!?!?! And while I really adore Anchorman it is really not one of the Top 100 of the past 10 years. Then having it right above There Will Be Blodd was like a punch to the gut. I cannot believe how all over the place this list is. The Devil Wears Prada, then Battle Royale, then Crash?! And it gets crazier from there! I was really happy that In the Loop made the cut even though its Britishness makes the inclusion unsurprising. I was relaly happy Control made it too because I feel like it has become sort of forgotten which is wrong. City of God is way too low. Confused about that. Same with There Will Be Blood. I feel like you are either supposed to think it is the greatest of the decade or you hate it haha. Appreciated the Bad Santa inclusion. Can you tell I am regoing over the list?? I am becoming increasingly annoyed with Return of the King being the LOTR film of choice. I really think it is like in the top 5 most overrated movies of all time. The first two are so much better. Mulholland Drive obviously far too low. I find solace that it is number 2 on theyshootpictures.com for the decade and has been for years and it being number 1 for many others. WHy is Gladiator so high??? Really great to see Downfall and 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days so high since they will be that high on my list. I have lots of issues with the top 10. Last King of Scotland??? I liked that a lot more than you but I still think that is absurd. Slumdog? Boo. Loving the Grizzly Man at 4 and Cache at 1. Both are so amazing.
Let us see. The Telegraph list....AVATAR AT 100 BECAUSE OF 15 MINUTES!!!!!!!!!!!!AAAAAAAAAA AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay I just had to think for 15 minutes if I have seen The Return and I have come to the conclusion that I have not. But I did rent it years ago...i'm so confused. Mulholland at 70? ugh. Mamma Mia at 18??? I keep forgetting how huge that movie was over there. At least they picked Fellowship. Fahrenheit 911? ugh. whatever. whatever whatever whatever. I am not too big on this one.
Both of these lists are really all over the place.
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