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75 Movies Where a Lead Character Dies

Sometimes they die as the result of great self-sacrifice, sometimes they succumb to sickness or the tyranny of brutal powers, and sometimes their sins catch up with them. Even so, it's often shocking. Here is a selection of movies where a protagonist, i.e. the leading character or one of the major characters, dies...
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Braveheart (1995)
Braveheart (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
2
Children of Men (2006)
Children of Men (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
3
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
The Great Gatsby (2013)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   48%
5
The Prestige (2006)
The Prestige (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
6
Shane (1953)
Shane (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
7
V for Vendetta (2005)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
8
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
9
Pay It Forward (2000)
Pay It Forward (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   39%
10
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
11
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
12
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
13
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
14
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
15
Turner & Hooch (1989)
Turner & Hooch (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   50%
16
Gladiator (2000)
Gladiator (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
17
Titanic (1997)
Titanic (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
18
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
19
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
20
Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
21
Atonement (2007)
Atonement (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
22
Man on Fire (2004)
Man on Fire (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   39%
23
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
24
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
25
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
26
Get Carter (1971)
Get Carter (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
27
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
28
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
29
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   64%
30
Armageddon (1998)
Armageddon (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   38%
31
Spartacus (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
32
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
33
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
34
Troy (2004)
Troy (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   54%
35
Road to Perdition (2002)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
36
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
37
Carlito's Way (1993)
Carlito's Way (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
38
Heat (1995)
Heat (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
39
Blood Diamond (2006)
Blood Diamond (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   63%
40
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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