Saddest Movie Deaths
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Saddest Movie Deaths

Spoiler Alert! In movies like Hardball and Million Dollar Baby our heroes die. Whose death upset you the most?

rank title points votes your vote
1 Mufasa (James Earl Jones) in The Lion King
<p>The King of the Jungle doesn't last long. Sure, it's a cartoon, but a grieving Simba is hard to bear no matter how he's depicted.</p> 218 518
2 John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan) in The Green Mile
<p>Wrongly executed, Coffey escapes a world that has hurt him, but dies with his child-like innocence intact. 209 449
3 Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis) in Armageddon
<p>Not only does Stamper save Earth by staying on an asteroid to detonate a bomb, he takes his son-in-law's place to do so. </p> 126 412
4 William Wallace (Mel Gibson) in Braveheart
<p>At the end, Wallace refuses mercy and endures more torture to prove a point. When the axe finally falls, it's a relief, but a sad one.</p> 104 388
5 Maggie (Hilary Swank) in Million Dollar Baby
<p>Maggie's paralyzed from the neck down and wants to die. Yet it's still heart-wrenching to watch Frankie (Clint Eastwood) pull the plug.</p> 78 372
6 Danny Vineyard (Edward Furlong) in American History X
<p>Just when Danny and his brother (Ed Norton) renounce their Neo-Nazi beliefs and get a new lease on life, Danny is murdered. 59 323
7 Katsumoto (Ken Watanbe) in The Last Samurai
<p>It's hard not to be bummed out by Kastsumoto's ritual suicide or touched by the ideas about honor and sacrifice&nbsp;that lead him there.</p> 20 300
8 Rufio (Dante Basco) in Hook
<p>Rufio's death is shocking. Nobody is supposed to die in a kiddie movie! The Lost Boys respect for him is what makes this one so tough.</p> -57 287
9 G-Baby (DeWayne Warren) in Hardball
<p>G-Baby talks smack but we all know he's got a heart of gold. So when he's killed by a stray bullet, the question is: Why him?</p> -71 257