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'Armageddon' (1998) -

Oil driller turned astronaut Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis) dies while destroying an asteroid that threatens to collide with Earth.

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'Saving Private Ryan' (1998) -

Tom Hanks plays Captain Miller in Steven Spielberg's war movie. Captain Miller dies while on a mission to save Private Ryan (Matt Damon).

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'Titanic' (1997) -

The ending has Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) saying goodbye to Rose (Kate Winslet) in a very emotional scene. Jack sadly doesn't make it.

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'The Sixth Sense' (1999) -

Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) communicates with spirits. Child psychologist Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) tries to help him. It takes a while for Crowe to realize he's actually dead.

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'Scarface' (1983) -

Cuban criminal turned drug lord Tony Montana (Al Pacino) sees his Miami cocaine empire crumble, and dies in the end.

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'Thelma & Louise' (1991) -

Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon) drive off a cliff, in one of the most iconic endings in cinematic history.

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'Million Dollar Baby' (2004) -

Another heart-wrenching movie where we really don't want the protagonist to die, but sadly Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) doesn't survive her boxing injuries.

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'Philadelphia' (1993) -

This one doesn't quite come as a surprise, but it's nonetheless sad when Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks) passes away from complications related to AIDS.

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'Gladiator' (2000) -

Roman general turned gladiator Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe) dies and joins his family in the afterlife.

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'The Departed' (2006) -

We don't really see this one coming, but Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is fatally shot by Tooper Brown (Anthony Anderson).

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'Romeo + Juliet' (1996) -

If you're familiar with the Shakespeare story, this won't really come as a surprise. Both Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet (Claire Danes) die.

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'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' (2008) -

In this movie we see Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) aging backwards; he starts as an old man and ends up as a baby, and dies.

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'Bonnie & Clyde' (1967) -

Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) and Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) are caught by the cops and shot to death. Again, not a surprise.

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'Into the Wild' (2007) -

Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) gets rid of all his possessions, abandons his comfortable lifestyle, and moves to the wilderness of Alaska. He doesn't survive in the end.

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'V For Vendetta' (2005) -

Freedom fighter V (Hugo Weaving) might have died in the movie, but his legacy lives on, with many people donning his mask in the real world.

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'Turner & Hooch' (1989) -

Police officer Scott Turner (Tom Hanks) makes it, but his dog, Hooch, gets shot and sadly doesn't survive.

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'Moulin Rouge!' (2001) -

Dancer Satine (Nicole Kidman) dies of tuberculosis. We know she's ill since the beginning of the movie, but it's still heartbreaking.

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'The Great Gatsby' (2013) -

Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) is another protagonist who dies. He's killed by George (Jason Clarke), a man whose wife Gatsby killed.

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'The Matrix' (1999) - Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) kills Neo (Keanu Reeves). Although Neo does survive in the end, technically he still dies in the first movie of the franchise.

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'Donnie Darko' (2001) -

Tormented teenager Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) dies crushed by an airplane engine.

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'The Shining' (1980) -

After going on a murderous rampage, Jack (Jack Nicholson) eventually ends up freezing to death outdoors.

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'Boys Don't Cry' (1999) -

Transgender man Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank) is eventually shot and dies in front of his lover, after enduring prejudice in Nebraska. The film was based on the real-life story of Brandon Teena.

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'Carlito's Way' (1993) -

Former mobster Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) wants a quiet life after he leaves prison, but he finds he can't escape his past.

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'Leaving Las Vegas' (1995) -

Screenwriter Ben Sanderson (Nicolas Cage) goes to Las Vegas to drink himself to death, and this is exactly what happens.

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'Psycho' (1960) -

We all know the classic scene where Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) is attacked in the shower.

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'Reservoir Dogs' (1992) -

The finale is just a huge bloodbath for the whole gang. Barely anyone seems to make it at the end of this Quentin Tarantino film.

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'Braveheart' (1995) -

Mel Gibson's epic about the Scottish hero William Wallace is filled with tragedy, including his own gruesome death.

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'The Royal Tenenbaums' (2001) -

Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) returns to his family after a long time away, claiming to have terminal cancer. This was a lie, but then he surprisingly dies of a heart attack.

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'Man on Fire' (2004) -

Former CIA agent turned bodyguard John Creasy (Denzel Washington) dies while trying to save nine-year-old Pita Ramos (Dakota Fanning).

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'The Wicker Man' (1973) -

Sergeant Neil Howie (Edward Woodward) ends up being burned alive as part of a pagan sacrifice.

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See also: Movie sequels that cut out main characters

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