Top 10 Greatest Death Scenes in Film

Top 10 Greatest Death Scenes in Film

1. Throne of Blood (1957), death of Washizu
2. Psycho (1960), shower scene death of Marion Crane
3. The Seventh Seal (1957), death of the robber by plague
4. Dr. Strangelove (1964), Major T.J. "King" Kong's death ride on a nuclear bomb
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), death of Nazis by phantasmagorical skull melting
6. The Third Man (1949), death of Harry Lime
7. Nosferatu (1922), death of the vampire
8. Inglorious Basterds (2009), death of A. Hitler/Nazis
9. Unforgiven (1992), Wlliam Munny's Massacre of Little Bill and others (courtesy: S. Root)
10. Full Metal Jacket (1980), Murder/suicide of Pyle and the drill sergeant


Bonus:

Top 10 Greatest Death Scenes of Non-Human Creatures

1. King Kong (1933), death of Kong
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), death of Hal
3. The NeverEnding Story (1984), death of Artax in the swamps of sadness
4. Predator (1987), death of predator
5. Frankenstein (1932), death of Frankenstein
6. Bambi (1942), death of Bambi's mother
7. Jaws (1975), death of the shark
8. Old Yeller (1957), death of Yeller
9. Apocalypse Now (1979), sacrifice of the cow
10. The Time Machine (1960), death of a Morlock fast forwarded in time

Urgel Wintermute, presumed dead in 1977, the tallest of the Tall Firs

100 Years of the Cinema - 10 Top 10 Lists Revised

Top 10 Greatest pre-1920

1. Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) - 9.3
2. Broken Blossoms (1919) - 9.2
3. Intolerance (1916) - 9.0
4. J'Accuse! (1919) - 9.0
5. Birth of a Nation (1915) - 8.9
6. A Trip to the Moon (1902) - 8.9
7. Cabiria (1914) - 8.9
8. The Immigrant (1917) - 8.8
9. Les Vampires (1915) - 8.6
10. The Great Train Robbery (1903) - 8.4



Top 10 Greatest of the 20's

1. Man w/ a Movie Camera (1929) - 9.8
2. Metropolis (1927) - 9.7
3. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - 9.7
4. Battleship Potemkin (1925) - 9.6
5. The General (1926) - 9.4
6. Menilmontant (1922) - 9.2
7. Gold Rush (1925) - 9.2
8. Un Chien Andalou (1929) - 9.2
9. Nosferatu (1922) - 9.1
10. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922) - 9.1

Honorable Mentions: Pandora's Box; The Last Laugh



Top 10 Greatest of the 30's

1. The Rules of the Game (1939) - 9.8
2. City Lights (1931) - 9.6
3. Gone with the Wind (1939) - 9.5
4. La Grande Illusion (1937) - 9.5
5. Ninotchka (1939) - 9.4
6. The Lady Vanishes (1938) - 9.4
7. M (1931) - 9.4
8. The Wizard of Oz (1939) - 9.2
9. It Happened One Night (1932) - 9.2
10. I was Born But... (1932) - 9.1

Honorable Mentions: Modern Times; Duck Soup; Gold Diggers of 1933; Testament of Dr. Mabuse; The Old Dark House, Frankenstein; King Kong



Top 10 Greatest of the 40's

1. Citizen Kane (1941) - 9.9
2. Double Indemnity (1944) - 9.6
3. Casablanca (1942) - 9.6
4. The Third Man (1949) - 9.6
5. Notorious (1946) - 9.5
6. The Big Sleep (1941) - 9.5
7. The Bicycle Thieves (1948) - 9.4
8. It's a Wonderful Life (1945) - 9.2
9. Brief Encounter (1945) - 9.3
10. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) - 9.3

Honorable Mentions: The Lady Eve; Rome, Open City; Now, Voyager; White Heat; Late Spring; Gun Crazy



Top 10 Greatest of the 50's

1. Vertigo (1958) - 9.9
2. La Strada (1954) - 9.7
3. Rear Window (1954) - 9.7
4. Sunset Boulevard (1950) - 9.6
5. The Seventh Seal (1957) - 9.5
6. Singin in the Rain (1952) - 9.5
7. Seven Samarai (1954) - 9.5
8. The 400 Blows (1959) - 9.1
9. Rashomon (1950) - 9.1
10 Some Like It Hot (1959) - 9.1

Honorable Mentions: All About Eve; Invasion of the Body Snatchers; Throne of Blood; Night and Fog; Nights of Cabiria; The Cranes are Flying; North by Northwest



Top 10 Greatest of the 60's

1. 8 1/2 (1963) - 9.9
2. The Battle of Algiers (1965) - 9.7
3. Contempt (1963) - 9.7
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - 9.8
5. The Apartment (1960) - 9.5
6. Dr Strangelove (1964) - 9.5
7. Persona (1966) - 9.4
8. Closely Watched Trains (1966) - 9.2
9. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - 9.2
10. High and Low (1963) - 9.2

Honorable Mentions: I Am Cuba; The Trial; The Color of Pomegranate; Jules et Jim; Charade; Andrei Rublev; Rosemary's Baby; Night of the Living Dead



Top 10 Greatest of the 70's

1. Taxi Driver (1976) - 9.8
2. Chinatown (1974) - 9.8
3. The Last Picture Show (1971) - 9.7
4. Annie Hall (1977) - 9.6
5. A Clockwork Orange (1971) - 9.7
6. Harold and Maude - 9.6
7. Eraserhead (1976) - 9.6
8. Manhattan (1979) - 9.5
9. F is for Fake (1973) - 9.2
10. Aguirre: Wrath of God (1972) - 9.1

Honorable Mentions: Apocalypse Now; McCabe and Mrs Miller; The Spirit of the Beehive; Young Frankenstein; The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie; The Tenant; Godfather; Godfather II



Top 10 Greatest of the 80's

1. Blue Velvet (1986) - 9.8
2. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) - 9.6
3. Dekalog (1988) - 9.5
4. Fanny and Alexander (1982) - 9.4
5. Do The Right Thing (1989) - 9.4
6. Elephant Man (1980) - 9.1
7. The Shining (1980) - 9.1
8. Ran (1985) - 9.1
9. Raging Bull (1980) - 9.0
10. Time of the Gypsies (1988) - 9.0

Honorable Mentions: Mephisto; The Thin Blue Line; Crimes and Misdemeanors; Back to the Future; Blood Simple; Amadeus



Top 10 Greatest of the 90's

1. Fargo (1996) - 9.7
2. Pulp Fiction (1994) - 9.6
3. Sátántangó (1994) - 9.6
4. Underground (1995) - 9.4
5. Dead Man (1995) - 9.3
6. Breaking the Waves (1996) - 9.3
7. The Big Lebowski (1998) - 9.1
8. Goodfellas (1990) - 9.0
9. Naked (1993) - 8.8
10. Edward Scissorhands (1990) - 8.8

Honorable Mentions: Three Colors: Red; Short Cuts; Silence of the Lambs; Breaking the Waves; Groundhog Day; The Player; The Truman Show



Top 10 Greatest Films of the 2000s

1. Match Point (2005) - 9.6
2. The Werckmeister Harmonies (2001) - 9.6
3. Inglorious Basterds (2009) - 9.5
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2002) - 9.3
5. Children of Men (2006) - 9.2
6. There Will Be Blood (2007) - 9.2
7. City of God (2002) - 9.2
8. Apocalypto (2006) - 9.0
9. Mother (2009) - 8.9
10. Mulholland Dr. (2001) - 9.0

Honorable Mentions: Talk to Her, Yi Yi

Top Fives

Top 5 ages I am

1. 67
2. 13
3. 29
4. 19
5. 42


Top 5 greatest beers

1. Staropramen Dark, Czech Rep.
2. Trappiste No. 8, Belgium
3. Krusovice, Czech Rep.
4. Ninkasi Oatis Oatmeal Stout
5. Leffe Dark, Belgium


Top 5 greatest cities of the modern world

1. Berlin, Germany
2. Budapest, Hungary
3. New York, New York, USA
4. Tel Aviv, Israel
5. Portland, Oregon, USA
(honorable mention: Krakow, Poland)


Top 5 most influential books in science:

1. Principia Mathematica, I. Newton
2. Relativity, The Special and General Theory (1916) A. Einstein
3. Origin of Species, C. Darwin
4. Physica, Aristotle
5. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, G. Galilei


Top 5 greatest Velvet Underground albums

1. White Light/White Heat, Velvet Underground
2. Velvet Underground (3rd LP), Velvet Underground
3. Velvet Underground (Banana Album), Velvet Underground
4. Velvet Underground (Disc 4, Box set), Velvet Underground
5. Live, 1969, Vol. 1, Velvet Underground
(ed. note: Loaded is not considered)

Top 5 Locations of Cosmic Sketch Disturbance

1. Louage station, Tunis, Tunisia, two-day-old International Herald Tribune folded underneath your arm - Dawn - Clear skies, 106º F.

2. International border crossing, Chop, Ukraine, particle board rooms below gargatuan Soviet industrial worker carvings - Noon - Partly cloudy, 47º F.

3. Highway 50, 50 miles west of Austin, Nevada, daylight ochre collides on blue mountains above trailor house and gas pump - Dawn - Clear skies, 68º F.

4. Side street near Lubyanka station, Moskow, Russia, pulling in your knees for the running of angry black Ladas (official use only) - Dusk - Cloudy, 77º F.

5. Kosovo