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re: Movies where the protagonist didn't survive?
Posted on 9/23/25 at 8:22 pm to travelgamer
Posted on 9/23/25 at 8:22 pm to travelgamer
It was a good death.
But I’m not sure that movie really meets the criteria.
But I’m not sure that movie really meets the criteria.
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Posted on 9/23/25 at 8:22 pm to alajones
Book of Eli
Man on Fire
Man on Fire
Posted on 9/23/25 at 8:24 pm to Kafka
That's a little harsh.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 8:26 pm to travelgamer
Does The Prestige count?
I honestly cant remember how many protagonist died.
I honestly cant remember how many protagonist died.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 8:33 pm to vilma4prez
The Wrestler
Posted on 9/23/25 at 8:34 pm to Kafka
quote:Take away the war films, westerns, and crime films you're left with:
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Alamo
Hombre
BC&TSK
Viva Zapata
The Last Hurrah
Beau Geste
Blithe Spirit (a comedy)
Bonnie & Clyde
The Man Who Would Be King
Night of the Living Dead
High Sierra
The McConnell Story (The jet ace died in a plane crash during production and the ending had to be changed)
All The King's Men
Khartoum
The Ladykillers (1st version)
They Died With Their Boots On
Fort Apache - Fonda is the main character
The Left Handed Gun & other BtK films
Jesse James films
The Plainsman and other WB Hickok films
A bunch of gangster movies w/Jimmy Cagney & E.G. Robinson (movie code demanded they pay for their crimes)
And...
Dr. Strangelove
The Last Hurrah
Blithe Spirit (a comedy)
The Man Who Would Be King
Night of the Living Dead
All The King's Men
The Ladykillers (1st version)
Dr. Strangelove
Who is the protagonist of The Manchurian Candidate?
Should political assasination films be their own subgenre?
The Parallax View
Scorpio - perhaps the 1st paranoia against the gov't film made in H'wood, a year before tPV
Posted on 9/23/25 at 8:39 pm to travelgamer
Terminator 2
Posted on 9/23/25 at 8:41 pm to Sus-Scrofa
Saving private Ryan.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 8:52 pm to TT9
Posted on 9/23/25 at 8:59 pm to travelgamer
Excalibur
Posted on 9/23/25 at 9:03 pm to Hennigan
2 excellent choices
Posted on 9/23/25 at 9:12 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
American Beauty
The Alamo
Million Dollar Baby
Thelma and Louise
No Country for Old Men
Citizen Kane
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Alamo
Million Dollar Baby
Thelma and Louise
No Country for Old Men
Citizen Kane
The Last Temptation of Christ
Posted on 9/23/25 at 9:18 pm to travelgamer
The road to perdition
Posted on 9/23/25 at 9:29 pm to travelgamer
The Shining
Posted on 9/23/25 at 9:33 pm to travelgamer
Man on Fire
The Departed
The Departed
Posted on 9/23/25 at 9:35 pm to Roaad
My Girl. Not the main but oh well.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 9:38 pm to travelgamer
The Seventh Sign.
Titanic.
Titanic.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 10:02 pm to olegreg
Cool Hand Luke
And as a kid growing up I refused to believe Butch and Sundance didn’t make it out….
And as a kid growing up I refused to believe Butch and Sundance didn’t make it out….
This post was edited on 9/23/25 at 10:03 pm
Posted on 9/23/25 at 10:57 pm to GoldenSombrero
Menace to Society.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 11:04 pm to Crimson K
quote:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. (Not technically dead)
He was dead. Chief smothered him with the pillow.
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