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Decided to watch An American Werewolf in London last night because I don't know if I've ever watched the movie. I knew how it ended because it's 45 years old and there's been plenty of videos on it, but I had never actually watched it. It was quite enjoyable.

It got me thinking about how many good movies end with the main hero/protagonist(s) dying. I can think of quite a few great movies off the top of my head, but I wanted to hear from Lemmy on their favorites!

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

For a 1952 film, it seems very relevant to today

[–] assertnull@programming.dev 3 points 12 hours ago

Cool Hand Luke

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MrSelfDestruct@reddthat.com 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Triumph@fedia.io 3 points 12 hours ago

If you're gonna go dark, mean it.

[–] CharlesReed@fedia.io 6 points 15 hours ago

30 Days of Night is the first one that comes to my mind.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 14 hours ago

Two things that come to mind are ones where it seemed that way. In the movie enemy mine about or maybe over an hour into it it seems like the protaganist dies and it was going to end on one heck of a gloomy note. Especially seeing it in theaters before cell phones when you did not know the exact time. Then also in the supernatural series at one point which I think was the season 1 finale it looks like everyone died. I was super hyped because I was thinking the show would follow a different group of hunters every season that bought it fighting the supernatural. Don't get me wrong the series was still good but it could have been so epic.

[–] _deleted_@aussie.zone 2 points 13 hours ago

Miracle Mile

[–] AbsolutelyNotSpez@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago
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