15+ Shocking Movie Deaths That Were So Painful People Say It Ruined The Whole Thing For Them

Black Widow deserved to be in that final battle sequence in Endgame. Enough said.

Sophia

• Published in Film & TV
• June 16, 2022

If there's one thing that is truly bittersweet, heartbreaking, and depressing, it's following up a character's storyline in a film or a book (or both), have them as your favorite fictional person, only for them to end up kicking the bucket. The feeling may sometimes leave a whole in our hearts like we just lost a real-life loved one; and while some people may find it weird that a character's death can affect some people so much, deaths in fictional worlds are valid reasons to cry and just mope around—regardless of what people tell you.

Yes, it's perfectly okay to mourn your favorite fictional characters! No matter what genre they may be in—a superhero flick, a romantic movie, or an animated classic—getting heartbroken over the death of someone who doesn't even really exist is valid. After all, it's just like losing a friend, a companion, or a role model that you looked up to for years, or even in just a span of an hour after starting a movie.

Sure, these character deaths may have been necessary for the plotlines to progress and set the next scenes into motion, but sometimes; these deaths can backfire, with people getting angry saying that it's a product of poor writing and careless plot planning. Let's face it, abrupt character deaths that were seemingly just thrown in without any warning are borderline traumatizing, and sometimes, their deaths don't really make any sense at all.

There are movie deaths that are just like that; you could literally feel it in your guts that a certain character's death just ruined the rest of the movie—because why would you stay and watch the rest of it when you're favorite character is already gone? Well, yeah, because you paid for the tickets, but there will always be this feeling of disappointment that spoils any kind of positive emotion you have reserved for the rest of it.

Now, without further ado, here are some of the most shocking character deaths in movies that people swear ruined the rest of their experience:

1. Rosie in Jojo Rabbit

"I had to leave and cry in bed. I only watch that movie up to before he finds his mother dead, then I make up my own ending." —tomhollandmyhusband

2. Mako Mori in Pacific Rim: Uprising

"I was so excited for the sequel because the original movie is amazing, and Mako was my favorite character. I was beyond furious when I found out they killed her off in Uprising. At least I found out before I actually got around to watching the movie, so I didn't end up wasting my time." —ljvincent

3. David Dunn in Glass

"It was so ridiculous." —star7887

4. Bill Murray in Zombieland

"That visceral reaction was unexpected and still haunts me. I stopped watching and have never seen the ending. Who cares about a world without Bill Murray?" —jtothez

5. Donna in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

"My friends took me to a sing-along version and I didn't know much about the plot, other than that it contained a lot of flashbacks. When the film reveals Donna is dead, I was mortified. Cried for pretty much the entire film. As for singing along? They could go **** themselves." —liliru83

6. Kylo Ren/Ben Solo in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

"It happens so close to the end, but it was so anticlimactic that it invalidated the sacrifices of the original trilogy characters. It just felt like a cheap rehash of the end of Return of the Jedi. I didn’t care how the rest of the movie ended at all after that." —knaughton92

7. Rachel in The Dark Knight

"She was the character I felt most emotionally attached to, and you could see how much she inspired and cared for the people around her. No matter how many times I watch the movie, it always rips me apart." —tigresssss13

8. General Hux in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

"As soon as Hux died, I wanted to walk out. I knew it was coming, but I thought he’d get a better story arc than that. They did him so dirty." —generalhux

9. Howard in Uncut Gems

"I know it’s at the end of the movie, but I had my hands over my face for like 10 minutes after it. I can't tell if I love this movie, or if the ending ruined the whole thing." —lbpowell

10. Tadashi in Big Hero 6

"Aside from Baymax, Tadashi was the only other character that I enjoyed, and it made me less invested in the film." —lightheart16

11. Loki in Avengers: Infinity War

"It's some of the most poor, illogical writing in the whole MCU. I'm not even a Loki fangirl, it was just terrible writing." —emmam48a39c849

12. Mystique in Dark Phoenix

"I could not care less about the ending once they killed Mystique. That was not the way to kill such an iconic character. Her death was senseless. She should’ve died in a more iconic way. Instead, it feels like it was wasted because of bad storytelling." —itspena14

13. The cat in The Shape of Water

"I wasn’t expecting it at all. I thought I was going to watch a fantasy romance but that scene was like something out of a horror movie. I almost lost my cat shortly before and that just made it worse. It was like a switch flipped and I instantly lost interest in the rest of the movie." —eclipsecat14

14. Six in 6 Underground

"I watched the beginning of 6 Underground and lost interest immediately after Dave Franco’s character died. It was so sudden and brutal for such an awesome actor. Waste of a talent." —abbeyy47fce0c28

15. Duke in G.I. Joe: Retaliation

"Channing Tatum played the protagonist in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and they killed him off in the sequel to replace him with The Rock."—mshaik

16. Finnick from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2

"Why did he have to die? He just got married. He didn't deserve that death. The movie kinda got boring for me after we lost him." —eleanorpalmer

"He was such an amazing character with an awesome arc and he had a wife AND a baby back at home. He was always my favorite in the books and the movies, and his death was unnecessary!" —whateverhappenedtovine

17. And of course, Black Widow in Avengers: Endgame

"The rest of the movie was definitely missing something. Especially in the scene with all the women characters, and the first woman of Marvel wasn’t there." —isatom

Death, whether in a fictional setting or not, is always heart-wrenching. It's normal for us to feel that way because we are humans, after all.

It's just that, there are these character deaths that we would never, ever forget and one that we would never, ever forgive the writers for. Years later and we are still feeling bitter over most of these!

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Sophia