7 Most Awe-Inspiring Heroic Deaths in Movies

We’re so used to the happy endings in movies that whenever someone dies on screen, it becomes a huge deal. And if they die heroically, doing their best to protect someone, then it’s just eye-bawling season. Secretly we just want someone to make the same sacrifice for us, or at least be prepared to make it. Fat chance, people, 9 times out of 10 you’re on your own! That’s why we love that selfless, heroic stuff.

Here are 7 most awe-inspiring heroic deaths in movies!

1. Bing Bong – “Inside Out” (2015)

When people talk about imaginary friends leaving them, the rest of the society sighs with relief but not those who’ve seen “Inside Out”. When Joy and Sadness are trying to get back to the Headquarters, they meet this cute and quirky creature named Bing Bong, who turns out to be Riley’s long-forgotten imaginary friend. And when all three of them got stuck in the “Memory Dump”, Bing Bong sacrifices himself to get them out. At least one 30-year-old man cried while watching this. Thanks, Pixar!

2. Jyn Erso and Other Rebels – “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (2016)

Stealing plans for the fearsome Death Star was not an easy task. We’ve known ever since Star Wars Episode IV that many people laid their lives to have those plans delivered, but three years ago Disney decided to show us how exactly all those rebels died. Because context matters! Now that we know how Jyn and Cassian sacrificed themselves, we can properly hate the Empire.

3. William Wallace – “Braveheart” (1995)

When it comes to heroic figures in history, things never end well for them. Jeanne d’Arc was burned to a crisp, Martin Luther King was killed, and William Wallace was quartered. In case you didn’t know “Braveheart” with Mel Gibson was explicitly about the life of William, and the way he inspired the entire nation before and after his gruesome death.