History YouShallNotPass / Film

** This is actually the main strategy of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps. If a {{Kaiju}} is heading towards a city, they place a [[HumongousMecha Jaeger]] a short distance away from the city, directly in the Kaiju's path.

* In ''Film/The13thWarrior'', Helfdane the Fat stays behind in the tunnel to hold off the rampaging horde of [[spoiler:cannibalistic cave-dwelling Neanderthals]] after uttering the [[LastStand tip-off phrase]] for a wounded soldier: "''Well, I think I've run about as far as I care to.''" He then looks to the hero and says, "Go on, lad. Today was a GOOD day. Meet me in Valhalla!"

* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' this trope is subverted, after being invoked, quickly subverted, then re-invoked: Stoick and Gobber see the Green Death, and together with the whole adult Viking population have a MassOhCrap moment. After the big dragon decides to kick everybody's ass, Stoick runs in to buy time for the retreating army, mainly because wiping out all the parents in the population isn't too healthy. When Stoick tells Gobber why he's doing it, Gobber joins him, to double the time. Then, just before they go in, Hiccup and his friends arrive on dragons in a BigDamnHeroes moment.

* In TheMovie of ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout'', Zebedee apparently sacrifices himself to prevent Zeebad from going after the rest of the group, to the point of creating a landslide when they try to go back and help him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic}}'' Ronin [[spoiler:allows himself to be swarmed by Boggans so that MK and Nod can escape. He manages to survive the ordeal]].

* ''Film/TheMatrix''

* In the climax of ''{{Film/Outbreak}}'', Colonel Daniels and Major Salt fly into the path of Sandman, a bomber that is flying to vaporize the infected town. [[spoiler: All three survive and the bomb is safely detonated over the water.]]

* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'': Gandalf at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm in Moria, when facing the Balrog. He [[TropeNamer even screams "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!" at him]]. Just after he seemingly defeated the Balrog, he's pulled into the abyss with him, instructing the rest of the fellowship to "Fly, you fools!" before falling.

->''"You cannot pass! I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! YOU! SHALL NOT! PASS!"''

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* Citizens of New York in ''Film/SpiderMan2'' attempt this against Doctor Octopus to keep him from getting to Spiderman. [[SubvertedTrope It doesn't work.]]
* ''Film/MenInBlack''
** Subverted. After the giant cockroach alien kills two other aliens in a cafe and smashes the place up, a brave waiter blocks the doorway and says, "You're not going anywhere, pal!" only to get knocked into next week.
** And again in the climax, where J brandishes a burning branch and warns that the only way off the planet was through him. The Cockroach then promptly decks J to the ground and continues to head for his getaway saucer, evidently having a very low tolerance for chutzpah.
* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. Sarah Connor tricks John into getting onto the sliding track so he's taken to safety, then stays behind to prevent the T-1000 from following and killing him.
* Frankie in ''Film/{{Daybreakers}}'' redeems himself by holding back his former comrades so that the hero and heroine could get away. [[spoiler: Needless to say, he doesn't survive.]]
* A villainous example occurs in ''Film/PacificRim'' where [[spoiler: Slattern]] nearly succeeded in preventing the heroes in reaching the Breach.
** This is actually the main strategy of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps. If a {{Kaiju}} is heading towards a city, they place a [[HumongousMecha Jaeger]] a short distance away from the city, directly in the Kaiju's path.
* ''Film/WeWereSoldiers'' has [[OldSoldier Sergeant Major Plumley]] standing in the center of the Casualty Collection Point, defending the wounded soldiers against charging NVA troopers [[ZergRush attempting to overrun their position.]] In a variation, the wounded soldiers (and the IntrepidReporter) also partook in their own defense, having little other choice.
-->'''Sergeant Major Plumley:''' [[TheStoic GENTLEMEN]], [[ThisIsGonnaSuck PREPARE TO DEFEND YOURSELVES!]]
* ''Film/{{October}}'', a 1928 Soviet Union film about the UsefulNotes/RedOctober revolution, includes the abortive coup attempt by monarchist General Kornilov. The workers of Petrograd arm for battle, pledging that "Kornilov shall not pass!".
* In the climax of ''{{Film/Outbreak}}'', Colonel Daniels and Major Salt fly into the path of Sandman, a bomber that is flying to vaporize the infected town. [[spoiler: All three survive and the bomb is safely detonated over the water.]]
* At the Climax of ''Film/{{Hanna}}'', Eric distracts Isaacs and his men to gain time for Hanna to escape.
* In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Skurge the Executioner gets a homage to how his comic book counterpart went down by dual-wielding M-16 rifles against a horde of Hela's undead warriors trying to board a ship filled with Asgardian civilians. Unlike his comic book counterpart, he survives the horde of undead, slaughtering them completely, until [[spoiler: Hela herself intervenes and kills him]].
* Tommy does this in ''Film/{{Krampus}}''; standing in the middle of the road with a shotgun to hold off the thing under snow long enough for his family to make it to the snowplough.
* PlayedWith in ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993''. When Athos and D'Artagnan are attacked by mercenaries and bounty hunters, Athos tells D'Artagnan that he will hold them off as long as he can so D'Artagnan can escape and continue their mission. Athos later turns up alive, having somehow survived the deadly attack.
* In ''Film/RobinHood2018'', Little John stays behind at the mines to hold off the sheriff's guards long enough for Robin and Marian to escape and put the main plan into operation.
* ''Film/EasternCondors'': After the squad has managed to cross the heavily defended bridge into the compound, the mortally-wounded Ciggy takes over the enemy machine gun nest and uses to hold off the approaching soldiers for as long as he can.
* In ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', Longclaw's LastStand involves guarding the ring portal that she sent Sonic through, facing down the advancing echidna tribe so it has time to close.
* In both ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' and ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', the Amazons stand on the way to prevent Steppenwolf from getting the Mother Box that they were keeping for thousands of years. Their bravery is displayed even more in the latter film.
-->'''Steppenwolf:''' Amazons! I have come to bathe in your fear!
-->'''Queen Hippolyta:''' Daughters of Themyscira! Show him your fear!
-->'''Amazons:''' WE HAVE NO FEAR!
* In ''Film/DemonKnight'', [[spoiler:Irene and Deputy Bob]] make a heroic last last stand on the landing; detonating a suicide belt of grenades to prevent the demons from reaching the attic.

* In the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:
** Timon and Pumbaa deliberately put themselves in danger to distract Scar's hyena {{Mook}}s in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' just so Simba and Nala could pass by unseen. This example ends up subverting the usual trope, since Timon and Pumbaa actually manage to defeat the hyenas.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''
*** Attempted by General Shang against Shan-Yu. [[CurbStompBattle Didn't work out so well]].
*** Attempted earlier in the mountain pass scene. Shang's troops, heavily outnumbered with almost no cannons, face the entire Hun army. They fully expect to be slaughtered, as the rest of the army was, and without Mulan using their last cannon to trap the troops in an avalanche, they would have.
** Ray the firefly in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' put up a great fight against the evil shadows sent by Facilier, to give Tiana enough time to run away with the talisman. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to stop Facilier from stepping on him and killing him.]]

* During the climax of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}},'' while Shrek and his allies are storming the castle to stop Prince Charming from kissing Fiona to make her fall in love with him via a magic potion, Puss hops off Donkey and insists that he and Shrek go on without him while he fends off a pack of knights.
-->'''Puss:''' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Today, I repay my debt.]]
** Combined with that [[CutenessProximity incredibly cute]] [[PuppyDogEyes expression]] that allows him to take the guards by surprise as he pulls out his sword and keeps them at bay, complete with knocking one out with a swift kick to the head and dueling multiple guards at once, armed with nothing but a small rapier.
* TheBigGuy from ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin''.

* Spoofed in ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride''. The pastor stands at the doors of the church [[spoiler:just before the climactic wedding, shouting at the Dead that they are not to enter the church. They merely file past him, admonishing him for shouting in a church.]] The fact that the character getting a YouShallNotPass is played by Christopher Lee, who played Saruman the White in the Lord of the Rings films, makes the scene even more delicious for those who recognize Lee's ultra-distinctive voice.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' Brent holds off a horde of giant roast chickens while Sam and Flint go to shut down the FLDSMDFR.
-->"Now go, you crazy kids, and save the world!"
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic}}'' Ronin [[spoiler:allows himself to be swarmed by Boggans so that MK and Nod can escape. He manages to survive the ordeal]].
* In the opening scene of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'', the Jester (the [[EvilCounterpart heroic counterpart]] to [[Comicbook/TheJoker the Joker]]) insists on remaining behind to cover Luthor's escape.

* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'': Gandalf at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm in Moria, when facing the Balrog. He [[TropeNamer even screams "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!" at him]]. Just after he seemingly defeated the Balrog, he's pulled into the abyss with him, instructing the rest of the fellowship to "Fly, you fools!" before falling.
* The 2010 Live Action Adaptation of ''Film/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' ends with this trope when [[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice Kodai stays behind on the Yamato]] to fire the ship's WaveMotionGun, which is blocked and will explode if fired, in order to stop the last Meteor Bomb from falling to Earth and destroying it.]]

* This is how Robin Hood survives the original escape in the first five minutes of ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''.
* Played straight in ''Film/{{Predator}}'', when Billy chooses to stop and wait for the alien hunter on a log bridge, throwing away his gun to fight with a big knife. Next thing we know, we're seeing through the Predator's eyes and he's creeping over the base of a fallen tree to confront Billy. Two seconds later the other survivors hear a horrible drawn-out scream. Then the Predator catches up with them again.
* Played straight again in ''Film/Predator2''. While police officer Leona tries to get the passengers on a subway car to safety, her partner Jerry Lambert tries to hold off the title alien monster by shooting at it. He is killed by the Predator, but his HeroicSacrifice saves many of the passengers from being killed.

* The movie ''Film/ThreeHundred'' depicted a ([[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory very fanciful]]) version of the [[TruthInTelevision real life]] Battle of Thermopylae. In it, a handful of Greek soldiers successfully defend a narrow pass against a million-strong Persian army for three days before getting killed -- and would have held out longer had they not been betrayed.
-->'''Leonidas:''' This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! [[BadassBoast THIS IS WHERE]] ''[[BadassBoast THEY]]'' [[BadassBoast DIE]]!!!
* In ''Franchise/StarWars Episode IV: Film/ANewHope'') Obi-Wan Kenobi distracts [[BigBad Darth Vader]] and a squad of [[EliteMooks stormtroopers]] so the heroes can sneak back aboard the ''[[CoolStarship Millennium Falcon]]''. His "If you strike me down, [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence I shall become more powerful]] [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning than you can possibly imagine"]] comment implies he meant to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice]] himself all along.
** WordOfGod has it that while Vader was a cyborg, Obi-Wan was an old man and out of practice, and was getting winded. And note: he smiles before [[ObiWanMoment he puts up his lightsaber.]]
*** Not a sacrifice at all. Obi Wan smiles, turns off his lightsabre... and vanishes just before Vader's blade would have struck him, leaving his empty robe to fall to the floor. Vader is shown prodding the robe with his boot and clearly has no idea what Obi Wan just did.
** Happens at the end of ''Film/RogueOne'' when a squad of Rebel troops must defend a doorway [[spoiler: from Darth Vader himself]] so that the Death Star plans can escape. Naturally, they are torn apart in short order, but barely manage to slow him down enough.
** Luke pulls this during the climax of ''Film/TheLastJedi''. On Crait, he goes out and stops the incoming AT-M6 assault. Kylo Ren even attempts to fight him. [[spoiler: It is actually a projection of him but it still distracts the First Order long enough for the resistance to escape.]]

* In ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', River Tam [[LetsGetDangerous finally demonstrates]] just how immensely badass she is by [[OneManArmy holding back a seemingly innumerable horde of Reavers by herself]], as the rest of the crew is either dead, exhausted, out of ammo, or severely wounded by that time. They huddle behind a locked door, expecting that when they open it again she'll be dead. When it opens, however, she is standing in the middle of a horde of ''dead'' Reavers, [[CurbStompBattle without a scratch on her.]]
** And after that, when the Alliance troops rush into the room, she is [[TranquilFury calmly and emotionlessly]] preparing to do it ''again.'' Considering the level of ass-kicking just demonstrated, it's a safe bet that the Alliance troops would have been ''massacred.''
*** ''You've always taken care of me. My turn.''
* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' actually has ''three'' examples, one with the BlackKnight ("''None'' shall pass!"), one with the wizard ("Answer me these questions three."). Arguably, the latter is actually ''more'' subversive. The other, of course, is the Knights of Ni.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
** The ending of ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' is an example of this trope, with Jean Grey staying behind to hold off the inevitable just long enough for the rest of the team to escape. [[spoiler: Although everyone, including her, thinks that NoOneCouldSurviveThat, she manages to [[DisneyDeath survive]]]].
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', a [[spoiler:dying]] Magneto uses the remnants of the Blackbird to armor up the door leading to Kitty, Wolverine, and Professor X. Bonus points for [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Sir Ian McKellen]] invoking the trope.

* The remake of ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004''. Arguable, but when C.J. remains in the truck at the end and then blows himself and all of the remaining zombies up. No, I don't know why they were all killed, but they were.
* More than once Creator/ShawBrothers period pieces have their heroes pulling a last stand in this method.
** ''Film/TheHeroicOnes'': Shih Ching-tsu's final fate has him fending off at least a hundred enemies with his spear, killing as many as he can until his brother Li Chun-hsiao arrives with reinforcements, just in time to see Shih had DiedStandingUp.
** ''Film/TheDeadlyDuo'': Hsiao's last stand has him holding off loads and loads of rebel soldiers with his EpicFlail at a harbour, so that Bao and the rescued prince can escape via boat. He too DiedStandingUp, in the middle of a bridge filled with dead enemies.
* ''Film/TheMatrix''
** In ''Film/TheMatrix'', Morpheus does this in order to buy time for Neo and the others to escape. While the remaining crew members later contemplate pulling his connection in order to prevent the Agents from gaining access codes to Zion, the last human city, Neo decides instead to rescue him, which he [[GunShipRescue does in stunning awesomeness.]]
** ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''. Neo fights against the Merovingian's {{mooks}} so Trinity and Morpheus can escape with the Keymaker.
** In ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'', hordes of the machines are storming Zion, one last elderly soldier stands bravely and alone, and blasts as many of them as he can before being mauled.
* In ''Film/The13thWarrior'', Helfdane the Fat stays behind in the tunnel to hold off the rampaging horde of [[spoiler:cannibalistic cave-dwelling Neanderthals]] after uttering the [[LastStand tip-off phrase]] for a wounded soldier: "''Well, I think I've run about as far as I care to.''" He then looks to the hero and says, "Go on, lad. Today was a GOOD day. Meet me in Valhalla!"
* And speaking of Norsemen, the utterly forgettable Lee Majors movie ''The Norsemen'' sees this trope with a warrior named Olaf. Who later makes his way ''back'' from his sure-to-be-suicide stand. (The enemies that the Norse were fighting in this movie were [[AnachronismStew native Americans]] who BTW were, according to the Vinland Saga, an enemy too tough for Vikings.)
* ''Film/{{Australia}}'': [[spoiler: The Drover's best friend against Japanese soldiers.]]
* ''Film/StarshipTroopers''. During the showdown in the Bug hive near the end of the movie, trooper Watkins is injured and can't escape.
-->'''Watkins:''' Give me the nuke!\\
'''Rico:''' [[MoreHeroThanThou You trying to be a hero]], Watkins?\\
'''Watkins:''' I'm trying to kill some bugs, sir!\\
''(as the other MI escape, Watkins detonates the nuke, killing the Bugs)''
** Similar thing happened to Tom Sizemore's character in ''Film/RedPlanet''.
* ''Film/TheLastSamurai''. Katsumoto's wounded son Nobutada single-handedly holds off several Japanese soldiers at a small bridge behind his father's home in Tokyo, so that Katsumoto, Algren and the rest of the samurai can make their escape.
* ''Film/Gamera2AdventOfLegion''. The SDF is evacuating Sendai when Legion attacks. [[spoiler:Gamera arrives in time to hold the Legion off, but is mortally wounded while the SDF leaves.]]
* The robot, remote-controlled by Will Robinson, in the movie version of ''Film/LostInSpace''.
* In ''Film/District9'', this is the protagonist's turning out. Oh, and he's also in an [[NoKillLikeOverkill armed to the teeth]] suit of PoweredArmour. [[spoiler:He ''catches a rocket propelled grenade''.]]
* The phrase gets spoofed in ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall''. Peter went a whole week wearing the same pair of sweat pants. Come Saturday, he says "You Shall Not Pass".
* Inverted in ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''; Pvt. Zoller is a war hero ''to the Nazis'', for taking out a large number of American soldiers.
* In ''Film/PrinceOfDarkness'', Catherine Danforth pushes Susan Cabot, who's been possessed by The Devil, into the mirror, to prevent her from pulling the Anti-God into our world. Unfortunately, she's also pulled into the mirror, which the priest then destroys, to seal the portal.
%%* Used for an {{Pun}} in one spoof of TheWestern -- can't remember the name but it had a MagicalNativeAmerican telling the hero and his sidekick: "None shall pass." He allows them to pass when they return dressed as nuns.%%

* Papa Smurf in ''Film/TheSmurfs'' does this to save the other Smurfs from Gargamel, leading to NoOneGetsLeftBehind.

-->'''Leonidas:''' This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! '''''[[BadassBoast THIS IS WHERE]]'' [[BadassBoast THEY]] ''[[BadassBoast DIE]]!!!'''''

-->'''Leonidas:''' This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! '''''[[BadassBoast THIS IS WHERE]] ''[[BadassBoast THEY]]'' [[BadassBoast DIE]]!!!'''''

* Used for an {{Pun}} in one spoof of TheWestern -- can't remember the name but it had a MagicalNativeAmerican telling the hero and his sidekick: "None shall pass." He allows them to pass when they return dressed as nuns.

* Used for an IncrediblyLamePun in one spoof of TheWestern -- can't remember the name but it had a MagicalNativeAmerican telling the hero and his sidekick: "None shall pass." He allows them to pass when they return dressed as nuns.