History DyingMomentOfAwesome / Film

-->'''Tony''': And I... [[BookEnds am Iron Man]]. (''snaps'')

** Slightly related, ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' gets his own subversion: during his training, a grenade is thrown into the middle the group. Everyone else runs away, but Steve dives onto it, thinking its real (and looking like he fully expected to be blown to smithereens)... only to find out it was not a real grenade.
** In ''Film/IronMan1'' Yinsen had one of these when, in his last moments, he compelled Tony to not waste his life.

--> '''Clark''': This is my world. [[Comicbook/LoisLane You]] are [[SugarWiki/MomentOfHeartwarming my world]].

** Speaking of ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle'' [[spoiler:Merlin gets one in when, after saving Eggsy from a landmine he triggers, he ends up triggering the landmine himself. He lures the henchmen toward him (with a badass rendition of "Country Road, Take Me Home") and [[TakingYouWithMe blows them all up with him]] to buy Harry and Eggsy more time.]]

--> '''Clark''': This is my world. [[Comicbook/LoisLane You]] are [[Film/CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming my world]].

* George Kirk's death at the beginning of ''Film/StarTrek''.

*** Bodhi Rook stays on the ship to ensure the signal transmission stays open, and successfully transmits the plans moments before a grenade falls into the ship and blows it to pieces.

** Also James Norrington in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd next movie]]: When asked by Davy Jones if he's afraid of death--prelude to offering Norrington life in exchange for service to Jones--Norrington stabs the monster straight through where the heart should be, and dies.
--> '''Davy Jones''': I take that as a "no."

-->'''Krail:''' ''[[KilledMidSentence They came from BEHIND--]]''

--> "A good death is its own reward."

** For added context, Roy is an ArtificialHuman who has spent the whole film trying in vain to extend his four year lifespan (and killed many people on the way). In the end, he has the man sent to kill him dangling over the side of a cliff, and unlike most villains he doesn't spitefully stamp on the hero's fingers. Oh, no. He instead ''lifts the hero up to safety [[SuperStrength with one arm]]'' and then delivers a final speech about the things he's seen in his life and laments how his memories will all die with him, not realising that his memories ''will'' live on beyond his death because he saved the hero in the end. One of the classiest villain deaths ever put to film and very nearly redeems his entire character with that one scene.

-->'''Roy:''' I've… seen ''things'' you people wouldn't believe… Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those… moments… will be lost in time, like [small cough] tears… in… rain. Time… to die…

*** Director Krennic may have gotten a bum deal by comparison, but to be fair, not many can boast after death of being killed by a '''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill direct shot]] from the fucking Death Star.

* In ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', Harry's death has him, though not by his own control, slaughter through a bunch of a Westboro-like church goers with minimal injuries. He then walks outside, has a friendly chat with Valentine, and faces his death like a true gentleman.

** ''[[Film/RogueOne]]'': Hoo boy, [[AnyoneCanDie let's]] [[KillEmAll see...]]

* ''Film/DrStrangelove'': The famous "RidingTheBomb" sequence. To elaborate, the plane under the command of Major Kong has been crippled by a missile. Running out of fuel, the crew aims for one attack on a single sight. However, the bomb bay doors won't open so Major Kong jumps onto on of the bombs, and manages to fix the wiring and get the doors open. But when the bomb falls, ''he's still on top of it'' because he didn't have enough time to get clear. Kong, making the most of his last moments, rides it all the way down to the ground like a buckin' brono, whoopin' an holleran' the entire time. [[spoiler: Sadly, he just ended the world.]]

* This trope is common in 30s gangster films (and some FilmNoir of the 40s in the same vein), which probably was a TropeCodifier for cinema. Whether its Creator/JamesCagney dying in a PietaPlagiarism in ''Film/TheRoaringTwenties'' or his over-the-top death by self-destroyed propane tank ("Made it, Ma! Top of the world!") in ''Film/WhiteHeat'' or Creator/HumphreyBogart as a John Dillinger {{Expy}} in ''Film/HighSierra'', shot off the top of [[RuleOfSymbolism the tallest mountain in America]]. Indeed, these awesome monumental deaths were part of the reason UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode was so vigilant in its desire for gangsters not being glorified.

* [[SeanConnery Daniel Dravot]] in ''Film/TheManWhoWouldBeKing''. After his loyal subjects discover that he's not a god or a devil, but only a man, he and his best friend Peachy are overwhelmed by an angry mob. Faced with certain death, he asks for Peachy's forgiveness, then sets his crown upon his head and walks proudly to his doom, singing ''The Son of God goes forth to war'' and yelling mocking encouragement to his executioners.

* In ''Film/Looper,'' the protagonist injured his leg in a car crash and thus can't move fast enough to stop his future self from killing an innocent child. So he shoots his present self, and the future self poofs out of existence.

* In BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice, the Death of Comicbook/{{Superman}}. A bold HeroicSacrifice to stop Doomsday, [[FaceDeathWithDignity he shares a tender moment with Lois]] before grabbing a spear made of Kryptonite and charging at Doomsday, stabbing the monster with it even as he's [[KryptoniteFactor hurt and weakened by the Kryptonite]] as much as Doomsday is. Doomsday [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impales]] Clark throught the chest with one of his bone SpikesOfVillainy. Clark's response? To grab another spike and pull himself forward, driving the spear deeper into Doomsday, stopping the monster and saving the world at the [[HeroicSacrifice cost of his own life]].

* In Film/SuicideSquad, El Diablo's death. Finally embracing the [[PlayingWithFire powers]] he's been afraid of and unwilling to tap into all film, El Diablo transforms into a badass [[OneWingedAngel flaming skeleton]] and fights [[PhysicalGod Incubus]], holding him in place so the Squad can use a bomb to [[KillTheGod destroy Incubus]] once and for all.

** Also, Boromir, protecting Merry and Pippin until he is overwhelmed by orcs. It happens "off-screen" in the books, but shown in all its poignant awesomeness in the movie. In retrospect, being portrayed by Creator/SeanBean increases both your chances of death and of it being an '''awesome''' death --[[ChronicallyKilledActor he's had a LOT of practice doing both]].

* In ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', Harry's death has him, though not by his own control, slaughter through a bunch of a Westboro-like church goers with minimal injuries. He then walks outside, has a friendly chat with Valentine, and faces his death like a true gentleman. [[spoiler: But teasers for ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle'' hint it might not have stuck.]]

** Becket's death could be viewed as this. He calmly turns and walks down the stairs (as they are ''exploding behind him''), casually trailing his hand along the railing, before coming to a stop, looking at the camera and accepting death. Most seem to see this as Becket [[VillainousBreakdown being in denial over what has happened and is happening.]]

* In Film/SuicideSquad, El Diablo's death. Finally embracing the [[PlayingWithFire powers]] he's been afraid of and unwilling to tap into all film, El Diablo transforms into a BadAss [[OneWingedAngel flaming skeleton]] and fights [[PhysicalGod Incubus]], holding him in place so the Squad can use a bomb to [[KillTheGod destroy Incubus]] once and for all.

** Khan's own death was nothing to sneeze at either. Even after being horribly injured, with his ship inoperable and his entire crew dead, he still managed to activate the Genesis device in a last-ditch effort to [[TakingYouWithMe destroy the]] ''[[TakingYouWithMe Enterprise]]''. Granted, it didn't work, for reasons explained above, but his utter, maniacal defiance in the face of total defeat was undeniably BadAss.