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** [[Characters/MonsterVerseEmmaRussell Emma Russell]] in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' clearly tries to be TheUnfettered, but the facade cracks when her daughter or ex-husband angrily calls her out on responding to her son's death by [[spoiler:committing to an EcoTerrorist plan to dabble with {{Eldritch Abomination}}s she doesn't fully understand and attempt to effectively commit mass genocide upon humanity]].
** Although [[Characters/MonsterVerseIshiroSerizawa Dr. Serizawa]] for the most part is presented as TheStoic, there have been a couple instances where something pushes him too far for him to not show emotion: he has a ThousandYardStare response to the aftermath of Hokmuto's devastating escape in the 2014 film, and in ''King of the Monsters'', he is visibly distraught after [[spoiler:Vivienne Graham is murdered by Ghidorah]] and he's practically shell-shocked when [[spoiler:Godzilla is seemingly killed due to the military's stupidity]].
** [[Characters/MonsterVerseEmmaRussell Emma Russell]] in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' clearly tries to be TheUnfettered, but the facade cracks when her daughter or ex-husband angrily calls her out on responding to her son's death by [[spoiler:committing to an EcoTerrorist plan to dabble with {{Eldritch Abomination}}s she doesn't fully understand and attempt to effectively commit mass genocide upon humanity]].
** Although [[Characters/MonsterVerseIshiroSerizawa Dr. Serizawa]] for the most part is presented as TheStoic, there have been a couple instances where something pushes him too far for him to not show emotion: he has a ThousandYardStare response to the aftermath of Hokmuto's devastating escape in the 2014 film, and in ''King of the Monsters'', he is visibly distraught after [[spoiler:Vivienne Graham is murdered by Ghidorah]] and he's practically shell-shocked when [[spoiler:Godzilla is seemingly killed due to the military's stupidity]].
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** When [[Characters/MonsterVerseFamilies Ford Brody]] in ''Film/Godzilla2014'' is a very calm and tough man, but when he sees the dead body of his father in ''Film/Godzilla2014'', father, he tears up.
**[[Characters/MonsterVerseEmmaRussell [[Characters/MonsterVerseEcoTerrorists Emma Russell]] in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' clearly tries to be TheUnfettered, but the facade cracks when her daughter or ex-husband angrily calls her out on responding to her son's death by [[spoiler:committing to an EcoTerrorist plan to dabble with {{Eldritch Abomination}}s {{animalistic abomination}}s that she doesn't fully understand and attempt to effectively commit mass genocide upon humanity]].
** Although [[Characters/MonsterVerseIshiroSerizawa Dr. Serizawa]] for the most part is presented as TheStoic, there have been a couple instances where something pushes him too far for him to not showemotion: emotionIn the 2014 film, he has a ThousandYardStare response to the aftermath of Hokmuto's devastating escape in the 2014 film, and in escape. In ''King of the Monsters'', he is ' visibly distraught after [[spoiler:Vivienne when Vivienne Graham is murdered by Ghidorah]] Ghidorah, and he's practically shell-shocked when [[spoiler:Godzilla is seemingly killed due to the military's stupidity]].
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* ''Film/Blade1998'': While in the climax there's a SayMyName moment where the typical GutturalGrowler raspy title character emotes more, earlier the trope is hilariously PlayedForLaughs when two hospital guards fire at Blade and their bullets bounce off against his body armor prompting him to yell "MOTHERFUCKER, ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR DAMN MIND???" with a more high-pitched voice.
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* Egon in ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' is the calmest and least emotional of the four... until Peck shuts off the protection grid for the Busters' ghost containment [[IWarnedYou despite his warnings not to]], resulting in the firehouse exploding and Peck [[NeverMyFault holding them responsible for it]]. Then Egon screams "[[YourMom Your mother!]]" and attempts to throttle him.
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* Egon in ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' is the calmest and least emotional of the four... until Peck does something Egon specifically told him shuts off the protection grid for the Busters' ghost containment [[IWarnedYou despite his warnings not to do and blames the to]], resulting explosion on in the Ghostbusters. firehouse exploding and Peck [[NeverMyFault holding them responsible for it]]. Then Egon screams "Your mother!" "[[YourMom Your mother!]]" and attempts to throttle him.
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* ''Film/AnimalKingdom'' has Joshua, who carries a dull, blank expression through most of the movie, including when his mother dies at the beginning, and barely seems to react to anything. However, after his girlfriend is killed, he finally breaks down and cries alone in the toilet.
* ''Film/Blade1998'': While in the climax there's a SayMyName moment where the typical GutturalGrowler title character emotes more, earlier the trope is hilariously PlayedForLaughs when two hospital guards fire at Blade and their bullets bounce off against his body armor prompting him to yell "MOTHERFUCKER, ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR DAMN MIND???" with a more high-pitched voice.
* In ''Film/BridgeToTerabithia'' (the FilmOfTheBook), Mrs. Meyer is the typical SternTeacher, very uptight and severe. She breaks into sobs while she explains to Jess [[spoiler: and that she understands how he feels because of Leslie's death]] since she had a very harsh time after her husband's death.
* Zus Belieski in ''Film/{{Defiance}}'' is a cold-hearted bastard. When his younger brother was sobbing helplessly over the recent deaths of their parents, Zus shook him roughly and shouted at him to stop crying. The one heartwrenching moment when his armor cracks comes after he learns that the wife and son he'd left in a then-safe city had been killed by the Germans.
* Matt King in ''Film/TheDescendants'' is usually completely stoic, especially around his kids. It makes the few moments when he breaks and finally gets angry or cries extremely effective.
* ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance'' has two female examples:
** ActionGirl Connie Kowalski is pretty hard-boiled -- as are almost all of the NYPD cops -- but during the evacuation of the elementary school (when it's believed that a bomb has been planted there) she confesses that she might "pee [her] pants."
** Katya, Simon Gruber's DarkActionGirl, never smiles, never speaks, never even makes a sound throughout all her scenes...until the film's climax, when she and Simon are interrupted by John [=McClane=] and Zeus Carver at a ''very'' inopportune moment -- and she completely loses her cool, firing off a machine gun and [[SuddenlySpeaking screaming in rage]].
* ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' drops his usually unflappable demeanor when he's faced with rotary cannons and runs like hell. Though, being Dredd, he still manages to flee in a fairly composed (given the situation!) and manly way.
-->'''Dredd:''' Oh, ''shit''.
* ''Film/FirstMan'':
** At a funeral, Neil imagines seeing his dead daughter, and promptly leaves, banging his car into another in the process. Earlier on in the film, at his daughter's wake, he keeps his cool until he heads alone into his study, at which point he promptly bursts into tears.
** Janet, who is as stoic as her husband is, completely loses it when she realizes Neil intends to leave for the Apollo 11 mission without preparing their sons for the possibility of him not making it back.
* Richard Kimble in ''Film/TheFugitive'' is a StoicWoobie the entire film, but very clearly almost breaks when [[spoiler: Sam calls out to him that he knows he's innocent.]]
* Egon in ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' is the calmest and least emotional of the four... until Peck does something Egon specifically told him not to do and blames the resulting explosion on the Ghostbusters. Then Egon screams "Your mother!" and attempts to throttle him.
* In ''Film/TheGodfather'' movies, Michael Corleone is generally TheStoic, even when someone is threatening him, except when Kay gets him angry, such as when she asks him about his business, or when she tells him [[spoiler: she had an abortion, not a miscarriage]], in the second film.
* ''Film/GrizzlyMan'': While listening to an audio recording of Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend being ripped apart by a grizzly bear, the famously stoic and unflappable Creator/WernerHerzog shows obvious emotional distress at what he's hearing. After pulling the headphones from his ears, the haunted director earnestly advises the owner of the tape to destroy it without listening to it.
* Done in a particular heartwrenching way in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Part 2'' during Snape's flashback sequence. [[spoiler: First he's weeping when asking Dumbledore to protect Lily, then he's bawling as he cradles her dead body.]]
* Will Kane in ''Film/HighNoon'' is a calm, collected, responsible former marshal who needs deputies to help him fight Frank Miller, who's arriving into town on the noon train, but no one is willing to help him. Finally, when the marshal realizes he's utterly alone, he hides his face away, near tears, in the solitude of his office.
* In ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'',
** Nazi colonel Hans Landa has a cordial talk with a French farmer about the Jews he's hunting. The farmer is hiding the Jews beneath his floorboards but keeps up an impenetrable poker face throughout until Landa reveals that he already knows about them, at which point tears start streaming down the poor man's face.
** Another, slightly [[BerserkButton more]] [[AxeCrazy disturbing]] example is Landa himself. Throughout most of the movie, he is AffablyEvil, almost never wavering in his soft-spoken cordiality...until he [[spoiler: calls out Von Hammersmark on being a spy for the Allies, then strangles her to death]].
** Landa has another NSS moment at the end when Aldo Raine shoots the German soldiers they were escorting along with him. His reaction is most likely the initial shock of the unexpected gunshots giving way to growing realization that the Basterds have just broken the same contract that protects his own life.
* Forms part of the plot of ''Film/TheInvisible'': Nick resented his mother's stoicism, especially after his father died, thinking she had no actual feelings. While he's missing and presumed dead, he finds her still keeping the facade and rants furiously (and uselessly) at her. She can't see or hear him. Then she upsets a teacup and abruptly breaks down sobbing...
* SilentBob's outburst in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack''.
** And before that, when he weeps (silently but heartwrenchingly) over [[spoiler:Bethany's death]] in ''Film/{{Dogma}}''.
*** And even before that, when he laments the tale of his [[TheOneThatGotAway one true love whom he rejected]] in a fit of indignation brought on by fear and feelings of inadequacy, in ''Film/ChasingAmy''.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''
** Éomer is a mix between TheStoic and TheBerserker, depending on whether he's in battle or not. But in the extended edition of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]'', when he finds [[spoiler: Théoden dead and Éowyn nearly dead]], he runs over to them screaming wordlessly in horror and grief. It's so at odds with his normal persona that it's actually quite effective.
** Legolas reacts to most things with DullSurprise. Orcs? No problem at all. Oliphaunt? He's a bit awestruck by the sight of it but he brings it down anyway. [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing The Balrog]]? He's not just scared, he's absolutely flat ''terrified''.
** In ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'', Legolas takes on Bolg in hand-to-hand. Not only does he fail, but the Orc gives him a bloody nose, finally {{avert|edTrope}}ing BeautyIsNeverTarnished. [[MinorInjuryOverreaction Legolas' face has barely contained rage all over it]].
** Thorin in ''Film/TheHobbit'' has lost his cool a few times. During [[spoiler: the stone giants' battle]], he started frantically calling his nephew's name when he believed Fíli had died. And after [[spoiler: Bilbo saved him from Azog and his orc mook]], he [[AngerBornOfWorry furiously yelled at the latter]] for putting himself in danger before [[spoiler: pulling Bilbo into a hug.]]
** There are a few times that [[WhenSheSmiles Thorin smiles]].
* In ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven2016'', Billy Rocks. Billy's companion Robicheaux, a [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD-addled]] veteran of the Civil War, directly states he relies on Billy to keep him steady, and with Billy's stonefaced calm, it's easy to see how. But when Robicheaux himself [[spoiler:freaks out and abandons the group the night before the final battle]], it turns out the LivingEmotionalCrutch aspect of their relationship goes both ways, as Billy shuts himself away and hammers down a bottle of whiskey. It's the first and only time in the movie he appears out of control of himself, and even the other members of the group steer clear of him.
* Solo in ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015'' briefly loses his casual cool to a bit of nervousness and fear when [[spoiler: he was about to be tortured by Uncle Rudi]].
* When Agent Kay is forced to relive a devastating memory in ''Film/MenInBlackII'', there's a brief but powerful shot of him quietly crying.
* Franchise/MonsterVerse:
** When [[Characters/MonsterVerseFamilies Ford Brody]] sees the dead body of his father in ''Film/Godzilla2014'', he tears up.
** [[Characters/MonsterVerseEmmaRussell Emma Russell]] in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' clearly tries to be TheUnfettered, but the facade cracks when her daughter or ex-husband angrily calls her out on responding to her son's death by [[spoiler:committing to an EcoTerrorist plan to dabble with {{Eldritch Abomination}}s she doesn't fully understand and attempt to effectively commit mass genocide upon humanity]].
** Although [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch Dr. Serizawa]] for the most part is presented as TheStoic, there have been a couple instances where something pushes him too far for him to not show emotion: he has a ThousandYardStare response to the aftermath of Hokmuto's devastating escape in the 2014 film, and in ''King of the Monsters'', he is visibly distraught after [[spoiler:Vivienne Graham is murdered by Ghidorah]] and he's practically shell-shocked when [[spoiler:Godzilla is seemingly killed due to the military's stupidity]].
* In the Franchise/SherlockHolmes vs UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper movie, ''Film/MurderByDecree''. In it Holmes (played by Christopher Plummer), who remains characteristically Stoic after watching the first four corpses the Ripper leaves behind, starts to show signs of this when he sees what the Ripper did to Mary Kelly, whom he swore to protect moments before her death and finally breaks down in front of Watson over the realization that even though he has figured it all out, the cold bastards behind it will never be punished and all the people they have wronged will keep suffering.
* Harmonica in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' remains calm for the most part, and even when he is annoyed it comes off as mild. [[spoiler: But he's crying in the flashback of his brother's death.]]
* Marshall Pentecost raises his voice three times in ''Film/PacificRim'': first to shut up Hermann after Newt Drifts, then a short moment while chewing out Raleigh (before going back to his calm), and finally, raising his voice for the RousingSpeech.
* ''Film/{{Predator}}'' The MagicalNativeAmerican Billy is portrayed as TheStoic, but he out-of-character guffaws at a vagina joke in a LateToThePunchline moment. He then screams (offscreen) as [[spoiler: the alien is killing him]].
* Downplayed in ''[[Literature/{{Ripliad}} Ripley's Game]]''. When Jonathan asks Ripley if he's afraid while they're waiting for a bunch of mooks to come and try to kill them, he replies "No...I'm fucking terrified." Even then, his veneer of calm only cracks slightly.
* [[TheSmartGuy Maurice the orangutan]] from ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' is typically much less physically expressive than his fellow apes and usually has the same look on his face all the time, however he loses his composure twice. In the first movie, he gets an [[ItsPersonal enraged expression]] after witnessing a chimpanzee get shot and fall off a bridge, and again in the [[Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes third movie]] he [[ManlyTears cries]] when [[spoiler:[[TheHero Ceaser]] dies of his injuries]].
* In ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' In the first ten minutes, Captain Miller sends a dozen of his men to their deaths on the beach at Normandy without blinking an eye. [[TheChainsOfCommanding He's had 94 men under his command die since the war began.]] One of his lieutenants is blown in half while Miller tries to drag the wounded man to safety, a squad member dies after ignoring an order to leave refugees where they are, and he watches his medic die painfully, bleeding out crying for his mother and it only registers a scowl with Miller. After all that Miller angrily tells the squad's rookie to help the German who shot the medic bury the bodies after the inexperienced soldier begs for Miller to spare the German's life. Miller then stalks off to sit at the edge of a bomb crater to check his map and, while out of sight, bursts into uncontrollable sobbing as the horrors he and his men have endured come crashing down on him.
* The famous scene from ''Film/SchindlersList'' when Oskar Schindler breaks down in front of all of the Jews that he saved. As the TearJerker page will attest, many tropers found this moment to be more than they could bear.
* In ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', when [[NoNameGiven The Operative]] realises [[spoiler: ''who'' Mal has [[SummonBiggerFish brought with him]] to get past the blockade]], he drops the calm, soft-spoken demeanor that he has exhibited throughout the movie and screams in terror:
-->'''Operative:''' Target [[spoiler:the Reavers]]! Target [[spoiler:the ''Reavers'']]! Target ''everyone!'' ''SOMEBODY '''FIRE!'''''
* A disturbing example in ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' is Moriarty cheerfully enjoying [[spoiler:his chilling torture of Holmes.]]
* ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry''. When the killer turns out to be a protégée of Spock's, he smashes the phaser out of her hand in a brief burst of anger after she refuses to shoot him. The feelings of pain and betrayal are written all over Spock's face.
** There's also the fact that she refuses to do the logical action and kill him.
* ''Film/StarTrek2009'': Spock proves to be NotSoStoic after [[spoiler: Vulcan is destroyed]].
** ...And even then, he's still pretty composed. It's not until [[spoiler: Kirk says he didn't love his now-dead mother]] that he '''''FLIPS HIS SHIT'''''.
** An indirect example, but after the same events mentioned above [[spoiler: Old Spock]] as part of a mind meld, transfers his emotions to Kirk. Kirk, visibly shaken, says, "You do feel."
* In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', Spock makes it clear to Kirk and Uhura early on that he ''does'' feel; it is a conscious effort of his to not feel fear, doubt, etc. His emotional control is worn down over the course of the film, culminating with him not being able to contain himself when [[spoiler: he and Kirk are having (what he thinks is) their last conversation]] then ''[[UnstoppableRage completely]]'' losing it when [[spoiler: Kirk dies and Khan is still alive]].
* A major aspect of Darth Vader's personality in ''Franchise/StarWars''. His helmet and tendency to only speak when he needs to give the illusion of stoicism and rationality. In reality, his power in Dark Side of the Force [[ThePowerOfHate comes from the fact that he's in near-perpetual anger and depression]]. Thus when someone manages to really push his buttons, he proceeds to absolutely ''lose his shit''.
* 1st Sgt. Welsh in ''Film/TheThinRedLine'' is normally aloof, indifferent, and composed, yet he sheds some ManlyTears at [[spoiler:Witt's grave]].
* ''Film/UncutGems'': In a film [[ClusterFBomb filled with vulgar profanity]] and [[RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic characters talking over each other]], a stand-out scene involves a posh-accented English woman on the phone with Howard who starts out as clipped and professional until Howard starts getting rude, in which case she starts hurling insults and profanity with the best of them.
* Myra from ''Film/WaterlooBridge'' keeps a stoic facade in her dire situation as a prostitute. But she completely loses this facade when Roy proposes marriage and invites her to meet his family. She's so ashamed of her situation and fears Roy finding out this secret that she tries her best to get rid of him and has a mini-meltdown.
* In ''Film/{{Zathura}}'', when Lisa sees Walter and Danny stoking a fire in the kitchen, she delivers this gem:
--> '''Lisa:''' YOU GUYS ACTUALLY SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE?!!
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* ''Film/Blade1998'': While in the climax there's a SayMyName moment where the typical GutturalGrowler title character emotes more, earlier the trope is hilariously PlayedForLaughs when two hospital guards fire at Blade and their bullets bounce off against his body armor prompting him to yell "MOTHERFUCKER, ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR DAMN MIND???" with a more high-pitched voice.
* In ''Film/BridgeToTerabithia'' (the FilmOfTheBook), Mrs. Meyer is the typical SternTeacher, very uptight and severe. She breaks into sobs while she explains to Jess [[spoiler: and that she understands how he feels because of Leslie's death]] since she had a very harsh time after her husband's death.
* Zus Belieski in ''Film/{{Defiance}}'' is a cold-hearted bastard. When his younger brother was sobbing helplessly over the recent deaths of their parents, Zus shook him roughly and shouted at him to stop crying. The one heartwrenching moment when his armor cracks comes after he learns that the wife and son he'd left in a then-safe city had been killed by the Germans.
* Matt King in ''Film/TheDescendants'' is usually completely stoic, especially around his kids. It makes the few moments when he breaks and finally gets angry or cries extremely effective.
* ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance'' has two female examples:
** ActionGirl Connie Kowalski is pretty hard-boiled -- as are almost all of the NYPD cops -- but during the evacuation of the elementary school (when it's believed that a bomb has been planted there) she confesses that she might "pee [her] pants."
** Katya, Simon Gruber's DarkActionGirl, never smiles, never speaks, never even makes a sound throughout all her scenes...until the film's climax, when she and Simon are interrupted by John [=McClane=] and Zeus Carver at a ''very'' inopportune moment -- and she completely loses her cool, firing off a machine gun and [[SuddenlySpeaking screaming in rage]].
* ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' drops his usually unflappable demeanor when he's faced with rotary cannons and runs like hell. Though, being Dredd, he still manages to flee in a fairly composed (given the situation!) and manly way.
-->'''Dredd:''' Oh, ''shit''.
* ''Film/FirstMan'':
** At a funeral, Neil imagines seeing his dead daughter, and promptly leaves, banging his car into another in the process. Earlier on in the film, at his daughter's wake, he keeps his cool until he heads alone into his study, at which point he promptly bursts into tears.
** Janet, who is as stoic as her husband is, completely loses it when she realizes Neil intends to leave for the Apollo 11 mission without preparing their sons for the possibility of him not making it back.
* Richard Kimble in ''Film/TheFugitive'' is a StoicWoobie the entire film, but very clearly almost breaks when [[spoiler: Sam calls out to him that he knows he's innocent.]]
* Egon in ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' is the calmest and least emotional of the four... until Peck does something Egon specifically told him not to do and blames the resulting explosion on the Ghostbusters. Then Egon screams "Your mother!" and attempts to throttle him.
* In ''Film/TheGodfather'' movies, Michael Corleone is generally TheStoic, even when someone is threatening him, except when Kay gets him angry, such as when she asks him about his business, or when she tells him [[spoiler: she had an abortion, not a miscarriage]], in the second film.
* ''Film/GrizzlyMan'': While listening to an audio recording of Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend being ripped apart by a grizzly bear, the famously stoic and unflappable Creator/WernerHerzog shows obvious emotional distress at what he's hearing. After pulling the headphones from his ears, the haunted director earnestly advises the owner of the tape to destroy it without listening to it.
* Done in a particular heartwrenching way in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Part 2'' during Snape's flashback sequence. [[spoiler: First he's weeping when asking Dumbledore to protect Lily, then he's bawling as he cradles her dead body.]]
* Will Kane in ''Film/HighNoon'' is a calm, collected, responsible former marshal who needs deputies to help him fight Frank Miller, who's arriving into town on the noon train, but no one is willing to help him. Finally, when the marshal realizes he's utterly alone, he hides his face away, near tears, in the solitude of his office.
* In ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'',
** Nazi colonel Hans Landa has a cordial talk with a French farmer about the Jews he's hunting. The farmer is hiding the Jews beneath his floorboards but keeps up an impenetrable poker face throughout until Landa reveals that he already knows about them, at which point tears start streaming down the poor man's face.
** Another, slightly [[BerserkButton more]] [[AxeCrazy disturbing]] example is Landa himself. Throughout most of the movie, he is AffablyEvil, almost never wavering in his soft-spoken cordiality...until he [[spoiler: calls out Von Hammersmark on being a spy for the Allies, then strangles her to death]].
** Landa has another NSS moment at the end when Aldo Raine shoots the German soldiers they were escorting along with him. His reaction is most likely the initial shock of the unexpected gunshots giving way to growing realization that the Basterds have just broken the same contract that protects his own life.
* Forms part of the plot of ''Film/TheInvisible'': Nick resented his mother's stoicism, especially after his father died, thinking she had no actual feelings. While he's missing and presumed dead, he finds her still keeping the facade and rants furiously (and uselessly) at her. She can't see or hear him. Then she upsets a teacup and abruptly breaks down sobbing...
* SilentBob's outburst in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack''.
** And before that, when he weeps (silently but heartwrenchingly) over [[spoiler:Bethany's death]] in ''Film/{{Dogma}}''.
*** And even before that, when he laments the tale of his [[TheOneThatGotAway one true love whom he rejected]] in a fit of indignation brought on by fear and feelings of inadequacy, in ''Film/ChasingAmy''.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''
** Éomer is a mix between TheStoic and TheBerserker, depending on whether he's in battle or not. But in the extended edition of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]'', when he finds [[spoiler: Théoden dead and Éowyn nearly dead]], he runs over to them screaming wordlessly in horror and grief. It's so at odds with his normal persona that it's actually quite effective.
** Legolas reacts to most things with DullSurprise. Orcs? No problem at all. Oliphaunt? He's a bit awestruck by the sight of it but he brings it down anyway. [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing The Balrog]]? He's not just scared, he's absolutely flat ''terrified''.
** In ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'', Legolas takes on Bolg in hand-to-hand. Not only does he fail, but the Orc gives him a bloody nose, finally {{avert|edTrope}}ing BeautyIsNeverTarnished. [[MinorInjuryOverreaction Legolas' face has barely contained rage all over it]].
** Thorin in ''Film/TheHobbit'' has lost his cool a few times. During [[spoiler: the stone giants' battle]], he started frantically calling his nephew's name when he believed Fíli had died. And after [[spoiler: Bilbo saved him from Azog and his orc mook]], he [[AngerBornOfWorry furiously yelled at the latter]] for putting himself in danger before [[spoiler: pulling Bilbo into a hug.]]
** There are a few times that [[WhenSheSmiles Thorin smiles]].
* In ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven2016'', Billy Rocks. Billy's companion Robicheaux, a [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD-addled]] veteran of the Civil War, directly states he relies on Billy to keep him steady, and with Billy's stonefaced calm, it's easy to see how. But when Robicheaux himself [[spoiler:freaks out and abandons the group the night before the final battle]], it turns out the LivingEmotionalCrutch aspect of their relationship goes both ways, as Billy shuts himself away and hammers down a bottle of whiskey. It's the first and only time in the movie he appears out of control of himself, and even the other members of the group steer clear of him.
* Solo in ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015'' briefly loses his casual cool to a bit of nervousness and fear when [[spoiler: he was about to be tortured by Uncle Rudi]].
* When Agent Kay is forced to relive a devastating memory in ''Film/MenInBlackII'', there's a brief but powerful shot of him quietly crying.
* Franchise/MonsterVerse:
** When [[Characters/MonsterVerseFamilies Ford Brody]] sees the dead body of his father in ''Film/Godzilla2014'', he tears up.
** [[Characters/MonsterVerseEmmaRussell Emma Russell]] in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' clearly tries to be TheUnfettered, but the facade cracks when her daughter or ex-husband angrily calls her out on responding to her son's death by [[spoiler:committing to an EcoTerrorist plan to dabble with {{Eldritch Abomination}}s she doesn't fully understand and attempt to effectively commit mass genocide upon humanity]].
** Although [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch Dr. Serizawa]] for the most part is presented as TheStoic, there have been a couple instances where something pushes him too far for him to not show emotion: he has a ThousandYardStare response to the aftermath of Hokmuto's devastating escape in the 2014 film, and in ''King of the Monsters'', he is visibly distraught after [[spoiler:Vivienne Graham is murdered by Ghidorah]] and he's practically shell-shocked when [[spoiler:Godzilla is seemingly killed due to the military's stupidity]].
* In the Franchise/SherlockHolmes vs UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper movie, ''Film/MurderByDecree''. In it Holmes (played by Christopher Plummer), who remains characteristically Stoic after watching the first four corpses the Ripper leaves behind, starts to show signs of this when he sees what the Ripper did to Mary Kelly, whom he swore to protect moments before her death and finally breaks down in front of Watson over the realization that even though he has figured it all out, the cold bastards behind it will never be punished and all the people they have wronged will keep suffering.
* Harmonica in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' remains calm for the most part, and even when he is annoyed it comes off as mild. [[spoiler: But he's crying in the flashback of his brother's death.]]
* Marshall Pentecost raises his voice three times in ''Film/PacificRim'': first to shut up Hermann after Newt Drifts, then a short moment while chewing out Raleigh (before going back to his calm), and finally, raising his voice for the RousingSpeech.
* ''Film/{{Predator}}'' The MagicalNativeAmerican Billy is portrayed as TheStoic, but he out-of-character guffaws at a vagina joke in a LateToThePunchline moment. He then screams (offscreen) as [[spoiler: the alien is killing him]].
* Downplayed in ''[[Literature/{{Ripliad}} Ripley's Game]]''. When Jonathan asks Ripley if he's afraid while they're waiting for a bunch of mooks to come and try to kill them, he replies "No...I'm fucking terrified." Even then, his veneer of calm only cracks slightly.
* [[TheSmartGuy Maurice the orangutan]] from ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' is typically much less physically expressive than his fellow apes and usually has the same look on his face all the time, however he loses his composure twice. In the first movie, he gets an [[ItsPersonal enraged expression]] after witnessing a chimpanzee get shot and fall off a bridge, and again in the [[Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes third movie]] he [[ManlyTears cries]] when [[spoiler:[[TheHero Ceaser]] dies of his injuries]].
* In ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' In the first ten minutes, Captain Miller sends a dozen of his men to their deaths on the beach at Normandy without blinking an eye. [[TheChainsOfCommanding He's had 94 men under his command die since the war began.]] One of his lieutenants is blown in half while Miller tries to drag the wounded man to safety, a squad member dies after ignoring an order to leave refugees where they are, and he watches his medic die painfully, bleeding out crying for his mother and it only registers a scowl with Miller. After all that Miller angrily tells the squad's rookie to help the German who shot the medic bury the bodies after the inexperienced soldier begs for Miller to spare the German's life. Miller then stalks off to sit at the edge of a bomb crater to check his map and, while out of sight, bursts into uncontrollable sobbing as the horrors he and his men have endured come crashing down on him.
* The famous scene from ''Film/SchindlersList'' when Oskar Schindler breaks down in front of all of the Jews that he saved. As the TearJerker page will attest, many tropers found this moment to be more than they could bear.
* In ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', when [[NoNameGiven The Operative]] realises [[spoiler: ''who'' Mal has [[SummonBiggerFish brought with him]] to get past the blockade]], he drops the calm, soft-spoken demeanor that he has exhibited throughout the movie and screams in terror:
-->'''Operative:''' Target [[spoiler:the Reavers]]! Target [[spoiler:the ''Reavers'']]! Target ''everyone!'' ''SOMEBODY '''FIRE!'''''
* A disturbing example in ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' is Moriarty cheerfully enjoying [[spoiler:his chilling torture of Holmes.]]
* ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry''. When the killer turns out to be a protégée of Spock's, he smashes the phaser out of her hand in a brief burst of anger after she refuses to shoot him. The feelings of pain and betrayal are written all over Spock's face.
** There's also the fact that she refuses to do the logical action and kill him.
* ''Film/StarTrek2009'': Spock proves to be NotSoStoic after [[spoiler: Vulcan is destroyed]].
** ...And even then, he's still pretty composed. It's not until [[spoiler: Kirk says he didn't love his now-dead mother]] that he '''''FLIPS HIS SHIT'''''.
** An indirect example, but after the same events mentioned above [[spoiler: Old Spock]] as part of a mind meld, transfers his emotions to Kirk. Kirk, visibly shaken, says, "You do feel."
* In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', Spock makes it clear to Kirk and Uhura early on that he ''does'' feel; it is a conscious effort of his to not feel fear, doubt, etc. His emotional control is worn down over the course of the film, culminating with him not being able to contain himself when [[spoiler: he and Kirk are having (what he thinks is) their last conversation]] then ''[[UnstoppableRage completely]]'' losing it when [[spoiler: Kirk dies and Khan is still alive]].
* A major aspect of Darth Vader's personality in ''Franchise/StarWars''. His helmet and tendency to only speak when he needs to give the illusion of stoicism and rationality. In reality, his power in Dark Side of the Force [[ThePowerOfHate comes from the fact that he's in near-perpetual anger and depression]]. Thus when someone manages to really push his buttons, he proceeds to absolutely ''lose his shit''.
* 1st Sgt. Welsh in ''Film/TheThinRedLine'' is normally aloof, indifferent, and composed, yet he sheds some ManlyTears at [[spoiler:Witt's grave]].
* ''Film/UncutGems'': In a film [[ClusterFBomb filled with vulgar profanity]] and [[RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic characters talking over each other]], a stand-out scene involves a posh-accented English woman on the phone with Howard who starts out as clipped and professional until Howard starts getting rude, in which case she starts hurling insults and profanity with the best of them.
* Myra from ''Film/WaterlooBridge'' keeps a stoic facade in her dire situation as a prostitute. But she completely loses this facade when Roy proposes marriage and invites her to meet his family. She's so ashamed of her situation and fears Roy finding out this secret that she tries her best to get rid of him and has a mini-meltdown.
* In ''Film/{{Zathura}}'', when Lisa sees Walter and Danny stoking a fire in the kitchen, she delivers this gem:
--> '''Lisa:''' YOU GUYS ACTUALLY SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE?!!
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