When going to the movies, we typically prefer endings in which everybody lives “happily ever after.” But on occasion, we don’t mind watching a bunch of characters get whacked. And we aren’t talking about the Marvel Extended Universe where everybody dies but we know they’ll be back in subsequent movies. There are certain movies where practically everybody — both the heroes and villains — meets their end and we can say in great confidence that they’re never coming back. Think “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” where almost all of the characters had to die since there would have been no other way to explain why they weren’t included in the previous Star Wars movies that took place after the events of this film.
300
Everybody is familiar with Zack Snyder from all the DC Extended Universe films he directs, but it was the 2007 box office smash 300 that initially put him on the map. Based on the Frank Miller comic series, the movie is about 300 heroic Spartan soldiers who hold out against an invading force of 300,000 Persians. This David-and-Goliath story is super violent and full of good old fashion gory action.
Who Dies: Well, 299 of them. But at least they took tens of thousands of Persian soldiers with them.
Who Makes It Out Alive: Dilios ends up getting injured, but fortunately he has the strength to return to Sparta and ends up living to tell the brave story of the overwhelmingly outnumbered Spartan soldiers who made their last stand.
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6 Movies Where Pretty Much Everyone Dies 