Some actors get the opportunity to fire off great one-liners right before they die, while others get to simply close out the film with iconic quotations. However, what connects all these lines from film history, despite coming from a wide variety of genres, is how emotionally devastating they are, sometimes for reasons that an audience might not even pick up on during their first watch. From obvious closing words to lines that are riddled in subtext, these 12 lines from cinematic history marked heavy, meaningful moments for characters to make their screen exits.
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The Saddest Last Words In Movie History
There are countless memorable quotes from movies that will break a person's heart if they're reminded of them. Whether in a prestige drama that swept the Academy Awards or a tentpole franchise film that broke the box office, these lines often take place during some of the most emotionally resonant parts of their movies. And in a few cases such as these, they are the last words uttered by a character before they're never seen again.