I do not include 'horror' type movies because I won't watch those, and they are by design, looking to create these types of scenes. I'm more interested in 'regular' movies....

Three always come immediately to mind for me....

Two come from Saving Private Ryan:
- the beach scene with the wounded soldier calling for his mom

- the ending 'slow stabbing scene'. I have watched this only once, and skip over it when I watch the movie again.

- Mel Gibson being ripped apart in Braveheart

The scene in "Lone Survivor" where the team is being decimated...

Old Yeller.

That slow stabbing scene in SPR has to be at the top of any list.

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Originally posted by ChicagoSigMan:
That slow stabbing scene in SPR has to be at the top of any list.

Yeah - I don't watch that.

Makes a great case for working the upper body at least 2x per week.

And knowing how to use your legs to escape an assailant / not get mounted like that...

The Ranger bleeding out from the femoral artery injury in the Blackhawk Down battle is unwatchable for me also.

Which is weird - I work in hospitals / see blood / guts all the time ...

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Originally posted by rkentm:
The scene in "Lone Survivor" where the team is being decimated...

I forgot about that. It reminds me of the Scene in The Rock when the SEALs are whiped out; usually I skip over that part.

The beginning of Up?

Unforgiven, the first cowboy they kill.

The No Man's Land scene in The Water Diviner. One of the actor's realistic cries of pain alone make the scene nearly unbearable to listen to, not to mention the awfulness of the end result of the scenario. (I'm deliberately trying to be vague, to avoid spoilers for those who haven't seen it yet.)

It's one of the only films scenes I've seen where someone is realistically crying/wailing/moaning like they're in unbearable pain, not just like an actor who's pretending they're in pain with a generic "Aaaahhh!". Those that have been around someone who's seriously injured know what I'm talking about.

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The Ranger bleeding out from the femoral artery injury in the Blackhawk Down battle is unwatchable for me also.

I like how some of the descriptions in this thread remind me of other scenes. Recently I rewatched The Grey with Liam Neeson. The scene with the young working bleeding out and Neeson explaining that he was dying, so tough to watch.

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Originally posted by Tommydogg:
Old Yeller.

That's what came first to my mind.

Robert Duvall as LAPD officer in "Colors".

Trapped sailors on USS Arizona in "Pearl Harbor"

Most deserving..center mass shot of mountain man/rapist in "Deliverance"

My heart is always heavy watching a soldier of any rank,or service die.

I held my twin brother in my arms when he died,bleeding out from a accident on our family farm.

So for me,to see any person in the military,or any policeman, fireman,who is unselfishly protecting us,die in his service for his fellow man,is a tragedy.

And every man or woman who does die in service to his fellow man is a true hero.

I Am Legend, when he has to kill his GSD

Three readily come to mind.

The death of Michael Murphy in Lone Survivor.
The deaths of Gary Gordon and Randy Shugart in Black Hawk Down.
The death of John Creasy in Man on Fire.

Why they may not top the realism scale for being gory, I find all of them hard to watch. I choke up a little each time I see them.

Murphy, according to the book, was likely mortally wounded. He still, while under fire, sacrificed himself to save his men. We have those that walk among us that cause us to question our species. Men like LT Murphy show us that good men walk in our presence.

Shugart and Gordon for the same reasons. Both likely knew it was a one way trip. They still elected to go out on their feet instead of watching a guy die that they might could have saved. That friends is the definition of hero. Not some acid head that can throw a football really well.

Creasy is maybe the hardest for me. You had a guy that was fighting demons, without a direction. In learning to love the little girl he righted his ship, and ultimately chose to trade his life for hers. Knowing full well that even if he lived, he would likely face torture. The slow death scene as he is riding in the car never fails to get me.

As above, plus, realistic or not as opinions may be, always choose not to watch John Wayne in "The Cowboys".

Realistic, the whipping and death of Jesus in the Passion of Christ. Also pretty much all of Schindler's List hut specifically the clearing of the ghetto.

Though while not realistic, the saddest one that always triggers my allergies is Spock in Wrath of Khan. "I have been and always shall be, your friend" Gets me every time right in the feels.

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Originally posted by Orguss:
The beginning of Up?

This is exactly what I thought of.

When Magua kills Uncas in "Last of the Mohicans". Magua almost seems upset to have to do it.

William Petersen getting it in "To Live and Die in L.A."

I'd second the death of Duvall at the end of "Colors".

And, of course, Jack at the end of "Titanic"!

Jesus in POC was almost unbearable, saw it in theaters with most of my SS class, and there were few dry eyes.

The "slow stab" in SL was a scene that got me badly, didn't know it affected anyone else like that. I always hate the guy sitting on the stairs in the following scene.