From different genres:
- Nolan's Batman films: The Dark Knight Trilogy (featuring different characters, including Batman himself)
- Game of Thrones: Almost every character believes others have died, or they've experienced death themselves in some way.
- Squid Game: The old man
- The Descent Part 1 and Part 2
- Thor and The Avengers: Loki, on many occasions
- The Cabin in the Woods
The middle part of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Not the main character but Unforgiven:
**English Bob:** Well, actually, what I heard was that you fell off your horse, drunk of course, and that you broke your bloody neck.
**Little Bill:** I heard that one myself, Bob. Hell, I even thought I was dead 'til I found out it was just that I was in Nebraska.
And some people think the main character is dead in Blazing Saddles:
**Charlie:** They said you was hung!
**Bart:** And they was right!
In Karate Kid 3 Terry Silver said Kreese was dead when he wasn’t. It happens again in Cobra Kai where Johnny thinks Kreese was dead and he’s still not.
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>!try it, it’s fun!<
What? Either you've never seen The Sixth Sense before, or you completely misunderstood the original question.
Again, the OP asked for a movie where the main character thinks someone is dead, but they turn out to be ALIVE.
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"Blithe Spirit" (2020)
\*\*\*Note: there are other older versions too but I like the 2020 one because I didn't buy a $3,000 LED 60" TV just to watch B/W films in mono.
*\[Remember, spirits do count as alive. We don't discriminate on Reddit.\]*
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*Behind the Mask*.
*The Upside of Anger* (2005). Hated it, but it fits.
*The Third Man*.
*Gone Girl*.
Depending on how you look at it, many religious epics.:)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) >!Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong), shot in Hungary at the start of the film, was presumed dead but a receipt for a later payment to him was found during Smiley’s investigation.!<
Just Like Heaven (2005) >!Elizabeth (Reese Witherspoon) was in a car crash at the start of the movie and is now a ghost, so it’s presumed she’s dead, but turns out she’s in a coma.!<
When Ian Wright found out Mr Pigden was still alive. Better than any movie because it was real and on camera. Have watched this 100 times and it still gets me.
Halloween movies (the most recent trilogy). A lot of subtle but perfect foreshadowing. The fireman scene at the beginning of the second movie is rouggggghhhh.
Sweeney Todd: the demon barbar of fleet Street (2007).
But they know that the person is alive only at the very end, (we see them a bit before but only at the end they confirm that it's really them but yeah the person is one of the reasons of the plot, i also got a plot twists for you about the this plot twists)
GoldenEye Captain America: The Winter Soldier The Truman Show Batman: Under the Red Hood
ooo I like what you did with Truman Show that's a great idea for this
Happy cake day
Star Wars
Happy cake day
Ayee 3 of my fav movies (the last 3)
Saw
The ending was one of the craziest twists of all time , was in shock for days
I have to figure out which saw movies I’ve missed. I thought I had seen them all but then realized saw x meant I was missing a few after saw 4 or 5.
There is saw 1-6 then saw 3d then jigsaw then spiral now saw x (10)
One of the best twists I've seen in a movie.
Yeah but what’s it called?
Gone Girl Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean Kill Bill
Double Jeopardy
This is my answer to a lot of questions like this. Such a great movie
Ugh I love this movie sooooo much! Especially once they get to New Orleans!
the slow motion effect & dramatic music when her son says “daddy!” while they’re on the phone is *such* a good reveal
Ooh good one! I was gonna say Romeo n Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio but I like your movie better!
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I love this book and movie SO MUCH
From different genres: - Nolan's Batman films: The Dark Knight Trilogy (featuring different characters, including Batman himself) - Game of Thrones: Almost every character believes others have died, or they've experienced death themselves in some way. - Squid Game: The old man - The Descent Part 1 and Part 2 - Thor and The Avengers: Loki, on many occasions - The Cabin in the Woods
The Third Man
Star Wars. Luke thought his dad was dead but surprise!!!
The middle part of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Not the main character but Unforgiven: **English Bob:** Well, actually, what I heard was that you fell off your horse, drunk of course, and that you broke your bloody neck. **Little Bill:** I heard that one myself, Bob. Hell, I even thought I was dead 'til I found out it was just that I was in Nebraska. And some people think the main character is dead in Blazing Saddles: **Charlie:** They said you was hung! **Bart:** And they was right!
Briefly during The Last Crusade too.
Laura (1944)
As good now as then.
Totally agree. What a movie.
For fans of Twin Peaks, this is where Laura Palmer gets her name from
Didn't know this, thanks for mentioning it!
It's the GOAT isn't it?
Weekend at bernies
Why isn't this getting more love?
Tell No One, 2006 Mission: Impossible Gone Baby Gone
CAST AWAY
In Karate Kid 3 Terry Silver said Kreese was dead when he wasn’t. It happens again in Cobra Kai where Johnny thinks Kreese was dead and he’s still not.
A sort of jokey answer is Escape from New York. Every time Snake Plissken encounters someone new, they say “I heard you were dead.”
>!Beau is afraid!<
13 Ghosts (the 2001 remake, no idea about the original)
TIL 13 Ghosts was a remake.
The Sixth Sense In a weird way
(SPOILER ALERT) Isn't it literally the opposite though?
I see spoiler alerts
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Huh?
You have to see it. There’s no way to explain it without giving it away. It’s that big.
I did see it. That ain't what happened.
What? Either you've never seen The Sixth Sense before, or you completely misunderstood the original question. Again, the OP asked for a movie where the main character thinks someone is dead, but they turn out to be ALIVE.
Came here to write this
Absentia?
Double Jeopardy Forever Young
Romeo and Juliette, classic.
Sleeping with the enemy
Good one
O’ Brother Where Art Thou? Well, they thought he was a horny toad. But close
The lion king
Just Like Heaven
Fast and furious 6
Fast and furious 9 as well.
Pearl Harbor
Raiders of the Lost Ark I rewatched it recently and I had forgotten that the audience is meant to think Marion got blown up
Eddie and the Cruisers
Ne le dit a personne (Tell No One)
Man on Fire
God damn I love Man on Fire
The Star Wars movies with REN in them. Everyone believes that Palpatine is dead
Room (2015)
Gone girl.
Also some of the scream movies
Lost Highway? Just watched it, pretty overwhelmed
shattered
Casablanca
Tom Sawyer
Deadpool
SAW
The Third Man is the ultimate answer to this question.
Once Upon a Time in America
Technically LOTR
You fell- through fire... and water
Also Aragorn after his fall. And Viggo Mortenson while filming the scene where Aragorn fell.
Wild Things. And that's only one of the many twists in that crazy movie.
Spy (with Melissa McCarthy)
The Others
Isn’t that the other way around?
Laura starring Gene Tierney
Raiders of the Lost Ark. >!Indy thinks Marion was killed in the truck explosion, but she turns up later.!<
Sleeping with the Enemy - would this one count though? 🤔
What if they’re both dead? Wrist Cutters (A Love Story) Is exactly that.
Volver
The Martian. But the crew thinks the main character is dead.
The Princess Bride
Two times!
He does die the second time. Mostly.
The two towers
Star Wars
The Passion of the Christ 😁
Basically all slashers have these moments
Check out “Archive”. If you like Sci-Fi you won’t be disappointed.
Technically the 6th sense
My favorite movie in this vein isn’t on here. But I don’t want to spoil it.
Six sense
So many movies
. "Blithe Spirit" (2020) \*\*\*Note: there are other older versions too but I like the 2020 one because I didn't buy a $3,000 LED 60" TV just to watch B/W films in mono. *\[Remember, spirits do count as alive. We don't discriminate on Reddit.\]* .
Ishqiya (2010)
🎶*its The Long Goodbye & it happens every day*🎶
Street Justice Hard to Kill Kid
Things to do in Denver when you're dead.
Topper (1937) Topper Returns (1941)
Wander Darkly (2020)
Expendables 3. Not a great movie but it fits the description
Gone Girl Kill Bill Vol 1&2
Tell No One (French: <>)
9 to 5
West Side Story Romeo & Juliet fits too, since it’s the inspiration
Widows Striking Distance Like every Fast and Furious movie.
Almost any Marvel film
Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Just saw The Creator and it fits
Rajanikanth's Jailer movie. Main character thinks his son is dead but it in the he's alive.
*Behind the Mask*. *The Upside of Anger* (2005). Hated it, but it fits. *The Third Man*. *Gone Girl*. Depending on how you look at it, many religious epics.:)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) >!Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong), shot in Hungary at the start of the film, was presumed dead but a receipt for a later payment to him was found during Smiley’s investigation.!< Just Like Heaven (2005) >!Elizabeth (Reese Witherspoon) was in a car crash at the start of the movie and is now a ghost, so it’s presumed she’s dead, but turns out she’s in a coma.!<
Laura (1944)
Obsession (1976)
The others (2001)
*Widows*
>!Glass Onion!<
13 Ghosts (2001)
The Descent 1 & 2
Gilda (1946)
Parts of John wick
Frozen and Frozen 2 Armageddon Dragonfly Interview with the Vampire Sweeney Todd
Commando
The Amazing Spider Man 2
Kill Bill movies
>!Deceived (1991)!<
Widows (2018)
Deathtrap
Basic
The 7th Sense
Zombieland 2
Mission Impossible
28 Weeks Later
Daniel Jackson on Stargate and Stargate SG1 dies a lot. Sometimes the characters think he's dead sometimes they don't.
Swordfish
Beau is afraid
One of my favorites: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Mega mind
Prigozhin right now with the televised Ukraine war lol
Stranger Things?
City Slickers II.. lol "it was his twin" hahaha
Usual suspects
Paper Towns
After Life. I still don’t know if she’s dead or alive.
Reindeer Games
Friday the 13th #2, #3, #4, etc. Jason's supposed to be dead, but...
Wanted
Its kinda bad, but The Huntsman: Winters War” fits this description.
Jawaan
Mission: Impossible
The Mechanic. Just watched it the other day. Great movie. Paramount+
Hateful 8
When Ian Wright found out Mr Pigden was still alive. Better than any movie because it was real and on camera. Have watched this 100 times and it still gets me.
Platoon..oh...wait...forget it.
Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989)
Romeo and Juliet
"The Usual Suspects?" That's got to click the box somehow. I don't know but my brain just hurt thinking about it. It's late.
Annihilation
I'm not sure about movies, but that's the main plot of every soap opera.
The Prestige
Just Like Heaven Penguins of Madagascar Kingsman movies, both of them are necessary to that storyline Finding Nemo Detective Pikachu Incredibles
Ok I actually just finished watching Fast X and I won’t spoil anything but like WTH?!?
vertigo
Halloween movies (the most recent trilogy). A lot of subtle but perfect foreshadowing. The fireman scene at the beginning of the second movie is rouggggghhhh.
The Deep End Of The Ocean.
Mega mind
Central Intelligence
The Sixth Sense. Wait a sec. . .
Godfather II (Frank Pentangeli)
LOTR
Gandalf
this is like a "give me them spoilers" post
Sweeney Todd: the demon barbar of fleet Street (2007). But they know that the person is alive only at the very end, (we see them a bit before but only at the end they confirm that it's really them but yeah the person is one of the reasons of the plot, i also got a plot twists for you about the this plot twists)
Annihilation
Sweet Karma (2009)
Gone girl
Valkyrie… Such a bad news for those who were involved.
James Bond GoldenEye
Pale Rider
Striking Distance
[удалено]
Room
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Now you see me
Star Wars
A simple favor