Movies with the Highest Body Count

The 101 Movies with the Highest Body Count

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (37)

Until about five minutes ago, I’d never heard of the website Movie Body Counts. It’s sole reason for existing, it seems, is to keep a running tally of the body counts in Hollywood films. It has no particular agenda, nor does it appear to cover anything else. It just tallies up body counts. I have no idea why such a site needs to exist, but I’m not really averse to it. Just kind of perplexed. Maybe it’s a handy reference tool for homicidal psychopaths trying to quell their thirst through Netflix.

Anyway, I don’t know how many films are in the database yet, but you can search for a movie based on title, actor, or director. But really, so far the only interesting chart is The 101 Highest Body Count movies. They’re not really surprising, I suppose, but I get a kick out of knowing some poor bastard sat in front of his TV for hours counting dead bodies. You can get the entire list at Movie Body Counts, but here’s the top ten (body count in parenthesis).

1. (836) Lord of the Rings Return of the King)

2. (610) Kingdom of Heaven

3. (600) 300

4. (572) Troy

5. (558) The Last Samurai

6. (468) LotR: Two Towers

7. (310) Grindhouse: Double Feature

8. (307) Hard Boiled

9. (307) Titanic

10. (305) We Were Soldiers

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Saving Private Ryan???????

Posted by: PaddyDog at July 6, 2009 3:01 PM

I'm guessing they only count bodies that you can actually see dying. Otherwise movies like Dr. Strangelove would be taking over everything.

And I've seen two of these-Troy and Titanic. Yeah, I went for the hot men both times.

Posted by: SaBrina at July 6, 2009 3:07 PM

Bullshit. I call bullshit. How the hell could one possibly count everyone that's died in any of these movies? It would be friggin' impossible. I want to punch this list...

Posted by: Skitz at July 6, 2009 3:09 PM

Rambo 2008
According to IMBD it "Averages 2.59 killings per minute." I know its 13th on the list but I just felt like tossing that in. Because to me, that movie had the most kills. I mean, if you look at it 7 of the 10 had full on war battle scenes with hundreds, thousands, even millions (LOTR's) of extras. Rambo pretty much killed all those fucks by himself, that, makes him a badass. Fuck you Legolas.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at July 6, 2009 3:09 PM

Saving Private Ryan: 255.

Posted by: Jerce at July 6, 2009 3:12 PM

Hard Boiled has more kills than Titanic. That makes me so damn happy.

Chow Yun-Fat is deadlier than the sinking of a luxury cruise liner. Heee!

Posted by: Snath at July 6, 2009 3:17 PM

Paddydog,
That was my first reaction too, where's Saving Private Ryan?

Posted by: John W at July 6, 2009 3:21 PM

Were there even 307 people in Hard Boiled?

Posted by: John W at July 6, 2009 3:23 PM

John W:

It makes no sense, in the first 15 minutes of SPR more people are killed than if you tallied all of the "top ten".

Posted by: PaddyDog at July 6, 2009 3:25 PM

SaBrina, wouldn't something like Star Wars: A New Hope take this by a land slide? I mean, c'mon, Darth zapped a whole fucking planet! Seriously, unless there's a movie I can't think of where someone blows up a galaxy or some serious shit like that, that's gotta be up there.

And I don't think Grindhouse should be on the list, that was two very different movies played back to back, no?

Posted by: mdkss@hotmail.com at July 6, 2009 3:27 PM

Whoa, this is at least the third time I've seen this site referenced in the past week.

And Snath, Hard Boiled may have a higher kill count, but does it have a CGI man falling and hitting the propeller of a boat? That alone redeemed that movie for me. Will I see it again? No. But I'll always carry the memory.

Posted by: Macafee at July 6, 2009 3:36 PM

I don't know if this actually happened, Macafee, but in my mind that falling, propeller-hitting man makes a deep, resonating *GONG* noise when he hits. And then I snicker as he pinwheels into the ocean.

Posted by: jon29 at July 6, 2009 3:50 PM

I think that's the winning touch, jon29.

Posted by: Macafee at July 6, 2009 3:55 PM

This list is wrong. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy has the highest body count. The Vogons blow up the entire freaking Earth.

Posted by: BWeaves at July 6, 2009 3:57 PM

wasn't there a scene in transformers 2 that ripped off that titanic propeller scene?

or am i just high?

(p.s. the answer can be 'yes' to both questions)

Posted by: gp at July 6, 2009 4:04 PM

What about Dead Alive? Or any zombie apocalypse movie, for that matter? But really, just Dead Alive. The lawnmower scene alone has to account for at least 200.

Posted by: ahamos at July 6, 2009 4:04 PM

Nice, they have a subsection of their guidlines on Zombies.

Posted by: lwoodpdowd at July 6, 2009 4:09 PM

You should probably be able to toss The Happening in there, I mean with everyone killing themselves and all.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at July 6, 2009 4:15 PM

What about Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses? It was supposed to have 1000 dead bodies in it.

Posted by: Chalupa at July 6, 2009 4:19 PM

Seriously the Titanic killed 1,517 people , thats more than anyone on that list. I can honestly say i have never seen the movie but still im assuming the boat still sank and the great and honorable godapuss didnt carry everyone else safely to shore.

Posted by: gilp at July 6, 2009 4:41 PM

I refuse to believe that the soldiers only averaged 2 kills each in 300.

Posted by: jadeblue at July 6, 2009 4:44 PM

I'm sorry. I have done the math again and it is 1 kill each.

Posted by: jadeblue at July 6, 2009 4:45 PM

If you're looking for highest body count per person, in the sixth Lone Wolf and Cub film, main character Ogami Itto kills over 150 people in an hour and a half.

Posted by: Tim Jones at July 6, 2009 4:48 PM

Okey-doke. Now I need someone to count the killed cars in Blues Brothers. Seriously. My dad and I shall not rest until we know.

Posted by: replica at July 6, 2009 4:49 PM

SaBrina, wouldn't something like Star Wars: A New Hope take this by a land slide?

Well yeah, that's the sort of thing I'm talking about, but I wouldn't know, not having much interest in ever seeing Star Wars.

That pinwheeling man in Titanic was a rare moment in my watching of that film when I stopped gazing dreamily at Leonardo DiCaprio and just laughed my fucking ass off.

Posted by: SaBrina at July 6, 2009 4:50 PM

I can't believe Commando gets no love.

Posted by: HappyGobo at July 6, 2009 5:10 PM

Yes, I lost count in Commando.

He takes down an entire junta.

Posted by: Recondite at July 6, 2009 5:14 PM

Bah Commando is at #74 w/88.

I blame the lack of CG.

Posted by: Recondite at July 6, 2009 5:17 PM

For those griping about exploding planets, sinking ships, etc., see the guidelines posted on the site. They establish their rules as such:

http://moviebodycounts.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=6

That said, whether theirs is an entirely informative or useful statistic in terms of the grisly nature or raw killing power of a given movie remains open to debate.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at July 6, 2009 5:34 PM

Replica: I was thinking the same thing. All I know is The Blues Brothers movie wins in that category (Most cop cars smashed).

Posted by: BWeaves at July 6, 2009 5:35 PM

Is there a TV body count site? I always wondered how many people were killed during a season of "24," especially since it's all in a 24-hr period. And what percentage of that were killed by Jack Bauer himself?

Posted by: rlr260 at July 6, 2009 7:45 PM

Something like 6 billion Vulcans and a number of Romulans in "Star Trek."

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at July 6, 2009 8:30 PM

There's a Buffy body count site: http://homepage.mac.com/dsample/

It lists every single death by episode and season. It's fairly epic.

Posted by: Steven Lloyd Wilson at July 6, 2009 11:33 PM

Since Lord of the Rings is at the top of the list, I want to know if the death count is just humans; or do ogres, elves, goblins, and other mythical animals that have a shape similar to humans get counted as well?

Posted by: Colyn at July 7, 2009 3:45 AM

Commando at only 88 kills, that's bullshit. I counted the second time I watched it, and Arnie kills at least 110, probably more.

Posted by: George at July 7, 2009 3:57 AM

Macafee and Jon29: The CGI Propeller Guy was my favourite part of Titanic too - and my memory includes the resonating GONG noise also. Another thing I remember is that the scene becomes approximately fifty-bazillion times more entertaining if you keep rewinding the scene, in order to see CGIPG spinning madly as he ascends towards the propeller, then zipping straight up at the camera. Keep running it backwards and forwards, and he kind of looks like a shrieking human yoyo. Good times.

Posted by: Dill The Devil at July 7, 2009 6:59 AM

blap blap blap

Posted by: Owen at August 30, 2009 7:24 PM

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