Mufasa's demise in The Lion King tops poll of most iconic film death scenes
The Disney classic beat memorable death scenes from Titanic and Psycho
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It’s one of the saddest scenes Disney has ever dared to include in an animated children’s film.
The moment Mufasa’s evil brother Scar kills him by throwing him into a ravine of wildebeest in The Lion King has been voted the most iconic death scene by the British public.
Here are the top 10 most memorable death scenes chosen:
1. Scar, help me! - The Lion King
3. Marion Crane screams in the shower - Psycho
![James Garner and Gena Rowland star as an older Noah and Allie](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/03/04/13/noah-and-allie-notebook.jpg)
5. Baz Luhrmann does Shakespearean tragedy
![Leonardo DiCaprio & Claire Danes in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo & Juliet](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/03/04/13/Romeo-Juliet-Rex.jpg)
6. Bambi's mum - Bambi
7. John's electrocution - The Green Mile
8. An alien grows from John Hurt's stomach - Alien
9. Sgt Elias gets left behind - Platoon
10. Howie realises he will be The Wicker Man
![Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) in The Wicker Man](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/03/04/13/Sgt-Howie-Wicker-Man.jpg)
The poll, which was conducted by funeral website perfectchoicefunerals.com, surveyed 2,256 British adults about their attitudes to death and how it is depicted in films and on TV.
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