the tale of the resurrected hero has
been around since the dawn of
storytelling so it’s no surprise we’re
still telling it today
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
movie characters that have come back
from the dead
everybody dies yeah but usually at the
end of their life and just just the ones
for this list we’re looking at the most
memorable movie characters that were
resurrected however we’ve excluded
characters that are brought back as
vampires or zombies as well as
characters like Jason from the Friday
the 13th franchise who just refused to
die also a spoiler alert is probably in
order you can’t be dead you can’t be
number 10 Megatron Transformers Revenge
of the Fallen Starscream they may be
millennia more advanced than the human
race but the fact that a group of
Transformers called Constructicons z’
can reboot their dead leader at the
bottom of the ocean using the very same
Allspark that destroyed him is still
impressive I was relieved you left me to
die against everyone
Megatron’s return was meant to be a
secret until the film’s release but fans
and skeptics easily saw through Michael
Bay’s attempts to keep it hush-hush
while Optimus Prime is also destroyed
and rebooted by the matrix
Megatron’s revival was much more
satisfying say what you will about him
but you can’t deny the devotion of his
Decepticons even in death there is no
commandment watch number 9 Eric Draven
The Crow
in a film that’s uncomfortably dark from
the very first scene eric draven is
given a chance to avenge his fiance’s
brutal murder as well as his own by a
mysterious crawl that resurrect him from
the grave
sadly the graphic novel this film is
based on was inspired by the sudden
death of the author’s fiancee who was
killed by a drunk driver the story of a
crow who can carry a soul back to right
wrongs is a folk tale we wish held some
truth to it since lead actor Brandon Lee
tragically died from a freak accident
during the making of the film remember
you killed him
number 8 Frank Bannister the frighteners
when it comes to close encounters with
death this guy is a seasoned pro he gets
resurrected not once but twice
throughout the film I’m reviving him at
9 o’clock why would we want to do that
Michael J Fox plays Frank Bannister a
man whose ability to see ghosts comes
with the responsibility of protecting
those who can’t see them so see ah he’s
killing again even after getting locked
in a freezer and then being strangled to
death
Frank somehow always manages to avoid
staying dead this will slow your heart
rate and lower your body temperature
part of what makes Frank’s journey
strangely fun to watch is the impressive
use of mid-90s special effects that were
whipped up by the not yet famous Peter
Jackson and his team step back from yeah
this isn’t going to be pleasant number
seven Imhotep The Mummy Returns a team
we team up in the story of the high
priest sorry resurrection is a colourful
concoction of magic and history blended
so well together that it’s almost
convincing
in the film Imhotep is brought back to
life via a cult led by the reincarnation
of his former lover using the Book of
the Dead
while this ancient funerary text did
exist and supposedly contains spells to
help the dead along their journey
through death here it’s apparently also
kid-friendly and works on fresh corpses
while Evelyn’s revival makes the
audience sigh with relief mo Tepes
resurrection reveals an entirely new
dimension to his character since it was
love that brought him back number 6
Bertram Pincus ghost town daily unusual
happen during my procedure ya know he
said yes first while under the knife
patients sometimes flirt with death to
the point that they may even flatline
before being successfully resuscitated
in Bertram pincus’s case he brings back
a little souvenir from the other side
after being declared dead for seven
minutes
Pinkus can now see ghosts and much to
his dismay he becomes the only person
capable of helping them how you died I
died a little bit how long seven minutes
a bit less the choice to cast a comedian
like Ricky Gervais as the lead in a film
about death and resurrection proves it’s
a subject that not many people can or
want to take seriously but suspending
our disbelief may come a bit easier
after watching the unlikely coupling of
Tay Leone and Gervase you don’t like
crowds
it’s not so much the crowds or the
individuals in the crowd number 5 Hector
Barbossa Pirates of the Caribbean Dead
Man’s Chest you see Jack that’s exactly
the attitude had lost you the pearl
people are used to the search when
they’re dead like the Disney attraction
the franchise is based on these movies
remind us that sometimes it’s fun to
just sit back and enjoy the ride
appearing only in the last 30 seconds of
the film to set up the sequel the fallen
captain who was killed by Jack Sparrow
in the curse of the Black Pearl is
resurrected in order to help his former
crew save Jack from pirate he’ll talk
about ironic barbosa’s reappearance was
a surprise both on and off screen as the
cast believed that Zoe Saldana’s
character would be returning until
Geoffrey Rush appeared in the final shot
instead way to make an entrance captain
so tell me what’s become of my ship
number four neo the matrix marry neo
here’s an example of a character who has
to die his brief demise test the
audience loyalty to the whole he’s the
one theory if you thought he was going
to miraculously spring back to life
chances are you were a believer because
this is the moment that neo goes from
loaner computer hacker to cyberpunk
Jesus Savior of Unknowing slaves goodbye
mr. Anderson
not only does his resurrection confirm
Morpheus is diehard belief that he’s the
one but by not second-guessing himself
he is finally Zen enough to tap into his
full potential and defeat Agent Smith
plus it proves Trinity’s logic which
means she can go on falling in love with
him because the Oracle said so
get up number three Harry Potter Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows part-2
Harry Potter the Boy Who Lived for the
franchise’s grand finale
it was almost expected that the young
hero would make the ultimate sacrifice
after escaping the wrath of Voldemort
nervy who must not be named for so many
years without realizing that Harry is
one of his Horcruxes meaning an object
that contained part of his soul to keep
him from dying the Dark Lord’s killing
curse sends him to limbo
but also unwittingly destroys his
Horcrux a part of him lives within me
doesn’t it did it was just destroyed
many moments ago by none other than
Voldemort himself but Harry’s brief
death gives him the greatest freedom of
all by severing his connection from the
man who killed his parents
and finally granting him the chance to
defeat him once and for all
number two Spock
Star Trek three the search for Spock you
came back for me you would have done the
same for me throughout Star Trek history
the bromance between Spock and Kirk has
been a beautiful thing to behold I have
been and ever shall be your friend
recently in into darkness we saw with
the emotional toll Kirk’s death and
resurrection takes on his best friend
but thirty years before that Kirk was on
a deadly mission to reunite Spock’s body
with his soul which is trapped in the
mind of dr. McCoy with your approval we
should use all our powers to return to
his body that which you possess the
story of Spock’s ultimate resurrection
was apparently conceptualized in part
because Leonard Nimoy regretted his
decision to be killed off in the film’s
predecessor the Wrath of Khan but we
don’t even care why we’re just glad he’s
back Jim your name is Jim yes
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions yeah
second are you really right I hear it
you do can you move your lips to
something dad this is really weird there
Jesus look at the tail
number one Gandalf the Lord of the Rings
the two towers the white wizard
approaches befitting the series in which
it takes place Gandalf’s return from the
innermost depths of huzzah doom as an
even more powerful wizard is nothing
short of epic let him speak he would put
a spell on us kind of like achieving a
black belt in martial arts
the wizard version of leveling up
requires a test of skill and strength
with a not so gentle Tolkien touch the
wizard emerges in the second installment
of the franchise as Gandalf the White
after having defeated the Balrog who
threatened to kill the rest of the
fellowship show yourself
of all the characters on this list
Gandalf is the only one who literally
had to fight his way through hell to
come back just to risk his life all over
again in the battle for middle-earth
through fire and water do you agree with
our list yes
who’s your favorite resurrected movie
character meow for more entertaining top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com oh this is
already boring the shit out of me
you
been around since the dawn of
storytelling so it’s no surprise we’re
still telling it today
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
movie characters that have come back
from the dead
everybody dies yeah but usually at the
end of their life and just just the ones
for this list we’re looking at the most
memorable movie characters that were
resurrected however we’ve excluded
characters that are brought back as
vampires or zombies as well as
characters like Jason from the Friday
the 13th franchise who just refused to
die also a spoiler alert is probably in
order you can’t be dead you can’t be
number 10 Megatron Transformers Revenge
of the Fallen Starscream they may be
millennia more advanced than the human
race but the fact that a group of
Transformers called Constructicons z’
can reboot their dead leader at the
bottom of the ocean using the very same
Allspark that destroyed him is still
impressive I was relieved you left me to
die against everyone
Megatron’s return was meant to be a
secret until the film’s release but fans
and skeptics easily saw through Michael
Bay’s attempts to keep it hush-hush
while Optimus Prime is also destroyed
and rebooted by the matrix
Megatron’s revival was much more
satisfying say what you will about him
but you can’t deny the devotion of his
Decepticons even in death there is no
commandment watch number 9 Eric Draven
The Crow
in a film that’s uncomfortably dark from
the very first scene eric draven is
given a chance to avenge his fiance’s
brutal murder as well as his own by a
mysterious crawl that resurrect him from
the grave
sadly the graphic novel this film is
based on was inspired by the sudden
death of the author’s fiancee who was
killed by a drunk driver the story of a
crow who can carry a soul back to right
wrongs is a folk tale we wish held some
truth to it since lead actor Brandon Lee
tragically died from a freak accident
during the making of the film remember
you killed him
number 8 Frank Bannister the frighteners
when it comes to close encounters with
death this guy is a seasoned pro he gets
resurrected not once but twice
throughout the film I’m reviving him at
9 o’clock why would we want to do that
Michael J Fox plays Frank Bannister a
man whose ability to see ghosts comes
with the responsibility of protecting
those who can’t see them so see ah he’s
killing again even after getting locked
in a freezer and then being strangled to
death
Frank somehow always manages to avoid
staying dead this will slow your heart
rate and lower your body temperature
part of what makes Frank’s journey
strangely fun to watch is the impressive
use of mid-90s special effects that were
whipped up by the not yet famous Peter
Jackson and his team step back from yeah
this isn’t going to be pleasant number
seven Imhotep The Mummy Returns a team
we team up in the story of the high
priest sorry resurrection is a colourful
concoction of magic and history blended
so well together that it’s almost
convincing
in the film Imhotep is brought back to
life via a cult led by the reincarnation
of his former lover using the Book of
the Dead
while this ancient funerary text did
exist and supposedly contains spells to
help the dead along their journey
through death here it’s apparently also
kid-friendly and works on fresh corpses
while Evelyn’s revival makes the
audience sigh with relief mo Tepes
resurrection reveals an entirely new
dimension to his character since it was
love that brought him back number 6
Bertram Pincus ghost town daily unusual
happen during my procedure ya know he
said yes first while under the knife
patients sometimes flirt with death to
the point that they may even flatline
before being successfully resuscitated
in Bertram pincus’s case he brings back
a little souvenir from the other side
after being declared dead for seven
minutes
Pinkus can now see ghosts and much to
his dismay he becomes the only person
capable of helping them how you died I
died a little bit how long seven minutes
a bit less the choice to cast a comedian
like Ricky Gervais as the lead in a film
about death and resurrection proves it’s
a subject that not many people can or
want to take seriously but suspending
our disbelief may come a bit easier
after watching the unlikely coupling of
Tay Leone and Gervase you don’t like
crowds
it’s not so much the crowds or the
individuals in the crowd number 5 Hector
Barbossa Pirates of the Caribbean Dead
Man’s Chest you see Jack that’s exactly
the attitude had lost you the pearl
people are used to the search when
they’re dead like the Disney attraction
the franchise is based on these movies
remind us that sometimes it’s fun to
just sit back and enjoy the ride
appearing only in the last 30 seconds of
the film to set up the sequel the fallen
captain who was killed by Jack Sparrow
in the curse of the Black Pearl is
resurrected in order to help his former
crew save Jack from pirate he’ll talk
about ironic barbosa’s reappearance was
a surprise both on and off screen as the
cast believed that Zoe Saldana’s
character would be returning until
Geoffrey Rush appeared in the final shot
instead way to make an entrance captain
so tell me what’s become of my ship
number four neo the matrix marry neo
here’s an example of a character who has
to die his brief demise test the
audience loyalty to the whole he’s the
one theory if you thought he was going
to miraculously spring back to life
chances are you were a believer because
this is the moment that neo goes from
loaner computer hacker to cyberpunk
Jesus Savior of Unknowing slaves goodbye
mr. Anderson
not only does his resurrection confirm
Morpheus is diehard belief that he’s the
one but by not second-guessing himself
he is finally Zen enough to tap into his
full potential and defeat Agent Smith
plus it proves Trinity’s logic which
means she can go on falling in love with
him because the Oracle said so
get up number three Harry Potter Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows part-2
Harry Potter the Boy Who Lived for the
franchise’s grand finale
it was almost expected that the young
hero would make the ultimate sacrifice
after escaping the wrath of Voldemort
nervy who must not be named for so many
years without realizing that Harry is
one of his Horcruxes meaning an object
that contained part of his soul to keep
him from dying the Dark Lord’s killing
curse sends him to limbo
but also unwittingly destroys his
Horcrux a part of him lives within me
doesn’t it did it was just destroyed
many moments ago by none other than
Voldemort himself but Harry’s brief
death gives him the greatest freedom of
all by severing his connection from the
man who killed his parents
and finally granting him the chance to
defeat him once and for all
number two Spock
Star Trek three the search for Spock you
came back for me you would have done the
same for me throughout Star Trek history
the bromance between Spock and Kirk has
been a beautiful thing to behold I have
been and ever shall be your friend
recently in into darkness we saw with
the emotional toll Kirk’s death and
resurrection takes on his best friend
but thirty years before that Kirk was on
a deadly mission to reunite Spock’s body
with his soul which is trapped in the
mind of dr. McCoy with your approval we
should use all our powers to return to
his body that which you possess the
story of Spock’s ultimate resurrection
was apparently conceptualized in part
because Leonard Nimoy regretted his
decision to be killed off in the film’s
predecessor the Wrath of Khan but we
don’t even care why we’re just glad he’s
back Jim your name is Jim yes
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions yeah
second are you really right I hear it
you do can you move your lips to
something dad this is really weird there
Jesus look at the tail
number one Gandalf the Lord of the Rings
the two towers the white wizard
approaches befitting the series in which
it takes place Gandalf’s return from the
innermost depths of huzzah doom as an
even more powerful wizard is nothing
short of epic let him speak he would put
a spell on us kind of like achieving a
black belt in martial arts
the wizard version of leveling up
requires a test of skill and strength
with a not so gentle Tolkien touch the
wizard emerges in the second installment
of the franchise as Gandalf the White
after having defeated the Balrog who
threatened to kill the rest of the
fellowship show yourself
of all the characters on this list
Gandalf is the only one who literally
had to fight his way through hell to
come back just to risk his life all over
again in the battle for middle-earth
through fire and water do you agree with
our list yes
who’s your favorite resurrected movie
character meow for more entertaining top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com oh this is
already boring the shit out of me
you
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