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Duel↕ | Source↕ | Weapon / Type↕ | Outcome↕ | Known For↕ |
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Hamilton vs. Burr | Hamilton (musical, 2015) / History (1804) | Flintlock pistols | Burr kills Hamilton | Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical immortalized it, Hamilton may have intentionally missed (thrown away his shot), changed American politics forever |
Inigo Montoya vs. Count Rugen | The Princess Bride (1987) | Swords | Inigo kills the six-fingered man | 'Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.' — repeated with increasing intensity, the ultimate revenge duel |
Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader (Empire) | The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | Lightsabers | Vader cuts off Luke's hand | 'No, I am your father' — cinema's greatest twist, Cloud City carbon freezing chamber, Luke chooses to fall rather than join the dark side |
Achilles vs. Hector | Troy (2004) / Homer's Iliad | Sword and spear | Achilles kills Hector | Brad Pitt vs. Eric Bana, dragging Hector's body behind a chariot, the most famous duel in Western literature, honor and grief personified |
The Man in Black vs. Inigo Montoya | The Princess Bride (1987) | Swords (left-handed then right-handed) | The Man in Black wins | Both reveal they're fighting left-handed as a handicap, acrobatic cliff-top swordfight, 'I am not left-handed either,' choreographed for weeks |
Obi-Wan vs. Anakin (Mustafar) | Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005) | Lightsabers | Obi-Wan wins, Anakin burns | 'You were the chosen one!' — Ewan McGregor's heartbreak, lava planet setting, 12-minute duel (longest lightsaber fight ever), Anakin becomes Vader |
The Bride vs. O-Ren Ishii | Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) | Katanas | The Bride kills O-Ren Ishii | Snow-covered Japanese garden, Uma Thurman vs. Lucy Liu, Hattori Hanzo sword, serene beauty contrasting extreme violence, Tarantino homage to samurai cinema |
Gandalf vs. Balrog | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | Sword and staff vs. flame and shadow | Both fall into the abyss (Gandalf returns) | 'You shall not pass!' — the line that launched a thousand memes, Bridge of Khazad-dûm, Ian McKellen's defining moment, Gandalf dies and is reborn |
Neo vs. Agent Smith (Subway) | The Matrix (1999) | Martial arts / guns | Neo escapes (barely) | Bullet time and wire-fu, 'Mr. Anderson...,' the subway fight where Neo starts believing, Keanu Reeves and Hugo Weaving, groundbreaking fight choreography by Yuen Woo-ping |
Zorro vs. Captain Love | The Mask of Zorro (1998) | Swords | Zorro wins | Antonio Banderas' acrobatic swordplay, the training montage with Anthony Hopkins, carving a Z into the villain, swashbuckling romance adventure |
T-800 vs. T-1000 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | Shotguns, liquid metal, molten steel | T-800 destroys T-1000 in molten steel | Robert Patrick's liquid metal shapeshifting, 'Hasta la vista, baby,' thumbs-up in the molten steel, groundbreaking CGI, the ultimate robot vs. robot showdown |
Westley vs. Prince Humperdinck | The Princess Bride (1987) | Bluff (Westley can barely stand) | Humperdinck surrenders without a fight | 'To the pain' — Westley's bluff while barely conscious, Humperdinck's cowardice exposed, the anti-duel duel, wit defeats strength |
Maximus vs. Commodus | Gladiator (2000) | Sword (Maximus wounded before the fight) | Maximus kills Commodus, then dies | Russell Crowe vs. Joaquin Phoenix in the Colosseum, Commodus stabs Maximus before the duel (cheating), 'Are you not entertained?', 5 Oscars |
Beatrix vs. Elle Driver (Trailer Fight) | Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) | Hattori Hanzo sword vs. sword, confined space brawl | Beatrix plucks out Elle's remaining eye | Cramped trailer fight destroying everything inside, two deadly women in a tiny space, Elle's Black Mamba speech, visceral and claustrophobic choreography |
Rob Roy vs. Cunningham | Rob Roy (1995) | Swords (broadsword vs. rapier) | Rob Roy kills Cunningham | Often called the greatest sword fight ever filmed, brute strength (claymore) vs. elegant skill (rapier), Tim Roth's villain is terrifyingly good, the final blow is devastating |
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