Word is that the Hans gruber character, in the Bruce Willis film, die hard 1......was released from doing a free fall down, before he expected. His look of shock was real...as he had it happen before he was ready.

The actors playing the Thee Stooges back during the original black and white days actually took some real damage during some of their stunts. With one of them even passing out after a take due to shock.

Back to the future 3, Michael Fox got hung for a few seconds. Roar (1981) had real lions, took 5 years to make. 70 to 100 people were injured. Director Noel Marshall was bitten 11 times by lions. Tippi Hedren was bitten in the head by a lion and broke her ankle when an elephant picked her up. A young Melanie Griffith was bitten in the head, requiring 50 sutures. They feared she would lose an eye. Look up the Wikipedia entry for a full list.

There are a couple that are far more terrifying: Jackie Chan's pole slide in police story, which actually had him have burns, shocks, a broken finger, break his pelvic bone and back. Or worse still, the Twilight Zone accident, where people actually passed away.

You could do a whole list with just Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd.

My favourite is that the skeletons in the pool at the end of Poltergeist were real as they were cheaper than fake/plastic ones

kinda wild that we view some of these as like...."fun facts" and not "disregard for safety nearly killing actors and stuntpeople" like..... sorry actually cutting off someone's airflow so the hanging looks more "realistic" is insane

There are plenty of Tom Cruise/Mission Impossible stunts to choose from here, but an honourable mention should goto Mr Cruise actually clinging to the side of a (then) pre-production test mule A400M Atlas at RAF Wittering in the UK, for the opening "Belarus; dont't let them take off" action sequence in Rogue Nation.

Isla Fisher nearly drowned while filming Now You See Me. While in the water tank, she got tangled in the lines and couldn’t reach the panic button. While she was drowning, the crew thought it was just really good acting.

Viggo Mortensen almost drowned when filming The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and he deflected an actual knife that was thrown at him in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

I would add in the helicopter crash from Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, since the reason why it looked so real was because the helicopter DID crash, thankfully no one was seriously hurt.

in Noah's Ark from 1928 the scene with the flood people were so badly injured one had his leg amputated and three others actually drowned im surprised this wasnt on the list. but then again its from almost 100 years ago

In a similar vein, Michael J Fox was almost actually hung in Back to the Future 3 when some safety equipment failed to properly activate while filming the scene where Mad Dag and his crew are about to hang Marty.

I'm astounded charlie chaplin didn't receive an honorable mention, given the's the OG of dangerous stunts.

For Top gun. I'm sure it was terrifying for the pilot. But I read recently that he wouldn't do it again, because normally pilots wouldn't fly that low in general. He did it for the movie. Too much risk even in real battle. Tom however, was absolutely terrified.

This is an old one, but there's a shot in _Tora! Tora! Tora!_ where an airfield gets bombed, and the flight crews run for their lives. In it, one explosion launches a propellor into the air, and it very narrowly misses the head of one of the crew, who had seen it coming, and started running for his life. It's impressive enough to see, until you realize that the stunt wasn't supposed to go down that way, and that guy was about a literal foot away from being human tarre tarre.

Tom Cruise is an absolute madlad when it comes to stunt work. The one that really baked my noodle was where he worked to be able to hold his breath for SIX MINUTES for the underwater scene in Rogue Nation. The climbing scene of the Burj Khalifa in Ghost Protocol is a whole lotta nope too haha >.

It's appropriate that two of these movies are Tom Cruise productions. He could have filled every slot.

Jackie Chan will always be the king of stunts. And Michelle Yeoh will forever be the coolest person who ever lived.

Tom Holland had a safety harness. There's no way he was in any danger. Or 100 feet in the air. It's just funny that you go from Russell Crowe in a real helicopter with only his ability to hold on keeping him alive. And then you add in explosions and it's so much worse

Genuinely never heard of chasing Mavericks

Willaim Friedkin has two that come to mind. In The French Connection, when the car chases the overhead Metro train, it's just a stunt driver racing down an open, public street (so the moment with the pram is very, very real) And in the Exorcist, for the moment when the young priest turns in shock after listening to a tape recording to be a genuine shock, Friedkin (or an assistant) fired a shotgun behind the actor, with no warning. You could just do Friedkin on making the exorcist for a full video, honestly.

I would absolutely have loved to be in any M.I. movie with the Cruise-man. Working with either him or the Rock must be like “Hollywood Gladiators”🤓😎

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Funny thing... John David Washington is terrified of heights... But so is his father...😏😂😂😂

In Blown Away, Jeff Bridges was almost hit by large shrapnel from an explosion.

This is an actually cool list

All the stunts for Mi fallout are insane

Ernest B. Schoedsack (Chang, 1927) taughting a tiger from a tree and then filming a close up of the tiger jumping up trying to get at him. No telephoto lense avaiable, or needed.

Imagine a Chris Nolan feature starring Cruise

I haven’t seen it but Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained and his bloody hand. Terrifying and gross.

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You know I always found the Brendan Fraser hanging was extremely realistic. Of course I thought it was great acting but I guess not.

Michael J Fox also almost hung to death on the set of Back To The Future Part III.

Thank you!

How to use thespian incorrectly multiple times.

Virtually every scene in Clouzot's Le Salaire de la peur, and in Friedkin's remake Sorcerer. Or the river rapids scene in Aguirre, the Wrath of God.

1:02 "however most folks aren't forced to come to terms with this fear with a crew staring at them" .....ya but, also most people aren't paid boatloads of money to come to terms with their fears either....this is actually the easiest and MOST ideal situation to overcome your fears...

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You're asking for a world full of pain if you go OVER a large wave. You go THROUGH it, not over it. Those people trying to race to the top to get over it are making me cringe.

I wouldn't call sliding "free fall" , but cool vid

I'll give you one name that should sum up this video. John Landis.

Buster Keaton is still laughing at modern Hollyweird. Jackie Chan is probably chuckling.

Elijah Wood nearly died after getting impaled on the Shelob mechanical in Return of the King. The stinger mechanism was supposed to stop at a certain point and they'd call cut. It didn't and he nearly got impaled all the way through.

Woah. 2 mins in....dope.

What about Police Story (the pole), Police Story 3 (the helicopter scene) or Drunken Master 2 (the final fight) ?

Gareth.

7:17 wtf XD what movie is this clip from?

Kristina Bale

I can appreciate Tom Cruise's dedication to the art of stunts and intense storytelling, but I think theres a blurry line between what he does and utter insanity.

0:05 what movie is that? (the guy filming what looks like a UFO)

One imagines Jacki Chan has some stories

What about the Eiger Sanction scene where climbers died for real?

How about any stunt done by Jackie Chan or Michele Yeoh? The motorcycle on the train. The helicopter. When Michele landed on Jackie's car.

Where are you getting your information from? The huge wire gags on Tenet were done from stunt doubles..not the actors.

That #2 was pretty weak compared to the rest

This should just be a list with Jackie Chan stunts haha

Well Sly and Jackie Chan probably getting full of this list

Tom cruise took on superman in the sky.

Cliffhanger jump

Every Jackie Chan movie.

I have never seen a single mission impossible movie.

Michelle Yeoh’s stunt with Jackie Chan where she legit falls from a moving vehicle

Terminator 2 with the helicopter going under the bridge.

In most of the cases they use Stuntman's to do those stunts. So,why you are like pity them..!!!

I fail to see The Story of Viggo’s Toe

Last time I come this early, she spent the whole night complaining 😂

jackie chan... where is jackie chan?

"Several moments that do not care about the actors safety" - sorry but if you can't have your actors in any kind of harnessed or safety lines then it should be cgi

Tom Holland was not 100ft up at all

Reminds me of myself after the punk shows at the firehouse here in NJ where all the kids would leave behind all their empty bottles/cans and I'd be the only one choosing to clean up. Promoter appreciated it enough he said I was getting in free the next show.. Also my g/f can attest to the subways in Japan being completely spotless. Take that arrogant Westerners!

Meh.

Good lord, tenet was a shite movie. Love Nolan to death, but that was the first time he failed on delivering on a movie. Crap the first time I saw it, and crap every other time. Maybe, his earlier movies, inception, interstellar, memento, the prestige, set the bar too high for him

nothing about any of this is terrifying

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Whilst shopping last week, my supermarket trolley got a squeaky wheel - and that was genuinely more terrifying than anything on this list. This list is blowing smoke up the Actor's arses. Hope you worked the balls too!

I hated tenet

Doesn't sound like something a real ace pilot would actually turn down

The fact Jackie chan was not mentioned once makes this list invalid. He probably has own top 50 list lol

in maze runner 3 the main actor nearly died during a chase sequence stunt

Scariest movie moment EVER is if you read, "Directed by Uwe Boll. Starring Megan Fox and Gal Gadot." If I saw that during the opening credits, I'd flee in abject terror.

Jesus dude, take a breath once in a while. This clip made my ears bleed.

Why the F is Jackie Chan nowhere on this list? This is just a rehash of the BS you did B-roll for and just renamed, c'mon Bruh