10 Devastating Off-Screen Movie Deaths

10. Llewelyn Moss - No Country For Old Men

The first of two Coen Brothers efforts on this list, No Country For Old Men is arguably their masterpiece. When you think of the film, your mind may immediately go to Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), one of the most menacing villains in cinematic history, or perhaps Sheriff Bell's (Tommy Lee Jones) closing monologue, but what about Josh Brolin's Llewelyn Moss?

After stumbling on what remained of a drug bust gone south, and a bag full of cash, Moss was inadvertently thrust into something of a game of cat and mouse with Chigurh hot on his heels.

Though it was these two men who dominated the film's screen time, the story was always surrounding Tommy Lee Jones' Sherriff Bell, the old man who was struggling to find his place in the country. This was a point that was part-way driven home by the manner of Moss' death.

Josh Brolin's character met his end very abruptly off-screen while the focus was on Chirgurh's pursuit of him. This was a huge shock to the audience as the manner of his death all but confirmed that the protagonist of the story was never truly its subject, and such a moment changed everything.