9. Rues Death - The Hunger Games
From the beginning we knew the reality of The Hunger Games. We knew we were going to see children fighting children and children killing children. Somehow this concept didnt really phase us all that much, probably because its been done before in works like Battle Royale and most definitely because we moviegoers are, to a certain level, desensitized to most atrocities in a fictional confines. For the most part, the film doesn't let us feel that attached to most of the combatants, thanks to an incredibly shaky camera job and the fact that almost every other kid involved is an evil brute. However, all of that went out the window when little Rue and Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), allies in the cruel games The Capitol forced them all to play, had to say goodbye one last time. Her untimely death, a trap in and of itself set to bait Ms. Everdeen, would ultimately serve as the spark that would light The Girl On Fires torch. It took the death of someone close to her to inspire a plan to topple the vicious government in charge of their fates. More importantly, the remembrance of her own little sister motivated Katniss to honor her friends memory by laying flowers on her body and saluting the people of her home district, District 11. While all the contestants were supposed to be pitted against each other, it was Katniss who saw the true enemy.