15 Best Comic Book Movie Moments Of 2016
7. The Ancient One Dies - Doctor Strange
During a second-act battle, the villainous Kaecilius manages to impale the Ancient One and kick her through a portal which sends her crashing through a window back in New York.
Strange quickly brings her to Christine to operate on, and as she flatlines, he enters the astral plane to talk with her. She explains that she has stopped countless grim futures over the years, but another always takes its place, and that if Strange can get over his own arrogance and fear of failure, he could be a major force for good.
The most poignant moment comes when the Ancient One mentions that even someone as old as she is stretching out time before her demise, before finally accepting her fate.
It's an impressive scene largely thanks to Swinton's performance and the fact that it manages to make the death of a spiritual character, who could easily be magicked back with any sort of fantastical nonsense, actually feel like it means something.