15 Greatest Heroic Sacrifices In Comic Book Movies

10. Jean Grey - X-Men 2

The actual logic of Jean Grey's revival as the Dark Phoenix for X-Men: The Last Stand takes a lot to get your head around, but that doesn't dilute any of the impact of her sacrificing herself at the climax of the preceding film to save her fellow X-Men.

Neither does the suggestion that she could probably have saved the Quinjet while safely inside it...

Anyway, Grey exists as the sort of maternal influence in the X-Men team, guiding Wolverine through his tumultuous early days as a team-member, and it absolutely fits that she would make the ultimate sacrifice to save her family. Ultimately, it proves slightly silly, as it somehow unlocks Xavier's psychological control mechanism limiting her powers, but watching the flood waters engulf her was a stunning spectacle at the end of the best mainline X-Men movie.

Even knowing she was probably coming back very soon didn't change that.