--- description: One of the greatest cinematic cliches of our time title: Supercut Video: Heroes Tell Bad Guys Let Her Go in Action Movies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a510dbab7e0124c/6986a6513bc999584f1a5a02/screen-shot-2014-10-01-at-10-14-05-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's a Supercut of Men Telling Bad Guys to "Let Her Go" in Action Movies by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 1, 2014 3:15 PM CUT  by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 1, 2014 3:15 PM CUT The damsel in distress is one of Hollywood’s best-known (and most sexist) cliches, and the folks over at _Huffington Post_ noticed [one little phrase](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/30/let-her-go%5Fn%5F5908396.html "undefined") most commonly associated with that role: “Let her go.” Male protagonists utter these words, often in a low, even voice paired with a determined stare, to get the bad guy to free the beautiful lady. This is often followed by a frantic kiss and then a firefight and maybe a small to midsize explosion. They put together the above supercut to show just how often heroes say this phrase, featuring scenes from movies like _Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars,_ and _Men in Black_. [The full list of movies is here.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/30/let-her-go%5Fn%5F5908396.html "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3452616/supercut-of-let-her-go-in-movies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3452616/supercut-of-let-her-go-in-movies/"},"headline":"Here's a Supercut of Men Telling Bad Guys to \"Let Her Go\" in Action Movies","datePublished":"2014-10-01T15:15:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:30.612Z","description":"One of the greatest cinematic cliches of our time","url":"https://time.com/3452616/supercut-of-let-her-go-in-movies/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","viral","films"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a510dbab7e0124c/6986a6513bc999584f1a5a02/screen-shot-2014-10-01-at-10-14-05-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a510dbab7e0124c/6986a6513bc999584f1a5a02/screen-shot-2014-10-01-at-10-14-05-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-10-01 at 10.14.05 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3452616/supercut-of-let-her-go-in-movies/","name":"Here's a Supercut of Men Telling Bad Guys to \"Let Her Go\" in Action Movies"}}]}] ```