--- --- # This Supercut of One-Armed Saves in Movies Is Life-Affirming by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 2, 2015 3:55 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 2, 2015 3:55 PM UTC Attention butterfingers, this video is not for you. [Ryan Holland](http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/05/29/one%5Farmed%5Fsaves%5Fsupercut%5Fset%5Fto%5Fi%5Fwant%5Fto%5Fhold%5Fyour%5Fhand%5Fis%5Fperfect%5Fvideo.html) and the filmmakers at [Lucky Treehouse ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqliU3xg1YwBNFdJnsHC-bw)have tracked down 101 examples of the classic action-movie trope — the one-armed catch — and turned them into a mesmerizing supercut of life-saving stunts, all appropriately set to The Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Hand.” Look for clips from _Indiana Jones_, _Toy Story, Harry Potter, The Lego Movie, Batman,_ and many, many movies from [the Arnold Schwarzenegger oeuvre](http://time.com/3846897/arnold-schwarzenegger-movies-act-out/). And while they aren’t all successful saves, they are all pretty cool looking. While in reality a one-armed catch doesn’t seem likely to work — and even if it did everyone involved would surely end up with a dislocated shoulder – it sure is fun to watch in the movies. \[H/T [Slate](http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/05/29/one%5Farmed%5Fsaves%5Fsupercut%5Fset%5Fto%5Fi%5Fwant%5Fto%5Fhold%5Fyour%5Fhand%5Fis%5Fperfect%5Fvideo.html?utm%5Fcampaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm%5Fcontent=556b21f504d30131d1000001&utm%5Fmedium=trueAnthem&utm%5Fsource=twitter)\] This Supercut of One-Armed Saves in Movies Is Life-Affirming ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3905180/supercut-one-armed-saves-movies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3905180/supercut-one-armed-saves-movies/"},"headline":"This Supercut of One-Armed Saves in Movies Is Life-Affirming","datePublished":"2015-06-02T15:55:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:37.837Z","description":"The Beatles hit \"I Want To Hold Your Hand\" makes the perfect soundtrack","url":"https://time.com/3905180/supercut-one-armed-saves-movies/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","viral","Viral Videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/3905180/supercut-one-armed-saves-movies/","name":"This Supercut of One-Armed Saves in Movies Is Life-Affirming"}}]}] ```