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* In ''Film/{{Botched}}'', Boris loses a hand when Sonya tricks him into getting caught in his own malfunctioning BoobyTrap.
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* ''Film/OuijaMummy'': When Karate Irving tries to use his moves on Ahotep the 1st, she twists his leg off and beats him to death with it.
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* ''Film/HitchhikerMassacre'': The killer chops off [[spoiler:Woody]]'s hand the morning after Sally reaches [[spoiler:Woody's camp]].
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* ''Film/{{Lycan}}'': According to the legend Kenny looks up, the Talbot County werewolf lost a paw when a farmer shot it off, which became a human hand. Emily Burt, a young local woman, was later revealed to have lost hers at the same time, pegging her as the werewolf.

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* ''Film/NightOfTheDribbler'': When High Top is practicing in the gym at night, he performs a slam dunk on a hoop that the Dribbler placed a razor sharp rim on. This results in him getting his hands sliced off. He survived and was taken to the hospital. His final scene is him being visited by the coach.



* ''Film/NightOfTheDribbler'': When High Top is practicing in the gym at night, he performs a slam dunk on a hoop that the Dribbler placed a razor sharp rim on. This results in him getting his hands sliced off. He survived and was taken to the hospital. His final scene is him being visited by the coach.

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* ''Film/MyOctopusTeacher'': Early on in the movie, Craig films the octopus hiding from a pyjama shark. Said pyjama shark finds it and attacks. She manages to get away, but the pyjama shark managed to get one of her tentacles. It grows back in a couple of days.



* ''Film/MyOctopusTeacher'': Early on in the movie, Craig films the octopus hiding from a pyjama shark. Said pyjama shark finds it and attacks. She manages to get away, but the pyjama shark managed to get one of her tentacles. It grows back in a couple of days.

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* ''Film/MyOctopusTeacher'': Early on in ''Film/NobodySleepsInTheWoodsTonightII'': While Slawek is setting up the movie, Craig films second BearTrap intended to catch Zosia, something slips, and the octopus hiding from a pyjama shark. Said pyjama shark finds it and attacks. She manages to get away, but the pyjama shark managed to get one of her tentacles. It grows back in a couple of days.trap clamps shut on his wrists, severing his hands.
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* Buzz Lightyear gets his left arm broken off in the first ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' film while attempting to jump out of a window leading to outside [[KidsAreCruel Sid Phillips']] house. The [[DarkIsNotEvil mutant toys]] eventually put his arm back on, however.

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* Buzz Lightyear gets his left arm broken off in the first ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' film while attempting to jump out of a window leading to outside [[KidsAreCruel Sid Phillips']] house. The [[DarkIsNotEvil mutant toys]] eventually put his arm back on, however.
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* ''Film/AttackOfTheKillerDonuts'': When Conrad goes to grab a donut, it bites off his hand.
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* ''Film/TheTheatreBizarre'': In "Wet Dreams", [[spoiler:Carla and Dr. Maurey amputate Donnie's arms and legs and keep him locked up in the attic]].
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** General Grevious has two of his four hands cut off by Obi-Wan in ''Revenge of the Sith''.
** Anakin cuts off Mace Windu's hand to prevent him from killing Palpatine, also in 'Revenge of the Sith''.


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** In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' Darth Maul is cut in [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe half at the waist]], so he lost his legs.
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* ''Film/{{Sharkenstein}}'': Sharkenstein attacks a fisherman at the beginning of the movie. All that's left of him is his feet.
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* ''Film/HouseShark'': The sharks spits up [[spoiler:Darth Squanto's]] hand while eating [[spoiler:him]].
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* Near the end of ''Film/{{Dredd}}'', [[spoiler:Kay]] tries to shoot Anderson with her own gun. Apparently nobody told them about how Lawgivers self-destruct if their holder fails the DNA test. The gun promptly explodes, destroying [[spoiler:Kay's]] right arm up to the elbow.
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* In ''Film/FearStreet'', it's said that Sarah Fier cut off her own hand in order to seal her [[DealWithTheDevil pact with Satan]]. [[spoiler: In actuality, it was cut off by Solomon Goode when he was trying to stop her from escaping and exposing him as the real Satanist.]]
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* ''Film/{{Wendy}}'': When James sees his hand is aging, he gets it cut off with a machete, to Wendy's horror. It doesn't help though, and he keeps aging.
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* In ''Film/RoboCop1987'', Clarence Boddicker first shoots off Alex Murphy's hand with a shotgun("Well give the man a hand!") and then Boddicker's gang shoot off the entire arm in the ensueing execution by gunfire scene.
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* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}''; Massimo is missing his left arm, and at first he claims that a sea monster ate it (which would set up a plot point, since Luca and Alberto are both sea monsters disguised as humans), but then he reveals he's kidding and that he was actually born without it.

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* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}''; Massimo is missing his left right arm, and at first he claims that a sea monster ate it (which would set up a plot point, since Luca and Alberto are both sea monsters disguised as humans), but then he reveals he's kidding and that he was actually born without it.

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* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}''; Massimo is missing his left arm, and at first he claims that a sea monster ate it (which would set up a plot point, since Luca and Alberto are both sea monsters disguised as humans), but then he reveals he's kidding and that he was actually born without it.



* In ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' the first indication we get of the demonic power of Prince Ashitaka's curse is when one of his arrows rips both arms off of a samurai.
** Later in the film, [[spoiler: Lady Eboshi]] loses an arm to a rather vicious and symbolic animal bite.

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* In ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' the first indication we get of the demonic power of Prince Ashitaka's curse is when one of his arrows rips both arms off of a samurai.
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samurai. Later in the film, [[spoiler: Lady Eboshi]] loses an arm to a rather vicious and symbolic animal bite.
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** TheBrute working for Thanos loses an arm to a PortalCut in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar.''

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** TheBrute working for Thanos loses an arm to a PortalCut in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar.''''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. Groot does this voluntarily when he cuts off his left arm to form the handle of [[AnAxeToGrind Stormbreaker]], Thor's new weapon.
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* ''Film/BloodWidow'': While Mark is lowering Laurie down from a second story window, the killer chops both his hands off, causing Laurie to fall.
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* In ''Film/DemonNight'', Irene has her arm ripped off by the possessed Cordelia. The Collector later offers to restore it for her as part of her temptation.

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* In ''Film/DemonNight'', ''Film/DemonKnight'', Irene has her arm ripped off by the possessed Cordelia. The Collector later offers to restore it for her as part of her temptation.
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* In ''Film/DemonNight'', Irene has her arm ripped off by the possessed Cordelia. The Collector later offers to restore it for her as part of her temptation.
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* ''Film/MyOctopusTeacher'': Early on in the movie, Craig films the octopus hiding from a pyjama shark. Said pyjama shark finds it and attacks. She manages to get away, but the pyjama shark managed to get one of her tentacles. It grows back in a couple of days.
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* ''Film/TheZombieApocalypseInApartmenr14F'': The first shot of the zombies the drone gets is of a zombie ripping a man's arm off and eating it while other zombies dog-pile on the hapless victim.
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* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse: [[ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} Victor Stone/Cyborg]] in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', after a car accident killed his mother and left him a multiple amputee between life and death. He lost his left arm, everything below his lungs and his right hand. As a last resort, his father Silas uses alien tech (a Mother Box from Apokolips) to give him a cybernetic body.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegendsScorpionsRevenge'', this version of the MK continuity sees Jax lose his arms [[spoiler:to Goro, who rips them out during their big fight]]. The same fate almost befalls [[spoiler:Liu Kang]] after being defeated, only for [[spoiler:Scorpion puts a spear through Goro's head before ripping it right out]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegendsScorpionsRevenge'', this version of the MK continuity sees Jax lose his arms [[spoiler:to Goro, who rips them out during their big fight]]. The same fate almost befalls [[spoiler:Liu Kang]] after being defeated, only for [[spoiler:Scorpion puts to put a spear through Goro's head before ripping it right out]].out]].
** During the final battle of the movie, [[spoiler:Scorpion does this to Quan Chi, ripping out both of his arms with his spears and chains in the process of giving him the ultimate what for.]]
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* ''Film/AngerOfTheDead'': While interrogating Ben, Rooker has his number two chop Ben's leg off while interrogating him.
** [[spoiler:Alice cuts Stephen's bitten hand off in hopes of stopping him from zombifying.]]
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* ''Film/{{Pumpkins}}'': When one of the Punters is aiming a gun at him (albeit with his arms shaking), Pumpkin Man chops one of his arms off.
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** When the dinosaur eats [[spoiler:Andy]], is shows Trina holding [[spoiler:his]] severed hand, and the bone of [[spoiler:his]] lower arm.

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* According to the film adaptation of ''Film/InspectorGadget'', [[BigBad Doctor Claw]] actually got both his name and trademark claw after one of his hands was chopped off by a bowling ball.

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* According to the film adaptation of ''Film/InspectorGadget'', [[BigBad Doctor Claw]] actually got both his name and trademark claw after one of his hands was chopped off crushed by a [[TheProtagonist Officer Brown]]'s bowling ball.ball.
* ''Film/JurassicPrey'': When Sparks brings Jackie and Andy to [[spoiler:Beach]]'s corpse, we see their reaction, and the camera then cuts to a shot of [[spoiler:Beach]]'s severed hand on the ground.

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