Last Updated on 5 August 2024

The Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect that has been used in a number of films and TV series, beginning in 1951 with the film Distant Drums. The scream is usually used when someone is shot, falls from a great height, or is thrown from an explosion. The sound is named after Private Wilhelm, a character in The Charge at Feather River, a 1953 Western in which the character gets shot in the thigh with an arrow. – Wikipedia

Movies that use the Wilhelm Scream

• 30 Days of Night (2007)
• Abominable (2006)
• Aladdin (1992)
• Always (1989)
• An American Carol (2008)
• Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
• Arctic Dogs (2019)
• Avatar (2009)
• Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
• Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan (2013)
• Batman Returns (1992)
• Battle Creek Brawl (1980)
• Beauty and the Beast (1991)
• The Big Brawl (1980)
• Black Sheep (2006)
• Blades of Glory (2007)
• Bolt (2008)
• A Bug’s Life (1998)
• Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
• Captain America: Civil War (2016)
• Cars (2006)
• The Charge at Feather River (1953)
• Chicken Run (2000)
• Chisum (1970)
• A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
• Coco (2017)
• The Command (1954)
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
• Dante’s Peak (1997)
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
• Deadpool 2 (2018)
• Despicable Me (2010)
• Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
• Distant Drums (1951)
• Django Unchained (2012)
• The Emperor’s New Groove (2000)
• Enchanted (2007)
• Evolution (2001)
• Exists (2014)
• Fantastic Four (2005)
• The Fifth Element (1997)
• Finding Dory (2016)
• Flash Gordon (1980)
• Flushed Away (2006)
• The Golden Compass (2007)
• The Good Dinosaur (2015)
• A Goofy Movie (1995)
• Grabbers (2012)
• The Greatest Showman (2017)
• The Green Berets (1968)
• Gremlins (1984)
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
• The Grinch (2018)
• Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
• Harper (1966)
• Helen of Troy (1956)
• Hellboy (2004)
• Hercules (1997)
• History of the World: Part I (1981)
• The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
• Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
• Howard the Duck (1986)
• I, Robot (2004)
• Ice Age (2002)
• Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
• Impasse (1969)
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• Inglourious Basterds (2009)
• Iron Man 2 (2010)
• Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
• Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
• Juno (2007)
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
• The Kid (2000)
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
• King Kong (2005)
• King of the Lost World (2004)
• Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
• Kung Fu Panda (2008)
• Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
• Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
• Machete (2010)
• Madagascar (2005)
• The Majestic (2001)
• Matinee (1993)
• Minions (2015)
• The Mist (2007)
• Moana (2016)
• Monster House (2006)
• Monsters, Inc. (2001)
• Monsters University (2013)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
• More American Graffiti (1979)
• Mortdecai (2015)
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)
• Mulan (1998)
• Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
• Nutcracker (1986)
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
• Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
• Osmosis Jones (2001)
• Over the Hedge (2006)
• Paul (2011)
• Piranhaconda (2012)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
• Planet of the Apes (2001)
• Poltergeist (1982)
• PT 109 (1963)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Ready Player One (2018)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
• Sausage Party (2016)
• The Sea Chase (1955)
• The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
• The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
• Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
• Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)
• Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)
• Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
• Shrek the Third (2007)
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
• Small Soldiers (1998)
• Snow White & the Huntsman (2012)
• Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
• Spaceballs (1987)
• Speed Racer (2008)
• Spider-Man (2002)
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
• Springfield Rifle (1952)
• A Star Is Born (1954)
• Star Trek Beyond (2016)
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
• Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
• Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
• Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
• Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
• Swamp Thing (1982)
• Team America: World Police (2004)
• Tears of the Sun (2003)
• Them! (1954)
• Thirteen Days (2000)
• Three Fugitives (1989)
• Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (2007)
• Toy Story (1995)
• Toy Story 2 (1999)
• Toy Story 3 (2010)
• Toy Story 4 (2019)
• Transformers (2007)
• Troll (2022)
• TRON: Legacy (2010)
• Tropic Thunder (2008)
• Troy (2004)
• The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)
• Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
• Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
• Up (2009)
• Venom (2018)
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
• War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
• Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
• The Wild Bunch (1969)
• Willow (1988)
• Wonder Woman (2017)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
• Zootopia (2016)