Films where the bad guys win?

[Nezquick]

Man On Fire

[MacW]

The Hitcher (original, not seen the remake)

[FourWheelDrift]

Valkyrie - conspirators executed Hitler survives.

[jammy_basturd]

The Life of Brian.

[FourWheelDrift]

The Strangers

[Pesty]

Halmyre said:

Conpsiracy thrillers are a good source for this topic:

Blow Out
The Conversation
The Parallax View
Three Days of the Condor

TV Series:

Edge of Darkness

I can see the others but not condor

I distinctly remember the hit man killing the top guy instead of condor and then asking condor if he wanted to team up.

How about eiger sanction bad guy lives at the end three innocent die.

[Mutley]

thesyn said:

Protagonists win rather than all out bad guys?

Agreed, it's all down to your/the films point of view as to who the bad guy is

[Adam B]

Crossflow Kid said:

Adam B said:

Quiet American (think it was, Clooney movie)

Wasn't that filmed as Syriana?

The American - was the film I meant

[Halmyre]

Pesty said:

Halmyre said:

Conpsiracy thrillers are a good source for this topic:

Blow Out
The Conversation
The Parallax View
Three Days of the Condor

TV Series:

Edge of Darkness

I can see the others but not condor

I distinctly remember the hit man killing the top guy instead of condor and then asking condor if he wanted to team up.

How about eiger sanction bad guy lives at the end three innocent die.

At the end of Condor one of the bad guys is still alive and asks Redford "how far can you walk?"

Eiger Sanction is arguably another anti-hero as protagonist; one of the other mountaineers was his target, the other two were "collateral damage" in effect (in any envent, their deaths are an accident and Eastwood's character doesn't find out which was the target until afterwards).

Another suggestion from me: Robocop.

[Jonesy23]

Films where the properly bad guys win:


Funny Games (original version, assume the remake ends the same)

A Serbian Film - pretty sure that the bad guys won out in the end. No intention to watch it again to confirm.

[motorizer]

Spartacus

[TLandCruiser]

JFReturns said:

Watchmen.

Were they bad guys? or were the good guys doing bad things for the greater good

[Carl_Spackler]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.





Sort of.

[gwm]

Fight Club

His alter ego Tyler Durden - the bad guy - ruins his life, achieves his goals and ultimately kills him.

[RB Will]

Guffy said:

Hans Lander from Inglorious Basterds got away with just some minor flesh wounds

I bloody love that character. I thinks its his generally polite cheerful way which then switches to cold death merchant.

[Pesty]

Halmyre said:

At the end of Condor one of the bad guys is still alive and asks Redford "how far can you walk?"

Eiger Sanction is arguably another anti-hero as protagonist; one of the other mountaineers was his target, the other two were "collateral damage" in effect (in any envent, their deaths are an accident and Eastwood's character doesn't find out which was the target until afterwards).

Another suggestion from me: Robocop.

Yes but the bad guy was his trainer. he was a traitor who was to be executed. Eastwood let him live after finding out and completely in the clear because the boss thought he killed all three possible suspects.

Id say that definitely means the bad guy won.

[Halmyre]

Pesty said:

Halmyre said:

At the end of Condor one of the bad guys is still alive and asks Redford "how far can you walk?"

Eiger Sanction is arguably another anti-hero as protagonist; one of the other mountaineers was his target, the other two were "collateral damage" in effect (in any envent, their deaths are an accident and Eastwood's character doesn't find out which was the target until afterwards).

Another suggestion from me: Robocop.

Yes but the bad guy was his trainer. he was a traitor who was to be executed. Eastwood let him live after finding out and completely in the clear because the boss thought he killed all three possible suspects.

Id say that definitely means the bad guy won.

Damn, I'd forgotten about Ben!

[Pesty]

Cold weather brought the limp out

Pope I've Got to waste you a litle love that film.

[Halmyre]

Pesty said:

Cold weather brought the limp out

Pope I've Got to waste you a litle love that film.

I read the book when it first came out. Found out years later it was supposed to be tongue in cheek (according to the author). Didn't get the 'Yurasis Dragon' joke until I saw someone else comment on it.

[EarlOfHazard]

Was gonna put Man on Fire but was beaten to it.
Anyway, There Will Be Blood.