Films where the bad guys win?

[RB Will]

Was just thinking about this and I cant think up much of a list.

So far all I can think of is:

Dukes of Hazard - clutching at straws a bit although we are all rooting for the Duke boys they are technically the law breakers.

Smokey & The Bandit - again same as above the police lose and the naughty but cool characters win.

Any proper baddie victories?

[Fittster]

Dredd - He's a fascist so I think it's pretty safe to call him a bad guy.

A lot depends on your point of view. I bet inhabitants of Natal have different idea about who the goodies are when they watch Zulu.

Edited by Fittster on Friday 31st October 14:56

[Amirhussain]

Arlington Road

[Truckosaurus]

Empire Strikes Back.

[ReallyReallyGood]

Cloverfield, not that there's a villain as such, but it's clearly not a winning outcome.

Jeepers Creepers.

Actually, most horror films.

[bigandclever]

The Wicker Man
Saw
Se7en

[Zoobeef]

I wanted him to win in Law Abiding Citizen

[Johnnytheboy]

Arguably "A Bridge Too Far".

The Italian film about El Alamein.

You might argue several films about the life of Christ, extended to "Life of Brian".

On that note, Monty Python's the Holy Grail.

Oooh, can any one beat "The Wicker Man"?

(ETA the person two above me).

[Big Raff]

bigandclever said:

The Wicker Man
Saw
Se7en

I was going to pick Saw and Se7en as well, but wasn't sure if i got the context right...would The Usual Suspects count?

Anyone with a revenge type motivation would fit the bill no?

[Johnnytheboy]

That terrible SciFi move: Skyline.

[Nom de ploom]

The Alamo?

Butch and Sundance?

The Wild Bunch...although no heroes in that fillem.

Swordfish....possibly.....

[Shaoxter]

Oldboy. Well actually neither of them really wins...

[prand]

Plenty really,

No Country for Old Men is pretty much where the bad guy gets away with it, Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal becomes a hero psycho slasher, incredibly!

DR Zhivago was pretty sad with Russia winning, Bridge over the River Kwai has messed with my mind all my life as I can't see any winners there!

Titanic is a bit obvious - bad guy=iceberg?!

Se7en?

I thought Kill List was an interesting one, really awful bad guy get done over by badder guys in the end. Didn't really like that one.

[adaptive]

Repo Men (Jude Law film)

[Halmyre]

Johnnytheboy said:

Arguably "A Bridge Too Far".

The Italian film about El Alamein.

You might argue several films about the life of Christ, extended to "Life of Brian".

On that note, Monty Python's the Holy Grail.

Oooh, can any one beat "The Wicker Man"?

(ETA the person two above me).

'The Wicker Man' - hmm, Paganism vs. Christianity, I'm on the fence here. Anyway, look at Summerisle's face when Howie tells him "next year they'll be coming for you!"

My choices:

Run with the Devil
Easy Rider
Electra Glide in Blue
Vanishing Point
Birth of a Nation

[ecs]

Drive - though I can't tell if 'Driver' is a good guy, a murderer or a brain dead moron.

[shakotan]

Blair Witch Project.
Any of the Paranormal Activity films.
Rec

Most horrors have at least one good guys getting away at the end, but not these.

[shakotan]

Also, Silence of the Lambs

[Jasandjules]

The usual suspects

[trashbat]

The Sound of Music.

I think.