Great Movies where the Bad Guys Win!

[MrPandarium]

Requiem for a Dream, alright there is no real bad guy but all four main characters lose at the end

 

[holographicman]

inside job?

if you consider former-nazi blackmailing bankrobbers to be bad guys.

 

[fat american]

Pirates of the Carribean. Pirates end up winning. And we all know how horrible pirates are.

 

[lukemdizzle]

No Country For Old Men

 

[Pariah87]

Scarface. Everyone is pretty much bad, so ultimately a bad guy has to win.

 

[Arkvoodle]

The Green Mile.

 

[mobsterlobster]

Am I really the first to say The Empire Strikes Back? I know you mentioned the Star Wars prequels, but The Empire Strikes Back is generally regarded as the best Star Wars film and the bad guys are winning at the end. Surely that counts, right?

EDIT: Just noticed KwaggaDan said "Star Wars Episode 5". Apologies.

 

[Turkey Braveheart]

SAW films.Jigsaw wins most of the time....

Ok, that's ONE good film.

 

[mocruz1200]

the imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.
you knew that the bad guy was going to win about halfway through the movie

 

[daishonato]

Dr. Horrible's Sing A long Blog.

Although you could have a serious discussion about who the good or bad guys really are. Or about who actually won in the end.

I'll back you up there. He wins, but he's lost the one reason he wanted to become a supervillian.. totally devestating ending. Myself, I'd argue you can't beat 1984 for *that* ending.

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

Its techiacally a miniseries but Storm of the Century is amazing. It has one of the best villians i've ever seen.

 

[Turkey Braveheart]

the dark knight

Good catch, despite the Joker winding up in prison he does manage to win by corrupting Harvey Dent and turning Gotham against Batman.

 

[Zirat]

Chinatown with Jack Nicholson ends with the bad guy winning So does No Country for Old Men

Hell this entire page outlines them: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBadGuyWins

 

[Turkey Braveheart]

Pirates of the Carribean. Pirates end up winning. And we all know how horrible pirates are.

That was one I considered putting the in the Good column because none of the pirates can be considered good, only anti heroes at best. Even Lord Becket doesn't seem quite evil to me. He might be cruel, but his goal of a sea free of pirates would be good for law abiding seamen everywhere.

 

[TheHitcher]

Se7en

 

[Turkey Braveheart]

Pulp Fiction.

Who was a good guy in that movie?
Also, Zed dies and Butch and Marsallis escape. That story at least seems to have nominally better guys winning.

 

[theironbat46]

3:10 to Yuma and The Dark Knight.

 

[Treeinthewoods]

Nobody mentioned Reservoir Dogs or The Usual Suspects? Seriously, those are two of the best movies ever!

 

[crimson5pheonix]

In addition to A Scanner Darkly, The Omen.