Thomas Crowne Affair, kinda.
And–had they not completely pussied out on adapting the book to the movie Cujo. Death wins all around in that one.
Fellowship of the Ring.
Arlington Road
I was totally suprised by that.
The Omen and Omen II
And Lego mancer I’d love to hear that argument… Sounds like a possible hijack but that is one of my favorites
The first thing that popped into my mind upon reading the thread title was in Phantasm (II or the original, I forget) when the guy and girl have just escaped and jumped into the back of the hearse and are getting away. The guy says something to comfort the girl like, “It’s ok, we’re fine, it’s all over now.”
The back of the hearse is suddenly thrown open by the Tall Man who replies, “No, it’s not.”
:eek:
The end.
“Easy Rider”
The bad guys win AND lose at the same time.
Not strictly as the OP says, but how about To Live and Die in L.A.. The “good guy”, and main character (William Petrson) aint so good to begin with, and gets killed before the movie is over! I don’t recall who gets offed first- him or Willem Dafoe?
Seeing as how even the good guys were somewhat bad, I guess it’s on topic… sort of
I’ll second Arlington Road (a real suprise the first time), and offer up Ocean’s 11, where the bad guys were the good guys, and the good guy was the bad guy. Good movie overall, but I felt bad for the bad, good-guy (casino owner) who hadn’t even done anything wrong.
One of the most notorious was Red-Headed Woman (1932), in which husband-stealer, adultress and attempted murderess Jean Harlow enjoys a happy ending, with a millionaire husband and a randy chauffeur. This was one of the movies which instigated the cracking down of the Production Code.
Don’t forget Seven.
Fight Club also counts, I suppose, depending on your philosophy.
And Reservior Dogs. Kinda.
As mentioned earlier, the bad guy almost ALWAYS wins in horror movies. After all, there are sequels to be made, so Jason & Freddie and Michael Myers HAVE to get away at the end of every movie.
Other examples that come to mind:
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“The Vanishing” (not the lame American remake, but the Dutch original)
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“Chinatown”
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“The Wicker Man”
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“Basic Instinct”
Well, astorian, by your reason, let’s include the first three Alien movies.
It seems like a lot of movies have the BAD guy winning in the end. But, somehow they have been able to convince you that he is the GOOD guy.
ie: UNFORGIVEN (Eastwood & Hackman)
btw…it works the other way around too HEAT (DeNiro & Pacino)
I don’t know when it comes to PULP FICTION…
Ocean’s Eleven (funny how you forget that Clooney et al are actually THIEVES committing a crime against the casino guy)
The Dorm That Dripped Blood.
In the original “Rocky” movie, Apollo Creed does in fact beat Rocky Balboa on points in a split decision and so Apollo keeps the heavyweight boxing championship.
The “bad guys” had won by the end of Tora! Tora! Tora!
Would “The Empire Strikes Back” count?
That’s debatable. If he was truly bad, he would have probably tried to get the rifles in the end instead of letting the boys keep them.
Heck, In Lock, Stock ‘Chris’ seemed to be the moral center of the film. All the other characters simply did whatever it was that chance dictated while Chris followed his ‘rules’ (it seemed to me) to a T.
Hm…‘Bad guy’ wins…Despite the message in the story ‘The man’ kills Paul Newman in ‘Cool Hand Luke’…