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30 Movies That End With The Bad Guy Winning

Hugh Scott

29 April 2024 at 5:00 pm

Not everything has a happy ending.

No Country for Old Men

Se7en

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Rocky

Avengers: Infinity War

Chinatown

Kingpin

The Usual Suspects

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Rosemary's Baby

Silence Of The Lambs

Primal Fear

Saltburn

Skyfall

The Wicker Man

Fallen

12 Monkeys

Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith

The Bad New Bears

Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines

A Clockwork Orange

Taxi Driver

Swimming with Sharks

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Cool Hand Luke

Network

Basic Instinct

Sicario

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Arlington Road

Not everything has a happy ending.

We all know the trope of the hero defeating evil, getting the girl, and they live happily ever after. That isn't always what happens in life or at the movies. Sometimes the bad guy wins. Sometimes the hero can't come out on top. These movies will sometimes stick with us days or weeks, so here's our list of the times the bad guy wins in the end.

Warning: Spoilers ahead, of course.

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We're all used to the hero coming out on top in movies, but that doesn't always happen. Here's our list of movies where the bad guy wins in the end.

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