25 of the Best Movies With a Good Guy Who’s a Bad Guy

John Wick is a straight-up murderer
25 of the Best Movies With a Good Guy Who’s a Bad Guy

Stark divides between good and evil are for babies. Here in the age of prestige dramas and gritty reboots, complexity is king, and no one is more complicated than an antihero. In fact, give us a character who is unimpeachably good, and we’ll just smoosh our faces into the screen trying to break through so we can slap away their stupid little smiles. Bad guys are just more fun to watch, and no appeal to morality is going to change that.

Redditor elesilfat, for one, has had enough. “I’m tired of movies where there’s one cool character and you’re just the plain person supporting the cool one and hating the bad,” they recently told r/Movies. “For instance, The Departed (2006) is a great example where you’re not sure whom to root for… or maybe The Devil’s Advocate (1997).” 

They then asked, “What’s a top movie where the main character is bad, but you still root for them?” and Reddit turned off its conscience long enough to have a rollicking good time.

John Wick

Bonnie and Clyde

Silence of the Lambs

In Bruges

Blade Runner

Memento

Heat

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Goodfellas

Snatch

Dangerous Liaisons

Pulp Fiction

Inside Man

Law Abiding Citizen

Payback

Tombstone

Hell or High Water

L.A. Confidential

Scarface

Catch Me If You Can

The Karate Kid

Chicago

Nightcrawler

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

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