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The Hero Is the Villain

Films with villainous protagonists, or main characters who are the villains of their own story. Characters' crimes are listed in the notes. Bonus points if they die at the end.

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  • The Avenging Conscience
  • The Unknown
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • The Invisible Man
  • The Ape
  • Monsieur Verdoux
  • Throne of Blood
  • Cairo Station
  • The Man Who Could Cheat Death
  • Peeping Tom
  • Onibaba
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
  • Watermelon Man
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God
  • Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
  • Taxi Driver
  • Doctor of Doom
  • The Shining
  • Raging Bull
  • An American Werewolf in London
  • The King of Comedy
  • Once Upon a Time in America
  • The Mosquito Coast
  • Vampire's Kiss
  • Lady Terminator
  • GoodFellas
  • A Brighter Summer Day
  • Man Bites Dog
  • Falling Down
  • Airheads
  • Kids
  • Trainspotting
  • Face/Off
  • Rushmore
  • Beau Travail
  • Fight Club
  • American Psycho
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • Freddy Got Fingered
  • The Royal Tenenbaums
  • City of God
  • Halloween
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Elite Squad
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  • Confessions of a Shopaholic
  • Despicable Me
  • The Social Network
  • Megamind
  • Chronicle
  • The Dictator
  • Spring Breakers
  • Under the Skin
  • Filth
  • The Wolf of Wall Street
  • A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
  • Nightcrawler
  • King Candy
  • Look Who's Back
  • The Greasy Strangler
  • Captain Fantastic
  • The Love Witch
  • The Founder
  • Split
  • Ingrid Goes West
  • 1922
  • The Kindergarten Teacher
  • American Animals
  • Avengers: Infinity War
  • The House That Jack Built
  • The Grinch
  • Vice
  • Fyre
  • Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
  • The Death of Dick Long
  • Us
  • Brightburn
  • Parasite
  • The Fanatic
  • Uncut Gems
  • Joker
  • Eli
  • Spree
  • Possessor
  • Superman: Red Son
  • Tiger King
  • I Care a Lot
  • WandaVision
  • Lightyear