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Movies where you cheer for the bad guys.

posted 5 years ago by samoanjoes (56646)
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I don't mean because their performances were so good. I'm talking about movies where you cheer for the people doing criminal activities.

Ocean's Eleven
The Godfather
Inception

[–] imatosser182 (339) 5 years ago

No Mans Land
A kiss Before Dying
Black Christmas (2019)

[–] samoanjoes (56646) 5 years ago

With Black Christmas, I was rooting for the ending credits

[–] Padeen (6459) 5 years ago

No Mans Land was great. One of those random movies I'm glad I stumbled upon.

[–] imatosser182 (339) 5 years ago

I first saw it as an extremely impressionable 8 year old. Took me over 20 years to find the title. Hard not to root for Chuck Sheen back then and it's just as hard now.

[–] chilone (17864) 5 years ago

Payback

[–] samoanjoes (56646) 5 years ago

I believe the tagline was "get ready to root for the bad guy".

[–] chilone (17864) 5 years ago

Yes indeed. :)

[–] CKid (3842) 5 years ago

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

[–] lud (5930) 5 years ago

Internal Affairs - Even though Dennis Peck is horrible bastard, his charm and smoothmess make him even more sinister. The way he manupulate and seduce women and people in general is enjoyable to watch.

[–] chilone (17864) 5 years ago

Hannibal ;)

[–] 102000 (6248) 5 years ago

The Thomas Crown Affair - 1968 version.

[–] Redsfan001 (6144) 5 years ago

👍

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 5 years ago

Almost every single modern movie.

But for older films:
The Sting
The Italian Job
Godzilla movies

[–] lud (5930) 5 years ago

Why The Sting? Lonnegan was pretty awful person,with no redeeming qualities.

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 5 years ago

Yeah, true. I was thinking on OP's "I'm talking about movies where you cheer for the people doing criminal activities." So I thought about them cheating and scamming and I forgot who the actual bad guy was.
I officially retract that from the list sans-edit.
Replace with A Few Good Men.

[–] lud (5930) 5 years ago

I figured. Newman and Redford are bud guys in movie. Only this time they cheat even worse bad guy.

[–] samoanjoes (56646) 5 years ago

The funny thing about Godzilla is that humans created him. From the 1954 original at least.

[–] nyctc7 (43591) 5 years ago

I saw the original Japanese film at an art house theater. It's a very different tone from the Raymond Burr version. There is a real pathos to Godzilla. One feels bad for him.

[–] samoanjoes (56646) 5 years ago

I recall it was American chemical weapon that created him. I always looked at him like he was seeking revenge.

[–] Allison44 (602) 5 years ago

Den of Thieves
Heat