10 Awesome Movies Where The Bad Guy Wins

2. The Joker Gives Batman A "Little Push" -The Dark Knight

On the face of it, it might seem that the Joker's sentiment that"This is what happens when a unstoppable force meets an imovable object" is entirely pertinent.

But, despite the fact that he winds up locked in Arkham and sees his grand double-bomb scheme thwarted by human nature, The Joker still wins in his agenda to ruin what Batman represents. It wasn't enough for him to corrupt the Bat, he needed his dynamic with Gotham's people to be compromised so his symbolism no longer had any effect.

And in the accidental corruption of Harvey Dent, the Joker achieves his chaotic manifesto. Ironically for a character who takes so much pride in complex planning - hiding a chess grand-master's brain below a clown's exterior for perversity - the victory is incredibly fortuitous, because it comes by accident.

He thought it possible to corrupt Batman's moral centre, when that morality is exactly what leads to Batman taking the blame for Dent's murders. So the exact thing he seeks to destroy ends up being his unlikely weapon of choice.