10 Awesome Movies Where The Bad Guy Wins

7. Chigurh Gets His Man - No Country For Old Men

No Country for Old Men benefits hugely from Javier Bardem's superb, Oscar-winning performance as ruthless killing machineAnton Chigurh, such that while he's a horrific, cold-blooded psychopath, he's still oddly likeable, what with his wry sense of humour and strict honour code, and as a result, we're not that fussed that he gets away at the end.

A film that actively eschews thriller conventions - choosing not to show the gunfight that kills the protagonist (Josh Brolin) long before the climax in particular - The Coen Brothers end things just as Chigurh survives a purely accidental car crash, slinking away with a broken arm, while Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) seems to concede the futility of his man-hunt. And to top it all off, Chigurh appears to have made off with all that money everyone's so crazy about as well (though this is more implied thanexplicitlyshown).

This is a great entry because it doesn't rely on a twist ending like so many of the others; Chigurh stalks his way through the film like a phantom, and then disappears out of it in the same style at its climax, noting the pervasive presence of evil.