7. Bad Luck Brian
Cinematic equivalent: Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) in The Cooler Poor Bad Luck Brian, things just never seem to go his way. If Success Kid is getting every green light on the way to work, Bad Luck Brian is getting every red light, turning up late to work, getting fired, getting divorced, getting cancer, and getting hit by a bus the day before cancer is cured. William H. Macy is somewhat typecast in many movies as the butt of lifes great joke, but to no greater effect than in The Cooler, playing a man with luck so bad, its contagious. He is even employed by a casino to loiter around the gaming tables, ruining the luck of those around him. Its a Hollywood film, so of course, he finds love and his luck turns by the end of the movie. However, in a cruel twist of fate, the films schmaltzy third act is a betrayal of its own premise, and undermines an otherwise promising film. Even in success hes unlucky. Some people just cant catch a break.