10 Movie Villains Who Actually Got Away With It
7. Louis Bloom (Nightcrawler)
Louis Bloom may be a mere mortal, but he's no less evil than Damien Thorn, the Creeper or any other character on this list. Jake Gyllenhaal's Nightcrawler protagonist sells his soul to pursue a career as an ambulance-chasing news reporter.
This is a man who abandoned his humanity long in go, in favour of profiting from the pain and suffering of others. Along the way, he shows the ruthlessness of a wild animal while manipulating every other character in the movie. Although the film threatens to bring him to justice on more than one occasion, this never happens.
Not only does Bloom avoid prosecution, he builds a profitable empire with violent news reporting as its foundation. What began an ethically questionable survival instinct leads Gyllenhaal's character to a lucrative career he doesn't deserve.