10 Movies You Didn't Realise You Were Following The Villain

1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is one of those great movies that's absolutely worth revisiting at different points in your life.

As a youngster, you'll love Ferris (Matthew Broderick) for being a charming, quick-witted rogue, but when you get a little older, you might find it tougher to tolerate or even excuse his straight-up sociopathic behaviour.

Though the film's surface-level "villain", Dean of Students Edward R. Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), is largely portrayed as a cartoonish, unlikable goof, his motivations are at least understandable given Ferris' frequently manipulative, narcissistic, and self-serving actions throughout.

But what really makes Ferris the true villain is his treatment of his poor "pal" Cameron (Alan Ruck), frequently bullying him into doing his bidding, namely hassling him to borrow his father's prized 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder.

Of course, the film tries to ultimately dress it all up as Ferris helping Cameron become a more assertive and self-actualised person, but make no mistake, Ferris' goals are entirely selfish.

There comes a time in your life where you realise you haven't been hanging with the fleet-footed hero of the story, but a man who is going to be a major piece of work in adulthood, manipulating his family and his employers at every errant opportunity.