12 Movies Where The Villain Emerges Victorious
7. 1984
George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four takes place in a dystopian future where British society is kept in line by the Thought Police and run by a totalitarian dictatorship called Big Brother. John Hurt's character, Winston, is in charge of revising historical records to conform to his government's ideology. Winston despises his job but feels like he's too weak to take on the powers-that-be.
When he learns his co-worker, Julia, shares the same loathing for Big Brother, it inspires him to join a rebel party led by O' Brien. However, Winston learns that O' Brien works for the government and concocted "The Rebellion" to locate traitors. He then orders the Thought Police to have Winston and Julia interrogated and tormented to purge them from their "insanity".
Unable to tolerate the torture, Winston implicates Julia and screams "Do it to her!". He promises O' Brien that he will sell out anyone if they release him.
After being "cured", Winston is reintegrated into society. While sitting in a cafe, a news report announces Britain's latest victory against Eurasia. Although Winston tells the waiter that this outcome is "wonderful news", we can see he doesn't believe it, but is too broken to fight the corrupt system anymore.