Movies where the bad guy got away

[bellakin123]

Silence of the Lambs
Matchstick Men
Rosemary's Baby
Se7en

[Ed_RDNC]

The Thomas Crown Affair: both versions:
1968 - Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway
1999 - Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo

[Lamplight]

Originally Posted by Lamplight

That may not be the film I'm thinking of, then. The one I have in mind, the bad guy does die near the end, but at the very end you see his "spirit" slipping off in some manner that tells you he's not really beaten. It's been so long since I've seen whatever movie that was that I can't remember the details, I just remember watching it with a friend and we thought it was awesome because the bad guy didn't really lose.

I think I figured it out. The film was Fallen with Denzel Washington. Fallen and The Jackal came out in 1998 and 1997, and I rented both with the same group of friends, probably around the same time, but the title of The Jackal just stuck in my mind more.

[virgo]

For some reason, I keep thinking that Rutger Hauer survived in the original version of "The Hitcher," but I may be wrong.

The little old ladies in "Arsenic and Old Lace" got away with killing quite a few folks, but weren't severely punished for it.

Horror movies seem to have the "bad guy" just carrying on: (1) The Car - They never could destroy it, and in the last shot of the movie, it was seen driving towards a big city; (2) The little boy in the first Omen movie survived; (3) The creature in Jeepers Creepers keeps coming back every 25 years; (4) Gena Rowland was able to transfer into someone else's body in The Skeleton Key; (5) One girl escaped in The Cave, even though she was infected.

[Coolhand68]

Goodfellas - Henry Hill cops a deal and walks

Carlito's Way - Benny Blanco from the Bronx

Jackie Brown - she was sort of bad

Halloween - Michael Meyers

Poughkeepsie Tapes

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Pulp Fiction - Sam Jackson and Bruce Willis walk free

[Mouldy Old Schmo]

In my original post, I asked about movies where the bad guy got away and the good guy died attempting to stop the bad guy. Of course, the characters in question don't have to be "guys"!