The 10 best anti-hero movies of all time
People often confuse the term “anti-heroes” with the villains who are the main characters in movies, but that’s not exactly the case. Anti-heroes are characters whose moral compass is unclear, but they are almost always selfish and act in their own best interests. It could mean working with the good guys or the bad guys, and sometimes even both.
In some cases, anti-heroes are characters who do bad things but still empathize, and they make them the most fascinating characters. Their distinctively naughty attitudes and the unpredictable dichotomy in behavior make them so entertaining.
Mad Max
Mad Max has always been an anti-hero, as he’s a loner who drifts along a future wasteland, but Mad Max: Fury Road accentuated more than ever his role of anti-hero. After the death of his family, Max lives for himself, and he has no intention of helping anyone, not even a truck full of women trying to escape Immortan Joe’s wrath.
But while they are also his only chance to escape the same fate, he hesitantly embarks and teams up with Furiosa. Although Road of fury Barely escaped development hell, hopefully not the last audiences saw the pair as they make a great, motley squad.
lisbeth
In The girl with the dragon tattoo, even though she is a vigilante and taking revenge on the worst human beings imaginable, Lisbeth was still breaking the law in an extremely disturbing way. And on top of that, she is an expert in hackers and cybercriminals who expertly retrieves encrypted information for huge sums of money.
But although she is unable to conform to social norms and could be considered a sociopath, when she teams up with Mikael, Lisbeth becomes more moral and begins to show empathy. And the investigative work they do together becomes less about money for her over time.
Major Marquis Warren
The Hateful Eight is one of the most captivating westerns of recent years, and that’s mostly thanks to Major Marquis Warren, a bounty hunter who only has his own interests in mind. All he’s trying to do is protect the bodies of three dead men in a blizzard so he can get his bounty back.
However, that often means having to work with people he despises, some of whom have higher morale than him, and some have lower morale. Half of the characters in the film are anti-heroes, as both John Ruth and Chris Mannix work with Warren for mutual benefit, although it’s unclear which of them is dishonest.
cat woman
There are few characters more cunning than Catwoman, and in every movie appearance, either Batman Returns Where The dark knight rises, the character is nothing more than a burglar cat. But at the same time, Batman has a soft spot for her and, in turn, causes her to take it easy with him too.
Selina Kyle always ends up working closely with Batman, but it’s almost always for her personal interests. In The dark knight rises, Catwoman only helps Batman so she can get her hands on the clean slate, which would erase her criminal record. But a few minutes before, she was working with Bane for the same reasons.
Mannish
There are not many characters in pulp Fiction who have morals. In fact, almost all of the characters are a hitman, drug dealer, gangster, or rapist. Butch doesn’t fit any of those characters, but he still has a distorted moral compass.
He defrauded Marsellus with money and he murdered Vincent, two reasons Butch would make a terrible roommate. It seems Butch only cares about himself, but he still feels compelled to do the right thing. Even though they were sworn enemies at the time, Butch saved Marsellus from Zed, risking his own life in the process.
Severus Snape
Severus Snape liked to bully his students, especially Harry, which is pathetic considering the teacher’s age, and all because he was rejected by a girl as a child. But what’s worse is that Snape was a Death Eater and essentially Voldemort’s helper, as he spoke about the prophecy to the Dark Lord.
However, for many years the character acted as a double agent, working against Death Eaters and trying to keep both sides happy without being discovered. Everything eventually exploded in his face, but there was a decent quality about Snape and he clearly had good intentions at times.
Lando Calrissian
Although Lando’s closest ally and the more popular of the two, Han Solo, was also an anti-hero, per The Empire Strikes Back, the character had completely got rid of the “anti”. However, Lando has always been a wild card and much more reluctant to do the right thing than Han.
Lando also displays typical anti-hero characteristics and has such rogue behavior. The character is a gamer, colluding in the way he plots plans, and he’s terribly cavalier about the law. Although Solo wasn’t Disney’s biggest hit, Lando deserves his own origin movie.
Loki
No one has changed sides more than the god of evil. Loki has fooled so many heroes into believing he is good, and he has fooled so many villains into believing he is bad. Even since Thor in 2011, where Loki stands on the moral landscape has always been in the air, and he never did what was in his best interests.
In the end, he’s redeemed himself a few times now, and when he tried to kill Thanos, he gave up the anti- “and became a hero in his own right. However, he’s since gone back to his old stuff. in the Disney + series Loki.
Jack sparrow
Given that Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl was based on a ride through a theme park, writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio did a great job of building a world with what little source material they had. But what really brought the theme park-based film to life was the anti-hero Jack Sparrow.
Jack was constantly in a battle to regain control of the Black Pearl by whatever means necessary, and that sometimes meant joining the good side and reluctantly accomplishing heroic tasks. The Trickster is the influence of any film antiheroes that followed in the years since, and there are clear signs of Sparrow in Harley Quinn. And ironically, there is a pirates reboot which is in development with Margot Robbie in a key role.
Harley quinn
While fans might not realize it, Harley Quinn has featured in the DCEU almost as much as Superman, and even more so than Batman. Although two of them have an ensemble cast, Harley has directed Suicide Squad, Birds of prey, and The suicide squad. And each of them saw Harley jump from side to side and act in their own best interests.
Between all of her reckless actions like blowing up ACE Chemicals, Harley has had some supremely heroic moments. However, that’s normally only because it was beneficial to her in the situation she was in, like when she helped Gotham City Police Detective Renee Montoya take down Black Mask.
