| Please name some movies where the protagonists start out behaving badly in a funny or dramatic way, and get their comeuppance in the end not with a grand defeat or apology forgiveness, but just end up miserable and unhappy as result of their own behavior. |
| Not sure about a movie but the book Wuthering Heights might fit the bill. |
| Crazy Ex Girlfriend is like this from the beginning to middle, but by the very end they realize their mistakes and turn it around a bit. |
| Trainspotting |
| Braling Bad, largely. |
| *Breaking Bad |
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Gone With the Wind
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| Mansfield Park book/movies, though there is a bit of redemption at the end for some. |
| Vertigo |
| Cruel intentions |
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Citizen Kane
The Magnificent Ambersons |
| Lala Land |
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Downfall
Hitler winds up in a ditch on fire. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy |
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The Hoodlum (1951 film)--saw it a few months ago, it actually is a very good movie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hoodlum_(1951_film) |
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Inglorious Basterds
Very Bad Things |