Poll: Biggest Movie Losers

Results of 1,504 votes:

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   Michael Douglas in Falling Down (1993)

    

   William 'D-Fens' Foster: SPOILER: Foster completely lost his mind in the daily traffic jam. He was always a ticking time-bomb but was pushed over the edge when he was fired. He went to see his wife, d…
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   Choi Min-sik and Kang Hye-jeong in Oldboy (2003)

    

   Dae-su Oh: SPOILER: Held 16 years as a captive in a little room by evil forces, not knowing what's up with his family, while his wife was killed, he was officially falsely denounced as murderer and hi…
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   Mads Mikkelsen in The Hunt (2012)

    

   Lucas: SPOILER: Smeared by an innocent lie. Fired by his superior, scorned by his friends. Dragged into a battue by his environment. Got shattered by circumstances he had no control of. Suggested by …
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   Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern in Home Alone (1990)

    

   Harry & Marv: SPOILER: Low down gangsters, searching for abandoned houses on Christmas holidays to break in and steal worthy things from the owners. They got burned, punched, electrified, glued an…
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   Vincent D'Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket (1987)

    

   Pvt. Pyle: SPOILER: Didn't make it in real life. Didn't make it in basic training. Despaired, became nuts about his situation and shot his drill instructor and himself. Suggested by Jen
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   "Carrie" Sissy Spacek 1977 United Artist

    

   Carrie White: SPOILER: Oppressed by her religious mother, mobbed and shunned in school, exposed and mocked by a cruel prank of dumb classmates at the prom. Turned to a satanic mass murderer by using …
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   Margot Robbie in I, Tonya (2017)

    

   Tonya Harding: SPOILER: Foiled by her mother, her husband, her husband's dumb friend's plans, the police, the court of law, the press, the audiences, she is still known as cheap white trash to the pub…
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   Jack Nicholson in The Shining (1980)

    

   Jack Torrance: SPOILER: Jack signed a contract as a janitor for looking after the old Overlook Hotel while concentrating on his writing. The loneliness made him dull and mean. He turned mad about anyt…
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   Al Pacino and John Cazale in The Godfather Part II (1974)

    

   Fredo Corleone: SPOILER: Always was selfish, weak, a betrayer. He had no guts and betrayed his own brother to another mafia boss. He had to need help from his sister to reunite to his family and was a…
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    Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

     

    Sonny: SPOILER: Sonny wanted to rob a bank for his lover's sex change operation. There was not enough money because so many people withdrew money, that it wouldn't be enough for the operation. While h…
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    Charlize Theron in Monster (2003)

     

    Aileen Wuornos: SPOILER: Abused by her father and his friends as a kid, later searching for love and kindness. In need of financial matters she became a prostitute. While not being able to cope with t…
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    Smile, you're at Mr. Smiley's

     

    Lester Burnham: SPOILER: Turned dull by disillusion in his job where he got fired. After extorting the dismissal manager of his old job, he completely lost his mind to oblivion. He was seduced from on…
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    Anthony Perkins in Psycho (1960)

     

    Norman Bates (also contains spoiler of 'Psycho II): SPOILER: Owned and operated a motel. Spyed on naked people. His hobby was taxidermy. He was a milksop who murdered people. At last he went totally n…
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    Joaquin Phoenix in Her (2013)

     

    Theodore: SPOILER: Theodore was tempted by a clever artificial intelligence. He built a relationship to her, Samantha. She gained not only his attention. She gained his sexual fantasies and the contro…
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    Bruce Campbell in Army of Darkness (1992)

     

    Ash: SPOILER: He just wanted to spend a nice weekend at the woods with his fellows. It turned out to be a horrific weekend with his friends turning to zombies after hearing a man on tape reading a str…
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    Rick Moranis in Ghostbusters (1984)

     

    Louis Tully: SPOILER: Louis was a dumb boring loser and just wanted to date the exciting Dana Barrett, but he locked himself outside from his own party. When Dana was ready to date him, she already tu…
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    Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler (2008)

     

    Randy 'The Ram' Robinson: SPOILER: Randy 'The Ram' Robinson: Spent his life with Wrestling, sex, drugs and show until he was to old. At his last days he wanted to reunite with his estranged daughter, …
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    Lupita Nyong'o in 12 Years a Slave (2013)

     

    Patsey: SPOILER: A female black slave in 19th century in America. Despite being the worker with the best results, she was put down by her slave keeper, being whipped by another slave, and had to beg f…
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    Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables (2012)

     

    Fantine: SPOILER: Her curse was her beauty. Slandered by the envy women at work, she was thrown out of the factory so that she couldn't any further buy the medicine for her son. She had to become a pr…
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    Ben Affleck, Lisa Banes, and David Clennon in Gone Girl (2014)

     

    Nick Dunne: SPOILER: Nick dated a perfect female psychopath. He was suspected of murdering his wife while she was hiding. He suffered the social pressure while no one knew that he was innocent. Not ab…
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    Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine (2013)

     

    Jasmine French: SPOILER: She was a successful socialite in New York, but got utterly ruined. She tried to reunite with her estranged sister and son while her proud commanded her to prevent showing th…
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    Tom Hardy in Warrior (2011)

     

    Tommy Conlon: SPOILER: Put down by his boozing father, put down in a fair MMA-fight by his brother for giving his brother's family a chance. Then going to jail by the military law for deserting.
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    Jason Statham in Crank (2006)

     

    Chev Chelios: SPOILER: Low down gangster, was poisened by some lower gangster because his boss cheated on him. Losing mind, losing time, losing the game; He hurt or killed people to revenge himself, …
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    Robert De Niro in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

     

    Frankenstein's monster: SPOILER: Doctor Frankenstein re-animated his monster from body parts from the deceased. The monster suffered from the pain of the scars, being lonely and being a monster. Norma…
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    Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

     

    Eva Khatchadourian: SPOILER: Put down by her psychopathic son by trying to reach him and getting demeaned by him. In between he hurt his little sister intentional badly. As a reward for her efforts, s…
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    Angelina Jolie and Devon Conti in Changeling (2008)

     

    Christine Collins: SPOILER: After her son was lost for five month and then 'found' again, she realized he can't be her son. By remarking that he obviously has shrunk, Christine faced an outraging syst…
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    Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

     

    Royal Tenenbaum: SPOILER: Left his family without a cause. On that turn his talented kids started struggling with problems until they were grownups. For reuniting he lied about having cancer. Neither …
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    Elliot Page in An American Crime (2007)

     

    Sylvia Likens: SPOILER: She was sent to a foster family that was abusive. Beaten and tortured by other kids in that 'family', Sylvia suffered from being hopeless. She died in the Baniszewski cellar.
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    Lin Shaye and Leigh Whannell in Insidious (2010)

     

    Elise Rainier: SPOILER: Had paranormal visions of victims. Her father was not abusive to her but captivated other young women. She never coped with it, but had continuosly other paranormal visions. Sh…
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    Randy Quaid at an event for Hannibal (2001)

     

    (In lack of a better image) Russel Casse from 'Independence Day': SPOILER: Alcoholic. Mocked by his environment for the story of his alien abduction. Lost everything: His wife, his job, his dignity, t…
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    Gene Hackman in The Chamber (1996)

     

    Sam Cayhall: SPOILER: He was a member of the KKK. When he was a young adult father, burning with hatred and racism, he shot a black boy of the same age like his daughter, who simply was a neighbor's s…