This is why some filmmakers avoid making their main characters too evil.

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However, multiple popular protagonists in cinema are actually villains.

Some may become evil because of their situations and others are rotten to their core.

Regardless of their inspiration, a villain as a protagonist makes the story unique.

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David says hes there to help and he does.

David kills everyone except Major Carver, who explains the truth about David.

Its unclear how much of the story was within Patricks mind and how much of it really happened.

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Regardless, Patrick is a psychopath and a villain who will kill people for the smallest things.

Their greed leads to them getting sloppy and eventually caught.

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While the three are very charming and main character material, they are certainly the villains of the movie.

Thats not to say the others are any less guilty, as they all committed crimes for their benefit.

In the end, he kills his best friend, and his sister shoots him.

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Clyde plans and murders Darby years later.

He surrenders himself and the rest of the movie shows how he takes revenge even while imprisoned.

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Nick figures out what Clyde is doing and tries to stop him but is largely unsuccessful.

While Clyde was avenging his family, his methods were wrong and unlawful, turning him into a villain.

The killer Alfonzo has hired lets Jake go because of a good deed he did during the day.

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The movie makes you empathize with Frank to the extent that you almost forget hes the bad guy.

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He inflated the stock prices of worthless stocks and made a fortune while his clients suffered the consequences.

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In addition, he ends up pleading guilty to the charges against him when he’s eventually caught.

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Jordan Belfort in his office building in The Wolf of Wall Street.