Failed Redemption Stories

List creator: CSullivan Created on: May 7, 2003 - 7:12 PM PDT Description: Movies where the main character is on a downward spiral

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	Taxi Driver (1976)
Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle, a man struggling to come to terms with the seedy environment he lives in. Somehow, De Niro makes crazy NY taxi drivers almost sexy ;)
	Angel Heart (1987)
A smalltime gumshoe embarks on a dark, unsettling odyssey from the dark streets of Brooklyn, to the humid swamps of Louisiana with hellish consequences.
	Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
The Marquise and the Vicomte play cruel parlor games of sex, deceit and revenge.
	Thelma & Louise (1991)
They start off as fairly normal women, and spiral into a crime spree, but they have lots of fun doing it!
	Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Disturbing, visceral character study of corrupt N.Y.C. cop's slide into insanity (this listing has been questioned and may indeed deserve to be on my "Redemption Stories" list... perhaps I need to see it again)
	El Mariachi/Desperado (1992)
El Mariachi heads down a dangerous road due to mistaken identity. His decline is entirely out of his control.
	Falling Down (Deluxe Edition) (1993)
The adventure of an already disturbed man who snaps and goes to war with the ordinary world. Big time downward spiral.
	Amadeus (1984)
In his jealousy, Salieri plots to destroy Mozart as revenge against God for giving such enormous talent to one so crude and arrogant.