History DarkIsNotEvil / Film

** The Backson from 2011's ''WinnieThePooh'' could count, but he was pretty much just a [[HeroWithBadPublicity nice guy with bad publicity]].

* {{Firefox}} - In this movie, an American pilot steals a super-advanced Soviet fighter jet and is pursued for the last third of the movie across Europe by his Cold War counterpart. The American is in all black, and the Soviet is in almost pure white. (Does it make you the bad guy if you're performing grand theft aero for LIBERTY?)
* ''{{Ladyhawke}}''. Knight errant Etienne Navarre dresses in all-black armor with red flourishes, and [[spoiler: turns into a wolf at night]]. His lover Isabeau wears a fair amount of black herself; by contrast, both the BigBad (the [[SinisterMinister Bishop of Aquila]]) and his [[TheDragon Dragon]] wear white.

* In ''[[{{Cars}} Cars 2]]'', [[TheAllegedCar Lemons]] are evil, but Otis, the beaten-up car seen in the BookEnds, is friendly.

** Speaking of Disney, [[Disney/BeautyandtheBeast The Beast]] also counts. He's a complete inversion of the classical giant, hulking and evil monster stereotype. He's instead gentle, nice and brave.

* [[Film/HowToTrainYourDragon Toothless the dragon]] is completely black, uses the cover of night to his advantage, his breed is considered the scariest and most dangerous dragon of all, and is on two different occasions referred to as something unholy[[hottip:*:The dragon hand-guide describes his breed as an "unholy offspring of darkness and lightning" and Hiccup's father calls him "Devil" in one scene.]]. However, he's also one of the main characters, a "good guy," and [[UglyCute freakin' adorable.]]

* ''StarWars'' has {{BadAss}} Mace Windu. His fighting style, Vaapad, focuses on channeling his inner rage and bloodlust into strength and speed. He is able to go berserk on bad guys without losing control and falling to TheDarkSide.
** Though because of the nature of it Windu is the only known practitioner of Vaapad that never turned to the dark side.
** Aside from the Windu example the Star Wars movies play it pretty straight. Luke using his anger to channel the dark side and overpower Vader (which is basically an uncontrolled version of what Windu does) almost brings him past the point of no return.
** In the ExpandedUniverse, it's made clear that TheDarkSide itself is not ''necessarily'' evil; it can be fueled by any emotion--even positive ones. It's just that EvilIsEasy, and also that having so much power tends to mess with pure emotions like [[LoveMakesYouEvil love]] and [[KnightTemplar just]][[WellIntentionedExtremist ice]].
** That's been {{Jossed}}. TheDarkSide is evil, as per WordOfGod and various other sources in the EU. The Potentium is a flawed view.
*** Who was talking about the Potentium? They believe that there is no Light and Dark Side. Others, such as the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Gray_Jedi Gray Jedi]], acknowledge that there are two sides of the Force, yet rely on the Dark Side as well without being evil (really, the decision to dumb it down to simple black and white was a move almost as dumb as their homophobia, but [[FanWank that's a whole different can of worms]]).
** At the least, [[PsychoElectro Force]] [[AgonyBeam Lightning]] is not a Sith-exclusive power, as [[JediAcademy Kyle Katarn]], [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Jolee Bindo]] and [[TheForceUnleashed Starkiller]] (post-HeelFaceTurn) have shown.

* In ''BatmanBegins'', Bruce Wayne's motivation to make his persona dark and frightening is explored via SuperHeroOrigin story.

* This trope [[LightIsNotGood and its reverse]] are essentially the entire plot of CliveBarker's ''Nightbreed'' - it's the [[HumansAreBastards humans who all act monstrously]]. Especially the one played by DavidCronenberg.

* Firefox - In this movie, an American pilot steals a super-advanced Soviet fighter jet and is pursued for the last third of the movie across Europe by his Cold War counterpart. The American is in all black, and the Soviet is in almost pure white. (Does it make you the bad guy if you're performing grand theft aero for LIBERTY?)

* Daywalker ''{{Blade}}'' is not only dark, he's black.

* Jetfire from ''Film/TransformersRevengeoftheFallen'' is an elderly Decepticon-turned-Autobot who turns into a sinister-looking fighter jet, specifically the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.

** [[{{Film/Batman}} Bat]][[BatmanReturns man]] of course

** His version of Film/AliceInWonderland has [[CheshireCatGrin Chessur]], an unbelivably unsettling version of the Chesire Cat, although he is among the good guys. To a lesser extent, the Mad Hatter and the UglyCute bear/hyena/reptile like Bandersnatch (originally a bad guy, then changing sides); [[spoiler:in the end, the Red Queen's minions also stop being in her side. Yes, that includes the creepy card soldiers]].

* The titular character of ''{{Darkman}}'' has a NightmareFace and always dresses in gloomy black like a classic villain stereotype. Yet, his main goal is to fight the worst city criminals.

* Jetfire from ''TransformersRevengeoftheFallen'' is an elderly Decepticon-turned-Autobot who turns into a sinister-looking fighter jet, specifically the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.

** The ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' deserves special mention as, probably more than any adaptation, it places a huge emphasis both on just how dark of a character Batman is, but also on how morally good and selfless he is.

** And, while we're on the subject of Guillermo del Toro, it turns out that [[spoiler:the NightmareFuelUnleaded-faun]] of ''PansLabyrinth'' is entirely trustworthy.

* At the end of ''{{Film/Gladiator}}'', Maximus wears his standard all-black armor for his final confrontation with the evil Commodus, [[LightIsNotGood who wears all white.]] Of course, Commodus is invoking [[DarkIsEvil the opposite trope by dressing in white]], since he's casting himself as the heroic one.

** ''Film/CorpseBride'' also plays on this trope. The undead are jovial and friendly both to each other and to mortals, while a lot of the mortals themselves are jerks.

* ''Film/MenInBlack'': They are [[{{MIB}} Men In]] ''[[{{MIB}} Black]]'' after all, but also Earth's "best, last, and only defense against the scum of the universe". Lampshaded in Will Smith's music video.

* At the end of ''{{Film/Gladiator}}'', Maximus wears all black armor for his final confrontation with the evil Commodus, [[LightIsNotGood who wears all white.]]

* At the end of ''{{Gladiator}}'', Maximus wears all black armor for his final confrontation with the evil Commodus, [[LightIsNotGood who wears all white.]]

* The [[spoiler: Nega-Scott]] from ''ScottPilgrim vs. The World'' looks downright evil, red eyes and all. [[spoiler: However, he turns out to be a nice guy once Scott confronts him. The two even make plans for brunch.]]

* The titular character of ''{{Darkman}}'' has a NightmareFace
and always totally dresses in black like a classic villain stereotype. Yet, his main goal is to fight the worst city criminals.

* Part of the twist ending to ''TheCabinetOfDrCaligari'', in which [[spoiler:MadScientist Caligari is actually a perfectly kind psychologist, his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy sleepwalking hitman]] is just a harmless loony, and the hero turns [[CuckoosNest out to be a paranoid psychopath]]. Although it is notable that after TheReveal, Cesare and Caligari look a lot less dark, and Francis looks a lot darker]]. Since Tim Burton gets all of his ideas from ''Caligari'', this makes perfect sense.

** ''CorpseBride'' also plays on this trope. The undead are jovial and friendly both to each other and to mortals, while a lot of the mortals themselves are jerks.