History HeroAntagonist / LiveActionFilms

* In ''Film/GoodFellas'', while Jimmy Conway and Tommy are the BigBadDuumvirate, the police and the law are the true main antagonists, and as standard are more heroic than the gangsters they're trying to apprehend.

* ''Film/TheMask'': Lt. Mitch Kellaway, while a cynical stick in the mud constantly annoyed with his dumb partner Doyle, still very much has an active interest in doing his job and arresting criminals. Since Stanley Ipkiss as The Mask has committed crimes like assault and bank robbery, Kellaway is unshakeable in trying to capture him even when he breaks out to stop BigBad Dorian Tyrell from doing evil. Kellaway even still remains determined to capture Stanley even after all that too.

* ''Film/InTheLineOfFire'': Secret Service Agent Bill Watts--in contrast to [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Chief of Staff Harry Sargent]]--while he doesn't personally like Frank Horrigan is still very professional and reasonable to the point that while he does kick Frank off the detail for being insubordinate, he also lets him see the seating chart later on when he's kicked off again and then acts quickly in helping to [[spoiler:get the President out when Mitch Leary takes his shot]].

** In ''Film/{{Thor}}'', ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} is up until the end only screwing up things for both Jane's team and Thor himself. The audience knows they're good guys due to the comics and ''Film/IronMan'' movies, but for the protagonists they seem only like a bunch of intrusive jerks. Thankfully, once Thor gets his powers back, he states the agents were only misunderstood, and then they decide to help Jane's research.

* ''Film//{{Hugo}}'': Station Inspector Gustave Dasté while strict and kind of a [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] is not really a bad guy, he just takes his job seriously; knows Hugo Cabret's been stealing stuff and also knows as an orphan that he shouldn't be there either too. That's reflected in his learning of Hugo's uncle's death after Hugo has for the time being been living by himself and pretending he's not alone. That the Inspector saves Hugo from an incoming train and then turns him over to Papa Georges when he takes responsibility for him shows on both accounts that despite how rigid he can be, he's ultimately not totally unreasonable either--and even attends the screening in the end too.

* ''Film/DunePartTwo'': [[spoiler:Chani]] takes on this role due to vehemently not believing in the Bene Gesserit's [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]] prophecy due to thinking it was conceived to try to manipulate control over the Fremen and thus while [[spoiler:she loves Paul Atreides, she]] can't resolve and support [[spoiler:his decision to embrace that role to achieve victory--regardless of what he himself really believes.]]

* ''Film/{{Torque}}'': Agent Jay [=McPherson=] is a subversion because [[spoiler:it turns out he was secretly in league with [[BigBad Henry James]] all along]], but his partner Tehya Henderson is not as she is legit on the side of the law and helps the heroes in the end too. Also, while Trey Wallace is more of an AntiHero because he's the leader of the biker gang the Rippers, he legit believes [[TheProtagonist Cary Ford]] is the actual [[YouKilledMyFather killer of his brother Junior]] and is wanting revenge for it. Once learning Henry did it and [[FrameUp framed]] Ford, Trey becomes a valuable ally instead.