Are there any Hollywood films in which the villain gets away with it?

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Sticky end ... Alan Rickman as the villainous Hans Gruber with Bonnie Bedelia in Die Hard.Photograph: 20th Century Fox /Everett/Rex Features
Sticky end ... Alan Rickman as the villainous Hans Gruber with Bonnie Bedelia in Die Hard. Photograph: 20th Century Fox /Everett/Rex Features Photograph: c.20thC.Fox/Everett / Rex Features

In Hollywood films, villains always seem to get their comeuppance, usually by death. Real life, of course, isn’t so neat. Leaving aside trilogies (or longer) and true stories, are there any Hollywood films in which the villain gets away with it?

Michael Bath, Rochester, Kent

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