What are some examples of movies, where the antagonist is not a villain?

For example: Sybok in Star Trek: The Final Frontier. He is just a religious man on a quest to find God.

What about “The Fugitive”? The antagonist is a police officer doing his job.

Mary Poppins

Some films where the protagonists are criminals (e.g. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)

Most romantic comedies where there is an antagonist in a rival lover.

Various war movies e,g, Tora! Tora! Tora! (antagonist is Japanese admiralty)

Breaking Away (antagonists are school kids, parents, bike race opponents)

Animal House (antagonists are college kids, the dean)

Ferris Beuller’s Day Off (antagonists are parents, teachers

Fight Club

The Wizard of Oz

Amadeus (jealous creative rival)

Three Colors: White (ex-wife)

Ocean’s trilogy films ( 11, 12 & 13)... same reason as @Zaku mentioned..)

Most of Bogie’s post-gangster movies, including Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Key Largo, Beat the Devil, Across the Pacific, The Left Hand of God, and arguably, We’re No Angels.

Many film-noir feature antagonists that are not villains, protagonists being villains, or in many cases, no villain at all. But then again film-noir is famous for featuring moral ambiguity. That’s what I appreciate about it, not trying to put people into easy categories “good guy” or “bad guys”.

Shrek
Helen Keller

Mega-mind.

Full Metal Jacket. Everyone thinks that the drill sergeant is the bad guy because he’s tough and breaks down his troops, but he’s just trying to keep them alive. Unfortunately, one of the characters just can’t handle it…

@LeavesNoTrace
I would have shot the guy in the first scene. Clearly a villain.

@ragingloli Oh, he’s definitely not a nice guy, but it’s not his job to be nice. It’s his job to ensure his soldiers are combat-ready and able to survive in desperate wartime conditions.

My brother-in-law is a former Marine who trained at Parris Island (where the film is set) and said that that sort of harshness is par for the course.

Darla from Finding Nemo. She’s just some girl with braces who’s clueless about handling fish. (Of course, from the fish’s perspective that cluelessness is the difference between life and death, which does sound rather villain-y…)

An episode of the original Mighty Morphing Power Rangers where a monster was protecting her offspring and was sliced in half by the team. Clearly they were in the wrong, but It never came around to mention that the power rangers were murderers.

I’d say many villain protagonist movies tend to fall into this case, especially if said villain protagonist eventually became the anti-villain or hero in the end.

King Kong.