I am actually having trouble thinking of any recent movies where this happens, so I'm mostly thinking about video games where every enemy that sees you instantly decides that it's you or them, and no matter how many you kill the next guy is always like "I've definitely got this."

Although I also haven't recently played any games where you can spare the main villain, so... are we even still doing this? Maybe I'm not consuming the right media.

Edit: Wait I thought of one recent game where the protag spares the final boss because they're sort of the same. I don't know if I can say which game it is without it being a major spoiler. The "class" consciousness thing basically is the text though, it's not like subtle or unintentional.