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Roger has fully descended into savagery while on the island.  Earlier in The Lord of the Flies, Roger wouild torment the littl'uns, but hw would only throw small stones near them, not directly at them.  By the end of the novel, he drops a huge boulder on Piggy, killing him.  He acts, though, on Jack's behalf.  The littll'uns did not originally follow Jack, and so Roger, with his allegience to Jack, saw fit to go ahead and torment the smaller boys.  When Piggy stood up to Jack and demanded to be heard, Roger silenced him for good.  He was like the Nazi soldiers who did Hitler's bidding, so any of those historical films would fit.

On a smaller scale, you could say Crabbe and Goyle from the Harry Potter series share similar characteristics with Roger.  They do whatever Draco Malfoy bids, and they seem to enjoy going after weaker, smaller kids.

If you've ever seen reruns of the old Batman television series, you will find comical characters that fit the same purpose as Roger.  Every bad guy (or girl) had a posse of flunkies to do their fighting for them.  The Joker spent a lot of time shouting, "Get them!" rather than fighting (although he did his fair share of kicks and lame punches).  Roger is Jack's flunkie; he will do whatever Jack asks without question. 

This shows how cowardly some "leaders" can be that they have to have others do their dirty work for them.