The Best Movie Villain

[righthooksrus86]

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Solid list especially Chigurgh, Vader, and Joker...Out of all the movies I've watched in my life those are the ones that immediately come to my mind when I think of villains.

 

[Schlosser85]

Darth Vader, Hans Gruber, Anton Chigurh, and Agent Smith are all worthy entries.

Also Annie Wilkes from Misery is terrifying.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Off the top of my head, not ranked in any way;

Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer - Blade Runner)
T1000 (Robert Patrick - T2)
Bane (Tom Hardy - TDKR)
Joker (Heath Ledger - TDK)
Red Grant (Robert Shaw - From Russia With Love)
Darth Maul (Ray Park - SW:TPM)
Mike Ryerson (Geoffrey Lewis - Salem's Lot)
Reverend Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum - Night of the Hunter)
The Child-catcher (Robert Helpmann - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - I actually met him once when I was a child; he was very nice to me apparently but he still scares the **** out of me whenever I watch that film!)



There are many others I'd like to include - but they're more entertaining than scary.

 

[righthooksrus86]

A lot of villains are entertaining too. The best ones are likeable even though you're not supposed to like em. Heath Ledger's Joker is a prime example, he was an evil character through and through, but he was likeable in a way. That made him a larger than life type of character.

 

[Loki882]

-Dr. Hannibal Lecter ( The Silence of the Lambs).
-Darth Vader (Star Wars OT).
-Hans Gruber (Die Hard).
-Anton Chigurh (No Country For Old Men).
-Annie Wilkes (Misery).
-The Joker (The Dark Knight).
-Max Cady (Cape Fear both versions).
-Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan).
-T-1000 (Terminator 2: Judgment Day).
-Roy Batty (Blade Runner).

 

[James]

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Good one! I love this movie and he makes for an excellent villain. It's nice to see Tavington get a mention, I feel he's criminally underrated as a great movie villain.

My pick for #1, unoriginal though it may be, is Hopkin's Hannibal Lecter. Even in Hannibal, the lesser of his three films, watching Hopkins calmly threaten his way through each scene is a delight -even if the rest of the movie is so-so.

 

[scarlet-witch]

1) Heath Ledger's Joker
2) Dark Vader
3) Lord Voldemort
4) Anton Chirguh (No Country for Old Men)
5) Daniel Plainview (There Will Be Blood)
6) Hans Gruber
7) Amon Goeth (Schindler's List)
8) Hannibal Lector
9) Annie Wilkes (Misery)
10) Michael Myers

 

[Boom]

In alphabetical order:

Amon Goeth
Anton Chigurh
Darth Vader
Hannibal Lecter
Hans Landa
Michael Meyers
Norman Bates
Nurse Ratched
The Joker (Heath Ledger)
The Wicked Witch of the West

 

[Erik Lensherr]

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

1) Heath Ledger's Joker
2) Dark Vader
3) Lord Voldemort
4) Anton Chirguh (No Country for Old Men)
5) Daniel Plainview (There Will Be Blood)
6) Hans Gruber
7) Amon Goeth (Schindler's List)
8) Hannibal Lector
9) Annie Wilkes (Misery)
10) Michael Myers

Good one.

 

[David H.]

My pick for #1, unoriginal though it may be, is Hoskin's Hannibal Lecter.

 

[gwynplaine]

 

[James]

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HA! Good catch. I watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit recently and must have got my wires crossed.

But seeings as I bought it up, Christopher Lloyd's Judge Doom is another spectacular movie villain.

 

[David H.]

HA! Good catch. I watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit recently and must have got my wires crossed.

But seeings as I bought it up, Christopher Lloyd's Judge Doom is another spectacular movie villain.

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I'd also add Frank Boothe to this ever growing list. "F***ed Up" doesn't do him justice.

Lee Woo-jin from OldBoy is fantastic as well.

Getting broader, the reformation system in A Clockwork Orange? (though Alex is a good addition himself).

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

The shark deserves a nomination.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The shark deserves a nomination.

That is true.

 

[Guts]

The milk man from No Country for Old Men.

 

[Sundancer]

I guess not many people here have seen Chinatown.

 

[Guts]

I guess not many people here have seen Chinatown.

 

[James]

And some from films you would not know. t:

Try us, you might be surprised.

 

[The Endless]

The Mafia? Ha! I'd **** em!

Probably the best ending to a film. Ever.

 

[fancyarcher]

Norman Bates certainly has to be up there.

 

[Matt]

I feel like Uncle Scar from The Lion King should be on this list.

 

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Jason Isaacs sure does play a great villain. Great pick. His character in the Patriot was despicable

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Another - that doesn't get a lot of mention - is Hickey (Christopher Walken in Last Man Standing). Chilling performance.