Best Movie Villians in your mind

[CaptainCrunch]

I thought it would be fun with the discussion around all of these Superhero movies to list your top 5 movie villians and why

1) The Icon Darth Vader - He was menacing from the time that he walked through the door of the Rebel Ship and stepped over the bodies of dead rebel soldiers and Storm Troopers alike. He didn't dissapoint throughout that first movie, he willingly tortured a young girl, didn't raise a finger when a whole world was slaughtered and later handed out throat closing punishment without a thought. Tho he would redeem himself later and soften up. He was the best villian for me

2) The Joker (Heath Ledger) - Full of menace and Glee, he claimed that he was an anarchist a dog chasing a car with no plan, but he was the best planner in the whole movie. Your just dying to know the backstory of someone that is so smart and so twisted, but he even lies about that.

3) Hannibal Lectar - So urban and civilized, yet he was diabolical, brilliant and menacing. His interaction with Jodie Foster was chilling. And his emotionless blank faced slaughter of his guards has to be one of the scariest things ever seen. too bad they completely ruined him in later movies.

4) Khan - Star Trek 2 - You would completly hate him if you didn't feel for him deep down. A man created to lead, exiled and consumed by not only his nature, but his need to avenge the death of his wife caused by an uncaring Admiral Kirk. Driven and Completely ruthless he was the modern day version of Ahab chasing the Great White Whale, and willing to throw everything including himself away in the process.

5) Mr Blonde - Reservoir Dogs - A brutal sadistic man. His glee while he danced around and tortured a police officer was one of the most frightening things ever.

6) The Terminator - The Terminator - Not the soft heroic terminator from the sequels but the bad a$$ unstoppable killing machine that wanted to rid the world of all Sarah Conners as long as he killed his Sarah Conners. Played with emotionless viger by Arnold, how can you not grown and scream in frustration when the exo skeleton steps out of the burning truck.

7) Hans Gruber - Die Hard - Oily, ruthless and brilliant. He tied the FBI in complete nots and chewed up scenary like a hungry fat kid, incredible based on the fact that it was Rickman's first Hollywood role

8) Magneto - Xmen series - More a tragic figure then a villian, he had been through the hell of the concentration camps and saw the same situation evolving again and made the step that they were superior to modern man. Was willing to kill his own kind to make the world better for his people.

9) Payton Flanders - The hand that rocks the cradle - Revenge drove her to incredible heights. Seductive but homicidal.

10) Col Jessup (sp?) A Few Good Men - a exceptional soldier, a complete Psycho path with a massive ego and unbelievable leadership skills. He didn't see himself as a villian, and completely justified his actions. That's what made him scary.

HM Cardinel Richelius Three Musketeers (Tim Currey), Pennywise the Clown (Tim Currey) Senator Palpatine/Darth Sideous (Ian McDarmid), General Hummel (Ed Harris), Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington)

[KTrain]

In no particular order:

Alex Forrest (Fatal Attraction): Every guys nightmare.

Biff Tannen (Back to the Future): Just someone you have to hate.

Voldemort (Harry Potter): Great performance, makeup and evil character.

William Atherton (Actor): Played Walter Peck in Ghostbusters, Richard Thornburg in Die Hard and the Professor in Real Genius. I hate that guy for the villain characters he plays.

Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest): A cold and cruel villain.

[Bertuzzied]

George Lucas in Star Wars 1, 2 , 3 and Indy 4.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Bill The Butcher, Gangs of New York. probably one of the best film performances of all time

[Tinordi]

Tim Roth in Rob Roy.

[Flabbibulin]

Bill The Butcher, Gangs of New York. probably one of the best film performances of all time

Daniel Plainview is pretty scary too...

I! Drink! Your! Milkshake!!

[cDnStealth]

No talk about movie villians is complete without mentioning Agent Smith. I also really liked 006.

[MrMastodonFarm]

HAL 9000, 2001: A Space Odessy
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[MarchHare]

Pretty good list. Hard to disagree with any of your choices.

Some other worthy candidates:

Michael Corleone (The Godfather Part II) -- in the first film he was more of a heroic figure who didn't want to get involved in the family business but was forced into it by circumstance. Only in the very last moments, when he orchestrates the death of the other mafia bosses and even his brother-in-law (on the same day as his son's baptism!) do we realize that he's no longer begrudgingly accepting the role of head of his mob family but actively embracing it. In Part II, he lost any remaining sympathy the audience might have had for him when he ordered the death of Fredo and showed no emotion at all.

Xenomorph (Alien series) -- is there a more iconic monster in sci-fi?

HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey) -- "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." The plot of machines turning on their creators has been done countless times, but rarely better than this.

Gordon Gekko (Wall Street) -- Michael Douglas claims that he's frequently approached by investment bankers who say they were inspired to take up that career because of this character, seemingly oblivious to the fact that Gekko was shown to be a criminal and not at all someone who should be considered a role model. It helps put the 2008 global economic crisis in perspective when you know that the amoral parasites who run the world of high finance mistake this villian for a hero.

[Tinordi]

Richard Longshanks in Braveheart

[Muffins]

Random order:

Javier Bardem (Anton Chigurh) - No Country for Old Men

Christian Bale (Patrick Bateman) - American Psycho

Daniel Day Lewis (Bill The Butcher) - Gangs Of New York

John Malkovich (Cyrus The Virus) - Con Air

Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lector) - Silence of the Lambs

[MarchHare]

Just remembered another one: Zod in Superman II

[MrMastodonFarm]

6) The Terminator - The Terminator - Not the soft heroic terminator from the sequels but the bad a$$ unstoppable killing machine that wanted to rid the world of all Sarah Conners as long as he killed his Sarah Conners. Played with emotionless viger by Arnold, how can you not grown and scream in frustration when the exo skeleton steps out of the burning truck.

Just to add to this, the T-1000 is a close second to Arnold's t-800. Flipping Arnold and having him be the hero in T2 and having this smaller sleeker and then revealed to be liquid antagonist was great.

I saw T2 for the first time when it aired on TV, I was 9 when it was in theaters and wasn't allowed to see it so I had to wait. I taped it off TV and watched it so much after that. I distinctly remember wondering how the heck they were going to destroy this thing.

The T-1000 is definitely on the list.

[endeavor]

"You're sheltering enemies of the state, are you not?"

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[Aeneas]

Richard Longshanks in Braveheart

Love it when he throws that guy out a window.

[Pablothegreat]

John Kreese & Johnny Lawrence (Original Karate Kid) - Kreese' uses his positition of authority to unleash his ruthlessness and to win at all costs, and Johnny (the more than willing accomplice), executes it happily. A bit of redemption at the end for Johnny as he pays respect to Daniel by handing him the trophy, and the next movie where Kreese gets his butt kicked, but a chilling tale of the crazy influence coaches can have on kids and the potential to exploit that trusted relationship.

[Nammer403]

Joker - Heath Leadger
And Voldemort

[CaptainCrunch]

I wanted to add a huge honorable mention. Major Toht in Raiders of the lost ark. He was the SS agent who eventually got his face melted that made everyone in the threatre cheer. He was slimy, you could sense that he was unapologetic, and the scene with the folding coat hanger was brilliant and later ripped off by Putin in Family guy

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[MrMastodonFarm]

Adolf Hilter in Schindler's List.:ph34r:

[Jacks]

The Black Knight - Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[Lobotroth]

John Lithgow in Cliffhanger...

[octothorp]

My top five would be:

Kevin Spacey as Keyzer Soze, Usual Suspects
Marlon Brando as Colonel Kurtz, Apocalypse Now
John Noble as Denethor, Return of the King
Javier Bardem as Anton Chigruh
Heath Ledger as the Joker

I think the only one I really need to justify at all is John Noble, but I think that Lord Denethor totally makes that movie, even with his limited screen time; he's the human embodiment of all the corruption and madness that's overwhelming middle-earth, and the scene where he's eating tomatoes is brilliant.

[Frank MetaMusil]

Pennywise

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[MrMastodonFarm]

Cecil Terwilliger in the Game of Thrones thread.

[Puppet Guy]

any evil character ever played by Christopher Lee.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Cecil Terwilliger in the Game of Thrones thread.

i think the term villain would be doing him too much justice. if there were a "Best Movie Douchbags in your mind" thread, then he would belong there

[troutman]

Another vote for HAL.

Dr. Evil (a great satire and composite of all movie villians)

Jaws - the Great White Shark

Animal House - Niedermayer (shot by his own men in Vietnam)

Ghostbusters - Gozer

[trackercowe]

I'll add a few not mentioned yet:

Little Bill (Gene Hackmen) in Unforgiven
Stansfiled (Gary Oldman) in Leon
Amon Goeth (Ralph Feinnes) in Schindler's List
The Raptors in Jurassic Park (mostly the first one)
Pretty much any Disney Villain, it's even hard to cut it down to only a few.

[Lobotroth]

Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet and Speed.

[MissTeeks]

Kind of random but Jason Issacs in The Patriot was a pretty good villan.

[Bertuzzied]

If it were TV villains, the Vancouver Canucks would run away with that award for their performances on Hockey Night in Canada.

[FlamesAddiction]

That vulture-thing from the Dark Crystal used to freak me out when I was a kid, and it still gives me the creeps (the Skeksis Emperor?). He had that machine that would suck juice from Gelflings.

Also, put me down for Gargamel from the Smurfs. He looked like a pedo and wanted to boil Smurfs while they were alive.

[calumniate]

Klaus Kinski in pretty much every movie he made. And another vote for Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet.

[YYC in LAX]

Most have been mentioned but my quick list in no order is:

1. Darth Vader
2. Hannibal
3. The Joker (Ledger)
4. Angela (Sleepaway Camp)
5. Bill the Butcher
6. Judge Smails
7. John Travolta in Battlefield Earth

[Tinordi]

Just wanted to say that this scene is amazing.

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[onetwo_threefour]

I like the original list, but one of my all time favorites is missing:

Roy Batty - Blade Runner - Rutger Hauer

The tragic villain, such a great job by Rutger Hauer in acting that part.

[Tinordi]

The Six Fingered Man.

[Bigtime]

I'll add a few not mentioned yet:

Stansfiled (Gary Oldman) in Leon


Came here to post this, great choice.

How about:

-The humans in Starship Troopers

[onetwo_threefour]

Or Gary Oldman in the Fifth Element - although it was just a little too campy to be top of the pile IMO.

[Hockeyguy15]

Kevin Spacey in Se7en.

[Wormius]

Laurence Olivier - Marathon Man (my former dentist actually had this movie playing in his office)

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[FlamesAddiction]

Rutger Hauer in The Hitcher was pretter good too.

[Blaster86]

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[FlameOn]

Not mentioned on the list yet, but I really liked Hans Landa from Inglorious Bast ards... he was so insidious and creepy as a villain.

[CaptainCrunch]

That vulture-thing from the Dark Crystal used to freak me out when I was a kid, and it still gives me the creeps (the Skeksis Emperor?). He had that machine that would suck juice from Gelflings.

Also, put me down for Gargamel from the Smurfs. He looked like a pedo and wanted to boil Smurfs while they were alive.

Skeksis, they were almost too disturbing for that movie.

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Chamberlain the turncoat was the worst though

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[fotze]

Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth
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[username]

Daniel Plainview - There will be Blood

[Parallex]

Bill Lumbergh in Office Space... seriously who wouldn't hate that guy IRL.

[Locke]

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Snidely Whiplash. Just look at how villainous he is! Just look at him!

[NBC]

My personal Top 10:

1. Revered Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) - Night of the Hunter
2. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) - Psycho
3. Jack Wilson (Jack Palance) - Shane
4. Nurse Ratched - (Louise Fletcher) - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
5. Darth Vader (David Prowse) - Star Wars Trilogy
6. Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore) - It's a Wonderful Life
7. Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) - Cape Fear
8. Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) - Taxi Driver
9. Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) - Fatal Attraction
10. Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin) - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

[Puppet Guy]

forgot to add Pinhead:

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[VANFLAMESFAN]

Lots of solid choices here. Not my favorite, but definitely a great one would be the T Rex in Jurassic Park and Jaws in Jaws.

[Kipperriffic]

Forbidden Planet: The Monster from the id!!!

[nik-]

Michael Corleone - The Godfather.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

A few that haven't been named as of yet:

Warden Norton & Byron Hadley - The Shawshank Redemption
Jack Torrance - The Shining
Nick Naylor - Thank You For Smoking
Ozymandias - Watchmen
The Team from Iceland - Mighty Ducks 2

[Yeah_Baby]

Lots of solid choices here. Not my favorite, but definitely a great one would be the T Rex in Jurassic Park and Jaws in Jaws.

The T-Rex isn't the Villain. That fact that the Rex saves Grant et al from the Raptors makes that pretty clear.

[MarchHare]

The T-Rex isn't the Villain. That fact that the Rex saves Grant et al from the Raptors makes that pretty clear.

Tell that to the lawyer dude on the toilet.

[MarchHare]

The Team from Iceland - Mighty Ducks 2

I'll raise you Team Evil (yes, that's their actual name) from Shaolin Soccer. :)

[Yeah_Baby]

Tell that to the lawyer dude on the toilet.

The T Rex ate the lawyer and spared Ian Malcom. My original point still stands.

[Torch]

Best ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7h-Rw4QCko&feature=related

[Locke]

Tell that to the lawyer dude on the toilet.

The lawyer was the villain.

[OutOfTheCube]

Can't be bothered to read the whole thread, but Max Zorin in A View to a Kill is priceless. Definitely in my top 3, makes the entire movie worth it.

[V]

I think this is the first time I've ever agreed with Tinordi. The six fingered man was an awesome villain. I hated that guy.

[Coys1882]

How about Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast?

[Yeah_Baby]

Can't be bothered to read the whole thread...

Well then I can't be bothered to read any of your posts. :whistle:

[Huntingwhale]

The main bad guy in Inglorious #######s. My god he is an amazing actor. Check him out in "Carnage" if you get the chance.

[troutman]

Is Scarface a villian?

[Roof-Daddy]

Magua

He was bad ass

[3 Justin 3]

Those basterds who take Sam's daughter away in I am Sam. Basterds I tell you.

[trackercowe]

Magua

He was bad ass

Damn can't believe I forgot him... for shame:bag:

[burnin_vernon]

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[undercoverbrother]

I saw T2 for the first time when it aired on TV, I was 9 when it was in theaters and wasn't allowed to see it so I had to wait. I taped it off TV and watched it so much after that. .


I hate you for making me feel old.

This fella was great:

http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2000_Snatch./000SNC_Alan_Ford_005.jpg

[VANFLAMESFAN]

The T-Rex isn't the Villain. That fact that the Rex saves Grant et al from the Raptors makes that pretty clear.

He ate the goat.

Villain.

[MrMastodonFarm]

He ate the goat.

Villain.

They're delicious!

[Methanolic]

Jim Carrey as Hank Evans in: "Me, Myself & Irene"

[Bootsy]

Lots of good picks. Off the top of my head I'd add Katy Bates as Annie Wilkes in Misery:

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And Christopher Llyod's Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit?:

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I was a kid when this came out and man did he give me the creeps!

[Canada 02]

I hate you for making me feel old.

This fella was great:

http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2000_Snatch./000SNC_Alan_Ford_005.jpg
"Do you know what nemesis means? A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent. Personified in this case by an horrible ####. Me."

Brick Top was awesome, as were most of the characters in Snatch

[Hockey_Ninja]

He can be considered both a hero or a villain but V from V for Vendeta is a choice of mine.

[Wormius]

Kevin Spacey has done a lot of great villainous characters. Usual Suspects / Se7en / Superman Returns / Horrible Bosses / Glengarry Glen Ross..

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Shooter Mcgavin from Happy Gilmore.

[OutOfTheCube]

Well then I can't be bothered to read any of your posts. :whistle:

Hey now! I read the first page and didn't see him there, wanted to make the post ;)

[FlamesAddiction]

Honourable mention to the Locknar.

[NBC]

This guy was a complete creep.

http://images.wikia.com/dirtyharry/images/7/7a/DIRTY-HARRY-00205100B-20080612-151715-medium.jpg

"Row, row, row your boat..."

[Locke]

No love for Guan-Di?

http://i.imgur.com/3P1kp.jpg

[jammies]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/Kurgan.jpg

There can be only one!

[YYC in LAX]

Or Gary Oldman in the Fifth Element - although it was just a little too campy to be top of the pile IMO.

Gary Oldman as Drexl Spivey in True Romance was an awesome performance. Not sure I'd put it on an all time top list, but it shows Gary's diversity in acting.

[CaptainCrunch]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/Kurgan.jpg

There can be only one!

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I still think it was one of the best movies I've ever seen and the sound track was awesome.

[Zevo]

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[Zevo]

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Not really Nicholsons character but the actual hotel.

[Zevo]

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[Komskies]

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[trackercowe]

Lock up your children on this one.

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[burnin_vernon]

Kevin Spacey has done a lot of great villainous characters. Usual Suspects / Se7en / Superman Returns / Horrible Bosses / Glengarry Glen Ross..

You should check out Swimming With Sharks.

[Wormius]

Lock up your children on this one.

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Was that Ferris Bueller or Howard the Duck?

[trackercowe]

Was that Ferris Bueller or Howard the Duck?

Ferris. Didn't even know he was in Howard the Duck.

[Traditional_Ale]

Here's going back a way...

Merlock
From Duck Tales, Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)
Voiced by Christopher Loydd

http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/_img/chars/char_30464.jpg

Go watch the movie again if you haven't in a while. It gets a lot darker than I remember it and some of the mutations (structures or characters) are really very morbid.


GOZER

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I'd go there. Enough said.


T1000
Robert Patrick

http://stilllooksfake.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/t-1000.jpg

Like CC said about Arnie in the original, in T2 I remember being scared to all hell watching this movie because of the T1000 character.

[#22]

Auric Goldfinger. Not the scariest, but one of the best Villian lines of all time

"You exshpect me to talk, Goldfinger?"

"No, mister Bond, I expect you to die"

[Magnum PEI]

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[Winsor_Pilates]

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and

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[theinfinitejar]

http://www.serenity.whedonsworld.co.uk/pix/char/main/operative/operative01.jpg

[CaptainCrunch]

I don't know if he was a villain though, he was very complimentary and polite when he was ramming a sword through your chest

[Hemi-Cuda]

I don't know if he was a villain though, he was very complimentary and polite when he was ramming a sword through your chest

and he also wasn't a villain as soon as he saw the proof of what the government did. he was just a loyal soldier who had the blinder removed from his eyes

[CaptainCrunch]

and he also wasn't a villain as soon as he saw the proof of what the government did. he was just a loyal soldier who had the blinder removed from his eyes

He even acknowledged that his actions made him a monster, but he hoped that his actions would make for a better world that he wouldn't be able to live in.

i really liked how the operative was written.

He was brilliant, dedicated and ruthless, but in the end when the cat was out of the bag he didn't continue to pursue a hidden agenda. He helped treat the wounded and let the Serenity Crew including River go.

IF you think about it deeply enough, Mal was the villian in that movie.

He ruthlessly shot a wounded man, instead of stopping to help a another against the Reapers, he coldly killed him.

He threatened to shoot members of his own crew if they didn't do what he said.

[dissentowner]

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[dhc-2]

Hitler from Downfall, portrayed brilliantly by Bruno Ganz. His transformation is eerie.

Cigarette Smoking Man from X-Files comes to mind (TV show I know, but he was in the X-Files movie as well). William B. Davis brought a lot of depth to a role that could have been very one-dimensional.

Dr. Strangelove

Couple more from TV: Wayne Knight as Newman, Jon Bernthal as Shane in The Walking Dead. Shredder, Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady.

[burnin_vernon]

Michael Gambon as Albert Spica in The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and her Lover (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cook_the_thief_his_wife_and_her_lover/) is one of the most vile and boorish characters I've ever seen.

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[pylon]

4) Khan - Star Trek 2 - You would completly hate him if you didn't feel for him deep down. A man created to lead, exiled and consumed by not only his nature, but his need to avenge the death of his wife caused by an uncaring Admiral Kirk. Driven and Completely ruthless he was the modern day version of Ahab chasing the Great White Whale, and willing to throw everything including himself away in the process.


Magua

He was bad ass

I think these two are the best.

Both sympathetic villains, who have good reason to seek vengeance. You can sit back and say to yourself, if I was screwed over the same as these two guys, I could see myself doing the same thing. You cheer for them in a sadistic way.

In Khan's case, he was the classic villain, An total genius, that lost all rational thought, and reason, to seek revenge.

[MrMastodonFarm]

and he also wasn't a villain as soon as he saw the proof of what the government did. he was just a loyal soldier who had the blinder removed from his eyes
What, no?

He tried desperately to stop Mal from playing that video, and didn't care what was on it.

He told his soldiers to stand down because the video had already been played and the damage had been done, he failed...and killing the Serenity crew wouldn't have stopped anything at that point.

[ResAlien]

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[To Be Quite Honest]

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[Stay Golden]

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and...
Brick Top from Snatch. Can not find a CP friendly enough clip :D

[Dion]

Henry Kane - Poltergeist

"Now, hold on to yourselves. There's one more thing: a terrible presence is in there with her. So much rage, so much betrayal - I've never sensed anything like it. I don't know what hovers over this house, but it was strong enough to punch a hole into this world and take your daughter away from you. It keeps Carol Anne very close to it, and away from the spectral light. It lies to her - it says things only a child can understand. It has been using her to restrain the others. To her, it simply is another child. To us, it is the Beast." — Tangina Barrons about the Beast (Reverend Henry Kane).

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[CaptainCrunch]

I think these two are the best.

Both sympathetic villains, who have good reason to seek vengeance. You can sit back and say to yourself, if I was screwed over the same as these two guys, I could see myself doing the same thing. You cheer for them in a sadistic way.

In Khan's case, he was the classic villain, An total genius, that lost all rational thought, and reason, to seek revenge.

It was funny with Khan when you watch Space Seed, he was a villain but not a savage. He was brilliant and was following his nature. He was a true uberman created to be the perfect man and someone that would bring man out of the savageness of its own nature. But the flaw in the plan is there were other men like Khan created and their nature was to drive for power.

At the end of Space Seed, when Kirk banished him to Ceti Alpha 5 he had a wife, he had his nation, and he had a challenge that he was looking forward to. Even Kirk was looking forward to looking in and seeing what happened.

And of course Kirk was too busy boning green chicks, forgot about Khan in his exile, and the planet went through a massive disaster that destroyed Paradise, killed his wife and forced him into a harsh level of existence where he was basically forced to forfeit any humanity to survive.

And rescue never came because Kirk was probably boning a blue chick.

Khan became a creature of anger and revenge and when he was unleashed it was clear that while his genius and his drive was there, every bit of his humanity had been blasted out in the sand storms of a ruined world.

He had his chances to step back and say wait a minute, I have a ship and a weapon that can create paradise for what's left of my nation, but he was consumed by Kirk his white whale.

When his second in command was killed you could see that touch of remorse, but it was quickly over shadowed by his rage and sense of loss, and his words to his fallen friend were about revenge.

When he was beaten he didn't reflect or change or whimper and cry out at the fates, his revenge knew no bounds and he knew that if he was going to die he had to still feed that revenge demon that had eaten his soul.

Khan in a lot of ways was extremely sympathetic. If any of us had that much taken from us by an uncaring adversary or system we'd probably take the easy route to revenge and lash out.

He was a villain that was created by situations that he couldn't control and sharpened by a hero that in this instance wasn't much of a hero.

I felt more sorry for them then a condemnation of him.

He was one of the best movie foils of the last century. He was almost what Darth Vader should have been.

[trackercowe]

Just to add to the discussion here are the top 50 villains according to AFI.

1. Dr. Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs)
2. Norman Bates (Psycho)
3. Darth Vader (The Empire Strikes Back)
4. The Wicked Witch Of The West (The Wizard of Oz)
5. Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
6. Mr. Potter (It's a Wonderful Lfe)
7. Alex Forrest (Fatal Attraction)
8. Phyllis Dietrichson (Double Indemnity)
9. Regan Macneil (The Exorcist)
10. The Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
11. Michael Corleone (The Godfather, Part II)
12. Alex De Large (Clockwork Orange)
13. Hal 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)
14. The Alien (Alien)
15. Amon Goeth (Schindler's List)
16. Noah Cross (Chinatown)
17. Annie Wilkes (Misery)
19. Captain Bligh (Mutiny on the Bounty)
20. Man (Bambi)
21. Mrs. John Isel (The Manchurian Candidate)
22. Terminator (The Terminator)
23. Eve Harrington (All About Eve)
24. Gordon Gekko (Wall Street)
25. Jack Torrance (The Shining)
26. Cody Jarrett (White Heat)
27. Martians (The War of the Worlds)
28. Max Cady (Cape Fear)
29. Reverend Harry Powell (The Night of the Hunter)
30. Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
31. Mrs. Danvers (Rebecca)
32. Clyde Barrow & Bonnie Parker (Bonnie and Clyde)
33. Count Dracula (Dracula)
34. Dr. Szell (Marathon Man)
35. J.J. Hunsecker (Sweet Smell of Success)
36. Frank Booth (Blue Velvet)
37. Harry Lime (The Third Man)
38. Caesar Enrico Bandello (Little Caesar)
39. Cruella De Vil (101 Dalmatians)
40. Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
41. Joan Crawford (Mommie Dearest)
42. Tom Powers (The Public Enemy)
43. Regina Giddens (The Little Foxes)
44. Baby Jane Hudson (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?)
45. The Joker (Batman)
46. Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
47. Tony Camonte (Scarface)
48. Verbal Kint (The Usual Suspects)
49. Auric Goldfinger (Goldfinger)
50. Alonzo Harris (Training Day)

[trackercowe]

Can't believe I forgot Nurse Ratched. I can mention the Captain and Boss Godfrey from Cool Hand Luke whom I don't see on the list.

Soul-crushing movie; superior to Shawshank Redemption though.

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[CaramonLS]

For whatever reason I absolutely loved Gary Sinise in Ransom as Det. Jimmy Shaker. Great villain who really stuck out to me at the time.

[afc wimbledon]

A couple from the UK, Tim Roth from Made in Britain, I believe his first role

NSFW in any way shape or form!

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and of course Gangster Nos 1

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[Sr. Mints]

It's been ages since I've seen The Land Before Time, but in my mind, Sharptooth the T-Rex is still the scariest villain of all time.

[3 Justin 3]

This guy was pretty evil.
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[vanisleflamesfan]

While I know it is not a 'movie', I still think that Gerald McRaney as George Hearst in Deadwood was one of the most detestable villains in cinematic history. He just made my skin crawl.

On the movie front, I will try to bring up one that no one has yet...

How about Jeremy Irons as Scar in The Lion King?

[3 Justin 3]

F***ing Clowns.

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[To Be Quite Honest]

F***ing Clowns.

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc89/gorgot3000/zombieland%20clown/Zombieland_13.jpg

F***ing Zombie Clowns

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[Jake]

LOTR...

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Saruman was pretty good too. Gollum was arguably an even better/more interesting villain that Sauron.

I think Loki from Thor and the Avengers had so much potential to be a great villain, but while I really liked both of those movies, he didn't live up to that potential. I liked those movies because of the heroes, not the villains.

[afc wimbledon]

While I know it is not a 'movie', I still think that Gerald McRaney as George Hearst in Deadwood was one of the most detestable villains in cinematic history. He just made my skin crawl.

On the movie front, I will try to bring up one that no one has yet...

How about Jeremy Irons as Scar in The Lion King?

A pale imitation of George Sanders Sher Khan from Junglebook

[Yeah_Baby]

LOTR...

http://img-cache.cdn.gaiaonline.com/94a8c93d74fb381cbc705aae3949e641/http://2nddisk.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/sauron.jpg

Saruman was pretty good too. Gollum was arguably an even better/more interesting villain that Sauron.

I think Loki from Thor and the Avengers had so much potential to be a great villain, but while I really liked both of those movies, he didn't live up to that potential. I liked those movies because of the heroes, not the villains.

Compared to any other Marvel villain in the Avengers family of movies Loki was Saruman. He stood head and tails above Iron Monger, Whiplash, Abomination and yes, even Red Skull.

[saskflames69]

Steve Buscemi in Fargo
Ivan Drago from Rocky IV

[nfotiu]

I know they're not movies, but John Lithgow and Giancarlo Esposito from Dexter and Breaking Bad are up there with the best movie villians.