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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 ####oo'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)