"Best" Movie Villain?

[mcpapa]

We've debated Hitler, Stalin and other "historical villains" on another thread. Who is the best (most evil?) villain of film?

 

For some reason, this guy was the first to pop into my head.

 

[MJAlltheWay24]

Joker from the Dark Knight played by Heath Ledger

[formerkywrestler]

I have several that come to mind.

[formerkywrestler]

Scar - Lion King

 

[formerkywrestler]

Mr. Blonde - Reservoir Dogs

 

[formerkywrestler]

Lord Voldemort - Harry Potter Series

 

[formerkywrestler]

Jack Torrance - The Shining

 

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

We've debated Hitler, Stalin and other "historical villains" on another thread. Who is the best (most evil?) villain of film?

 

For some reason, this guy was the first to pop into my head.

 

 

Anton Chigurh is certainly up there on the list of top villains in my book. I'm kinda surprised nobody popped on here and said Hannibal Lector though.

 

I think those two may be two of the darkest villains I can think of. Not only do they not seem to feel any kind of remorse for killing, but they never seemed to show any emotion about it at all. I think to the look on Chigurh's face when he's strangling the police officer at the beginning of No Country For Old Men, and Lector's facial expression in the scene where he is beating the cop to death with his own baton.

[formerkywrestler]

Amon Goeth - Schindler's List

 

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

Mr. Blonde - Reservoir Dogs

 

 

That's another really good one. I think AFI might have done a Top 100 list for this at some point. I recall seeing Darth Vader and the shark from Jaws on there. I'll see if I can't find it somewhere.

[formerkywrestler]

Norman Bates - Psycho

 

[formerkywrestler]

This is one from a movie that I'd say most haven't seen but DEFINITELY need to.

 

Sister Bridget - The Magdalene Sisters

 

[formerkywrestler]

Another from a movie most haven't seen.

 

Kazuo Kiriyama - Battle Royale

 

[formerkywrestler]

Ok, here is my last two for awhile. And they probably don't "technically" count but I'm including them anyways.

 

Chris Partlow & Snoop Pearson - The Wire

 

 

"The latter (Snoop Pearson) is perhaps the most terrifying female villain to ever appear in a television series." - Stephen King

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

AFI Top 50 Movie Villains (Taken from Their "Top 100 Heroes & Villains" list)

 

1 Dr. Hannibal Lecter (in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS)

2 Norman Bates (in PSYCHO)

3 Darth Vader (in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK)

4 The Wicked Witch of the West (in THE WIZARD OF OZ)

5 Nurse Ratched (in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST)

6 Mr. Potter (in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE)

7 Alex Forrest (in FATAL ATTRACTION)

8 Phyllis Dietrichson (in DOUBLE INDEMNITY)

9 Regan MacNeil (in THE EXORCIST)

10 The Queen (in SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS)

11 Michael Corleone (in THE GODFATHER: PART II)

12 Alex De Large (in CLOCKWORK ORANGE)

13 HAL 9000 (in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY)

14 The Alien (in ALIEN)

15 Amon Goeth (in SCHINDLER'S LIST)

16 Noah Cross (in CHINATOWN)

17 Annie Wilkes (in MISERY)

18 The Shark (in JAWS)

19 Captain Bligh (in MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY)

20 Man (in BAMBI)

21 Mrs. John Iselin (in THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE)

22 Terminator (in THE TERMINATOR)

23 Eve Harrington (in ALL ABOUT EVE)

24 Gordon Gekko (in WALL STREET)

25 Jack Torrance (in THE SHINING)

26 Cody Jarrett (in WHITE HEAT)

27 Martians (in THE WAR OF THE WORLDS)

28 Max Cady (in CAPE FEAR)

29 Reverend Harry Powell (in THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER)

30 Travis Bickle (in TAXI DRIVER)

31 Mrs. Danvers (in REBECCA)

32 Clyde Barrow & Bonnie Parker (in BONNIE AND CLYDE)

33 Count Dracula (in DRACULA)

34 Dr. Szell (in MARATHON MAN)

35 J.J. Hunsecker (in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS)

36 Frank Booth (in BLUE VELVET)

37 Harry Lime (in THE THIRD MAN)

38 Caesar Enrico Bandello (in LITTLE CAESAR)

39 Cruella De Vil (in ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIONS)

40 Freddy Krueger (in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET)

41 Joan Crawford (in MOMMIE DEAREST)

42 Tom Powers (in THE PUBLIC ENEMY)

43 Regina Giddens (in THE LITTLE FOXES)

44 Baby Jane Hudson (in WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE)

45 The Joker (in BATMAN)

46 Hans Gruber (in DIE HARD)

47 Tony Camonte (in SCARFACE)

48 Verbal Kint (in THE USUAL SUSPECTS)

49 Auric Goldfinger (in GOLDFINGER)

50 Alonzo Harris (in TRAINING DAY)