Who is your all-time favorite movie villain? (1 Viewer)

[Jose Martinez]

Dr. Evil

Dark Helmet

 

[Sam Favate]

The best villains aren't those who twirl their mustaches and cackle, but those who believe in what they're doing. To that end, I'd suggest Dr. Zaius is among the all-time greatest movie villains. As "defender of the faith" (and denier of the truth), he shows us the dangers of ignorance of those in power.

And a villain closer to real life, Ralph Fiennes' Amon Goeth in Schindler's List is as sadistic as they come, and represented some of the most powerful evil the world has ever known.

 

[mattCR]

I can't name one.. too many that are too different. But here are a few I always enjoy:


Frank in "The Searchers" Henry Fonda is such a great bad-ass "bad" guy who appears so good


Audrey II - Little Shop of Horrors. Such a great villain who is made into a villain by an unwitting accomplice to her end goals


Stay Puff Marshmallow Man - Ghostbusters How can you NOT love this as a bad guy???

 

[Tim Glover]

good call Sam on Ralph Fiennes in SL. Unforgettable.

 

[SD_Brian]

As a close second to General Zod, for pure creepy menace, it's hard to beat Robert Mitchum's Preacher in The Night of the Hunter. Also, Buffalo Bill is the real villain in Silence of the Lambs and, for my money, way nastier than Hannibal Lecter.

 

[mike caronia]

Not so much villains, but not really honest individuals...Vince Vega & Jules Winnfield from Pulp Fiction.

They made being hitmen look like a decent job.


Another favorite...Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg from The Fifth Element.

I wasn't rooting for him though.

Oldman is money as the bad guy. (The Professional, too)

 

[MattBradley]

For me, The Emperor from Return Of The Jedi will always be top. Just pure, wicked evil.


The Headless Horseman from Sleepy Hollow.

Satan (Viggo!) from The Prophecy

The Terminator

Joshua from War Games

Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator (I hate his character so much I want to kill him myself.)

 

[dmiller68]

Ok, I agree with most of the ones that have already been said. I will add....



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Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins (John Travolta) in Broken Arrow

 

[Jeremiah]

Nurse Ratched - One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest......what a cunt.


Judge Smails - Caddyshack


Billy Bob and Bruce Willis - Bandits


Kurt Russell - Death Proof


Javier Bardam - No Country For Old Men


Nichole Kidman - Malice


The Fratelli's - Goonies

 

[PODER]

Darth Vader? Hannibal Lecter? Oh, pshaw. Angela Lansbury's Mother From Hell in the original "The Manchurian Candidate" could wipe the

floor with those wusses. Evil personified!!

 

[Brent M]

1. Darth Vader

1a. The Joker(Ledger)

 

[Chuck Anstey]

The Jackal.

 

[Jeff Swindoll]

In the same vein, I'd suggest Will Geer in John Frankenheimer's Seconds.

Originally Posted by PODER

Darth Vader? Hannibal Lecter? Oh, pshaw. Angela Lansbury's Mother From Hell in the original "The Manchurian Candidate" could wipe the

floor with those wusses. Evil personified!!

 

[Chuck Anstey]

One more.

John Travolta in Swordfish

 

[Kevin M]

Kurtwood Smith as Clarence Boddicker in Robocop. "Can You Fly Bobby?" "Ooooo, GUNS GUNS GUUUUNS!!" "You don't think I'm a very nice guy, do you?"


Most these days only remember Smith as Red Forman on That 70's Show.......not I.

He wasn't the first actor to push that Psycotic Charm level to make you love to hate him......I mean I was thinking that my only choice would be Malcolm McDowell as Alexander DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange but, as we all know, he is our hero and humble narrator.

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Great pick, Kevin! When That 70s Show first started, I thought that making Clarence Boddicker Eric's dad was one of the most brilliant casting decisions in TV history.

 

[Steve Christou]

Jerry Bruckheimer.

 

[Mr. Pacino]

Deliverance (the two men who raped Ned Beatty in the wood).

 

[Ruz-El]

The tree in "Evil Dead" and "Poltergeist". Gave me nightmare, I'm glad it didn't make any more pictures.


Shia Le Beouf in Transformers- Rise Of The Machines.

 

[castle]

Dr. Vector Hanibal from Silence of the Lamb.