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There are so many good ones. What are some of yours?

The ones I can think of are...
1. Darth Vader!
2. Hannibal Lecter
3. Satan (Al Pacino in Devils Advocate)
4. Agent Smith (Matrix)
5. Sauron (LOTR)
6. Staff Sergeant Barnes (Platoon)
7. Emperor Commodus (Gladiator)
8. Lord Dark Helmet (Spaceballs) :p

Norman Bates (Psycho)
The Wicked Witch of the West (Wizard of Oz)
Alex de Large (A Clockwork Orange)
Michael Corleone (Godfather, Part II)
HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)

Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber, in Die Hard

There are so many good ones. What are some of yours?

The ones I can think of are...
1. Darth Vader!
2. Hannibal Lecter
3. Satan (Al Pacino in Devils Advocate)
4. Agent Smith (Matrix)
5. Sauron (LOTR)
6. Staff Sergeant Barnes (Platoon)
7. Emperor Commodus (Gladiator)
8. Lord Dark Helmet (Spaceballs) :p


Comodus was pretey evil.

What's his name in Conan the Barbarian. Thulsa Doom I think.

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

How could I forget Norman Bates. One of the best movie twists ever.

I forgot Michael Corleone too, that guy was such an asshole.

cruella deville-101 damnations
colonel dietrich-iniana jones, raiders of the lost ark (i'm glad he melted)
the wicked witch of the west-wizard of oz (i'm glad she melted as well)
all those birds-the birds
glen close- fatal attraction

What's his name in Conan the Barbarian. Thulsa Doom I think.
AWESOME! :D :D :D

Asami - Audition
Monsieur Clément - Barracuda
Leatherface - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Sansho the Baliff - Sanshô dayû
Mystery Man - Lost Highway
Darth Vader - Star Wars
"Reverend" Harry Powell - Night of the Hunter
Frank - Once Upon a Time in the West

Gary Oldman's character in Leon. He stole the show!

Verbal Kint in "Usual Suspects"

Agent Smith is the single best bad-guy in movie history,"Mr. Anderson!"

Agent Smith is the single best bad-guy in movie history,"Mr. Anderson!" I'd have to disagree on that one. Some guy in a business suit spouting off nonsense about "humans being a disease" isn't really a mark of great villandom in my book. And he just got stupidly comical by the third movie.

Darth Vader!

Verbal Kint in "Usual Suspects"

OMG, YES! Kevin Spacey was absolutely awesome. I love Usual Suspects.



Also Gary Oldman in The Professional. He plays amazing villains.

I'd have to disagree on that one. Some guy in a business suit spouting off nonsense about "humans being a disease" isn't really a mark of great villandom in my book. And he just got stupidly comical by the third movie.

Why do ppl always pick on my posts? I've noticed this.

Anyway, he was brilliant in the first Matrix, and the second, although the film and tht scene were a bit crap, i still liked him. Everyone's allowed an opnion

Why do ppl always pick on my posts? I've noticed this.

Anyway, he was brilliant in the first Matrix, and the second, although the film and tht scene were a bit crap, i still liked him. Everyone's allowed an opnion

I agree. Agent Smith was a great villain. He's one of the best villains in recent memory.

Why do people only ever talk about new movies? :(

There's over a century of film history to draw on and for some reason we're restricted to the last fifteen years.

The best villan in RECENT history, imho, would have to be:

Asami - Audition

perhaps coming at a draw with Kakihara in "Koroshiya 1"

Why do people only ever talk about new movies? :(

There's over a century of film history to draw on and for some reason we're restricted to the last fifteen years.
Um, because the majority of the ppl on here are teenagers/early twenties? Thats not really an excuse, but not everybody is able to spend their time watching films, much as they like to.

OMG, YES! Kevin Spacey was absolutely awesome. I love Usual Suspects.



Also Gary Oldman in The Professional. He plays amazing villains.
Kaiser Souzez Rules!!!!!

Khan! from ST-II WOK

The Emperor from SW-V TESB

The Terminator

The Alien

Scar- The Lion king.

What about inspector Dreyfus in the pink panther movies? He was a great villain in the third movie.

Faye Dunnaway- Mommie Dearest

What about inspector Dreyfus in the pink panther movies? He was a great villain in the third movie.

I have to say as Glen Close made the perfect Cruella Deville in the live 101 Dalmations. The movie sucked other wise.

Tim Curry in "IT"
Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrence in the Shining & as the Joker in Batman
Tim Roth in Rob Roy

Nosferatu

I forgot, Peter and Paul from "Funny Games" also deserve an honourable mention. As does Albert Spica from "The Cook the Thief his Wife and her Lover".

Jason Isaacs in both "The Patriot" and "Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets"

By far it would have to be Kaiser Soze from the Usual Suspects

[QUOTE=Falhaar]Why do people only ever talk about new movies? :(

There's over a century of film history to draw on and for some reason we're restricted to the last fifteen years.

Ok here's a few oldies for you.
Dr Calagari from Das Kabinet Der Dr Calagari
Charles Foster Kane from Citizen Kane
Tim Curry From Rocky Horror Picture Show
The entire supporting cast or Rosemary's baby
Linda Blair in the Exorcist.

Yoda

Yoda

Yoda? Villain? Hm, theres an oxymoron

[QUOTE=Falhaar]Why do people only ever talk about new movies? :(

There's over a century of film history to draw on and for some reason we're restricted to the last fifteen years.

Ok here's a few oldies for you.
Dr Calagari from Das Kabinet Der Dr Calagari
Charles Foster Kane from Citizen Kane
Tim Curry From Rocky Horror Picture Show
The entire supporting cast or Rosemary's baby
Linda Blair in the Exorcist.

Dr. Frank-N-Furter did not strike me as a villain.

Gene Hackman in "Unforgiven"

Kurgan in Highlander
Harvey Kietel in Bad Lt (spelling) and Copland
DeNiro in Cape Fear
Mitchem in Cape Fear
and Pinhead

I liked Colin Ferral as Bullseye in Daredevil...

But he's not one of the greatest... he's just an interesting character. Quote from my mom:
"That's how a Sabbot character would act. Plus he's got cool [background] music!"

[QUOTE=Botswombata]

Dr. Frank-N-Furter did not strike me as a villain.

He hacked up Meatloaf & served him for dinner.?.?.?.?.?

Tony Montana...SUCKS,hes a dumb villion anyways

Darth Vader Baby!

Dan Aykroyd .... Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser , "Nothing but Trouble", 1991 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102558/)

That one still gives me nightmares.

Gene Hackman in Unforgiven and DeNiro in Cape Fear were awesome also.

I also liked Micky and Malory Knox(sp?) from Natural Born Killers

and

The blonde boy from Identity. If you haven't seen Identity go see it.

How could I forget Norman Bates. One of the best movie twists ever.

I forgot Michael Corleone too, that guy was such an asshole.

No he wasn't. Michael Corleone was more of a protagonist by the end of the movie anyways. The real villians were Barzini and the Turk.

Betty - Kung Pow

How bout

Robert Deniro in Angel Heart as the devil
Viggo Mortensen in The Prophecy as the devil
Joe Pesci - pretty much in any "Mob" movie, like casino or goodfellas
Tim Curry - Legend as The Lord of Darkness
Pin Head is pretty bad

and then there is Eric Cartman...

To name a few

Tim Curry was great in Legend.

I also liked Keifer Sutherland in Phone Booth. That was an awesome movie.

Tim Curry was great in Legend.

I also liked Keifer Sutherland in Phone Booth. That was an awesome movie.


I forgot about Keifer...he was good in that movie....But whenever i hear him speak now, i think of him as the Doctor in Dark City

Oh and how can you not add Christopher Walken....[Enter most any of his movies here]?

Oh and how can you not add Christopher Walken....[Enter most any of his movies here]?

Christopher Walken has always been a bit eccentric for me. I can't think of any villains he's played that have captured my interest.

He does have that natural evil guy look though, which is awesome.

I liked him in Suicide Kings - how he manipulated his captors. He was okay in Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead. I think it's his voice that does it for me

1.The Borg

2. Khan

3.The Predator

4. The Joker

5.Darkseid

6.Dr. Otto Octavious

7.Deacon Frost

8.Shinzon Of Remus

9.Godzilla

10.Rico(from Judge Dredd)

Oh and how can you not add Christopher Walken....[Enter most any of his movies here]?


The unnerving part is-he isnt acting.

Hannibal Lector - 'Nuff said
The villian in Unbreakable. I'm not revealing his name because I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't seen it.
The villian from the Cowboy Bebop movie, Knocking on Heaven's Door. I can't think for the life of me what his name is.
The General from the orginal The Inlaws. He's a great character.
Jack Nicholson as the Joker in the first Batman movie.

Maleficent, from Sleeping Beauty.

And though he's not really a villain given the story of the movie, Il Duce from Boondock Saints is definitely pretty cool.

Hannibal Lector - 'Nuff said
The villian in Unbreakable. I'm not revealing his name because I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't seen it.
The villian from the Cowboy Bebop movie, Knocking on Heaven's Door. I can't think for the life of me what his name is.
The General from the orginal The Inlaws. He's a great character.
Jack Nicholson as the Joker in the first Batman movie.

I'm with you on this one. Best villain ever, and strangely enough, I can't remember his name!

I won't repeat anyone else's listings. I see some good villains mentioned. :)

Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet
Max Von Sydow as Emperor Ming (Ming the Merciless) in Flash Gordon
Bette Davis as Baby Jane Hudson in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane
Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life

John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in "Pulp Fiction" should be in the list - Assasins who debate the french name for "Big Macs" How cool was that?

Does the villain at the end of "Identity" count? (don't want to spoil it) I thought that one was cool

Mr.Burns . Teh Simpsons

Darth Vader - Star Wars
The Joker - Batman
Bob Ritter - Clear and Present Danger

I could have sworn there was an identical post before, but my post isnt in here so I guess its a different one :)

Anyway, my vote (once again) goes to:

Kurgan from Highlander.

There is no more of an ubervillian in film history than Darth Vader. C'mon, who else has that much menace, style, and panache? From the subtle "I find your lack of faith disturbing." to ripping crap out of the walls and throwing it at you while dueling, to crushing your neck with his bare hands, the guy could not just mess a fool up, but he could do it with class, too.

As a side note, however, I would have to say that the best villian in recent history was Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction. "Oh, I'm sorry! Did I break your concentration?" Nuff said.

Angel Eyes from 'the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'

A lot of my choices were already listed...including

Jack Nicholson - The Joker - "Batman"
Anthony Hopkins - Hannibal Lecter - "The Silence of the Lambs"
Jason Issacs - British General Whatshisname - "The Patriot"
Jeremy Irons - Scar - "The Lion King"
Al Pacino - Satan - "The Devil's Advocate"
Alan Rickman - Hans Gruber - "Die Hard"

I'll throw in Gary Oldman in both "Bram Stokers: Dracula" and "The Fifth Element". The movies weren't the greatest, but he did very well in both roles.

But the BEST villain of all time was Frank Langella as Skeletor in "Masters of the Universe"!

Originally posted by Sdaeriji

Alex de Large (A Clockwork Orange)

I wouldn't call him a villain....more like an anti-hero.

jason voorhees - friday the 13th
the serial killer guy (forgot his name) - hostage

Most of these are repated ones but you can't argue with the classics.

Obviously Dath Vader rules.

Gary Oldman in The Professional [Leon], if you haven't seen it, do it now! When he screams 'EVERYONE' at the SWAT guy.....man, sends shivers down the spine.

Jack Nicholson - Few Good Men. Awesome performance.

Tetsuo - Akira

Scar - Lion King [I killed Mufasa!]

The Mob Guy in Boondock Saints [You insignificunt!!] [Il Duce was cool too but he turned good [face :)] after about 5 minutes. Still cool but not a villian, shit that's an awesome movie.

...but the winner is.....

Castor FUCKING Troy from Face/Off! [Played by two different guys! Cage/Travolta]

Bennett from Commando. hahahahaha! hilarious :D :D :D :D :D :D

Hmm, I'd have to go with:

General Jack D. Ripper, Dr. Strangelove OHILTSWALTB
The previously mentioned Jack Nicholson as the Joker, Batman
Inou Rei as Yamamura Sadako, Ringu
But yeah, number one is Darth Vader. Even after all these years he still causes an quickly indrawn breath when he walks aboard that blockade runner.

Hannibal Lecter
Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)