top ten most evil villians in movie history.....

[pops_mcfly]

10.  The phsycotic killer from Frequency
09. The Shredder (TMNT)
08. Philium Benedict ( Recess: School's Out)
07. Biff Tannen
06. Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen
05. The Joker
04. Christoph (The Truman Show)
03. Darth Vader
02. Emperor Palpatine
01. Micheal Moore

[Mr_Vindictive]

So if Michael Moore is listed, then I guess I can add George W. Bush into the list as well.

[trekgeezer]

Michael Moore, I thought  you said top ten villians, not top ten idiots.

[ulthar]

No Hannibal Lector?  No Eric Qualen?  No Cal Hockley?

(Okay, so that last one was a joke).

Top Ten Lists on this forum always get ripped for what/who did not make it.  ;)

[The Burgomaster]

Here are 10 that come to mind . . .

10. Liberty Valance (from THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE)
9. Richard Widmark's character from the original KISS OF DEATH
8. Szell (from MARATHON MAN)
7. Mr. Black (from RESERVOIR DOGS)
6. Alex (from A CLOCKWORK ORANGE)
5. Max Cady (from CAPE FEAR)
4. Darth Vader
3. Nicky Santoro (from CASINO)
2. Tommy (from GOODFELLAS)
1. Guy Woodhouse (from ROSEMARY'S BABY)

[Mr_Vindictive]

Burgo,

Don't mean to nitpick, but did you mean Mr. Black from Res Dogs or Mr. Blonde?  If I remember correctly, Mr Black was Keitel.....but it's very possible I'm wrong.

[peter johnson]

I'm so glad Cape Fear was mentioned --
I don't know if I can come up with 10, but I wonder sometimes at the preponderance of "modern" films on this site -- Are we not edumacated re. older films?
Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear
Robert DeNiro in Cape Fear
Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter(Have none of you SEEN this?!!? -- a more evil squid is hard to find -- seriously . . .)
Charles Laughton in Mutiny on the Bounty
Charles Laughton in Island of Lost Souls
Boris Karloff in The Body Snatchers
Boris Karloff in How the Grinch Stole Christmas(Okay, threw that one in 'cause I know you've at LEAST seen that!)
I agree with the Jack Palance vote . . .
* * * *
Number One?  Really watch this "Warped, frustrated old man!" the next time It's A Wonderful Life is on TV:
 Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter!
 Hiss!!  Boo!!!
peter johnson/denny crane

[Shadowphile]

Boris Karloff from the Bodysnatchers.....

I have to see that one again.  It's such a great movie.

[Shadowphile]

The list as answered by a friend of mine

Jigsaw from Saw
Darth Vader from The Empire Strikes Back
Tony Montana from Scarface
Oliver Lang from Arlington Road
Nicky Santoro from Casino
Derek Vinyard from American History X
David Allen Griffin from The Watcher
The Caller from Phonebooth
Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lambs



Post Edited (11-11-05 21:40)

[Zapranoth]

No one has mentioned the dude from "Seven."

[Ash]

Skaboi wrote:

> Don't mean to nitpick, but did you mean Mr. Black from Res Dogs
> or Mr. Blonde?  If I remember correctly, Mr Black was
> Keitel.....but it's very possible I'm wrong.


Actually, I think Keitel played Mr. White.
Matter of fact, I don't think there even was a Mr. Black in Reservoir Dogs.



Post Edited (11-12-05 00:19)

[dean]

I'm wondering which Cape Fear Burgo meant, though both were great I found De Niro's Max Cady to be the better one.

[also gotta love Night of the Hunter.  Robert Mitchum is great.  I love the speech he gives about the tatoos on his hands which is later replicated by Spike Lee in "Do the Right Thing"]

Wow, Scorsese has certainly had a part in many of those Villains mentioned so far.  Interesting.

Also with Resevoir dogs, Kietel was Mr White and Madsen was Mr Blonde.  If you remember in the film Mr Pink was complaining because he wanted a better colour, and was told that there was no Mr Black because then everyone would want it and cause trouble.

As for some others mentioned, whilst he was an evil little bugger, I've always personally considered Alex from A Clockwork Orange as an anti-hero rather than a true out and out villain.  Though of course that's really not that big of a difference really [and I can definitely see why people would disagree with me saying that] Maybe its just because of the fact that he is the main character and the way he is presented at the end...  But I'm just nitpicking and being a bit of a definition-crazed person so don't mind me!!

As for my own personal picks, where do I begin?  I hate choosing villains so I guess I'll just mention a few sweet villains [perhaps even ones that aren't really villainy!] that haven't been mentioned, and think of a list properly later on.


Liked Jack Nicholson's 'Jack Torrence' from the Shining.  

Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Psycho

Dennis Hopper as Frank in Blue Velvet [what a scary scary bastard both Hopper and Frank would be...definitely would be on any list of Villains I had]

Vincent Price's Dr Phibes from the Abominable Dr Phibes [what a fun villain he is!]

[Nic456]

1.   Max Cady (from Cape Fear/Robert Mitchum or Rober Deniro
2.  Alex (from Clockwork Orange)
3. Any Villain played by Jack Nicholson  (Jack Torrance, The Joker, and etc.)
4.  Hal-2000
5. Any villain played by Christopher Lee (Dracula, Scaramanga, Count Dooku, or etc.)
6. Freddy Kruger (A Nightmare on Elm Street-Freddy Vs. Jason)
7.  Godzilla (or Gojira)
8.   Scarface (Scarface-1983)
9.  Lex Luthor (Superman 78-86)
10.  Jigsaw (from Saw & Saw II)

[The Burgomaster]

Skaboi:

You may have caught me with that one.  I actually meant the Michael Madsen character, not the Harvey Keitel character.  I stand corrected.

Dean:

I wasn't really referring to either actror - - I was referring to the character of Max Cady in general.  I think both Mitchum and DeNiro were great in the roles, but DeNiro was just a bit more evil, so I guess the award goes to him.

[BoyScoutKevin]

Actually, some of these, if they are not the hero of the movie, then they  are the protagonist, but here is my list of the coldbloodiest of the coldblooded killers, that I have seen. And there are more then ten.

Brotherhood of the Wolf
All the villains, exemplified by . . .
Jean-Francois de Motangias
(Vincent Cassel)

Cry of the Banshee
Lord Edward Whitman
(Vincent Price)

Heathers
Jason "J.D." Dean
(Christian Slater)

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Henry
(Michael Rooker)

In Cold Blood
Perry Edward Smith
(Robert Blake)
Richard "Dick" Eugene Hancock
(Stuart Wilson)

Lair of the White Worm
Lady Sylvia Marsh
(Amanda Donohoe)

Macbeth
Macbeth
(Jon Finch)

Man Bites Dog
Ben
(Benoit Poelvoorde)

Once Upon a Time in the West
Frank
(Henry Fonda)

The Reckoning
Lord de Guise
(Vincent Cassel)

The Stepfather
Jerry "The Stepfather" Blake
(Terry O'Quinn)

Treasure Planet
Scroop
(voiced by Michael Wincott)

Vampire Circus
Most of the vampires and/or circus members, exemplified by . . .
Count Mitterhouse
(Robert Tayman)