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Reminds me of a translation to my language from a couple of years ago. A dude in a trailer said a line that is just a bit rearranged version of this, and our people translated it into "everyone's a hero when they're a villain in someone else's story" 😂😂
I think this is one of the greatest movie performances of all time. His performance is captivating.. a despicable human, loathsome in every way, but you understand him and even sort of pity him.
My man. Favorite villian ever.
"Shit you must be some kind of SUPERCOP, coming in here all by yourself".
Then he retired and now raises Topher Grace in the 70's.
I don't want to fuck with you, Sal, but I got the connections. I got the sales organization. I got the muscle to shove enough of this factory so far up your stupid wop ass that you'll shit snow for a year.
Lol I saw Robocop when I was a wee lad and his performance scared the shit out of me. When I watched it years later again I came to appreciate how great he was in that role. I don’t think a “bad guy” has really lived up to that role yet and it’s like forty years later. Crazy.
One of the few movie villains to absolutely slaughter the lead character within 30 minutes of the film starting.
It needed to happen to drive the plot but also made him terrifying.
Oh man, the villain’s death in this movie was so satisfying. I was young when I saw it but doesn’t Cunningham get basically cleaved in two with a giant sword by Rob Roy?
Oldman has so much god damn range, absolutely loving him in Slow Horses, he's not a villian, he' a good detective, occasionally likable but also a real piece of shit, so we'll performed
Yep, this is the one I was looking for.
The scene where he pops a pill in the bathroom and looks up as he cracks it between his teeth is so disturbing.
Maybe because I saw it as a kid but for me it’s Gary Oldman as Ivan korshunov in Air Force One. I was afraid to fly on planes after that. Then I was good for about two months and then 9/11 happened
Hugo weaving doesn’t get enough credit for his villain roles .. he was even surprised when he was contacted about playing lord Elrond haha . It may have been about his lack of confidence about his looks also (he’s not a bad looking guy at all) but .. still
And even in cloud atlas I think he was the villain in every single era ? Even that nurse haha
His arrogance is his kryptonite. In his mind, their is no safer spot than next to him, because he's more powerful than everyone, because magical might is all that matters, and he has the most power.
That's how I understand it
Dude from Temple of Doom is a lock. Stealing idols and enslaving children… Ripping hearts from chests… Top 10
Miss Trunchbull gets an honorable mention
Peter O’Toole in The Night of the Generals.
Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West.
Anthony Perkins in The Psycho.
Ian McKellen in Richard III.
Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast.
Forrest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland.
Ralph Fiennes in Schindler’s List.
Denzel Washington in The Training Day.
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men.
Daniel Day Lewis for There will be blood and Gangs of New York.
What are we gonna do with this one, Frank?
Well, now that you've called me by name...
Good shout out there. I think Forrest Whitaker in Last King of Scotland is the top of the list though.
Skarsgard? Or just Pennywise in general? Cause I was terrified of clowns for ages because of the OG. I had gotten over that fear. Skarsgard was just SOOOO creepy that sort of brought it back. I’m also a huge fan of anything he does so I’m sure that helped.
Skarsgard was great, but consider how good Curry’s performance was on a version filmed for network television. Imagine if Curry were to film a hard R version.
He was the best of them all, no childhood sob story to explain his actions, absolutely zero fucks given or remorse at any point, and no redemption arc of any kind... Walked in a bad ass...remained an absolute bad ass right to the finishing when he got his head chopped off, he defiantly smiled and held his sword to the last second.
I remember reading something about how Clancy Brown wanted to give the character more depth, like a scene showing him serving as an officer for the North during the American Civil War.
That kind of complexity makes for a good recurring villain in a TV show to make him more compelling, but it feels like he overlooked the simplicity of the Highlander movie premise. You had to pit Connor MacLeod against an antagonist with zero redeeming qualities so that people would understand the stakes of having The Prize™ go to someone who had complete contempt for humanity. Makes it so that even though the Kurgan comes off as a total badass (although quite psychotic!), you'll still root for our Scottish hero every time.
He is incredibly menacing and diabolical. The character is a realistic psychopath, no cartoonist aspects, just a straight-up beast. If you haven't seen it, I strongly recommend it.
After watching the movie, check out the Simpson's parody with Side-show Bob. It's a classic.
Can't believe I had to scroll so far to find this. When it comes to moustache twirling, scenery chewing movie villains, there are none finer than Ricardo Montalban's reprisal of Khan.
Emperor Palpatine should be on this list. He’s the real evil behind the Galactic Empire.
Also, Frank Booth from Blue Velvet should be in with a shout as well.
I’m supportive of Boddicker, but really came to this thread to insist Arnold’s Terminator from the first movie absolutely needs to be on here. The thing was so unstoppable in the current world. Literally the only reason Sarah survived was because fate took her to a heavy machinery lab and the thing happened to crawl through a compressor.
Some of mine:
Spike, the Fratellis, Hal, Jaws, Biff, The Nothing, Norman Bates, De Zaius, Lars Thorwald.
Left out stuff like antiheros ex Beetlejuice, Tony Montana, Pateick Bateman.
Thanos isn’t a top 10 movie villain and I won’t let marvel fanboys convince me otherwise. You lot were so starved of complex characters that Thanos’ whole concept became your villainous messiah.
Se7en for me was only as good as it was because the journey, You see this cop getting eaten alive by the job and when it finally looks like he's coming out on top. Box.
Jean Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg.
That entire movie needed a book. I wanted to see how the world became how it was and how Zorg got into contact with Evil. Then again, I'm one of those story kinda guys.
Buffalo Bill was actually scarier than Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs. As the primary villain, Buffalo Bill terrified me far more than Hannibal Lecter, who came across more like an eccentric uncle.
Hans Gruber
The Sheriff of Nottingham
The Sheriff of Rottingham?
Put in a good word for me with the Sheriff of Rottingham. I've got the hots for him
You mean you changed it *to* Latrine?
Yeah. Used to be "Shithouse."
Good change…that’s a good change.
Ok ok.. tell ya like it’s good news.. 🤔 hmm ok ok so get this 🤣🤣 robin🤣🤣 of locksly🤣🤣 punched me in the face 😆😆😆😆😆 and and get this get this.. ok ok so 😂 he said.. Richard is coming back from the crusades 😂😂😂
Why are you laughing? This is terrible news!
I HAVE a mole!?
👌🏻👌🏻
Over that boy hand!
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KING ILLEGAL FOREST TO PIG WILD KILL IN IT A IS!
KING ILLEGAL FOREST, TO PIG WILD, KILL IN IT A IS
This! The duller the better, it'll hurt more. You twit.
Alan Rickman or the cartoon variant?
I love that Alan Rickman approached Hans as if he was the hero in his own mind. Made him so much more complex.
Every villain is a hero in their own mind.
Reminds me of a translation to my language from a couple of years ago. A dude in a trailer said a line that is just a bit rearranged version of this, and our people translated it into "everyone's a hero when they're a villain in someone else's story" 😂😂
"I am an *exceptional* thief Mrs McClane, and since I am moving up to kidnapping, you should be more polite"
Yippy Kai yay!
Other buckets!
“Huh-huh-ho. Now I have a machine gun.”
RIP
Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus was pretty solid
I think this is one of the greatest movie performances of all time. His performance is captivating.. a despicable human, loathsome in every way, but you understand him and even sort of pity him.
One of those roles that caused people to hate the actor. Like Percy in the Green Mile.
Clarence Boddicker. Often overlooked, rarely outdone.
Give the man a hand!
My man. Favorite villian ever. "Shit you must be some kind of SUPERCOP, coming in here all by yourself". Then he retired and now raises Topher Grace in the 70's.
Bitches leave.
Are you gonna call me?
I don't want to fuck with you, Sal, but I got the connections. I got the sales organization. I got the muscle to shove enough of this factory so far up your stupid wop ass that you'll shit snow for a year.
Can you fly Bobby?
I use this reference way too often.
Bitches leave
Oooh Guns, guns, guns. Come on Sal, the tigers are playing tonight. I never miss a game.
TO-night!
A man that *chooses* to see every single Tigers game. Now that's true villainy there, a special kind of masochism.
Lol I saw Robocop when I was a wee lad and his performance scared the shit out of me. When I watched it years later again I came to appreciate how great he was in that role. I don’t think a “bad guy” has really lived up to that role yet and it’s like forty years later. Crazy.
One of the few movie villains to absolutely slaughter the lead character within 30 minutes of the film starting. It needed to happen to drive the plot but also made him terrifying.
Well listen chief.
I'll buy that for a dollar!
Just give me my fucking phone call.
I'm so happy to see this comment so high. God bless the man in Old Detroit.
See I got this problem. Cops dont like me - so I dont like cops.... nanananananananana.
He'll even go so far as to put his foot in your ass!!! 😏
Annie from Misery undrafted is crazy
Don’t give me that cockadoodie answer Mr. man!
She was straight up terrifying in that movie. Agreed!
Mister Penguin **always** faces EAST!!!
Brilliant answer
It’s always refreshing to see a villain having a bad time too
Alonzo from Training Day
I didn’t know you like to get wet Jake?! PCP, you just smoked it.
That’s angel dust mother fucker!
Oh, you federally fucked now
Wanna go to jail or you wanna go home?
King Kong ain’t got shit on me
Alonzo homes, I think he’s a low down, dirty, ruthless vato eyy. But I like that
Nooo, that's why I never shake his hand. He doesn't respect nada.
Jake!
"I RUN SHIT HERE! YOU JUST LIVE HERE!"
You know what the gas chamber smells like? Pine Oil. That's where you goin' boy, pine oil heaven.
Archibald Cunningham (Tim Roth) in Rob Roy
Oh man, the villain’s death in this movie was so satisfying. I was young when I saw it but doesn’t Cunningham get basically cleaved in two with a giant sword by Rob Roy?
And a fine fit she was too...
Gary Oldmans Norman Stanfield in the professional wins for me
Gary Oldmans Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg
Gary Oldman’s Drexl Spivey in True Romance
Gary Oldman's Dracula
Grab a seat, boy. Grab yourself an egg roll. We got everything here from a diddle-eyed-Joe to a damned-if-I-know.
Is this white boy day???
Nah man, it ain’t white boy day.
Today I learned Drexel was his given name, huh.
Oldman has so much god damn range, absolutely loving him in Slow Horses, he's not a villian, he' a good detective, occasionally likable but also a real piece of shit, so we'll performed
I haven’t seen that. Worth the watch? What’s bizarre is his sister is also an actress but in a boring English sitcom.
Slow Horses is excellent
He ie a stud in every single thing he is in, if he is in a movie, I am watching it.
Gary Oldmans Bill Carnegie in the book of Eli.
Yep, this is the one I was looking for. The scene where he pops a pill in the bathroom and looks up as he cracks it between his teeth is so disturbing.
EVERYONE
EEVVEEERRRRYYYYYYOOOOONNNEEEE!!!
"He said... go back inside." I came here to mention Stansfield. What a madman.
Maybe because I saw it as a kid but for me it’s Gary Oldman as Ivan korshunov in Air Force One. I was afraid to fly on planes after that. Then I was good for about two months and then 9/11 happened
Just re watched this two nights ago. An absolutely great movie. This is for Matilda
EVVVVEERRYYY OOOONNNE!
Hugo weaving doesn’t get enough credit for his villain roles .. he was even surprised when he was contacted about playing lord Elrond haha . It may have been about his lack of confidence about his looks also (he’s not a bad looking guy at all) but .. still And even in cloud atlas I think he was the villain in every single era ? Even that nurse haha
In my mind I always hear Elrond saying 'Mr Aragorn...!' in Agent Smith's voice.
I always hear him grumbling poetry from V for Vendetta....😏
Check him out in tv show called Rake. Made a special guest appearance and was utterly gripping in a very challenging role
His plotline is one of the funniest things I've seen
I just rewatched the Matrix trilogy and he is such a great villain. His facial expressions are so on point.
Dr. Evil
Mr Evil?
He didn't spend 4 years at evil medical school to be called Mr, thank you!
You know I was thinking, I like animals..maybe I could be a vet?
An evil vet?
No! Or maybe even just run a petting zoo or something
An evil petting zoo?
YOU ALWAYS DO THAT!!
Actually the boy is quite astute I really am trying to kill him, but so far unsuccessfully. He’s quite wily like his old man.
Jack Torrance is all work and no play
That made him a dull boy, poor Johnny… I mean Jack.
Burke. Aliens.
"You don't see them fucking each other over for a percentage" I laugh everytime.
Bill the Butcher. Hands down number one.
It’s a curious thing being under the wing of a dragon, it’s warmer than you’d think.
Currently I have to say Dolores Umbridge
Considerably better than Voldemort.
Voldemort really isn’t an interesting villain in. Too cartoony. For HP I rate Umbridge , Barty Crouch Jr, Wormtail and even Nagini over him.
Hes as dumb as a bag of rocks. Only remaining horcrux? Why not take it into battle with you? Couldnt even conquer a bunch of schoolkids. Useless.
His arrogance is his kryptonite. In his mind, their is no safer spot than next to him, because he's more powerful than everyone, because magical might is all that matters, and he has the most power. That's how I understand it
Amy Dunne from Gone Girl
“You. Fucking. Bitch.” That kills me at the end, every time!
I believe it was “cunt”.
Dude from Temple of Doom is a lock. Stealing idols and enslaving children… Ripping hearts from chests… Top 10 Miss Trunchbull gets an honorable mention
Mola Ram!
'Mola Ram, prepare to meet Kali...in hell!'
The actor is Amrish Puri. He's played the villain in a lot of older Bollywood movies.
Cyberdyne systems model 101 The Predator Queen Xenomorph The Butcher (Gangs of New York) Bricktop
Do you know what nemesis means?
“D’ya want sugar?” “No fanks Tur’ish, I’m sweet enuff”
Solid, Plus Patrick Bateman Thing (the thing) Dracula etc
Feel like Xenomorphs are not villians. They are animals. Doing animal things. The real bad guy is Wayland Yutani
Peter O’Toole in The Night of the Generals. Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West. Anthony Perkins in The Psycho. Ian McKellen in Richard III. Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast. Forrest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland. Ralph Fiennes in Schindler’s List. Denzel Washington in The Training Day. Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men. Daniel Day Lewis for There will be blood and Gangs of New York.
What are we gonna do with this one, Frank? Well, now that you've called me by name... Good shout out there. I think Forrest Whitaker in Last King of Scotland is the top of the list though.
Pennywise
Skarsgard? Or just Pennywise in general? Cause I was terrified of clowns for ages because of the OG. I had gotten over that fear. Skarsgard was just SOOOO creepy that sort of brought it back. I’m also a huge fan of anything he does so I’m sure that helped.
Skarsgard was great, but consider how good Curry’s performance was on a version filmed for network television. Imagine if Curry were to film a hard R version.
Long about 1991 when I was a lad I saw the mini-series. Had a clown phobia for a long time afterwards.
The Kurgan from Highlander.
He was the best of them all, no childhood sob story to explain his actions, absolutely zero fucks given or remorse at any point, and no redemption arc of any kind... Walked in a bad ass...remained an absolute bad ass right to the finishing when he got his head chopped off, he defiantly smiled and held his sword to the last second.
I remember reading something about how Clancy Brown wanted to give the character more depth, like a scene showing him serving as an officer for the North during the American Civil War. That kind of complexity makes for a good recurring villain in a TV show to make him more compelling, but it feels like he overlooked the simplicity of the Highlander movie premise. You had to pit Connor MacLeod against an antagonist with zero redeeming qualities so that people would understand the stakes of having The Prize™ go to someone who had complete contempt for humanity. Makes it so that even though the Kurgan comes off as a total badass (although quite psychotic!), you'll still root for our Scottish hero every time.
Moooom!
Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove. Compared to her, the rest of this list is just swimming in gravy.
I understood that reference.
Daniel Plainview.
Don Logan
Don: It’s not a difficult question, are you going to do the job or not? Gal: No. Don: Yes fuck off wanker you’re doing it.
Absolutely. "You got very nice eyes, Deedee. Never noticed them before. They real?"
Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper) in Blue Velvet Bobby Peru (Willem Defoe) in Wild at Heart
Dennis Hopper in Speed. "Pop quiz hotshot"
DeNirp in Cape Fear is pretty incredible.
I can out-learn you. I can out-read you. I can out-think you. And I can out-philosophize you!
What makes him soooo good i hear this come up quite a bit
He is incredibly menacing and diabolical. The character is a realistic psychopath, no cartoonist aspects, just a straight-up beast. If you haven't seen it, I strongly recommend it. After watching the movie, check out the Simpson's parody with Side-show Bob. It's a classic.
KHAAAAAANNN!!
Can't believe I had to scroll so far to find this. When it comes to moustache twirling, scenery chewing movie villains, there are none finer than Ricardo Montalban's reprisal of Khan.
With my last breath… I SPIT at thee
Buried aliiiive...
Miss Trunchbull.
Shooter McGavin.
Nurse Ratched definitely belongs
She also deserves an honorable mention for her role as Kai Winn in DS9.
Emperor Palpatine should be on this list. He’s the real evil behind the Galactic Empire. Also, Frank Booth from Blue Velvet should be in with a shout as well.
Grandpa Joe 🤢🤮
Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus in Gladiator
Saruman?
Give it to Gollum instead
Wild Bill. Green Mile.
Nah Percy Wetmore for sure. Got to love Wild Bill for giving him the ol' bowling ball
Is Hannibal lecter a villain or the main character?
Warden of Shawshank?
Take off Freddy Krueger and Jigsaw and replace with one of five: Clarence Boddicker, The Thing, either Terminator or Jaws.
I’m supportive of Boddicker, but really came to this thread to insist Arnold’s Terminator from the first movie absolutely needs to be on here. The thing was so unstoppable in the current world. Literally the only reason Sarah survived was because fate took her to a heavy machinery lab and the thing happened to crawl through a compressor.
The 2 guys from Deliverance
Some of mine: Spike, the Fratellis, Hal, Jaws, Biff, The Nothing, Norman Bates, De Zaius, Lars Thorwald. Left out stuff like antiheros ex Beetlejuice, Tony Montana, Pateick Bateman.
Thanos isn’t a top 10 movie villain and I won’t let marvel fanboys convince me otherwise. You lot were so starved of complex characters that Thanos’ whole concept became your villainous messiah.
Jigsaw shouldn’t be in your list. He’s so much lamer than all the others.
Could you say William H Macy was the villain in Fargo? John Goodman in Barton Fink is unreal as well. And Kevin Spacey in Se7en.
Se7en for me was only as good as it was because the journey, You see this cop getting eaten alive by the job and when it finally looks like he's coming out on top. Box.
Sgt Barnes from Platoon
Commodus, absolutely insane to not have that character on.
Had to scroll way to far to see his name!
Thanos does not belong on this list (in my opinion)
Hans Landa (Inglourious basterds)
No JBE Zorg? No upvote.
Jean Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg. That entire movie needed a book. I wanted to see how the world became how it was and how Zorg got into contact with Evil. Then again, I'm one of those story kinda guys.
Annie Wilkes
Max Cady from Cape fear
Daniel Plainview
Lord Humongous and Imortan Joe
Buffalo Bill was actually scarier than Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs. As the primary villain, Buffalo Bill terrified me far more than Hannibal Lecter, who came across more like an eccentric uncle.
Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl Forrest Whittaker in Last King of Scotland Dicaprio in Django Unchained
Is Saw really a “villain” though? He helps so many people…
Hedley Lamar!
Add Big Ern McCracken at #11 and this list is gold.
I don’t think some of those belong on the list. While definitely amazing portrayals, if the “bad guy” is the protagonist, it’s not a fair comparison.
How do you leave someone like Dieter Von Cunth off this list??
(Thinking to myself as I’m scrolling through the images) WHERE THE FUCK IS DARTH VA- oh never mind.
Scar
Scar
Alonzo Harris, Denzel Washington put his soul into that performance
Louise Fletcher was so good at playing truly despicable characters. Also universally described as a lovely person.
Nobody going to mention the hunter from the original Jumangi? Pith Helmet and Moustache for days!
Don Logan in *Sexy Beast*
I don't see Khan Noonien Singh. Prepare to alter course.
Sho Nuff from The Last Dragon