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The Best Movie Villains of All Time
These are the greatest, most vile movie characters we love to hate, ranked by the wisdom of the crowd. Anyone can contribute to this list of great villains, which makes this ranking an accurate, real-time reflection of the crowd's collective opinion. Rank your favorites or add whoever (or whatever) you see missing.
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- 1Up 2870Down 473Batman, The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest, The Dark Knight More
- 2Up 2232Down 391Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, The Benchwarmers More
- 3Up 1670Down 383Hannibal, The Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon More
- 4Up 930Down 489The Shining, Terror in the Aisles
- 5Up 967Down 808J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince More
- 6Up 971Down 793The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions
- 7Up 856Down 581Freddy vs. Jason, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child More
- 8Up 837Down 518Predator, Predator 2
- 9Up 966Down 574
Alien
- 10Up 742Down 466Magneto, X-Men: First Class, X-Men More
- 11Up 857Down 481Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Wayne's World
- 12Up 888Down 510Die Hard
- 13Up 733Down 494
Anton Chigurh
No Country for Old Men - 14Up 599Down 462Psycho II, Psycho, Psycho More
- 15Up 816Down 468Inglourious Basterds
- 16Up 813Down 458The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- 17Up 780Down 502The Lion King
- 18Up 517Down 256Once Upon a Jedi, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: The Clone Wars More
- 19Up 687Down 424Terminator Salvation
- 20Up 473Down 310Moonraker, The Spy Who Loved Me
- 21Up 351Down 165The Terminator, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator 2: Judgment Day More
- 22Up 455Down 188The Dark Knight Rises, Justice League: Doom
- 23Up 466Down 402Dracula, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Count Dracula More
- 24Up 525Down 413Halloween II, Halloween 6, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers More
- 25Up 203Down 79
Jack Napier/The Jocker
Batman - 26Up 522Down 4382001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: The Year We Make Contact
- 27Up 329Down 197
Tony Montana
Scarface - 28Up 541Down 357
John Doe
- 29Up 459Down 354Misery
- 30Up 286Down 172The Godfather, The Godfather Part III, The Godfather Part II
- 31Up 381Down 219
Alex Delarge
- 32Up 382Down 317Friday the 13th, Freddy vs. Jason, Friday the 13th More
- 33Up 395Down 337One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 34Up 440Down 414
- 35Up 276Down 179American Psycho
- 36Up 232Down 143Itadded by: Krazy88
- 37Up 266Down 174
Gollum
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Return of the King, The Hobbit More - 38Up 297Down 192Batman: Under the Red Hood, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman Begins
- 39Up 349Down 222
Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting
Gangs of New York - 40Up 226Down 171
Buffalo Bill
The Silence of the Lambs - 41Up 416Down 383
Dr. Evil
- 42Up 195Down 115
The Emperor
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - 43Up 340Down 287Reservoir Dogs
- 44Up 77Down 43
Alien
- 45Up 116Down 57Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II, Once Upon a Jedi More
- 46Up 174Down 130Sleeping Beauty
- 47Up 264Down 282Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- 48Up 77Down 44
Saruman
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey More - 49Up 364Down 367
Biff Tannen
Back to the Future Part III, Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II More - 50Up 38Down 21Thor, Thor: The Dark World, The Avengers More
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The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 12/14/2012 3:30 AM
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The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 5/27/2012 3:51 PM
Ernst Blofeld; "You only live twice" and "Diamonds are forever". I mean come on Dr. Evil is based on the "You only live twice" Blofeld.
Gutman; "The Maltese Falcon". Understated but brilliantly played by Sydney Greenstreet.
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