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The Best Movie Villains of All Time

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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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  1. 51
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    The Thing

    The Thing
  2. 52
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    Amon Goeth

    Schindler's List
    added by: EllenMarianBrayer
  3. 53
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    Roger 'Verbal' Kint

    The Usual Suspects
  4. 54
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    Ivan Drago

  5. 55
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    Pinhead

    Hellraiser, Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation, Hellraiser: Hellworld
  6. 56
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    Cruella de Vil

    101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, 101 Dalmatians, One Hundred and One Dalmatians More
  7. 57
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    Max Cady

    Cape Fear, Cape Fear
  8. 58
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    Tyler Durden

    Fight Club
  9. 59
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    Jabba the Hutt

    Star Wars: The Clone Wars
  10. 60
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    Jigsaw Killer

    Saw, Saw IV, Saw III More
    added by: Shutup Barry
  11. 61
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    Keyser Söze

    The Usual Suspects
  12. 62
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    General Zod

    Superman II, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, Superman More
  13. 63
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    King Kong

    The Mighty Kong, King Kong
  14. 64
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    The Terminator

  15. 65
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    Raoul Silva

    Skyfall
  16. 66
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    Davy Jones

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End More
  17. 67
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    Professor Moriarty

    The Sleeping Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother More
  18. 68
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    Megatron

    Transformers: The Ride - 3D, Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen More
  19. 69
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    Shredder

  20. 70
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    Simon Phoenix

    Demolition Man
    added by: Logan2011
  21. 71
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    Baby Jane Hudson

    Baby Jane?, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
  22. 72
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    leatherface

    added by: sethyboy1974
  23. 73
    Up 2
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    Sandman

    Spider-Man 3
  24. 74
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    Cyborg t800

  25. 75
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    Sweeney Todd

    The Tale of Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Bloodthirsty Butchers More
  26. 76
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    Esther

    Orphan
  27. 77
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    Captain Hook

    Peter Pan, Peter Pan, Hook More
  28. 78
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    Harvey Dent

    The Dark Knight, Batman, Batman Forever
  29. 79
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    Feyd-Rautha

    Dune
  30. 80
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    Carl Anheuser

    2012
  31. 81
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    Regan MacNeil

    The Exorcist, Exorcist II: The Heretic
    added by: WilliamKing
  32. 82
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    Bruce the Shark

  33. 83
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    Angel Eyes

    The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
    added by: PeteBoyle
  34. 84
    Up 21
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    Doctor Doom

    Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four, The Fantastic Four More
  35. 85
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    Gremlins

    Gremlins
  36. 86
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    Jafar

    The Return of Jafar, Aladdin
    added by: oobug
  37. 87
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    Venom

    Spider-Man 3
  38. 88
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    Judge Doom

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  39. 89
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    Castor Troy

    Face/Off
  40. 90
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    Johnny Ringo

    Tombstone
    added by: Scott Klingaman
  41. 91
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    Beetlejuice

    Beetlejuice
  42. 92
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    Frank

    Once Upon a Time in The West
  43. 93
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    Calvin Candie

    Django Unchained
  44. 94
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    Frank Costello

    The Departed, Mobsters
    added by: NormanBates
  45. 95
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    Emma Frost

    X-Men: First Class, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Generation X
    added by: NormanBates
  46. 96
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    Daniel Plainview

    There Will Be Blood
  47. 97
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    Tommy DeVito

    Goodfellas
  48. 98
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    John Milton

    Devil's Advocate
  49. 99
    Up 43
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    Dr. Strangelove

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  50. 100
    Up 2
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    Shooter McGavin

    added by: SeanKovach

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    1. Richard Roundtree
      The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 12/14/2012 3:30 AM
      Oh, best movie villainsalright.
    2. Hangry Commenter
      The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 12/06/2012 2:30 PM
      Oh wow, top movie villains.
    3. Rob Cuizon
      The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 8/23/2012 7:30 AM
      That's really surprising about best movie villains of all time.
    4. Kit Barkie
      The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 6/25/2012 2:30 AM
      Okay, that's the best villains of all time I think
    5. Gimletmike
      The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 5/27/2012 3:51 PM
      Two who should be here who are not:
      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.
    6. RogerPedersen
      The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 5/19/2012 3:20 AM
      The joker is the ultimate villain:D I only hope that "The Killing Joke" gets adapted to a movie, animated preferrably, with Mark Hamill as the Joker:D
    7. Nohbdy
      The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 4/16/2012 1:45 PM
      I woulda voted for joker if they had went with the Jack Nicholson one instead
    8. saurabhchako89
      The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 1/21/2012 1:43 AM
      thanks for your comments @all ... will update soon :)
    9. ifjirgjerogijw
      The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 1/04/2012 12:25 PM
      Paul and Peter of Michael Hanekes Funny Games should soooo be on this list
    10. sonicologo
      The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 5/26/2011 12:51 PM
      and Kayser Söze!!!????????????????
    11. vidmak
      The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 5/15/2011 3:10 AM
      nice video
    12. silly_sad_machine
      The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 5/11/2011 11:25 AM
      What about William "the Butcher" Cutting?
    13. hello
      The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 5/10/2011 8:21 PM
      Clarence Bodicker should be on this list
    14. Squish
      The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 5/10/2011 7:44 AM
      Incomplete list. THERES NO SHOOTER MCGAVIN.
    15. MJav
      The Best Movie Villains of All Time at 5/06/2011 9:46 AM
      There's one villain you forgot to add :S the minister Frollo, from Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame.

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