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Villains

Loki

It seems <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-popular-movie-villain-year-you-were-born/mike-mcgranaghan" target="_blank">every year</a>, new iconic villains are coming out of the woodwork. While some of us tend to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/movie-villains-who-wore-out-their-welcome/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">despise movie villains</a>, plenty of movie-goers&nbsp;favor some of these antagonists. Whether that&#39;s due to a cool accent, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/over-the-top-comic-book-movie-performances/tyler-mitchell" target="_blank">an over-the-top performance</a>, or an intimidating disposition, some villains just stand out - and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/actors-who-got-big-after-playing-bad-guys/orrin-grey" target="_blank">redefine the actors playing them</a>.&nbsp;For instance, who doesn&#39;t have some type of fondness for Hannibal Lecter? How about the evil Darth Vader for that matter?&nbsp;Who are the greatest villains of all time? These movie bad guys are the scourge of the movie universe - and that&#39;s to say nothing of their <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/which-henchman-would-win-in-a-battle/matthew-ludwinski" target="_blank">loyal, powerful henchmen</a> - and you can now vote on the meanest villain ever to appear on film.

These are the greatest, most vile movie characters <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-hateable-villains-in-comedy-movies/elle-tharp" target="_blank">we love to hate</a>&nbsp;(or even <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/funny-villains-in-serious-movies/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">laugh at</a>) ranked by the wisdom of the crowd, which makes this ranking an accurate, real-time reflection of the crowd&#39;s collective opinion.

The Governor

The best TV villains of all time rank among some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-tv-characters-of-all-time">greatest TV characters of all time</a> as well as some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/creepiest-characters-on-television">creepiest TV characters ever</a>. While some TV villains exist to make the lead characters appear more heroic, some of them are just plain old, nasty jerks. Regardless of their motivations, the top TV bad guys make us want to bust into the TV and kick some butt, fictional style.

Many of TV&#39;s greatest greatest villains didn&#39;t start that way; some of these men and women started out as virtuous people who took a skid into the darker ways of the world. Think of Breaking Bad&#39;s Gustavo Fring, a legitimate business man turned meth trafficking d-bag. Or Dexter Morgan who started out killing only bad guys and then went and got tangled up with killing people as a CYA offensive action. Of course, there&#39;s also people like&nbsp;Joffrey Baratheon of Game of Thrones&nbsp;and The Simpsons&#39; C. Montgomery Burns who seem to get off on tormenting people. They are the worst kind of awesome bad guys.

Who is the best <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/actors-you-forgot-played-tv-bad-guys/lina-lecaro" target="_blank">bad guy on TV</a>? What television shows have the greatest TV villains? &nbsp;This best television villains list has all the top TV villains in one place for you to vote on. If your favorite TV villain isn&#39;t on the list of the greatest TV villains, make sure to add them so other voters get to hate them as much as you do.

President Snow from Hunger Games

You know the villain as the Big Bad, the truly horrible no-good person who has <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-irredeemably-evil-villains/williamsbrianjake" target="_blank">no redeeming qualities whatsoever</a>. But as many great writers have said, &quot;every villain is a hero,&quot; given a different context. It&#39;s high time we take a look at some villains we&#39;ve written off as simply evil, and show you how, with just a slightly different perspective (okay, in some cases, a vastly different perspective), these people aren&#39;t quite as villainous as expected. No, sometimes these are villains just doing their jobs, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/good-parental-advice-from-villains/williamsbrianjake" target="_blank">giving solid advice</a>, or dealing with impossible situations where no reasonable person would think they had any good choices to make. Some of these people are just hard up for answers, and even the hero&#39;s solution makes things demonstrably worse.

But this list doesn&#39;t just limit itself to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/spider-man-villain-doc-ock/stephanroget" target="_blank">villains who were good</a>. We also look at villains who had a point, even if what they did was absolutely unforgivable. But really, if you think about it, plenty of our heroes have <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/mcu-villains-created-by-heroes/williamsbrianjake" target="_blank">done awful things</a> (Indiana Jones was just stealing artifacts and trashing monuments he had no business being around in the first place, y&#39;know), and it&#39;s all just a matter of perspective. Obi-Wan Kenobi was always rambling on about how things are different from a &quot;certain point of view.&quot; (Easy for him to say, Darth Vader&#39;s pretty cut and dry as a villain.) But put on your thinking specs and see how we argue for some of the bad guys (and gals!).

People love to live dangerously, which probably leads many of you out there to lust after fictional villains from pop culture. For one reason or another, people crush on villains, often attracted to their powers, their nefarious agendas, or their aptitude for emotional manipulation.&nbsp;*Swoons.&nbsp;That being said, usually people know their crushes on villainous fictional characters get into some awkward territory, especially if you're crushing on some sexy monsters. But in the same way some people can't help but be bad, other people can't help but be compelled by the bad boys and girls out there. Ranker reached out to you, the people reading the articles, to ask &quot;&quot;which villain are you weirdly attracted to, even though you know it's wrong?&quot;&nbsp;Included below are the crushes you told us about on our&nbsp;Facebook page, and why you find their bad sides just&nbsp;so good.A number of villainous women&nbsp;on this list make sense, as they will sometimes use&nbsp;their charms to get what they want. But villainous males are just as capable of detonating charm bombs, and in some ways much more insidiously. All of them somehow made their way into your affections, an implication that you may not be as good a person as you previously thought. Well, at least you have company!

Best Characters

Regina George

The best female villains include women whose roles are truly iconic and evil. Some of the greatest movie and television villains ever made this list. Whether it&#39;s a mentally unstable character who stalks her unsuspecting victim or a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-unexpected-female-movie-villains/orrin-grey" target="_blank">conniving, totally immoral villain</a> who frames innocent people, this list includes all the big female villain names. It is, however, not complete, so please, feel free to add your favorite female TV and movie villains as well. Vote for the characters you think are the worst villains ever to grace the big or small screen.

What makes a great villain? A character that is morally bankrupt, complex, and tortured - and, more often than not, <a href="/list/most-stylish-villains-2010s/erin-cody" target="_blank">extremely well dressed</a>. The female villains listed here certainly fit the mold. Some are evil to their very core, allowing heroes to emerge and shine as they (hopefully) triumph against them. A villain is nefarious, vile and generally bad. Many are guilty of criminal behavior, to say the least. Some make us love to hate them (that&#39;s a sure sign of a fantastic female villain). We cheer if and when they meet their untimely ends, because they deserved it!

In film, some of the <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-best-movie-villains-of-all-time" target="_blank">best movie villains of all time</a> are women. Need proof? How about bunny-boiler Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) in Fatal Attraction&nbsp;or mentally deranged &quot;fan&quot; Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) in Misery? Sharon Stone&#39;s portrayal of femme fatale Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct&nbsp;earns her a best female villain place on the list, as well as a top spot among the sexiest characters in thrillers.

Some actresses&#39; best roles in movies or on TV shows came when they played villains. Rachel McAdams was unforgettably villainous as Regina George, aka Queen Bee, in Mean Girls.&nbsp;Helena Bonham Carter&#39;s played some interesting roles over the years, but none more wicked that Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter&nbsp;movies.

From the psycho exes to the stalkers and the femme fatales, enjoy this list of the best female villains in movies and television, and feel free to rerank it your way, too.

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Shutter Island

What is it that makes a psychological thriller even better than having an ending where the villain wins? Maybe it’s because it’s an unexpected twist, or maybe it’s that sometimes it’s so refreshing when the predictable scenario of the hero sweeping in to win the final battle doesn’t actually happen. Sometimes it's fun to root for the bad guys for a change. What are the best movies where the bad guy wins? &nbsp; This list of the best movies where the villain wins, has been ranked by the community. There are many different genres and eras featured on the list, and though the bad guys all win in the end, they're still great films to watch. &nbsp; This list features the best movies where the bad guy wins including, Memento, Seven, No Country for Old Men, Hannibal, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Usual Suspects. Vote up the best films below and see how your favorite bad guy movies rank!

Count Dracula (Dracula)

It’s a fact of life that any film or television show that you love will be remade and you probably won’t like what the new generation of producers do to the thing you once held dear. The hardest type of changes to accept are villain remakes. We grow close to a villain, and once we’ve accepted something as super scary, or so bad that they’re good, it’s hard to accept anything else in their place. Remakes of iconic villains are so hard to pull off, especially if the villain that’s being remade is a cult classic like Pennywise the Dancing Clown, or Freddy Krueger, but that doesn’t mean that people are going to stop trying. Remember the good times and check out these famous villains who got a makeover.Most of the time, remakes of villains only end up making fans love the original version of that villain even more. For instance, there are so many versions of Leatherface saturating the chainsaw market that the only real choice is to pledge your undying allegiance to Gunnar Hansen. But sometimes it’s cool to have different versions of famous villains because it’s possible for an actor, or costume designer to bring something different to the table that makes you see that character in a new light. Keep that in mind while you’re exploring these famous villains who got a make over.Vote on the villain makeovers that you’re okay with, and leave us a comment about how you’d fix the character looks that you totally hate.

Change is one of the few commonalities&nbsp;virtually all good fictional characters share. The journey of how they change is what makes them compelling, but&nbsp;not every character makes a change for the better. Somewhere along the way, they discover&nbsp;that&nbsp;deep down they are really <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/movie-heroes-who-are-actually-villains/anncasano" target="_blank">villains masquerading as heroes.</a>&nbsp;After this tragic turn, they break bad and&nbsp;eventually become evildoers worse than Walter White.

For those unaware, White&nbsp;is the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-likeable-tv-anti-heroes/ranker-tv" target="_blank">likable TV antihero</a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;Breaking Bad. He starts the series out as a terminally ill high school chemistry teacher and ends up&nbsp;in a much different place five seasons later. Meek Mr. White gradually transforms&nbsp;into an evil, power-hungry kingpin. The story made&nbsp;for some of the<a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-tv-shows-of-all-time" target="_blank"> best television of all time</a>, which just goes to show audiences always have&nbsp;a soft spot for good people who turn&nbsp;into villains.

Moe Howard

Wherever there's a young outsider or a bumbling protagonist, there's a bully. Bullies help our downtrodden teen/pre-teen become a hero; help them make the speech or the punch that inspires the slow clap from their peers, and forces them to learn to kick standing on one leg like a crane. There are a lot of memorable movies and TV shows that feature&nbsp;some of the most memorable bullies in pop culture. Those who have seen any of the Back to the Future movies can attest that anyone from the Tannen family, Biff, Griff or Buford &quot;Mad Dog,&quot; are great examples of memorable bullies.&nbsp;Bullies can come in any size or form. Wayne Arnold from The Wonder Years and Eddie Haskell from Leave it to Beaver are two very different, yet menacing bullies who at one point were considered the biggest bullies on TV.Vote here for the most iconic bullies from big and small screen (no book bullies, that's too much for one list).&nbsp;There's plenty of great choices so vote who takes home the title of biggest bully.&nbsp;

Performances

Actors are often typecast as a specific type of character. Those who become defined as &quot;good guys (or girls)&quot; and &quot;heroes&quot; wind up playing, more often than not, good guys and heroes. When actors play&nbsp;the same kinds of roles over and over again, it can be easy for audiences to start accepting them only in those roles.

But actors often like to stretch and challenge themselves by taking roles <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/superhero-actors-you-forgot-played-villains/josh-plainse" target="_blank">outside the bounds</a> of their typical persona. Just as a comedian might be eager to take on a dramatic role, an actor known mainly for playing a hero might relish the chance to finally take on a true baddie. Sometimes the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/actors-who-played-both-superheroes-and-supervillains/anncasano" target="_blank">role reversal</a> is successful and goes down as one of the performer&#39;s most loved performances; other times, it&#39;s a bad fit, or audiences are simply unable to accept the star in an unfamiliar role.

Here are some of the actors who have generally played&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-trustworthy-celebrities/celebrity-lists" target="_blank">trustworthy</a>&nbsp;characters but broke away from that typecasting to play a villainous role. Which of these risks paid off?

If you watch a lot of scary movies, you&rsquo;ve definitely had a moment where you realized you could <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/horror-movies-you-think-you-could-have-survived/ranker-horror" target="_blank">survive the horror movie</a> that you&rsquo;re watching. Even if it&rsquo;s full of scary movie monsters, most horror movies require the victims to be total idiots. Even the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/scariest-horror-movies-ever-made" target="_blank">scariest horror movies</a> ever made have some very easy to kill movie villains. A lot of horror movies not only require some form of suspension of disbelief, they also need you to believe that every character in the film would act like they had a full frontal lobotomy. People run upstairs, they ask &ldquo;who&rsquo;s there&rdquo; when they hear something move in the woods, and they let creepy little dolls hang out in their homes. No one in their right mind would do this. There are definitely a few <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/horror-movie-set-ups-you-and-_39_d-least-like-to-be-trapped-in/ranker-horror" target="_blank">horror movies you don&rsquo;t want to be stuck in</a> but the films cataloged here are the movies films that you could survive using half your brain.

There are some <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-most-utterly-terrifying-figures-in-film" target="_blank">truly terrifying figures in film</a>, however those characters aren&rsquo;t what you&rsquo;ll be reading about. This is a run down of every unbelievable horror movie monster and least scary horror movie villain &ndash; sorry in advance if your fave pops up at any point. Whether they&rsquo;re just a guy in a mask, a magical creature, or a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-evil-doll-movies-list/all-genre-movies-lists" target="_blank">creepy evil doll</a> these are the movie monsters a kid could fight.

Ghostface

Who are the best fictional serial killers of all time? These are serial killers featured in television shows and on film. To be clear, there is a difference between a serial killer and a mass murderer. A serial killer is one who kills individually, stalking a victim and murdering them in cold blood. Some of the most memorable movie and TV characters ever have been serial killers, so be sure to vote for the ones you liked the most -- and vote down any you didn&#39;t like. Also, feel free to re-rank this list any way you want, and add any notable fictional serial killers who are missing.

The creepiest film and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-tv-shows-about-serial-killers/ranker-tv" target="_blank">TV serial killers</a> often steal the show with their terrifyingly cool, chilling scenes. They manage to elude the good guys who are dutifully tracking them down, often for most of a movie or television show. Eventually, almost all of the fictional serial killers listed here are caught, but not before they leave behind horrifying reminders of their sick and twisted abilities. They are, quite often, some of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movie-villains-of-all-time" target="_blank">the best movie villains of all time</a> or <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/creepiest-characters-on-television" target="_blank">the creepiest characters on television</a>.

When you think of the &quot;best&quot; fictional serial murderers, who comes to mind instantly? Hannibal Lecter? That&#39;s certainly one of the most famous and memorable serial killers ever on film, thanks to Anthony Hopkins (who won an Academy Award for the role in &#39;Silence of the Lambs&#39;). Or how about mommy-obsessed Norman Bates (Anthony Hopkins), the serial killer who scared the wits out of everyone in Alfred Hitchcock&#39;s &#39;Psycho&#39;? There is no doubt that both of these characters are iconic, and among <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-most-utterly-terrifying-figures-in-film" target="_blank">the most utterly terrifying figures in film</a>. Both, interestingly enough, were brought to the small screen in 2013: Lecter in the NBC horror drama &#39;Hannibal&#39; and Bates in A&amp;E&#39;s drama &#39;Bates Motel.&#39;

Are serial killers the new vampires now? Could be. One thing is certain: The fictional serial killers listed here are among the characters you absolutely, positively do not ever want <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/worst-movie-character-to-have-knock-at-your-door-/aargh" target="_blank">knocking at your door</a>.

Animated

Queen

Who is the greatest animated Disney villain? Everyone, it seems, has a favorite. Over the decades, Disney movies have given moviegoers some of the most dastardly (and, as with so many movie villains, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-stylish-villains-2010s/erin-cody" target="_blank">immaculately dressed</a>) villains in cinema history. And now, thanks to the <a href="https://disneyplus.bn5x.net/c/1217251/707629/9358?subid1=601734&amp;subid2=Disney%2B&amp;subid3=comlink&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2F" target="_blank">magic of Disney+</a>, you can go back and rewatch these classic villains doing all kinds of villainous things again and again. They may be animated, but that doesn&#39;t mean they aren&#39;t, well, mean! This list includes some of the best <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/all-disney-villains-list-of-all-disney-enemies/all-enemies-and-supervillains">Disney movie villains</a> ever but are specifically villians in animated movies, so be sure to vote for your favorites, vote down the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/disney-villains-evil-plans-ranked-stupid/jessica-bedewi" target="_blank">villains you don&#39;t think are worthy</a> of the top spots, and add any disney villains who are missing. If you&#39;re thinking of your favourite Disney bad guys from television, hop on over to vote on the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/disney-cartoon-villains-on-disney-plus/molly-gander" target="_blank">Disney aninmated series with the best villains</a>.

Vote: <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-disney-princesses">The Best Disney Princesses</a>

Disney villains come in many forms. Some, like the evil sorcerer Jafar (&#39;Aladdin&#39;) and the &quot;Mistress of All Evil,&#39; Maleficent (&#39;Sleeping Beauty&#39;), have magical powers that allow them to wreak havoc on their poor, unsuspecting victims. Great Walt Disney movie villains may also be &quot;regular&quot; people who are simply bad apples.

Speaking of bad apples, Queen Grimhilde, from Disney&#39;s classic &#39;Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,&#39; didn&#39;t necessarily have magical powers, but she was cruel beyond measure to Snow White, and a schemer of the highest order. Certainly, the same could be said of the horrible, no good Cruella de Vil from Disney&#39;s &#39;101 Dalmatians.&#39;

Rank: <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movie-villains-of-all-time">The Best Movie Villains of All Time</a>

Some of the best Disney movie villains aren&#39;t even human. Examples? How about the evil python Kaa from &#39;The Jungle Book&#39;? And without question Scar, the power hungry, sinister baby brother of Mufasa in &#39;The Lion King&#39; is worthy of a spot on this list. Finally, last but certainly not least, the Big Bad Wolf from Walt Disney&#39;s &#39;Three Little Pigs&#39; is a menacing character.

Which Disney film villain is your favorite?

What makes an antihero cool? Well, they&rsquo;re usually pretty multi-dimensional. They possess villainous qualities, yes, but there are usually complex reasons behind their madness. And for all the devilish things they do, you often can&rsquo;t help but root for them. Hollywood has given movie lovers <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-relatable-tv-antagonists/josh-plainse" target="_blank">some awesome antihero characters</a>, but who are the best antiheroes in film?

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Movie antiheroes (and some villains &ndash;&nbsp;we as a society do like our bad boys) are often more memorable than the hero. Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver), Michael Corleone (Al Pacino in <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/godfather-trivia/coy-jandreau?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">The Godfather Trilogy</a>), Jimmy &ldquo;Popeye&rdquo; Doyle (Gene Hackman in The French Connection), The Man With No Name (Clint Eastwood in Sergio Leone&#39;s Dollars Trilogy), and Jim Stark (James Dean in Rebel Without A Cause) are all legendary and iconic film characters that have influenced and impressed the world over. They all also happen to be anti heroes.

This list of the greatest anti-hero film characters ranks these great characters who, despite their notable lack of what we usually describe as &quot;heroic&quot; traits, are nonetheless the heroes of their stories. Upvote the best antihero characters in film history below, and add any great antiheroes who aren&#39;t already listed!

Leatherface

Some of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movie-villains-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">greatest movie villains</a>&nbsp;can give you nightmares if you spend too much time thinking about their faces. But are they really that scary, or is it all just movie magic? This gallery features photos of film villains behind the scenes, while filming, in half costume, and even being controlled by puppeteers. Seeing these creepy villains out of context makes them seem just plain silly! They're just actors goofing around, after all!While not all the characters on the list are from horror movies, they are most certainly <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-movies-where-the-bad-guy-wins/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the bad guys</a> – at some point. But against a green screen or in the makeup chair, turns out they're all just normal people working hard to make a buck (or animatronics, or just dogs). Not so terrifying now, are they?&nbsp;

Movies have featured a tremendous number of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/royal-henchmen-in-history/peterdugre" target="_blank">henchmen</a>&nbsp;who are truly terrible at their jobs. While some <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-hatable-secondary-antagonists/williamsbrianjake" target="_blank">second-tier baddies</a>&nbsp;end up overshadowing their bosses in fans&#39; memories, many more live to be a punching bag to their evil overlords. From overconfident techie Theo in Die Hard to Kronk&rsquo;s oaf-with-a-conscience in The Emperor&rsquo;s New Groove, or even the imposing but ineffective Darth Maul in Star Wars, the following stupid henchmen really take the cake.

You have to wonder why their villainous bosses took on such useless sidekicks in the first place. Which wannabe bad guy is the worst offender?

One goal of writing&nbsp;television characters is to make them feel as three-dimensional as possible. Just as real people can change and evolve over time, so can TV characters, as we see with these&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/movie-villains-who-were-right/loganrapp" target="_blank">villains</a> turned heroes.&nbsp;

Some were never straight-up bad guys in that evil twisty-mustache way. Most were more in the vein&nbsp;of Stranger Things&#39;&nbsp;Steve Harrington: an unlikable jerk who found his way over to bravely fight the&nbsp;good fight alongside our heroes.&nbsp;

Of course, some were really despicable at first. No one could ever argue that Jamie Lannister&nbsp;from Game of Thrones was not a true villain. Heck, he pushes a little boy out a window in the very first episode. But even the Kingslayer eventually came around and worked hard for redemption.&nbsp;

What other television villains turned heroes made the cut?

Speeches

What is it with villains and monologues? No matter how certain their success is, how close they are to tasting victory, they still can&#39;t help but pause to pat themselves on the back and make their nearly defeated hero feel a little stupid. Unfortunately for them, all this evil gloating usually blows up in their face.&nbsp;

While the villain monologue serves a plot purpose, it certainly doesn&#39;t help the villain themselves. Oftentimes, their long speech gives the hero just enough time to regain the upper hand and emerge victorious. Wouldn&#39;t the smarter choice be to just act? After all, if you have someone at your mercy, it&#39;s better to act first and talk later.&nbsp;

Sadly, villains just can&#39;t give up their chatty ways. Check out a few below who ruined their own plans by monologuing.

The Best of the 2010s

The 2010s might just have been the &ldquo;Decade of the Villain.&rdquo; That period of 10 years brought fans across multiple mediums and genres some of the most memorable baddies to ever stalk the realm of fiction,&nbsp;and said antagonists brought with them countless reasons for fans to curse their names and wish they&rsquo;d never been created.

It is an overarching tragedy of fiction that the villains we enjoy the most also tend to be the ones who hurt us the most. By harming, tormenting, or outright eliminating characters that the audience cares about, a villain can make an indelible impact on a fanbase and forever change the course of a story - and just because their actions are fictional doesn&rsquo;t mean they&rsquo;re not also traumatic. All villains hurt to a certain extent, but some hurt just a little bit more than others. The 2010s were a decade in which some particularly hurtful evildoers came to the forefront.

Have you ever seen a film that made&nbsp;you hate&nbsp;the secondary antagonist even more than the final villain? Maybe they were a sadistic scientist, a whiny snitch who&#39;d do anything to get ahead, or an emotionless&nbsp;bruiser of a <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/useless-stupid-henchmen/erin-cody" target="_blank">henchman</a>. While their exact role may change, one thing remains constant:&nbsp;These are the villains actually doing the dirty work. Depending on how dirty that work gets, these can be the bad guys that you&#39;re still a little mad at as you walk away from the theater.&nbsp;

This list will be going over all of the most hated and villainous right-hand men and women in cinema history -&nbsp;the ones who truly relish&nbsp;their role in making heroes&#39;&nbsp;journeys&nbsp;even harder. So, check it out, and vote up the elite evil underlings that still make you sick to think about.&nbsp;

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After spending so very many hours watching a TV show, we form strong attachments - and revulsions - to certain characters. Let's rank 'em.

TV Characters We Love & Hate

A detailed list of the most well-liked and loveable TV anti-heroes. The most likeable TV protagonists are listed in order from most popular to least. These ambivalent but likeable anti-heroes of TV can be changed in order of popularity to fit the viewer’s opinions. Or, you can copy to make your very own list of your most favorite TV anti-heroes. This villain list can then be re-arranged to suit your ideas. &nbsp; These ambivalent villains are a mixture of both good and evil and have managed to tug at the viewer’s heartstrings over the years. Do you remember most of these anti-heroes? This list answers the question, “Who are the most popular and likeable antiheroes of television?” Taking you on a road down memory lane, this list allows you to see which anti-heroes of TV were the worst and which were <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movie-villains-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the best villains</a> of TV shows. &nbsp; While some TV protagonists are pure evil, many have a touch of good in them that the viewer can easily see, making the viewer sympathetic towards these quite loveable villains of television series. The viewers can often find themselves wishing only the best results for these sometimes harmless TV villains. This list allows you to choose which television anti-hero you think is the best villain of television.

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Spike

Spike, played by James Marsters, is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Spike is a vampire and played various roles on the shows, including villain, anti-hero and lover. For Marsters, the role as Spike began a career in science fiction television, becoming "the obvious go-to guy for US cult [television]". For creator Whedon, Spike is the "most fully developed" of his characters. The character was intended to be a brief villain, with Whedon originally adamant to not have another major "romantic vampire" character like Angel. Marsters says "Spike was supposed to be dirty and evil, punk rock, and then dead." However, the character ended up staying for the second season, and then returning in the fourth to replace Cordelia as "the character who told Buffy she was stupid and about to die."
Within the series' narrative, William was an unsuccessful aspiring poet in the Victorian era who was mocked and called "William the Bloody" because of his "bloody awful" poetry.

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Homer Simpson

Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987. Homer was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening while he was waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. Groening had been called to pitch a series of shorts based on his comic strip Life in Hell but instead decided to create a new set of characters. He named the character after his father, Homer Groening. After appearing for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, the Simpson family got their own series on Fox that debuted December 17, 1989.
As patriarch of the eponymous family, Homer and his wife Marge have three children: Bart, Lisa and Maggie. As the family's provider, he works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant as safety inspector. Homer embodies many American working class stereotypes: he is crude, obese, incompetent, lazy, clumsy, dim-witted, hot-tempered, childish and addicted to beer, junk food and watching television. However, he often tries his hardest to be a decent man and is fiercely devoted to his family, especially when they need him the most. Despite the suburban blue-collar routine of his life, he has had a number of remarkable experiences, including going to space, climbing the tallest mountain in Springfield by himself, fighting former President George H. W. Bush and winning a Grammy Award as a member of a barbershop quartet.
In the shorts and earlier episodes, Castellaneta voiced Homer with a loose impression of Walter Matthau; however, during the second and third seasons of the half-hour show, Homer's voice evolved to become more robust, to allow the expression of a fuller range of emotions. He has appeared in other media relating to The Simpsons—including video games, The Simpsons Movie, The Simpsons Ride, commercials, and comic books—and inspired an entire line of merchandise. His signature catchphrase, the annoyed grunt "D'oh!", has been included in The New Oxford Dictionary of English since 1998 and the Oxford English Dictionary since 2001.
Homer is one of the most influential characters in the history of television, and is widely considered to be an American cultural icon. The British newspaper The Sunday Times described him as "The greatest comic creation of [modern] time". He was named the greatest character "of the last 20 years" in 2010 by Entertainment Weekly, was ranked the second-greatest cartoon character by TV Guide, behind Bugs Bunny, and was voted the greatest television character of all time by Channel 4 viewers. For voicing Homer, Castellaneta has won four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance and a special-achievement Annie Award. In 2000, Homer and his family were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Perry Cox

Percival Ulysses "Perry" Cox, M.D, is a fictional character played by John C. McGinley on the American television comedy-drama Scrubs. Dr. Cox appeared in every episode except, "My Last Words," "My Comedy Show," and "My Full Moon," which are all in season 8.

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Barney Stinson

Barnabus "Barney" Stinson is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris. One of the main characters of the show, Barney is a pickup artist who uses a variety of intricate ploys to have sex with as many women as possible, which is one of the show's central themes. The character is also defined by his love of expensive suits, laser tag, and the catchphrase "Suit up!" In later seasons, however, he has a few serious relationships before getting married, and after his divorce he has a child with an unnamed woman from a one night stand.
The character has been well-received by critics and has been credited for much of the show's success. He is credited for the "Lemon Law" of first dates as well as the popularity of the "Suit Up!" concept, and is considered the show's breakout character.

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Peter Griffin

Peter Griffin is the main character of the American animated sitcom Family Guy. He is voiced by cartoonist Seth MacFarlane and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family, in the 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Peter was created and designed by MacFarlane himself. MacFarlane was asked to pitch a pilot to the Fox Broadcasting Company based on Larry & Steve, a short made by MacFarlane which featured a middle-aged character named Larry and an intellectual dog, Steve. After the pilot was given the green light, The Griffin family appeared on the episode "Death Has a Shadow".
Peter is married to Lois Griffin and is the father of Meg, Chris, and Stewie. He also has a dog named Brian, with whom he is best friends. He has worked at a toy factory, and at Quahog's Brewery. Despite the suburban blue-collar routine of his life, he has had a number of remarkable experiences.
Peter's voice was inspired by a janitor that MacFarlane heard at his school. His appearance was a redesign of the protagonist Larry from MacFarlane's previous animated short films The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve.

Loki is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber and penciller Jack Kirby, a version of the character first appeared in Venus #6 (August 1949). The modern day incarnation of Loki first appeared in Journey into Mystery #85 (October 1962). The character, which is based on the Norse deity of the same name, is the Asgardian god of mischief. He is the adopted brother and often enemy of the superhero Thor, however over the years the character has been depicted as an antihero. In 2009, Loki was ranked as IGN's 8th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time and in 2014 was ranked again by IGN, this time as the 4th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. Tom Hiddleston portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films.

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Michael Scofield

Michael J. Scofield, played by Wentworth Miller, is a fictional character and one of the two protagonists of the American television series Prison Break. The character first appeared in the series pilot, in which he deliberately sends himself to prison so as to break his elder brother, Lincoln Burrows, out before his execution for a crime he didn't commit. The storyline of the first season revolves around the two brothers and Michael's plan to help Lincoln escape his death sentence. Later seasons detail their life on the run and their quest for the truth behind Lincoln's imprisonment. As the principal character, Michael has been featured in every episode of the series. Although both Lincoln and Michael are the main protagonists of the series, Michael has been featured more extensively than Lincoln, especially in the first season and the third.
Various flashbacks from subsequent episodes provide further insight into the relationship between Michael and his brother, and the reasons behind Michael's determination in helping Lincoln to escape his death sentence. In the episode flashbacks, the younger Michael is played by Dylan Minnette.

Michael Scott

Michael Gary Scott is a fictional character in NBC's The Office, portrayed by Steve Carell and based on David Brent from the original British version of the program. Michael is the central character of the series, serving as Regional Manager of the Scranton branch of paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin Inc. from season one through seven. However, he leaves Dunder Mifflin temporarily to form the Michael Scott Paper Company during the late end of the fifth season and shares a co-managerial position with Jim Halpert during a sixth season arc from "The Meeting" to "The Manager and the Salesman". In the end of the seventh season, he proposes to HR representative Holly Flax and moves to Colorado to take care of her aging parents, leaving the manager position to Deangelo Vickers in "Goodbye, Michael" and ultimately to Andy Bernard in season eight.

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Tony Soprano

Anthony John "Tony" Soprano is an Italian-American fictional character and the protagonist in the HBO television drama series The Sopranos, portrayed by James Gandolfini. The character was conceived by The Sopranos '​ creator and show runner David Chase, who was also largely responsible for the character's story arc throughout the show's six seasons. The character is loosely based on real-life New Jersey mobster Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo, a former caporegime and de facto street boss of the DeCavalcante crime family of New Jersey. Considered to be the model for the Soprano family, several incidents involving the DeCavalcantes were incorporated into Sopranos scripts. Bobby Boriello portrayed Soprano as a child in one episode and Danny Petrillo played the character as a teenager in three episodes.
In the first season, Tony is a capo in the DiMeo crime family. Between the first and second seasons, he is promoted to street boss, a position he retains until the sixth season. Throughout the series, Tony struggles to balance the conflicting requirements of his "two families": his actual family—wife Carmela, daughter Meadow, son Anthony "A. J.

The Doctor

The Doctor is the title character in the long-running BBC science fiction television programme Doctor Who. Since the show's inception in 1963, the character has been portrayed by thirteen lead actors. In the programme, "the Doctor" is the alias assumed by a centuries-old alien—a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey—who travels through space and time in the TARDIS, frequently with companions. The transition to each succeeding actor is explained within the show's narrative through the plot device of "regeneration", a biological function of the Time Lord race that allows a change of cellular structure and appearance with recovery following a potentially fatal injury.

Daria Morgendorffer

Daria Morgendorffer is a fictional animated character from MTV's animated series Beavis and Butt-head and its spin-off Daria. She was voiced in both incarnations by Tracy Grandstaff.
In 2002, Daria placed at number 41 on the list of the Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of all Time by TV Guide for her role in the two shows. She was also listed in AOL's 100 Most Memorable Female TV Characters.

Eric Northman

Eric Northman is a fictional character in The Southern Vampire Mysteries, a series of thirteen books written by New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris. He is a vampire, slightly over one thousand years old, and is first introduced in the first novel, Dead Until Dark and appears in all subsequent novels. Since the book series is told from the first person perspective of Sookie Stackhouse, what readers perceive of his character is influenced by what Sookie comprehends. HBO's television series True Blood is based on this book series and the character of Eric Northman is portrayed somewhat differently. A List of True Blood characters has a detailed description of Eric's character from the TV show.

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Damon Salvatore

Damon Salvatore Stefan's older brother, brash and arrogant, with dark hair and black eyes. He's dark and sadistic, but also charming and seductive; the playboy that is careless about what he does, and the effects of his actions. Events in The Fury and Dark Reunion show that Damon is also capable of fierce loyalty and affection, though he is often misunderstood, which Elena sees. In The Awakening He calls himself Damon Smith, attending college on a vacation. Back in the day in Italy, where the brothers come from, he graduated from university. He shows feelings towards Elena and Bonnie both, though Bonnie receives less attention.

Like all vampires, Damon has the power of persuasion, and increased strength and speed.  Damon also has the ability to control crows and fog.  He wears a ring that allows him to be in the sunlight without burning.

Elijah Mikaelson

Elijah Mikaelson is a fictional character from the TV series The Vampire Diaries.

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Eleven

Jane Hopper, also known as Eleven, El or Jane Ives, is a fictional character from the Netflix series Stranger Things. Portrayed by Millie Bobby Brown, she is a girl with psychokinetic abilities and a limited vocabulary.

Raymond 'Red' Reddington

Raymond 'Red' Reddington is a fictional character from the tv series The Blacklist.

John Constantine

John Constantine is a fictional superhero, appearing in comic books, film, and television. He is played by Keanu Reeves in the 2005 film Constantine and by Matt Ryan in the CW series Legends of Tomorrow and Constantine.

Vegeta

Vegeta is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. Vegeta first appears as a major antagonist in chapter #204 Goodbye Son Goku, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on December 19, 1988, seeking the wish-granting Dragon Balls to gain immortality.
As prince of the Saiyans, an extraterrestrial race of warriors that the series' protagonist Son Goku also belongs to, Vegeta is extremely vain, believing he is the strongest and becoming obsessed with surpassing Goku. He later reluctantly unites with the heroes to thwart greater threats to the universe, becoming an antihero, while remaining a rival to Goku. Vegeta's character, particularly his personality, has been well received.

James "Sawyer" Ford

James Ford, better known by the alias "Sawyer" and later as "Jim LaFleur", is a fictional character played by Josh Holloway on the ABC television series Lost.
Sawyer was born on 18 February 1968; he was initially portrayed as a conniving, sarcastic handsome flirt who keeps stashes of washed-ashore items. His flashbacks typically depict a more sensitive side to him, juxtaposed against acts of betrayal and theft. He has a romantic interest in Kate Austen, and the two fall in love over the series. Their relationship is particularly prominent in the beginning of the third season. In the fourth season he develops a more heroic side, becoming protective of Claire Littleton and sacrificing his chance to escape so his friends can in the season finale. In the fifth season, Sawyer quickly acclimates to his new role as group leader as they are sent back through time, and after being without Kate for three years, falls in love with Juliet Burke, creating a love triangle when Kate returns to the island. Sawyer is the show's primary anti-hero.

Jessica Jones

Jessica Campbell Jones Cage is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos, Jones first appeared in Alias #1 as a former superheroine who became the owner and sole employee of Alias Private Investigations. She has since starred in two ongoing series, and became a member of the New Avengers alongside her husband Luke Cage during Marvel Comics' Heroic Age. At various points in her history, Jones has used the aliases Jewel, Knightress and Power Woman. Krysten Ritter plays the character in A.K.A. Jessica Jones, a live-action television series which is set to premiere on Netflix in 2015.

Opie Winston

Opie Winston is a fictional character from the TV Series Sons of Anarchy.

Mr. Gold

Mr. Gold is a fictional character from the TV program Once Upon a Time.

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Zuko

Prince Zuko is a fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The character is voiced by Dante Basco and is portrayed by Dev Patel in M. Night Shyamalan's 2010 film The Last Airbender.
Zuko is the Crown Prince of the Fire Nation and an incredibly powerful Firebender, meaning he has the elemental ability to create and control fire and to redirect lightning through martial arts techniques. He is the eldest child of Fire Lord Ozai and Princess Ursa, the older brother of Princess Azula, and older half-brother of Kiyi. Before the events of the series, Zuko is exiled from the Fire Nation by his father and told he must capture the Avatar to restore his honor and right to the throne. Zuko is accompanied and advised in his search by his uncle, Iroh.

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