Top 10 Favorte Fictional Film Villains

[Scott Uberman]

In No Order for me...

Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Darth Sidious (Star Wars)
Sauron (Lord of the Rings)
Hannibal Lector (Silence of the Lambs)
Karl Kroenen (Hellboy)
The Joker (The Dark Knight)
Major Toht (Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark)
Dr. Zaius (Planet of the Apes)
Ivan Drago (Rocky IV)
The Terminator (Terminator)

[Andy_Savana]

Eli (There will be blood)
Darth Vader (Starwars)
Davy Jones (Pirates of the Carribean)
Vince (Collateral)
Henley (Blazing Saddles)
The Joker (Dark Knight)
Head Redcoat (Patriot)
Barbossa (Pirates of the Carribean)
Mr. Blonde (Reservoir Dogs)
Ghostface (Scream)

[rahman82]

Hannibal Lecter(Silence of the Lambs)
Darth Vader(Star Wars)
The Joker(The Dark Knight)
Max Cady(Cape Fear)
Commodus(Gladiator)
Johnny Ringo(Tombstone)
John Doe(Se7en)
Norman Bates(Psycho)
Tony Montana(Scarface)
Michael Myers(Halloween)

[Son of Shockey]

Originally Posted by Andy_Savana

Henley (Blazing Saddles)

It's HEADLY! Lol.

[Mentoch the Mindtaker]

Alien (Alien) - The first movie where you dont see it very often especially
Darth Vader (James Earl Jones & David Prowse Star Wars)
Kaiser Soze (Kevin Spacey in Usual Suspects)
The Joker (Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight)
John Doe (Kevin Spacey in Se7en)
Max Cady (Robert De Niro in Cape Fear)
Ichi the Killer (Nao Omori in Ichi the Killer)
Bill the Butcher (Played by Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs of New York)
Archibald Cunningham (Played by Tim Roth in Rob Roy)
Auric Goldfinger (Played by Gert Fröbe in Goldfinger)

[EJ84]

Max Cady definitely has to be in this. Awesome villain.

HAL 9000 too.

Jaws.

And for a bit of fun, Humungus from Mad Max 2, who can be described as a retro post-apocalyptic S&M villain.

For more fun, and almost a cameo, the Stay Puft Marshmellow man from Ghostbusters. Is he not a highlight of everyone's childhood movie memories? Sashaband excluded, of course.

[Irishsara]

The Greatest hero / Villian movies? Westerns. For me they are like one tingly morality play with Rugged heroes and evil villians, white hats vs black hats and the good guys are always strong and true, and the bad guys are always evil and wear black hats so they are easily identifiable

Frank as Henry Fonda in "Once Upon a Time in the West." - HE KILLS KIDS

Capt. Red legs played by Bill Mckinney in The Outlaw Josey Wales

Little Bill Daggett played by Gene Hackman – Unforgiven – Directed by Clint Eastwood Or John Herod played by Gene Hackman in The Quick and The Dead – directed by Sam Rami

Ben Wade played by Russell Crowe in 3:10 to Yuma.

Lee Marvin as Liberty Vallence in The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallence



(this list is fake people, if it had real people in movies number 3 would be Casey Afleck as that coward Robert Ford in the Assassination of Jessie James by that Coward Robert Ford)

[Mentoch the Mindtaker]

Originally Posted by EJ84

HAL 9000 too.

Man I totally forgot about HAL, and thinking about Kubrick movies Colonel Walter E. Kurtz has to be in the discussion aswell.

[RM-3.0]

10. Biff from "Back to the Future"

9. Tim Burton's 1989 Joker

8. Harry and Marv from "Home Alone"

7. The Terminator

6. Ivan from "Rocky IV"

5. Annie Wilkes from "Misery"

4. Alonzo Harris from "Training Day"

3. Broly from DBZ Movie 8

2. Jason Voorhees

1. Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

[Uncle Joe]

10. Michael Meyers
9. Dr. Weird (ATHF movie)
8. JAWS (The Spy Who Loved Me)
7. JAWS (Jaws)
6. T-Rex (Jurassic Park)
5. George Bush (Farenheit 9/11)
4. The guy who drinks milkshake
3. Pennywise (IT)
2. Freddy Kreuger/Jason Vorhees
1. Hans Gruber (Die Hard)

[Scott Uberman]

Fahrenheit 9/11 is indeed fictional because of all the bullshit.

[Visagra]

Biff (Back to the Future)
Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th Movie Series)
Freddy Krueger (Nightmare on Elm Street Series)
Michael Myers (Halloween Series)
Ivan Drago (Rocky IV)
Lucas (The Wizard)
Darth Sidious/Palpatine (Star Wars Series)
Mister Potter (It's A Wonderful Life)
The Terminator (The Terminator)
T-1000 (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)

[EJ84]

T-1000's another good one. I may even have a top 10 after a few more posts.

Originally Posted by Mentoch the Mindtaker

Man I totally forgot about HAL, and thinking about Kubrick movies Colonel Walter E. Kurtz has to be in the discussion aswell.

Kurtz has a great presence in a great, great movie. And he's not even seen for most of it. But Apocalypse Now is a Coppola film. Thinking about it, Kubrick didn't really do villains much. I guess Jack Torrance counts.

[rahman82]

Ill add some more

Scar- The Lion King
Jason- Friday the 13th
Freddy- Nightmare on Elm Street
Harry Powell- The Night of the Hunter
John Ryder- The Hitcher (Rutger Hauer, although Sean Beans wasnt that bad)
Roy Batty- Bladerunner
Frank Booth- Blue Velvet
Hickey- Last Man Standing
Alonzo Harris- Training Day
Castor Troy- Face/Off

[EJ84]

There's another, love Roy Batty.

EDIT: Here's one from left-field, especially to those in the Northern Hemisphere. Jake "The Muss" Heke, from the excellent New Zealand film, Once Were Warriors.

[Smarmy]

In no particular order

Bricktop (Snatch)

Anton Chigurh (No Country For Old Men)

Nicky Santoro (Casino)

Alonzo Harris (Training Day)

Max Cady (Cape Fear)

Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs)

John Doe (Seven)

Hans Gruber (Die Hard)

Biff Loman (Back to the Future)

Vince (Collateral)

[Mentoch the Mindtaker]

Originally Posted by EJ84

T-1000's another good one. I may even have a top 10 after a few more posts.

Kurtz has a great presence in a great, great movie. And he's not even seen for most of it. But Apocalypse Now is a Coppola film. Thinking about it, Kubrick didn't really do villains much. I guess Jack Torrance counts.

Man I'm stupid. Fuck.

[cmpmm]

Must be only movies?

in no particular order

-The Joker(The Dark Knight)
-BrickTop(Snatch)
-Tuco(The good the bad and the ugly)
-Vader
-Krueger
-Jason
-Predator
-Alien
-Jaws(007 movies)
-Terminator

-series speacial mentions-
-Armadillo(The Shield season 2)
-Habib Marwan(24:season 4)
-T-Bag(Prison Break)

[Deception]

1. Darth Vader- Star Wars.
2. Auric Goldfinger- Goldfinger.
3. Hannibal Lector- Silence of the Lambs.
4. Anton Chiguhr- No Country for Old Men
5. Joker- The Dark Knight.
6. Magneto- X-Men.
7. Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias- Watchmen (I enjoyed it...).
8. Scar- Lion King.
9. The Green Goblin- Spiderman.
10. Zorg- The Fifth Element.

[The Korean]

Originally Posted by EJ84

T-1000's another good one. I may even have a top 10 after a few more posts.

Kurtz has a great presence in a great, great movie. And he's not even seen for most of it. But Apocalypse Now is a Coppola film. Thinking about it, Kubrick didn't really do villains much. I guess Jack Torrance counts.

Kurtz shouldnt really count as a villain though.

[Mentoch the Mindtaker]

I think he qualifies. He's definitely the antagonist of the movie, unless the Jungle itself qualifies.

[EJ84]

I can see why you would and why you wouldn't consider him a villain. Same with Tuco from a few posts back.

[The Korean]

Would Private Pyle from Full Metal Jacket be considered a villain?

[Visagra]

Originally Posted by Smarmy

Biff Loman (Back to the Future)

Biff Loman is a character from Death of a Salesman. Biff Tannen is the antagonist of Back to the Future.

[rahman82]

Originally Posted by The Korean

Would Private Pyle from Full Metal Jacket be considered a villain?

Id say Sgt. Hartman was more of the villain than Pyle

[Mentoch the Mindtaker]

No way Pyle's a villain. The above post has it right, Sgt. Hartman is definitely the villain, if the movie has one.

[rahman82]

Coach Bud Kilmer- Varsity Blues
Sgt. Tony Meserve- Casualties of War
Percy the prison guard- The Green Mile
Clubber Lang- Rocky III
Norman Stansfield- The Professional
Mickey Knox- Natural Born Killers
Buffalo Bill- Silence of the Lambs
John Kreese- Karate Kid
Mr.Joshua- Lethal Weapon
Jigsaw- Saw

[Mentoch the Mindtaker]

Really?

Clubber Lang over Ivan Drago?

John Kreese- Karate Kid

This is an awesome call. He's the best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qae_TUTeGo

[rahman82]

Originally Posted by Mentoch the Mindtaker

Really?

Clubber Lang over Ivan Drago?

not over but he should be mentioned, Clubber killed Mickey(or at least he had a part in it), he beat Rocky and he talked a whole lot more trash than Drago "My prediction...PAIN"

[EJ84]

Originally Posted by The Korean

Would Private Pyle from Full Metal Jacket be considered a villain?

No. Sounds like you're trying to draw parallels between Pyle and Kurtz and insinuating that they both went insane and thus aren't true villains, is that right? Becuase first of all, there's an argument to be had over whether Kurtz went insane or not, and also they're quite different because Pyle killed his bully, while Kurtz...yeah, could sit here for an age listing his atrocities.

[cmpmm]

Originally Posted by EJ84

I can see why you would and why you wouldn't consider him a villain. Same with Tuco from a few posts back.

I has indecise between Angel Eyes and Tuco but ,in my opinion,Tuco gets the nod.
After some thoughts i think we can even consider Blondie as a villain (or antihero),after all blondie screw Tuco from his share of the bounty money,killed 3 bounty hunters that got to Tuco first(we dont know if they where good or bad),left Tuco in middle of desert tied up and with no water,screw both Angel Eyes and Tuco in the 3 man showdown by not writing anything in the rock(if he died none would get the gold) and he even sented Tuco to the duel without ammo

gezz the real hero was Tuco :P

[Smarmy]

Originally Posted by Visagra

Biff Loman is a character from Death of a Salesman. Biff Tannen is the antagonist of Back to the Future.

right yes sorry lol Biff Loman is referenced many times in Seinfeld which is why that name stuck lol

[Jediknight]

1. Darth Vader
2. General Zod
3. Hannibal Lecter
4. Lex Luthor
5. Norman Bates
6. Emperor Palpatine
7. Freddy Krueger
8. Scar
9. Mister Potter (It's a Wonderful Life)
10. Hans Gruber

[Blade23]

Originally Posted by Andy_Savana

Head Redcoat (Patriot)

The head Redcoat was Charles Cornwallis, who was actually part of the American Revolution. However, I'm guessing that you're talking about William Tavington (character from the movie) that is actually based upon Banastre Tarleton (an actual British commander during the Revolutionary War).

Originally Posted by cmpmm

-series speacial mentions-
-Armadillo(The Shield season 2)

Good call, but I would have to go with Antwon Mitchell (played by Anthony Anderson). He was outstanding in that role.

[The Korean]

Originally Posted by Mentoch the Mindtaker

No way Pyle's a villain. The above post has it right, Sgt. Hartman is definitely the villain, if the movie has one.

What about that Vietcong girl that killed Cowboy and others?

[EJ84]

Huh? Are you serious?

[Mentoch the Mindtaker]

Originally Posted by EJ84

Huh? Are you serious?

My thoughts exactly. I havent seen all of Full Metal Jacket for quite a while (I saw a chunk at the beginning early last week), but when you are citing a character who isnt central to the plot, nor is it someone you can even remember the name of, clearly isnt the villian.

I'd argue that in a good chunk of Vietnam War movies the actual villain is the war itself. This probably fits Apocalypse Now better than any movie, since the war is what has driven Kurtz to the brink of madness ("The Horror"), and is what is really foiling Martin Sheen throughout the movie.

Another villain that just popped into my head is Ben Affleck's character from Dazed and Confused "Fred O'Bannon". The scene where the freshman cover him in paint is just gold, as is the scene early on when he is about to beat them, and the mom comes out with the shotgun.

[RatedDAL]

Ed Norton in Primal Fear.. I'd also throw in his character in american history x before he goes to prison and maybe the edward norton fan in me loves him as the bad guy but italian job as well

[EJ84]

Dayum, that's a pretty big spoiler you've let loose there, DAL.

Originally Posted by Mentoch the Mindtaker

My thoughts exactly. I havent seen all of Full Metal Jacket for quite a while (I saw a chunk at the beginning early last week), but when you are citing a character who isnt central to the plot, nor is it someone you can even remember the name of, clearly isnt the villian.

I'd argue that in a good chunk of Vietnam War movies the actual villain is the war itself. This probably fits Apocalypse Now better than any movie, since the war is what has driven Kurtz to the brink of madness ("The Horror"), and is what is really foiling Martin Sheen throughout the movie.

Think I might put on Apocalypse Now tonight. I often consider it, but mostly decide against it because of it's length (Redux especially). But I pretty much agree with what you're saying. If a villain has to be a character, there are no villains in those two movies. Any good war movie will not take a side for starters. I can think of a couple WWII movies told from a German perspective that took no side, or more to the point, taking sides was completely irrelevant. Shit, now I want to watch Das Boot too, and that's even longer. It is indeed a long, long way to Tipperary.

Another villain that just popped into my head is Ben Affleck's character from Dazed and Confused "Fred O'Bannon". The scene where the freshman cover him in paint is just gold, as is the scene early on when he is about to beat them, and the mom comes out with the shotgun.

Haha, O'Bannion definitely falls into the fun category. Dazed and Confused is the best teen movie ever, and it really hasn't aged, 16 years on. And it's short, so it wins. I'll be putting it on soon.

[RatedDAL]

Not as bad as mentoch's reference to kevin spacey in the usual suspects.. it tookme years to actually see usual suspects so yeah not everybodys seen it lol