100 Greatest Movie Villains

Criteria: Villain - One who shows cruel and evil intent, often having a depraved, vile, or criminal character, with major disregard for the well-being of others. These Movie characters best demonstrate the 'villainous' nature.
 Character (Actor) - Movie Title (Year)
1. Norman Bates
(Anthony Perkins) - Psycho (1960)
2. Dr. Hannibal Lecter
(Anthony Hopkins) - The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
3. Darth Vader
(David Prowse / James Earl Jones - voice) - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
4. The Wicked Witch Of The West
(Margaret Hamilton) - The Wizard of OZ (1939)
5. Hans Beckert
(Peter Lorre) - M (1931)
6. HAL 9000
(Douglas Rain - voice) - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7. Mr. Potter
(Lionel Barrymore) - It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
8. The Queen
(Lucille LaVerne - voice) - Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
9. Amon Goeth
(Ralph Fiennes) - Schindler's List (1993)
10. Michael Corleone
(Al Pacino) - The Godfarther Part II (1974)
11. Anton Chigurh
(Javier Bardem) - No Country For Old Men (2007)
12. Nurse Ratched
(Louise Fletcher) - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
13. The Joker
(Heath Ledger) - The Dark Knight (2008)
14. Alex DeLarge
(Malcolm McDowell) - A Clockwork Orange (1971)
15. Annie Wilkes
(Kathy Bates) - Misery (1990)
16. Regan MacNeil/Satan
(Linda Blair) - The Exorcist (1973)
17. Ernst Stavro Blofeld
(Donald Pleasence) - You Only Live Twice (1967)
18. Alex Forrest
(Glenn Close) - Fatal Attraction (1987)
19. Captain Bligh
(Charles Laughton) - Mutiny On The Bounty (1935)
20. Phyllis Dietrichson
(Barbara Stanwyck) - Double Indemnity (1944)
21. Max Cady
(Robert Mitchum) - Cape Fear (1962)
22. Mrs. John Iselin
(Angela Lansbury) - The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
23. Freddy Krueger
(Robert Englund) - A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
24. Eve Harrington
(Anne Baxter) - All About Eve (1950)
25. Terminator
(Arnold Schwarzenegger) - The Terminator (1984)
26. Jack Torrance
(Jack Nicholson) - The Shining (1980)
27. Arthur "Cody" Jarrett
(James Cagney) - White Heat (1949)
28. Maleficent
(Eleanor Audley - voice) - Sleeping Beauty (1959)
29. Graf Orlok
(Max Schreck) - Nosferatu (1922)
30. Count Dracula
(Bela Lugosi) - Dracula (1931)
31. Pennywise
(Bill Skarsgård) - It (2017)
32. Noah Cross
(John Huston) - Chinatown (1974)
33. Lil' Dice
(aka Lil' Ze) (Leandro Firmino) - City of God (2002)
34. Reverend Harry Powell
(Robert Mitchum) - The Night Of The Hunter (1955)
35. Mrs. Danvers
(Judith Anderson) - Rebecca (1940)
36. Senator Palpatine
(Ian McDiarmid) - Star Wars III: Revenge Of The Sith (2005)
37. Gordon Gekko
(Michael Douglas) - Wall Street (1987)
38. Dr. Szell
(Laurence Olivier) - Marathon Man (1976)
39. John Morlar
(Richard Burton) - The Medusa Touch (1978)
40. J.J. Hunsecker
(Burt Lancaster) - Sweet Smell Of Success (1957)
41. Frank Booth
(Dennis Hopper) - Blue Velvet (1986)
42. Captain Vidal
(Sergi López) - Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
43. Harry Lime
(Orson Welles) - The Third Man (1949)
44. Rico
(Enrico Caesar Bandello) (Edward G. Robinson) - Little Caesar (1930)
45. Cruella De Vil
(Betty Lou Gerson - voice) - One Hundred And One Dalmatians (1961)
46. Joan Crawford
(Faye Dunaway) - Mommie Dearest (1981)
47. Hans Gruber
(Alan Rickman) - Die Hard (1988)
48. Patrick Bateman
(Christian Bale) - American Psycho (2000)
49. Tommy DeVito
(Joe Pesci) - Goodfellas (1990)
50. Jack The Ripper
(Laird Cregar) - The Lodger (1944)
51. Tom Powers
(James Cagney) - The Public Enemy (1931)
52. Regina Giddens
(Bette Davis) - The Little Foxes (1941)
53. Howard
(John Goodman) - 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
54. "Baby" Jane Hudson
(Bette Davis) - What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
55. Tony Montana
(Al Pacino) - Scarface (1983)
56. The Joker
(Jack Nicholson) - Batman (1989)
57. Headless Horseman "Hessian Horseman"
(Christopher Walken) - Sleepy Hollow (1999)
58. Immortan Joe
(Hugh Keays-Byrne) - Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
59. Roger "Verbal" Kint
(Kevin Spacey) - The Usual Suspects (1995)
60. Auric Goldfinger
(Gert Frobe) - Goldfinger (1964)
61. Alan Yates
(Gabriel Yorke) - Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
62. Detective Alonzo Harris
(Denzel Washington) - Training Day (2001)
63. Al Capone
(Robert DeNiro) - The Untouchables (1987)
64. Gordo
(Joel Edgerton) - The Gift (2015)
65. Jame Gumb "Buffalo Bill"
(Ted Levine) - The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
66. Sheriff "Little Bill" Daggett
(Gene Hackman) - Unforgiven (1992)
67. Colonel Walter E. Kurtz
(Marlon Brando) - Apocalypse Now (1979)
68. Woo-Jin Lee
(Ji-Tae Yu) - Oldboy (2003)
69. Jason Voorhees
(Richard Brooker) - Friday The 13th: Part 3 (1982)
70. Gollum
(Andy Serkis) - Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King (2003)
71. John Doe
(Kevin Spacey) - Se7en (1995)
72. Stromboli
(Charles Judels - voice) - Pinocchio (1940)
73. Max Cady
(Robert De Niro) - Cape Fear (1991)
74. Tony Camonte
(Paul Muni) - Scarface (1932)
75. Frank
(Henry Fonda) - Once Upon A Time In The West (1969)
76. Sergeant Barnes
(Tom Berenger) - Platoon (1986)
77. Gaear Grimsrud
(Peter Stormare) - Fargo (1996)
78. Khan Noonien Singh
(Ricardo Montalban) - Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982)
79. Vincent Vega & Jules Winnfield
(John Travolta / Samuel L. Jackson) - Pulp Fiction (1994)
80. Edwin Epps
(Michael Fassbender) - 12 Years a Slave (2013)
81. Howard Payne
(Dennis Hopper) - Speed (1994)
82. Heinrich Strasser
(Conrad Veidt) - Casablanca (1942)
83. Bill The Butcher
(Daniel Day Lewis) - Gangs Of New York (2002)
84. Bruno Anthony
(Robert Walker) - Strangers on a Train (1951)
85. General Zod
(Michael Shannon) - Man of Steel (2013)
86. Warden Samuel Norton
(Bob Gunton) - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
87. Booth
(John Malkovich) - In The Line Of Fire (1993)
88. Chad
(Aaron Eckhart) - In The Company Of Men (1997)
89. Judge Doom
(Christopher Lloyd) - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
90. Idi Amin
(Forest Whitaker) - The Last King of Scotland (2006)
91. Hedra 'Hedy' Carlson
(Jennifer Jason Leigh) - Single White Female (1992)
92. Roy Batty
(Rutger Hauer) - Blade Runner (1982)
93. Norman Stanfield
(Gary Oldman) - Leon (1994)
94. Peyton Flanders
(Rebecca De Mornay) - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
95. Scar
(voice of Jeremy Irons) - The Lion King (1994)
96. Sergeant Hartman
(R. Lee Ermey) - Full Metal Jacket (1987)
97. Commodus
(Joaquin Phoenix) - Gladiator (2000)
98. Col. William Tavington
(Jason Isaacs) - The Patriot (2000)
99. Nino Brown
(Wesley Snipes) - New Jack City (1991)
100. Daniel Plainview
(Daniel Day-Lewis) - There Will Be Blood (2007)
    Norman Bates     Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Darth Vader The Wicked Witch Of The West
Hans Beckert HAL 9000

Honorable Mentions
"Chief Justice" Frollo
(Cedric Hardwicke) - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Officer Pete Davis
(Ray Liotta) - Unlawful Entry (1992)
Lex Luthor
(Gene Hackman) - Superman (1978)
Magua
(Wes Studi) - The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Nicky Santoro
(Joe Pesci) - Casino (1995)
General Zod
(Terrance Stamp) - Superman II (1980)
Tyler Durden
(Brad Pitt) - Fight Club (1999)
Silva
(Javier Bardem) - Skyfall (2012)
Mr. Blonde
(Michael Madsen) - Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Mr. Smith
(Hugo Weaving) - The Matrix (1999)
Jake
(Jean-Claude La Marre) - Fresh (1994)
Ghostface
(Skeet Ulrich) - Scream (1996)
Guy Woodhouse
(John Cassavetes) - Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Sweeney Todd
(Johnny Depp) - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Dr. No
(Joseph Wiseman) - Dr. No (1962)
Ghostface
(Skeet Ulrich) - Scream (1996)
Sir Guy of Gisbourne
(Basil Rathbone) - The Adventures of Robin Hood - (1938)
Jadis the White Witch
(Tilda Swinton) - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Leatherface
(Gunnar Hansen / Andrew Bryniarski) - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Lars Thorwald
(Raymond Burr) - Rear Window (1954)
Don Logan
(Ben Kingsley) - Sexy Beast (2000)
Sid
(Erik von Detten - voice) - Toy Story (1995)
Neil McCauley
(Robert De Niro) - Heat (1995)
Simon Gruber
(Jeremy Irons) - Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Captain Hook
(Ernest Torrence) - Peter Pan (1924)
Vincent
(Tom Cruise) - Collateral (2004)
Mr. Freeze
(Arnold Schwarzenegger) - Batman & Robin (1997)
Emperor Ming
(Max von Sydow) - Flash Gordon (1980)
Colonel Stuart
(William Sadler) - Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)
Major Arnold Toht
(Ronald Lacey) - Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
Frank Fitts
(Chris Cooper) - American Beauty (1999)
John Ryder
(Rutger Hauer) - The Hitcher (1986)
Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
(Gary Oldman) - The Fifth Element (1997)
Reinhardt Heymar Wulfgar
(Rutger Hauer) - Nighthawks (1981)
Hernan Reyes
(Joaquim de Almeida)- Fast Five (2011)
Henry Evans
((Macaulay Culkin) - The Good Son (1993)
Ike Turner
(Laurence Fishburne) - What's Love Got To Do With It (1993)
Freddie Lee Cobb
(Kiefer Sutherland) - A Time to Kill (1996)
"Scorpio Killer"
(Andrew Robinson) - Dirty Harry (1971)
Kathryn Merteuil
(Sarah Michelle Gellar) - Cruel Intentions (1999)
Jigsaw
(Tobin Bell) - Saw III (2006)
Adolf Hitler
(Bruno Ganz) - Downfall (2004)
Mr. Smith
(Christopher Walken) - Nick of Time (1995)
Peter McCabe
(Michael Keaton) - Desperate Measures (1998)
Clarence Boddicker
(Kurtwood Smith) - Robocop (1987)
Dr. Tolian Soran
(Malcolm McDowell) - Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Imhotep
(Arnold Vosloo) - The Mummy (1999) / The Mummy Returns (2001)
Max Zorin
(Christopher Walken) - A View To A Kill (1985)
Clyde Barrow & Bonnie Parker
(Warren Beatty/Faye Dunaway) - Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
Simon Phoenix
(Wesley Snipes) - Demolition Man (1993)
Wade
(Kevin Bacon) - The River Wild (1994)
Samara Morgan
(Daveigh Chase) - The Ring (2002)
Venom/Eddie Brock
(Topher Grace) - Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Lori Quaid
(Sharon Stone) - Total Recall (1990)

Last Updated: 2017-09-25
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