Name your favorite movie villain. Can be from any genre or time. animated or not..

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[rsdsharp]

1. Burgess Meredith as the Penguin.

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32. Thank you and have a nice Thanksgiving.

[Eugene]

2. Ernst Stavro Blofeld from the 60s Bond films.

The Blofeld from the reboot era doesn't hold a candle to him.

Close 2nd: Khan Noonien Singh - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

[debm55]

33. Thank you and have a great Thanksgiving.

[Mad_Dem_X]

3. Heath Ledger as The Joker (The Dark Knight)

[debm55]

34. Thank you and have a peaceful Thanksgiving.

[FalloutShelter]

4. Gary Oldman

The Fifth Element
The professional
Dracula

[debm55]

35. I like him in Dracula. Thank you and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

[FalloutShelter]

73. Thanks! Happy Thanksgiving.

[Ilsa]

104. Love him, his line to Mina:

I have crossed oceans of time...

?si=JKv_sfAL-QWQVY2M

[FalloutShelter]

107. I really love this movie.

The performances, the costumes, the set design. YAY Coppola.

If you are a Dracula fan in general, though. I highly recommend the BBC 3part Dracula. (on Netflix) It is incredibly well imagined.
Claus Bang is the bomb.

Have a great Holiday

[AllaN01Bear]

5. the hood , thunderbirds. khannnnnn, khannnnnn, khannnnn.empror ming in the 1940s 30s flash gordon serials

wicked wich of the west. release the flying monkeys. professer fate in the great race .push the button max,, maaaaaax. darth vader, luke my son. dr. frankenstien . frau blocher neeeogh.

[debm55]

36. Thank you and have a great Thanksgiving.

[debm55]

121. I like the Coyote. Don't like the Road Runner.

[Enter stage left]

6. Wile E. Coyote!

[Stuart G]

23. Wile is also my favorite of ...ALL TIME....

[debm55]

38. That's funny . Thank you a have a stress free Thanksgiving.

[dembotoz]

7. crabby appleton

[dameatball]

10. He was indeed "rotten to the core!!"

[Chainfire]

14. Somebody's age is showing! ;)

Tom Terrific and Mighty Manfred the Wonnnnder Dog.

[Easterncedar]

37. I still have my Manfred

He is 63 years old this Christmas. Shabby but well loved.

[rsdsharp]

80. And now Mighty Manfred is Commissioner of Baseball.

[dameatball]

166. Ya got that right. I still know the song......I think.....more or less

I'm Tom Terrific
The greatest hero ever
Terrific is the name for me
Cuz I'm so clever
I can be what I want to be
And if you'd like to see
Follow and follow me

I can be a plane up high
A diesel train go rolling by
A bumble bee
A tree
It's me

Ok. that may not be entirely correct, just what is still rattling around in my gray matter

[Chainfire]

171. Ee Ee oh oh iffic, my name's Tom Terrific...And mighty Manfred...

Does Lariat Sam bring back anything?

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-adventures-of-lariat-sam-1962/

[dameatball]

183. Vaguely. More so Tippy toes.

Looking back, I probably would have preferred blazing six guns at the time.

[debm55]

39. HAHAHAHAHa Thank you and have a great Thanksgiving with family and friends.

[lastlib]

8. Hans Gruber! n/t

[BOSSHOG]

18. Yes Indeed

He was so bad he was good. Alan Rickman, an outstanding actor. Scene Stealer.

[lastlib]

58. Also a great villain in "Quigley Down Under"!

Another good flick.

Christmas can't come until Hans falls off the Nakatomi Tower!

[LakeArenal]

143. Also in a version of Robin Hood.

I think the one with Uma Thurman.

[lastlib]

146. Another good movie, good villain role for him!

With Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Sean Connery even showed up at the end as King Richard. 1991.

[thenelm1]

184. All of the above plus Severus Snape - although more nemesis, than villain...

and one of the good guys in the end.

[debm55]

41. Thank you and have a restful Thanksgiving.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

79. 👍🏼👍🏼

[Bayard]

87. And the Sheriff of Nottingham

Rickman is my favorite. Also, as a good guy in Galaxy Quest.

[debm55]

93. Yes, mean. Have a great Thanksgiving.

[Laffy Kat]

9. Snape. nt

[debm55]

42. Snape too. Have a great Thanksgiving.

[First Speaker]

11. Keyser Soze

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43. Thanks and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

[doc03]

12. Lee Marvin in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. That was a while back

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44. Thank you doc03 and have a peaceful Thanksgiving.

[doc03]

123. Thanks, you too. nt

[Jrose]

13. T-1000 from Terminator II...

Also,
- Commodus ...from Gladiator
- Scar... from The Lion King
- Lex Luther... from Superman I

[debm55]

45. Hated Scar. Have a relaxing Thanksgiving.

[Jrose]

65. Thanks, Deb... You have an enjoyable, healthy and safe one, too!

[Chainfire]

15. Jack Torrance.

[debm55]

46. Thank you Chainfire and have a great Thanksgiving with family and friends.

[Wolf Frankula]

16. Boris Badenov

and Natasha Fatale. Also Dishonest John.

Wolf

[debm55]

47. Yes -Boris and Natasha. Thank you and have a great Thanksgiving.

[Talitha]

17. Claude Rains was always great at being evil and diabolical.

But he did it so elegantly, you couldn't hate him too much.

[debm55]

48. Thank you, Talitha and have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends.

[Talitha]

77. Same to you, debm55!!

[BOSSHOG]

19. Herod from the Quick and the Dead

Gene Hackman could get into a role. And got his ass kicked by a girl.

[Mad_Dem_X]

25. That was such a good movie!

Gene Hackman is an amazing actor.

[exboyfil]

28. Hackman was pretty good in Unforgiven as well

[Zincwarrior]

106. Gene Hackman

He was excellent in that role.

[debm55]

49. BOSSHOG, thank you and have a peaceful Thanksgiving.

[lapucelle]

95. That's a great pick.

[Niagara]

20. Favorite movie villain...mmm...let me see...

1. Lestat de Lioncourt. Lestat was the ultimate brat prince and never had to endure poverty after Magnus turned him into a vampire. Tom Cruise and Stuart Townsend have played Lestat in the movies. Sam Reid in the television series. The photo that I'm sharing is someone's fanart, I do not own it.




2. The Joker (2019) Played by Joaquin Phoenix. I woke up one day and happened to notice that Joaquin has become a seasoned actor has been nailing it brilliantly. He almost quit acting but his brother River (R.I.P.) encourage him to keep acting.




3. Buddy played by William Ostrander in the movie Christine. Ran as a Democratic California 24th Congressional District candidate in 2016 but lost.




4. Christine. Christine didn't like to be man handled and killed Buddy and his friends in a vengeful rampage.




5. Maindrian Pace played by H.B. Halicki in the 1974 Gone in 60 Seconds.

[Mad_Dem_X]

26. Christine!

Yes!

I have a friend who is absolutely obsessed with the book and movie. When he was young, he even named his car Christine. LOL

[Niagara]

54. That's inspiring to hear, Mad Dem X!

I've had two previous vehicles that I named Christine.

The vehicle I have now is outfitted with Michael Myers decor and her name is Final Girl.

[debm55]

50. Thank you, Niagara. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends.

[Niagara]

56. My pleasure, Debbie! Have a safe and memorable Happy Thanksgiving

to you and yours.

[Angleae]

21. Darth Vader

[debm55]

61. Thank you Angleae and have a great Thanksgiving.

[malthaussen]

22. Hedley Lamarr.

That's considering that Dr Strangelove is not really a villain. Maybe General Ripper?

-- Mal

[debm55]

62. HAHAHHAHAHAH yes! Have a great Thanksgiving.

[kairos12]

24. Chump in his

cameo in Home Alone 2.

[debm55]

114. HAHAHAHAHAHAHH

[Mad_Dem_X]

27. Keyser Soze in The Usual Suspects

Mainly because he...

SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!







gets away with it.

[debm55]

60. Thank you Mad_Dem_X. Have a great Thanksgiving.

[Sneederbunk]

29. Ming the Merciless.

[KatyaR]

30. Snidely Whiplast and Natasha from

Rocky and Bullwinkle.

Always good for a laugh.

[debm55]

63. Hated Snidely Whiplast. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

[KatyaR]

144. You, too!!!

nt

[exboyfil]

31. Thanos

Hans Gruber
Roy Batty (or Deckard depending on how you look at it)
Max Cady (either version is chilling)
Hannibal Lecter
Darth Vader
Green Goblin (No Way Home brought him way up the list)
John Doe

[debm55]

64. Hannibal Lector--hated . Thank you and have a peaceful Thanksgiving.

[Cartoonist]

40. Paul's grandfather

A clean old man.

[debm55]

66. Thank you and have a great Thanksgiving.

[malthaussen]

168. Stetching it to call him a villain...

... but he sure loved to stir up trouble.

-- Mal

[PJMcK]

51. Lord Voldemort

Pure evil and he's fun to hate/fear.


ETA: Happy Thanksgiving!

[debm55]

67. Hated him. You have a happy Thanksgiving, too.

[DBoon]

52. Ghidorah

The first time Godzilla battled a true villain on the big screen was in 1964’s Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. Introduced as an alien creature sent to conquer the world, Ghidorah was driven off by the combined efforts of Godzilla and Rodan, who received some assistance from Mothra. Ghidorah returned a few more times in the Showa series, but was always defeated by Godzilla and at least one of his allies.

https://screenrant.com/godzilla-movie-villains-toho-explained/

[debm55]

68. I remember Godzilla with Raymond Burr. and the movie with Ghidorah. Have a great Thanksgiving.

[Thunderbeast]

53. GASTON from "Beauty and the Beast"

[debm55]

69. Hated Gaston. Have a peaceful Thanksgiving.

[Thunderbeast]

96. No one eats turkey like gaston!🍗

[debm55]

97. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Picaro]

55. William Dafoe

Living and Dying in LA

[debm55]

70. I liked him in Platoon. but not his other movies. Thank you and have a stress free Thanksgiving.

[debm55]

71. Loved Henry Fonda. Thank you and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

[MIGuy]

59. Captain of the Exxon Valdez

Deacon (Dennis Hopper) as leader of the smokers in Waterworld. Played a great comic book villian.

[debm55]

72. Thank you MIGuy. Have a restfull Thanksgiving.

[Runningdawg]

74. Alex DeLarge - A Clockwork Orange

[debm55]

82. Thank you Runningdawg and have a restful Thanksgiving.

[BootOutTheGoons]

76. Khan Noonian Singh

[debm55]

83. Thank you BootOutThe Goons. Enjoy your Thanksgiving.

[BootOutTheGoons]

84. Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

[Ocelot II]

78. Dr. Evil!

[debm55]

85. Yes, hated Dr. Evil, Enjoy your day tomorrow. Love, Deb.

[Charlie Chapulin]

81. Well, Mr. Anderson...

Hugo Weaving as The Agent in The Matrix.

[debm55]

88. I hated the character . Have a great Thanksgiving .

[Charlie Chapulin]

90. Re: The Agent

Does “hating the character” mean he was an effective villain?

[debm55]

91. Yes.

[Charlie Chapulin]

92. Copy!

[Raven123]

86. Tough call. Robert Mitchum in the Night of the Hunter

Just chilling to watch.

Others:

Charles Boyer in Gaslight
Joachim Phoenix as Commodus in Gladiator
Bette Davis in The Letter (or in any villainous role she played)

[debm55]

89. I agree with all three. Have a great Thanksgiving.

[Ocelot II]

94. Oh, yeah. He scared the bejeezus out of me when I saw that movie as a kid.

[exboyfil]

154. Mitchum as Cady in Cape Fear is also terrifying

They integrated both of them in Cady for the Cape Fear remake.

[Permanut]

98. A lot of great ones in this thread.

I'm going with George Kennedy as Herman Scobie in Charade.

[debm55]

101. Thank you Permanut.

[JoseBalow]

99. Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet

[debm55]

102. Yes. very much so.

[lpbk2713]

100. Auric Goldfinger

And his associate Odd Job.


"No Mister Bond. I expect you to die."

[debm55]

103. Yes, evil,and mean. TY

[Ilsa]

105. Any fucking Nazi. nt

[debm55]

115. Thank you, very true.

[Rustynaerduwell]

108. Not my "favorite", but Deliverance had two of the most terrifying villains in movie history.

Like Amon Goeth in Schindler's List, they aren't "movie villains". They are the most villainous of people put on film- believable, realistic and terrifying

[debm55]

117. Very true. Thank you.

[CrispyQ]

109. Christopher Walken as Vincenzo Coccotti in "True Romance."

The scene between him & Dennis Hopper was epic. Oscar award wining, IMO.

Gary Oldman as Dexter Spivey in the same movie was also excellent!

As was Brad Pitt with his honey bear bong, although his character wasn't a villain.

Excellent movie all around!!

[debm55]

118. Excellent, thank you so much for your selections.

[yellowdogintexas]

110. Professor Fate from The Great Race

Dishonest John
Boris and Natasha
Captain Hook
Oil Can Harry
Wil E Coyote
The Sanderson Sisters
Littlefinger

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122. Thank you for your selections.

[Alpeduez21]

111. Dolores Jane Umbridge from the Harry Potter series

Oh, I hate that character! I've seen interviews with the woman, Imelda Staunton, I wanted to hate her, too but I can't she's awesome.

[debm55]

120. Thank you. I agree

[3catwoman3]

127. Oh, excellent choice. That character was awful.

It took a few times of seeing Imelda Staunton in other things before I could stop seeing Umbridge.

She is quite good in the second Downton Abbey movie, A New Era.

[hot2na]

112. The Wicked Witch of the West

I

[debm55]

119. Yes and don't forget the flying monkeys

[happybird]

113. The Mighty Monarch

from the Venture Bros.

Sadly, there are no clips that include what happens next. He panics and jettisons the lunchroom. It's classic.

[debm55]

116. Never saw this before.. nasty

[OldBaldy1701E]

169. Then you might recognize this costume from the recent convention in town...

[Deep State Witch]

124. Khan Noonien Singh from ST:II

The original Ricardo Montalban. Accept no substitutes.

"He asks me, he tasks me and I shall have him. I'll chase him around the moons of Nibia and around the Antares Maelstrom and 'round Perdition's Flames before I give him up! „
~ Khan's famous "he tasks me" speech, showing his obsession with Kirk.
“I've done far worse than kill you... I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, as you left her—marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet... buried alive! Buried alive! Buried alive! „
~ Khan's most famous line to Kirk after trapping him on Regula 1 underground.

[debm55]

133. Far different from Fantasy Island.

[justaprogressive]

125. James Mason

greatest ever...so suave and quiet, yet incredibly menacing!

[debm55]

131. I never like him in the parts he played.

[Glamrock]

126. Alan Ford as Bricktop in "Snatch"

And of course, Gru from Despicable Me

[debm55]

129. Thank you, Glamrock

[claudette]

128. Anthony Perkins

as Norman Bates. One scary movie there!

[debm55]

130. Oh I totally agree.

[claudette]

132. Yep

[viva la]

134. Alan Rickman as Sheriff of Nottingham

[viva la]

136. Also as Emma Thompson's stupid cheating husband

in Love Always.

[debm55]

138. Yes, he was a creep in that one. TY

[lapfog_1]

135. magneto

as played by Ian McKellen in the X-Men series...

[debm55]

139. Hated him

[LoisB]

137. Kathy Bates in Misery or Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

[debm55]

140. I hated both in their movie roles.

[duckworth969]

141. The Dane

Coen Bro’s “Millers Crossing”.

Actor J. E. Freeman

?si=ftZN00DK7SpKWsm_

[debm55]

150. Wicked.

[LakeArenal]

142. Any time Alan Rickman is the villain

♥️. Quigley especially. Or Robin Hood. Or Die Hard…. ♥️

[DFW]

145. Colonel William Tavington in "The Patriot"

I wasn't a huge fan of the film, but what a fabulously evil villain!

Also Colonel Quarritch in Avatar and Colonel Nathan Jessup in "A Few Good Men."

Colonel seems to be the villains' rank! I wonder what evil deeds Harlan Sanders had hidden in his closet. Of course, he wasn't really a colonel, so he gets a pass. He did have a sense of humor, though. One time, for some reason I forget, he was called to testify before some Congressional Committee. I don't remember the exact dialogue, but one of the first questions posed to him by a Congressman was "You call yourself Colonel Sanders. Are you indeed a Colonel, Mr. Sanders?" He responded with, "that sign in front of you says you are the Honorable so-and-so. Are you indeed honorable, sir?"

[DFW]

147. A couple more I found memorable:

Danny Glover and Ned Beatty in "Shooter"

Edward Norton in "The Italian Job." The later remake with Charlize Theron and Mark Wahlberg, that is.

[debm55]

152. Thank you. DFW Happy Thanksgiving.

[DFW]

158. Thanks, the same for you!!

Thanksgiving is not a holiday here, of course, so life here will be as usual except for having to pick up a turkey the size of an ostrich. The UN descsends on us Friday, since many of thr people coming (incliding me!) still work.

[debm55]

151. Colonial Tavington was a villain and I very much disliked him. TY and have a great Thanksgiving.

[Jeebo]

148. If the criterion is ...

... the movie character you most enjoyed seeing go down, for me, I would have to say, after thinking about this for a while, it's Mr. T's character Clubber Lang in the third Rocky movie. Hoo boy, if there's ever been somebody who needed to be taken down a notch or two, it was him.

-- Ron

[debm55]

149. Thank you, Jeebo.

[ggma]

172. I was on my way back to the states after an overseas tour

And that was our movie. A plane full of troops, on our way back to "the world", drinking anything we wanted, watching Rocky III.

Pilot threatened to turn off the movie, the liquor, and the lights! But it was okay, the fight scene was over by then

gg

[debm55]

182. Great post ggma. Thank you for your service.

[Jrose]

153. Must add: Norman Bates in 'Psycho'

I always locked my bathroom door when showering...for many years.

[debm55]

156. I know, Then I had a class on filmmaking. The knife never touches Janet Leigh. Not once. What you see is Hitchcock

together bits of films at different angles and facial espressions to act like it was. Also, the "blood" on the floor was chocolate syrup since it was done in black and white. I wasn' t afraid taking a shower any more. Have a great thanksgiving.

[Jrose]

159. Hitchcock was a master at creating suspense, with light, and shadow...

... and the Hermann music score sparked all those shocking moments and intensified the suspense.

Have a peaceful and heartwarming holiday, too.

[madamesilverspurs]

155. Barrymore's portrayal of Mr. Potter

Still elicits boos and hisses. And it seems that I recall reading that his portrayal inspired how Jaba the Hutt was presented.

[debm55]

160. I hated Mr. Potter. Have a great thanksgiving.

[JenniferJuniper]

157. Bruno Antony - Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train"

Robert Walker was so evil. But you had to root for him because he was so much fun.

[debm55]

161. Agree. Have a great Thanksgiving.

[wcmagumba]

162. The Borg from StarTrek, particularly the Queen...nt

[debm55]

163. Thank you. wcmagumba. Have a great Thanksgiving.

[Initech]

164. Sideshow Bob!

[debm55]

165. Oh You! Have a great Thanksgiving,

[OldBaldy1701E]

167. Well it is more about the source material than his portrayal in the films, but...

(A close second...)

[LudwigPastorius]

170. Nurse Ratched

Hans Landa



(I interpreted “favorite” to mean “most hated”.)

[debm55]

174. I hated her, If I remember correctly she won an Academy Award for the role. In real life she was nothing like the

character she played.

[jmowreader]

173. Well, let me see...

Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men
Gaston from Beauty and the Beast
General Jack T. Ripper from Dr. Strangelove
Jareth the Goblin King from Labyrinth

[debm55]

175. Excellent choices, TY

[SWBTATTReg]

176. Vincent Price. I was at the college when he came for a poetry reading. It was so neat to see him

in such a different setting. His films (the horror ones) were all classics.

[debm55]

177. Yes, Vincent was very good villain, I would of loved to hear him read, /his voice was unique,

[gratuitous]

178. Weighing in after 170 responses

Nobody mentioned Noah Cross? Hang your collective head in shame. Hang it, I said!

[debm55]

180. That's funny, Thank you.

[Tarzanrock]

179. Here's some which have not been mentioned.

Bruno Ganz as Adolph Hitler in Downfall (2004)
Fredric March in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Malcolm McDowell as Caligua in Caligua (1979)
James Cagney as Cody Jarrett in White Heat (1949)
Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson in Double Indemnity (1944)
Humphrey Bogart as Fred C. Dobbs in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Edward G. Robinson as Johnny Rocco in Key Largo (1948)
Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972)
Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976)
Jack Palance as Jack Wilson in Shane (1953)
Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert in Fritz Lang’s ”M" (1931)
Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Victor Buono in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Barbara Stanwyck as Jo Courtney in Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
Elizabeth Taylor as Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Henry Fonda as Frank in Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a time in the West (1968)

[debm55]

181. Excellent, Really great.