Five BEST villains of all time

My list. No particular order:

Jack Torrance
Daniel Plainview
Hannibal Lecter
Michael Corleone
Anton Chigurh

Honorable mention: Norman Bates, Little Bill, Amon Goeth.

 

I cannot accept Michael Corleone as a villain. No sir. Anti-Hero at best (worst).

 

I disagree, but who would you replace him with?

 

Virgil Sollozzo
Li'l Bill
Hans Landa
Alonzo
Joe Pesci in Goodfellas

 

I must be a villain too then because I related to him in the first two Godfather films.

I would have done exactly the same things he did: killing the heads of the five families, Carlo Rizzi, Sal Tessio, Fredo...all a dem!

 

Your list is good though Xplosive.

 

Joe Pesci's character in Goodfellas has no fucking argument over Michael Corleone. You only say that because he was more impulsive, and more over-the-top. He was just an impulsive maniac, that's all. Corleon turned from a choir boy into a cold, calculating, ruthless sonuvabitch. Pesci could NEVER in his life duplicate what Pacino did with Corleone.

 

Corleone was a much better and deeper character, I agree. Where we disagree is that I don't see Corleone as a Villain.

However I will replace Pesci with Anton Chigurh

 

I just find Pesci's Goodfellas villain to be a tad overrated. He was a good villain, but never seen him as top all time villain.

Yes, Chigurh is miles better. That was an awesome year for villains.... you had Chigurh and Plainview both in the same year.

 

Alonso is Training Day is also an honorable mention.

 

See...Pesci's character in Goodfellas for me was one of the scariest I've seen on film. It was precisely his impulsive maniacal nature why I thought he was great. however...Chigurh was even scarier...."Friendo".

 

Yup, he's on my list.

 

Kevin Bacon in Sleepers should probably be top 10.

 

Honorable Mentions to Longshanks and Commodus!

 

How could I forget "John Doe"?

 

What hurts John Doe is his lack of screen time.

 

Warden Samuel Norton was a very hateful villain.

 

agreed.

 

1. Darth Vader
2. Emperor Ming
3. Hannibal Lecter
4. Sauron
5. General Zod

 

General Zod
The Joker
T-1000
Don Logan
Hannibal Lector

 

The Tall Man
Darth Vader
Dracula
Clubber Lang
Ebenezer Scrooge

TFK