Top 10 Movies with the Best Villains
Ever watched a movie a felt you sympathize with the villains more than you do with the heroes? I have, and here is my top 10 choices.
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- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.How can you not sympathize with Norman? Well of course he is younger than he was in the novel and not as overweight, but you still sympathize with him. He is like Jekyll and Hyde, you constantly feel sorry with him. He is a man that has been split into three, two are different sides of himself, the other is his mother, damn that would be awkward to say in person.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.Despite being in the entire series (originals and prequels) a tragic anti hero, Darth Vader is just one of the best villains ever created. You feel sorry for him and intimidated by him, but once you find out that he is nothing more but a pawn in this movie you know you are feeling sympathy for him.
- DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.Okay, this is a odd one. I don't sympathize with the witch I just find myself intrigued by her. She is a villain in a musical who never has a song, but frankly that might have been a good thing. You never know what trick she has up her sleeve, she is simply the best female villain.
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael BerrymanIn the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.How do I describe her? Nurse Ratched is like my mother, she is just such a control freak. I feel sorry for her, she feels like she is doing the right thing when really she isn't.
- DirectorAdrian LyneStarsMichael DouglasGlenn CloseAnne ArcherA married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.Alex Forrest is psychotic. It's simple as that.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.Phyllis Dietrichson is just someone you can sympathize with. She is not satisfied with her husband so basically she is just looking for someone better.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda BlairWhen a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.You can't sympathize with Pazuzu but it is worth being put on the list.
- DirectorWilliam CottrellDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsAdriana CaselottiHarry StockwellLucille La VerneExiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.The Queen is a villain consumed with jealousy and you can see it destroy her and how it turns her into a...uh... awful mess? This alone makes her the greatest animated female villain.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroRobert DuvallThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.Michael Corleone, what can you say about him? He was not as good as Vito but better than Vincent (who did not exist in the Novel). You can see how he is bringing the Corleone family down in flames. This alone makes him a great villain.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael BatesIn the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.Alex is just one of the greatest villains. He is a rapist, murderer, gangster, an almost stereotypical English Villain, and he has neurological disorder. So when you see him become a regular citizen you actually feel sorry for him, mainly because he is now victimized to what he used to do.