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AFI's 100 Heroes & Villains: Villains

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1997

8.7

1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Hannibal Lecter

Portrayed by Anthony Hopkins

Grand Assault's rating:

954

8.1

8.7

2. Psycho (1960)

Norman Bates

Anthony Perkins

Grand Assault's rating:

2020

8.8

3. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Ba... (1980)

Darth Vader

David Prowse/James Earl Jones

Grand Assault's rating:

1227

7.4

8.3

4. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Wicked Witch of the West

Margaret Hamilton

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1193

8.4

8.9

5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Nurse Ratched

Louise Fletcher

586

8.7

6. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Mr. Potter

Lionel Barrymore

218

6.8

7. Fatal Attraction (1987)

Alex Forrest

Glenn Close

Grand Assault's rating:

242

8.4

8.6

8. Double Indemnity (1944)

Phyllis Dietrichson

Barbara Stanwyck

Grand Assault's rating:

1122

7.3

8.1

9. The Exorcist (1973)

Regan MacNeil

Linda Blair

Grand Assault's rating:

852

6.9

7.8

10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

The Queen

Lucille La Verne

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1226

8.5

11. The Godfather Part II (1974)

Michael Corleone

Al Pacino

1747

8.2

8.5

12. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Alex DeLarge

Malcolm McDowell

Grand Assault's rating:

1155

7.9

8.4

13. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

HAL 9000

Voiced by Douglas Rain

1312

7.8

8.5

14. Alien (1979)

The Alien

1774

8.3

8.9

15. Schindler's List (1993)

Amon Göth

Ralph Fiennes

555

8.1

8.5

16. Chinatown (1974)

Noah Cross

John Houston

Grand Assault's rating:

434

7.3

7.8

17. Misery (1990)

Annie Wilkes

Kathy Bates

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1440

7.1

8.3

18. Jaws (1975)

The Shark

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7.1

19. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Captain Bligh

Charles Laughton

836

6.7

7.5

20. Bambi (1942)

Man

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153

7.6

8.3

21. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Mrs. John Iselin

Angela Lansbury

1680

7.2

8.1

22. The Terminator (1984)

The Terminator

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Grand Assault's rating:

267

8.2

8.5

23. All About Eve (1950)

Eve Harrington

Anne Baxter

235

6.7

7.3

24. Wall Street (1987)

Gordon Gekko

Michael Douglas

Grand Assault's rating:

1741

8.2

8.5

25. The Shining (1980)

Jack Torrance

Jack Nicholson

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8.1

26. White Heat (1949)

Cody Jarrett

James Cagney

136

6.6

7.2

27. The War of the Worlds (1953)

The Martians

Grand Assault's rating:

107

7.4

7.8

28. Cape Fear (1962)

Max Cady

Robert Mitchum

156

8.3

8.2

29. The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Reverend Harry Powell

Robert Mitchum

1196

8.2

8.6

30. Taxi Driver (1976)

Travis Bickle

Robert De Niro

Grand Assault's rating:

289

7.9

8.4

31. Rebecca (1940)

Mrs. Danvers

Judith Anderson

393

7.7

8.1

32. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow

Faye Dunaway & Warren Beatty

167

7.2

7.7

33. Dracula (1931)

Count Dracula

Béla Lugosi

128

7.4

7.6

34. Marathon Man (1976)

Dr. Christian Szell

Laurence Olivier

8.2

35. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

J.J. Hunsecker

Burt Lancaster

572

7.7

7.8

36. Blue Velvet (1986)

Frank Booth

Dennis Hopper

253

8.2

8.5

37. The Third Man (1949)

Harry Lime

Orson Welles

7.7

7.4

38. Little Caesar (1931)

Caesar Enrico Bandello

Edward G. Robinson

722

6.7

7.2

39. 101 Dalmatians (1961)

Cruella De Vil

Betty Lou Gerson

Grand Assault's rating:

681

6.7

7.4

40. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Freddy Krueger

Robert Englund

6.8

6.3

41. Mommie Dearest (1981)

Joan Crawford

Faye Dunaway

7.7

7.8

42. The Public Enemy (1931)

Tom Powers

James Cagney

7.8

8.1

43. The Little Foxes (1941)

Regina Giddens

Bette Davis

160

44. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Baby Jane Hudson

Bette Davis

1823

6.9

7.6

45. Batman (1989)

The Joker

Jack Nicholson

Grand Assault's rating:

1306

7.7

8.3

46. Die Hard (1988)

Hans Gruber

Alan Rickman

Grand Assault's rating:

7.6

7.9

47. Scarface (1932)

Tony Camonte

Paul Muni

1060

8.1

8.7

48. The Usual Suspects (1995)

Verbal Kint

Kevin Spacey

Grand Assault's rating:

452

7.9

49. Goldfinger (1964)

Auric Goldfinger

Gert Fröbe

Grand Assault's rating:

630

6.9

7.6

50. Training Day (2001)

Alonzo Harris

Denzel Washington

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In 2003, the American Film Institute compiled a list of the fifty greatest villains and fifty greatest heroes to grace our cinema screens over the past one hundred years. Here is a list of The Villains.

For the corresponding heroes list, click HERE

Statistics

Director with the most villains:
Stanley Kubrick
- Hal 9000
- Alex DeLarge
- Jack Torrence

Male:Female Character Ratio:
Male Actors: 32
Female Actresses: 15
Non-Human Characters: 5

Villains based on real-life people:
- William Bligh
- Amon Göth
- Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow
- Joan Crawford

Films that appear on both lists:
- Batman
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Schindler's List
- The Silence of the Lambs

Characters that appear on both lists:
- The Terminator

Actors that appear on both lists:
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Al Pacino


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