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AFI's 100 Heroes & Villains: Villains

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8.1

8.7

1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Hannibal Lecter

Portrayed by Anthony Hopkins

The Flagship's rating:

3092

8.3

8.6

2. Psycho (1960)

Norman Bates

Anthony Perkins

The Flagship's rating:

4585

8.1

8.8

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

Darth Vader

David Prowse/James Earl Jones

The Flagship's rating:

3017

7.6

8.2

4. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Wicked Witch of the West

Margaret Hamilton

The Flagship's rating:

3457

8.5

8.8

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

Nurse Ratched

Louise Fletcher

1632

8.2

8.7

6. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Mr. Potter

Lionel Barrymore

647

6.4

6.8

7. Fatal Attraction (1987)

Alex Forrest

Glenn Close

The Flagship's rating:

726

8.3

8.5

8. Double Indemnity (1944)

Phyllis Dietrichson

Barbara Stanwyck

The Flagship's rating:

3155

7.4

9. The Exorcist (1973)

Regan MacNeil

Linda Blair

The Flagship's rating:

2648

7.2

7.8

10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

The Queen

Lucille La Verne

The Flagship's rating:

3354

8.6

11. The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Michael Corleone

Al Pacino

4847

8.2

8.4

12. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Alex DeLarge

Malcolm McDowell

The Flagship's rating:

3171

8.4

13. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

HAL 9000

Voiced by Douglas Rain

3494

8.5

14. Alien (1979)

The Alien

4692

8.4

8.9

15. Schindler's List (1993)

Amon Göth

Ralph Fiennes

1628

8.1

8.4

16. Chinatown (1974)

Noah Cross

John Houston

The Flagship's rating:

1529

7.5

7.8

17. Misery (1990)

Annie Wilkes

Kathy Bates

The Flagship's rating:

3653

7.2

8.2

18. Jaws (1975)

The Shark

The Flagship's rating:

183

7.4

7.8

19. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Captain Bligh

Charles Laughton

2296

6.9

7.4

20. Bambi (1942)

Man

The Flagship's rating:

489

7.8

8.1

21. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Mrs. John Iselin

Angela Lansbury

4266

7.3

8.1

22. The Terminator (1984)

The Terminator

Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Flagship's rating:

776

8.2

8.4

23. All About Eve (1950)

Eve Harrington

Anne Baxter

755

7.4

24. Wall Street (1987)

Gordon Gekko

Michael Douglas

The Flagship's rating:

5053

8.2

8.5

25. The Shining (1980)

Jack Torrance

Jack Nicholson

The Flagship's rating:

284

8.1

26. White Heat (1949)

Cody Jarrett

James Cagney

334

6.8

7.1

27. The War of the Worlds (1953)

The Martians

The Flagship's rating:

355

7.4

7.7

28. Cape Fear (1962)

Max Cady

Robert Mitchum

588

8.1

8.2

29. The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Reverend Harry Powell

Robert Mitchum

3645

8.2

8.5

30. Taxi Driver (1976)

Travis Bickle

Robert De Niro

The Flagship's rating:

872

8.3

31. Rebecca (1940)

Mrs. Danvers

Judith Anderson

1152

7.7

32. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow

Faye Dunaway & Warren Beatty

636

7.3

7.6

33. Dracula (1931)

Count Dracula

Béla Lugosi

395

7.4

7.6

34. Marathon Man (1976)

Dr. Christian Szell

Laurence Olivier

229

8.1

35. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

J.J. Hunsecker

Burt Lancaster

1736

7.8

36. Blue Velvet (1986)

Frank Booth

Dennis Hopper

795

8.2

8.4

37. The Third Man (1949)

Harry Lime

Orson Welles

149

7.5

7.4

38. Little Caesar (1931)

Caesar Enrico Bandello

Edward G. Robinson

2141

6.9

7.2

39. 101 Dalmatians (1961)

Cruella De Vil

Betty Lou Gerson

The Flagship's rating:

2131

7.1

7.5

40. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Freddy Krueger

Robert Englund

187

6.9

6.3

41. Mommie Dearest (1981)

Joan Crawford

Faye Dunaway

224

7.5

7.7

42. The Public Enemy (1931)

Tom Powers

James Cagney

8.1

7.9

43. The Little Foxes (1941)

Regina Giddens

Bette Davis

552

8.2

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

Baby Jane Hudson

Bette Davis

4266

7.6

45. Batman (1989)

The Joker

Jack Nicholson

The Flagship's rating:

3380

7.7

8.3

46. Die Hard (1988)

Hans Gruber

Alan Rickman

The Flagship's rating:

358

7.7

7.8

47. Scarface (1932)

Tony Camonte

Paul Muni

2866

8.1

8.7

48. The Usual Suspects (1995)

Verbal Kint

Kevin Spacey

The Flagship's rating:

1163

7.3

7.8

49. Goldfinger (1964)

Auric Goldfinger

Gert Fröbe

The Flagship's rating:

1598

7.1

7.6

50. Training Day (2001)

Alonzo Harris

Denzel Washington

The Flagship's rating:

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