Best Movie Villian

[Inferno]

HERE'S JOHNNY

[Del Murder]

Let's not forget Disney, they always have some great villains:






So many great ones have already been mentioned. But I will echo Darth Vader, Landa, Keyser Söze, T-1000, and the villain of the best Christmas movie of all time:

[Shiny]

Hannibal Lecter - Silence of the Lambs

It was certainly evil in that movie, but he wasn't the villain! >.<

lol, yeah okay. There can be more than just one villain in a movie. He was just the smarter and less tranny-ish one.

Drago - Rocky IV

I see your Drago and I raise you:

Clubber Lang

[Laddy]

Hannibal Lecter - Silence of the Lambs

It was certainly evil in that movie, but he wasn't the villain! >.<

lol, yeah okay. There can be more than just one villain in a movie. He was just the smarter and less tranny-ish one.

He did not oppose the protaginist. Therefore he was not an antagonist, therefore, he was not the villain.

[charliepanayi]

The AFI put Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs at No. 1 in their list of 100 Movie Villains, so I'll take their word for it.

[Meat Puppet]

God from Jesus Christ Superstar

[Dreddz]

The AFI put Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs at No. 1 in their list of 100 Movie Villains, so I'll take their word for it.

Hannibal Lectur is such a typical choice for pompous film critics to choose. I see nothing special in him. If I recall he did diddly squat during the film.

[Raistlin]

I love Die Hard, but Hans as best bad guy? Maybe entertainment wise, but certainly not as "most bad."

I'd have to go with the Joker, Hannibal Lecter, and any bad guy ever played by Jack Nicholson (most notable in <i>The Shining</i> and <i>A Few Good Men</i>).

[Shiny]

Hannibal Lecter - Silence of the Lambs

It was certainly evil in that movie, but he wasn't the villain! >.<

lol, yeah okay. There can be more than just one villain in a movie. He was just the smarter and less tranny-ish one.

He did not oppose the protaginist. Therefore he was not an antagonist, therefore, he was not the villain.

A classic villain is one that is just evil in direct contrast to the protagonist. He toys with Clarisse, although he does not necessarily oppose her in this one anyway. Like most words, villain has more than one meaning. Villain - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

[escobert]

Lecter is a hard one. he helps but he doesn't do so out right. he plays with her. and you know he's evil but just having some fun.

[black orb]

[charliepanayi]

The AFI put Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs at No. 1 in their list of 100 Movie Villains, so I'll take their word for it.

Hannibal Lectur is such a typical choice for pompous film critics to choose. I see nothing special in him. If I recall he did diddly squat during the film.

Apart from dominating every scene he was (and yes, he had relatively little screentime, but when he was on, he was the centre of things) and escaping by brutally murdering one or two people in a fantastic scene. I think your memory needs work if you think that counts as 'diddly squat'. Also considering The Silence of the Lambs was a big hit, surely 'pompous film critics' (I'm struggling not to roll my eyes here) wouldn't have liked it much =P