Wizard Magazine's Top 100 Greatest Villians Ever

[lifterdead]

Stolen from another board.




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100. Mr. Joshua (Lethal Weapon)
99. Beholder (D&D)
98. The Others (Lost)
97. Francis Buxton (Pee Wee's Big Adventure)
96. Sephiroth (FF7)
95. Stewie Griffin (Family Guy)
94. Braniac (Superman the animated series)
93. Norman Bates (Psycho)
92. Dean Wormer (Animal House)
91. Auric Goldfinger (Goldfinger)
90. The Gentlemen (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
89. Bill Lumberg (Office Space)
88. Frank Booth (Blue Velvet)
87. Endo (Lethal Weapon)
86. Mr. Blonde (Reservoir Dogs)
85. Col. Kurtz (Apocalypse Now)
84. Deathstroke (DC comics)
83. The French Taunter (Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail)
82. Luther (The Warriors)
81. Angel Eyes (The Good and the Bad and the Ugly)
80. Clubber Lang (Rocky 3)
79. Cancer Man (X-files)
78. R.J. Fletcher (UHF)
77. The Flood (Halo, combat evolved)
76. The Soc's (The Outsiders)
75. Big Brother (1984)
74. Herr Starr (DC vertigo)
73. Biff Tannen (Back to the Future)
72. Tony Montana (Scarface)
71. Walter Peck (Ghostbusters)
70. The Balrog (LOTR, fellowship)
69. J.R. Ewing (Dallas)
68. Megatron (Transformers)
67. Venom (Marvel comics)
66. Sideshow Bob (The Simpsons)
65. Kevin (Sin City)
64. Syndrome (The Incredibles)
63. Samara (The Ring)
62. Gollum (LOTR, Return of the King)
61. Johnny Lawrence (Karate Kid)
60. Judge Doom (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
59. Bob (Twin Peaks)
58. General Zod (Superman 2)
57. Principal Ed Rooney (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
56. John Doe (Seven)
55. The Overlook Hotel (The Shining)
54. Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
53. Cobra Commander (G.I. JOE)
52. Kid Miracleman (Eclipse comics)
51. Catwoman (DC comics)
50. Max Cady (Cape Fear)
49. Amanda Woodward (Melrose Place)
48. Iago (Othello)
47. Bill the Butcher (Gangs of New York)
46. Starcream (Transformers)
45. Mr. Burns (The Simpsons)
44. Godzilla (Gojira 1954)
43. Serpentor (G.I.JOE)
42. Keyser Soze (The Usual Suspects)
41. Hal 9000 (2001 A Space Odyssey)
40. Buu (Dragonball Z)
39. Michael Corleone (The Godfather part 2)
38. Dark Phoenix (Marvel)
37. Predator (Predator)
36. Alex Delarge (A Clockwork Orange)
35. Roddy Piper (WWE)
34. Mayor Richard Wilkins (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
33. Tony Soprano (The Sopranos)
32. Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
31. Grand Moff Tarkin (Star Wars)
30. Dracula (Dracula)
29. T-1000 (Terminator 2)
28. Jabba the Hutt (Return of the Jedi)
27. Hillbillies (Deliverance)
26. Jason Vorhees (Friday the 13th)
25. Ozymandias (DC)
24. Agent Smith (The Matrix)
23. Darkseid (DC)
22. Thanos (Marvel)
21. Red Skull (Marvel)
20. Khan (Star Trek 2, the wrath of Khan)
19. Green Goblin (Marvel)
18. Galactus (Marvel)
17. Magneto (Marvel)
16. The Thing (John Carpenter's the Thing)
15. Pennywise (IT)
14. Freddy Krueger (Nightmare on Elm Street)
13. Aliens (Aliens)
12. Sauron (LOTR)
11. Darth Vader (Star Wars)
10. The Shark (JAWS)
9. Pinhead (Hellraiser)
8. Lex Luthor (DC)
7. The Borg (Star Trek, TNG)
6. Hannibal Lector (Silence of the Lambs)
5. Zombies (Dawn of the Dead 2004)
4. Dr. Doom (Marvel)
3. Palpatine (Star Wars)
2. Pazuzu (The Exorcist)
1. The Joker (DC)



Personally, I think the Joker deserves No. 1#.

 

[tim290280]

I think whomever came up with the list doesn't understand the difference between villain and antagonist.

 

[Cork]

I think whomever came up with the list doesn't understand the difference between villain and antagonist.

I was thinking the same thing. The shark in JAWs couldn't be described as villianous. A pretty good list none the less. Pennywise should have been top 10. I couldn't sleep with a closet door open for the length of time it took me to read that book.

 

[thedon]

i would have had vader in the top 5

 

[PrinceVegeta]

Only agree with the #1 pick

 

[dilatedmuscle]

I wouldve had Ozymandias #1

Most villians have no purpose other then some bullshit domination thing, Money, or a sadistic fetish.

 

[tim290280]

I wouldve had Ozymandias #1

Most villians have no purpose other then some bullshit domination thing, Money, or a sadistic fetish.

Yeh lets compare one of two or three eponymous* villains with one that most people would not even recognise if they hadn't just made a movie about it. Even then I don't know that Ozymandias would be recognised as widely as Darth Vader or The Joker.


*I'm using this term as you can use "Darth" or "The Joker" as a descriptor of villainy or use the name without other explanation of evil, yet convey villainous intent.

 

[dilatedmuscle]

Yeh lets compare one of two or three eponymous* villains with one that most people would not even recognise if they hadn't just made a movie about it. Even then I don't know that Ozymandias would be recognised as widely as Darth Vader or The Joker.


*I'm using this term as you can use "Darth" or "The Joker" as a descriptor of villainy or use the name without other explanation of evil, yet convey villainous intent.

Thats true, i didnt even know the comic existed until i heard of the movie lol. I really would love to see more antagonists with depth in their actions and someone who more grey then black and white. Most people are all in love with the joker because of a couple of itterations, the comic of which that artwork above is from (i dont remember the series) and The Dark Knight... who isnt exactly the same joker he was originally intended to be. The original joker was much more fruity and silly, not grimey and vicious.... but then again, i know very little about comics and comic culture.