Top 12 Villains of Movies and Television by Spikes of Fury

Criteria: for a villain to be effective, I think you have to either really like them or really hate them, so that's what I tried to go by here.





12. Dark Helmet, Spaceballs
The best part about Dark Helmet is not his ridiculously oversized helmet, but the ridiculously fake deep voice he uses whenever his mask is down. He also gets props for pulling a fast one on Lonestar to steal the Schwartz ring from him.












11. Kimberly Joyce, Pretty Persuasion
At first glance, Kimberly just seems like a rebel with a dark sense of humour, but she turns out to be more evil than you thought and most of the other characters didn't even know it. But with Pretty Persuasion being a comedy, I didn't hate Kimberly, I thought she was hilarious.








10. Dr. Evil, Austin Powers
Dr. Evil makes the list because he can't help but act like an over the top supervillain. He's gotta have his expensive secret lairs and his evil henchmen and his overly elaborate and exotic deathtraps monitored by inept guards. If that doesn't spell awesome, I don't know what does. What I'm trying to say is I never learned to spell.









9. Bill "The Butcher" Cutting, Gangs of New York
With his top hat, curly mustache, and glass eye, The Butcher stole the movie out from under DiCaprio. Powerful, violent, racist, and gleefully mad, yet kind of a cool guy if you get on his good side. For example, he will show you how to gut a pig, because punching it gets you nowhere. Stupid Rocky Balboa.








8. The Joker, The Dark Knight
Okay, so anyone could've predicted The Joker being on this list. But I have to say that while The Dark Knight was one of the best blockbusters in a long time, any scenes involving Heath Ledger's Joker trumped all of the scenes without him. But would he have made the list had he been played by a less talented actor? Probably not.









7. The Trinity Killer, Dexter
Dexter faces a dangerous rival at the end of every season, but Trinity was easily the most interesting because of how well he is able to be so many different people when necessary. And also because of how creepy he is. LOOK AT THAT PICTURE, HE'S CUDDLING A DEAD CHICK IN A TUB OF BLOOD!







6. Captain Vidal, Pan's Labyrinth
A Joker-style sliced mouth and a bullet in the upper cheek is exactly what this ruthless douchebag deserved. That is all.











5. Brother Justin, Carnivale
Hey, ladies, meet Brother Justin! He's a creepy old dude whose interests include making out with his sister and getting blowjobs from the maids! This is another example where performance really influenced my choice. Clancy Brown was so creepy that even when he was being "nice" he gave me the willies... But not in the same way that he gave the maids the willies, if you know what I mean.







4. Earl, Waitress
I hate Earl. Like, I really hate him. If I had the option of punching any character from any movie, ever, in the throat, it would be Earl. I know Waitress is a comedy and I think his character was meant to be exaggerated, but it pisses me off seeing dicks like him mistreat their ladies and think they're always the most important person in the room. STOP HONKING, EARL, SHE KNOWS YOU'RE COMING!






3. Vincent, Collateral
He may be a hitman, but he kills with style and Tom Cruise knows how to play those cool, powerful characters. Just don't touch his briefcase or screw with his work.











2. Col. Hans Landa, Inglourious Basterds
Even though Col. Landa is a devious Nazi who strangled a German actress with his bare hands (and chews his dessert quite obnoxiously, I might add), it's somehow hard to hate him. Maybe it's his childlike enthusiasm and cunning shrewdness. Or his giant pipe and appreciation for a nice, cold, glass of milk.

And #1...

1. Agent Smith, The Matrix
I guess Agent Smith could be considered the ultimate villain. He's almost always creepily calm, he's extremely difficult to kill (permanently anyway), he can make copies of himself, and he wears that cool black suit and shades getup.