Top 5 Movie Villains of All Time

So since Maleficent just came out, a retelling of Sleeping Beauty from the villain's perspective, I've decided it's relevant to tell you guys about my top 5 favorite movie villains of all time. This is just my opinion, so don't freak out when HAL-9000 or Norman Bates isn't on here.

5. Michael Corleone

The Godfather Part II (1974)
Although Michael Corleone is the main character you follow in The Godfather trilogy it's no doubt that once he inherits the title of "Godfather" at the end of the first movie, he means business. From the last act of the first film, you see how relentless Michael Corleone is. But in the second film, he's evil and merciless throughout, even ordering the killing of his own brother for not siding with the family. That is a serious Mafia man.


4. Keyser Soze 
The Usual Suspects (1995)

The Usual Suspects is one of my favorite movies of all time, and to me it has the greatest ending of all time. For some reason, I just really like when a film has the guts to have the villain win in the end, and this film fits that. You only hear rumors of Keyser Soze throughout the whole movie and he's such a mysterious character that the ending reveal is even that much more fulfilling. If you thought Corleone was vicious, know that Keyser Soze killed his own family just to prove a point that he means business. And throughout the movie, you know he's pulling every little string.




3. T-1000
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Arnold Schwarzeneggar in the original Terminator is a great villain as the T-800, but the T-1000 in Terminator 2 is what always caught my attention. Robert Patrick really sells the fact that he's a relentless android. He's so set on his mission and will stop at nothing to kill John Connnor, ya just gotta love that about a villain. And the way he runs looks so cool, you really believe he's a robot. Plus, he's liquid metal, that was the coolest thing ever when this movie came out.

2. Hannibal Lecter 
Silence of the Lambs (1991)
I was tempted to put Hannibal as #1, because Anthony Hopkins is just so chilling and menacing in the role. In just 15 minutes of screen time he was awarded the Oscar for best actor. Almost every line of that comes out of this characters mouth is gold, and I could quote Hannibal for days. You really buy into it that he really is smarter than everyone else in the room, but that he's also extremely psychotic. Hopkins is amazing as Hannibal in Red Dragon and Hannibal, but he really outshines everything in this movie.

1. The Joker
The Dark Knight (2008)
Heath Ledger as the Joker was legendary, and after watching this movie for the first time, I absolutely became obsessed with his portrayal. He conveys the menace, dark humor, and crazy of Joker but adds his own interpretations of grit and chaos. Though it's unfortunate that Heath Ledger passed shortly after finishing this movie, I'm glad he was able to give us one of the most memorable performances in cinema history because his Joker is extremely unique while retaining the best elements of the original comic book character, and is endlessly quotable; making him my definitely my favorite movie villain of all time and quite possible one of my favorite movie characters of all time.