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  Darth Vader (Star Wars)

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  Darth Vader (Star Wars)

  Booed by cinemagoers in 1977 before he’d even Force-choked his first Death Star officer, Vader, the ultimate intergalactic tyrant, made it his mission to wipe out Jedi Knights, quash the Rebel Alliance and rule the universe with an iron fist in a black leather glove. But like all of the best villains, he had a more sympathetic back story: Anakin Skywalker was a Jedi who turned to the Dark Side to become Emperor Palpatine’s ruthless enforcer, until he’s ultimately redeemed by his paternal feelings.

  Most evil moment: Our first sight of the Sith Lord, when he stalks on board the sieged Rebel starship, through the smoke and littered bodies. Black-clad against the white corridor, cloaked, faceless and fearsome, it’s as if the Grim Reaper himself is paying a visit.

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  Hannibal Lector (The Silenc…

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  Hannibal Lector (The Silence Of The Lambs)

  Ferociously intelligent forensic psychologist who gets inside your mind — then eats your body. Descended from European royalty, the doctor’s charisma and cultured tastes are so smooth, you sometimes forget he’s a cannibalistic serial-killer. Pass that nice chianti.

  Most evil moment: When he bites off Sgt Pembry’s nose and wears his face to escape FBI captivity in an ambulance.

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  Tommy DeVito (Goodfellas)

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  Tommy DeVito (Goodfellas)

  You wouldn’t fancy a square-up with any of the crew in Martin Scorsese’s Mob classic, but Joe Pesci’s shoeshine boy turned shiny-suited armed robber was by far the most terrifying. Based on real-life psycho Tommy ‘Two Guns’ DeSimone, DeVito’s moods were unreadable, his temper on a hair-trigger.

  Most evil moment: When a goaded Spider cracks and says, “Go f*ck yourself,” DeVito pumps him full of lead.

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  Alan Rickman (Die Hard)

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  Alan Rickman (Die Hard)

  Alan Rickman made his Hollywood debut as the German terrorist who seizes an LA office block on Christmas Eve with the aim of stealing the $640m in its vault. But Gruber doesn’t bet on off-duty, barefoot, sweaty-vested cop John McClane (Bruce Willis).

  Most evil moment: Posing as a hostage to win McClane’s trust. He hands a gun to Gruber, who promptly tries to shoot him with it.

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  T-1000 (Terminator 2: Judgm…

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  T-1000 (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)

  A technological leap on from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s original ‘800 Series’ Terminator, the T-1000 is made of “mimetic metal poly-alloy”, which means it can shape-shift, mimic anyone, flow through any opening and survive most mechanical damage. For extra menace, actor Robert Patrick based its swivelling, predatory head movements on the American bald eagle.

  Most evil moment: The T-1000 calmly impersonates John Connor’s foster mum with the phone in one hand, while its other arm morphs into a long blade and impales her husband.

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  Agent Smith (The Matrix Tri…

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  Agent Smith (The Matrix Trilogy)

  Black-suited, inscrutable behind sunglasses and with the sole purpose of suppressing rebellion, Smith (Hugo Weaving) starts off as a human-hating weapon in the Man vs Machines war. But he goes maverick and makes it personal with hero Neo (Keanu Reeves).

  Most evil moment: “What good is a phone call if you are unable to speak?” Smith smirks as a panicking Neo’s mouth seals over and disappears.

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  Amon Goeth (Schindler's List)

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  Amon Goeth (Schindler's List)

  Depicted by a two-stone-overweight Ralph Fiennes and exuding what Steven Spielberg called “evil sexuality”, Goeth is the cruel commandant of Plaszow death camp who uses Jewish prisoners for target practice.

  Most evil moment: At the end of the film, Goeth is executed by hanging, but not before patting his hair into place and uttering “Heil Hitler”, making his total lack of remorse chillingly clear.

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  Gordon Gecko (Wall Street)

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  Gordon Gecko (Wall Street)

  On a list invariably dominated by violent villains, Michael Douglas’s Oscar-winning turn as the Wall Street investor is evil in a different way. Slick-haired, Armani-clad corporate-raider Gekko will stop at nothing to make more millions: using inside information, plundering pension funds, bribing, blackmailing and breaking the law. Free of morals and contemptuous of his fellow man, he lives up — or rather down — to his reptilian name. Douglas shines, although Richard Gere and Warren Beatty were director Oliver Stone’s first choice.

  Most evil moment: The iconic speech: “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works.”

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  Ernst Blofeld (James Bond F…

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  Ernst Blofeld (James Bond Franchise)

  The head of sinister global terrorist organisation Spectre, Ernst Stavro Blofeld is the definitive super-villain, so much so he appeared in six James Bond films. He’s since been sent up, most amusingly by Mike Myers as Dr Evil, but in the Sixties his Persian-cat stroking, scar-faced, button-pressing malevolence was genuinely scary.

  Most evil moment: Breaking 007’s heart by ordering German henchwoman Irma Blunt to kill him in a drive-by shooting at the end of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. But instead Blunt murders Mrs Bond (Diana Rigg).

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  Dudley Smith (LA Confidential)

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  Dudley Smith (LA Confidential)

  Everyone assumed Babe’s kindly farmer James Cromwell would play nice again. Hence audible gasps when he was revealed as a corrupt killer.

  Most evil moment: The moment he revealed himself by coldly shooting Sgt Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey). Vincennes gasps the name “Rollo Tamasi” with his last breath. It is a bluff that ultimately proves Smith’s downfall.

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  Keyser Söze (The Usual Sus…

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  Keyser Söze (The Usual Suspects)

  A criminal kingpin so mysterious, he might be mythic. Except Söze is real, posing as Verbal Kint and pulling all our strings like a murderous puppet-master.

  Most evil moment: The story that built the legend: Turkish drug-dealer Söze (Kevin Spacey) shoots his own wife and kids, wreaks vengeance on all his enemies, then disappears underground forever. And like that, he is gone.

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  Frank Booth (Blue Velvet)

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  Frank Booth (Blue Velvet)

  It’s hard to believe that the late Dennis Hopper’s career was once in the doldrums, but in the early Eighties he prioritised his cocaine habit over work. His role as obscenity-screaming, sado-masochistic underworld boss Booth in David Lynch’s surreal film noir revived his fortunes and made Hopper the go-to bad guy for a new generation. Other actors considered for the part of Booth felt that the character was too deranged and disturbed, but Hopper reportedly said: “I’ve got to play Frank, because I am Frank.”

  Most evil moment: Beating up his captive girlfriend Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) while huffing on laughing gas and screaming, “Don’t you f*cking look at me,” and “Mommy, baby wants to f*ck.”

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  Ivan Drago (Rocky IV)

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  Ivan Drago (Rocky IV)

  In the Eighties, Dolph Lundgren’s boxer was the physical embodiment of Cold War Russia: a Red Army captain, huge at 6ft 5in, silent but deadly. Crazed on bloodlust and steroids, he utters only a few lines, such as, “You will lose,” “If he dies, he dies,” and “I must break you.”

  Most evil moment: Hammering home the Cold War metaphor when he fights and kills patriotic veteran Apollo Creed.

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  Alex DeLarge (A Clockwork O…

  His true scariness lies in his utter immorality. For the… More details

  

  

  Alex DeLarge (A Clockwork Orange)

  His true scariness lies in his utter immorality. For the Droog leader, brutal rape and ultra-violence are just some of life’s little pleasures.

  Most evil moment: The gang rape scene, during which Alex croons Singin’ In The Rain. When Malcolm McDowell met Gene Kelly at a party years later, Kelly walked away in disgust at the way his signature tune had been tainted.

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  General Zod (Superman I & II)

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  General Zod (Superman I & II)

  Megalomaniac who swears revenge on Superman’s father Jor-El when he imprisons him in ‘The Phantom Zone’. Terence Stamp portrays Zod as a black-clad pompous toff who’s almost bored with his powers and disappointed with how easy it is to take over Earth.

  Most evil moment: The much-mimicked line from Superman II: “Kneel before Zod!”

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  Begbie (Trainspotting)

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  Begbie (Trainspotting)

  Pub casual with a penchant for attacks with knives, pool cues or pint glasses. Robert Carlyle said that he played Begbie as a closeted homosexual.

  Most evil moment: He downs his pint in a pub and tosses the glass over his shoulder, waits for the scream, then wades into the crowd bawling, “That lassie got glassed and no c*nt leaves here ’til we find out what c*nt did it.”

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  Norman Bates (Psycho)

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  Norman Bates (Psycho)

  At first, the motel proprietor in Alfred Hitchcock’s horror classic seemed boringly normal: a shy, stammering, over-polite, preppy boy-next-door type into stuffed birds. Only in the film’s final act do you realise how insane his Oedipus complex has driven him.

  Most evil moment: Killing the film’s female lead with a kitchen knife while dressed as his dead mother. Obviously.

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  The Joker (Batman)

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  The Joker (Batman)

  Heath Ledger’s portrayal of Batman’s arch-enemy in The Dark Knight was Oscar-winning, but Jack Nicholson’s clown prince of crime makes the cut. Gloriously over-the top, theatrically homicidal and also, it turned out, killer of Bruce Wayne’s parents.

  Most evil moment: Just before imaginatively killing his prey, his habit of asking, “You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?”

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  Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)

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  Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)

  Robert De Niro’s ex-Marine starts Martin Scorsese’s 1976 masterpiece as merely an antihero: lonely, lying and haunting porn theatres. But, increasingly paranoid, he descends into full-blown psycho mode: carrying guns, shaving himself a Mohawk, attempting an assassination and appointing himself the vigilante protector of child prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster).

  Most evil moment: When Bickle practises using his homemade sliding holster in the mirror, while De Niro ad libs his “You talkin’ to me?” speech.

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  Don Logan (Sexy Beast)

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  Don Logan (Sexy Beast)

  It’s normally Ray Winstone who plays the hard cases, but in this instant Brit-crime classic, his retired safecracker Gary Dove was terrified by diminutive, sociopathic visitor Don, hellbent on enlisting ‘Gal’ for one last bank job. A wired, weasly, bullet-headed bundle of bile and swearing, Sir Ben Kingsley based his fierce, frenetic Oscar-nominated performance on his own grandmother, whom he called, “A vile and extremely unpleasant woman.”

  Most evil moment: In the dead of night at Gal’s Costa Del Crime villa, Don gives himself a pep talk in the bathroom mirror while shaving, then throws down the razor and tramples into Gal’s bedroom to punch him as he sleeps.

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