# The greatest movie villains of all time (AFI)

The villains half of AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains (2003): the screen's most memorable bad guys.

- 591 votes · 12 items
- Nov 14, 2020 · Mitchell King
- https://even.best/en/l/1891/the-greatest-movie-villains-of-all-time-afi

## Top 12

1. **Hannibal Lecter — The Silence of the Lambs** (63 · ▲67 ▼4) — Number one: Anthony Hopkins in barely 16 minutes on screen.
2. **Norman Bates — Psycho** (55 · ▲60 ▼5) — Anthony Perkins and his mother's motel.
3. **Darth Vader — The Empire Strikes Back** (37 · ▲45 ▼8) — The breathing, the cape and «I am your father».
4. **Alex Forrest — Fatal Attraction** (36 · ▲44 ▼8) — Glenn Close and the boiling pot.
5. **The Wicked Witch of the West — The Wizard of Oz** (36 · ▲43 ▼7) — Margaret Hamilton, green and unforgettable.
6. **Nurse Ratched — One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest** (36 · ▲42 ▼6) — Louise Fletcher's cold tyranny.
7. **Mr. Potter — It's a Wonderful Life** (33 · ▲39 ▼6) — Lionel Barrymore, Bedford Falls' greedy banker.
8. **The demon in Regan MacNeil — The Exorcist** (26 · ▲35 ▼9) — The possessed girl played by Linda Blair.
9. **Alex DeLarge — A Clockwork Orange** (26 · ▲33 ▼7) — Malcolm McDowell's ultraviolence.
10. **Phyllis Dietrichson — Double Indemnity** (25 · ▲33 ▼8) — Barbara Stanwyck, film noir's ultimate femme fatale.
11. **The Queen — Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs** (16 · ▲30 ▼14) — Disney's first great villain and her magic mirror.
12. **Michael Corleone — The Godfather Part II** (14 · ▲26 ▼12) — Al Pacino's cold rise to power.

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