100 Greatest Movie Villains
A rogues gallery of Hollywood wrong'uns...
By George WalesMay 23rd 2011100
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Mr. Joshua
As Played By: Gary Busey in Lethal Weapon (1987)
The Villain: As a sadistic enforcer to a drug baron, you might womder what it is about Mr. Joshua that distinguishes him from all the hundreds of other action movie bad guys that fit the same profile. The answer is simple. He’s played by Gary Busey, and the others aren’t. End of discussion.
Meanest Moment: Refusing to accept that he’s been bested by Riggs in a fair fight, Joshua overpowers his police escort and fires off one last shot at his enemy. Sadly for him, he doesn’t get the job done…
Nicest Quality: Hasn’t he got nice teeth? Oh no, hang on…
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deedeedragons
May 23rd 2011, 6:35
Where's Mrs. Carmody from The Mist?
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writerdave87
May 23rd 2011, 7:16
How is Barnes a coward? He's a damn death-machine; the only thing that can kill Barnes, is Barnes!
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glegs
May 23rd 2011, 8:12
Are you guys serious? Marsellus Wallace didn't throw the guy out the window because of a foot massage, that is the whole point of that perfectly scripted scene in the Jack Rabbit Slims. Seriously, you make a hell of a lot of mistakes, but making one with Pulp Fiction!? Unforgivable.
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Jeffbiscuits
May 23rd 2011, 9:27
Dr. Heiter from The Human Centipede is a superb pantomime villain. Part Herbert West, part Herr Flick. Cowardly, creepy and terrifying all at once
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BeckyM84
May 23rd 2011, 15:27
No Colonel Tavington from The Patriot? He is just plain nasty!
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BeckyM84
May 23rd 2011, 15:29
No Colonel Tavington from The Patriot? He is just plain nasty!
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RAND0Mpirate
May 23rd 2011, 15:31
Stephan Dorff as Deacon Frost?
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RAND0Mpirate
May 23rd 2011, 15:36
Stephan Dorff as Deacon Frost?
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Hadouken76
May 23rd 2011, 21:29
DIck Jones and Cohangen (Ronny Cox double!), Sauron, Saruman, Burke from ALiens, Ben Stiller in Happy Gilmour...so many to choose
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Monkeynuts30
May 24th 2011, 10:17
Ben Stiller was in Happy Gilmoure?
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garyjive
May 24th 2011, 20:27
Begbie isn't Glaswegian - he's from Edinburgh, silly!
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mrfixit426
May 27th 2011, 14:43
poor, poor, poor! This is why I don't buy the magazine any more. Incorrect facts all the time. Oh and errrr......Dracula anyone????? ffs.
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Lizhawkins
May 28th 2011, 21:28
@garyjive You are correct, sir! Twas indeed a silly error. Duly fixed.
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ASmileSoDevious
May 30th 2011, 2:23
Clarence Boddicker from 'Robocop', Bennett from 'Commando', David Lo Pan from 'Big Trouble In Little China', John Kreese from 'The Karate Kid'????
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urbantaxi
May 30th 2011, 23:03
What about Percy Wetmore from the green mile?
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Blyvj88
Jul 10th 2011, 0:42
PATRICK BATEMAN?!?! Seriously? No one else mentioned it and he should be in top 20 easily. Ultimate Fail. I registered just so I could comment on this.... Terrible...
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Blyvj88
Jul 10th 2011, 0:43
PATRICK BATEMAN?!?! Seriously? No one else mentioned it and he should be in top 20 easily. Ultimate Fail. I registered just so I could comment on this.... Terrible...
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FBNHeyward
Nov 25th 2011, 19:44
It's a list of 100... No use arguing over omittments and place-order especially! Face it, there's just TOO MANY film villians to make a "proper" list, so chill. I could add 100 more villians in no time at all! Ming the Merciless? The Creeper in "Jeepers Creepers"? Toecutter from "Mad Max"? :) It was the Child-Catcher from "Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang" pic that drew my eye to this article. He STILL scares me as an adult! I counted I have 46 dvds out of the 100 listed (not including sequels). Lots of villians to watch!
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FBJJakob
Nov 30th 2011, 15:33
Krug
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FBJJakob
Nov 30th 2011, 15:34
Krug
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FBBDuncan
Dec 2nd 2011, 11:28
Maleficent at no. 97? Come on, you have got to be kidding.
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firas76
Feb 13th 2012, 17:46
How come Mr. Joshua is like no.100 common he is totally evil the villian in the A view to a kill bond movie not be mentioned!!? The villian in the few dollars movies they were massive even though they are one person!!!? the list is missing much more then the above mentioned the list is flawed
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Chelsea
Feb 27th 2012, 12:43
Patrick Bateman? Gary Oldman in practically everything?!
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FBASmith73
Mar 1st 2012, 23:25
What about Combo (Stephen Graham) from This Is England?
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FBJYamada
Mar 3rd 2012, 1:58
Darth Vader and The Joker are my top two favorite villains! One is total Evil and the other is a total Psycho!
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kkmegw
Mar 27th 2012, 3:42
What about Kevin Bacon as Sean Nokes in Sleepers & Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho?
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FBABennett
Apr 4th 2012, 20:55
Walter Peck from ghostbusters.
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