Top 100 Scenes from Our Top 100 Villains
Show us what you've got, bad guys! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the best scenes that represent the villainy of our Top 100 Movie Villains of All Time.
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00:00I hope they are watching. They'll see. They'll see and they'll know and they'll say why she wouldn't even harm a fly.
00:10Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the best scenes that represent the villainy of our top 100 movie villains of all time.
00:19Colette.
00:20The coin don't have no say. It's just you.
00:27Number 100. Killing Casey.
00:31Ghostface. Scream.
00:33You like scary movies?
00:34Uh-huh.
00:35What's your favorite scary movie?
00:37What better way to introduce us to Ghostface than have him stalking Casey, killing her while she's on the phone with her terrified mother, then hanging her corpse in the front yard?
00:47It's one of the most iconic openings in horror movie history.
00:52Scream.
00:57Number 99. I'm gonna cut your heart out with a spoon.
01:00The Sheriff of Nottingham. Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.
01:03Only Alan Rickman can deliver a line like that with such panache and terror.
01:08Loxley, I'm gonna cut your heart out with a spoon.
01:14Then it begins.
01:16Number 98. Sending Chris to the Sunken Place. The Armitage Family. Get out.
01:21We do use focal points sometimes to guide someone into a state of heightened suggestibility.
01:28Heightened suggestibility.
01:30Thanks to some terrifying imagery and a dark accompanying soundtrack, The Sunken Place instantly became one of the most famous visuals in horror, not to mention a metaphor for systemic oppression and loss of agency.
01:42Missy Armitage represents her family's evil.
01:45Now, sink into the floor.
01:49Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
01:50Sink.
01:52Number 97. Syndrome's monologue. Syndrome, The Incredibles.
01:56Syndrome's plan is not only quite clever, it also gave us one of the most famous lines in the history of animation.
02:03Everyone can be superheroes. Everyone can be super.
02:08And when everyone's super, no one will be.
02:15Number 96. The Arm Reload. August Walker. Mission Impossible Fallout.
02:20Nothing screams Mission Impossible quite like Henry Cavill reloading his arms and preparing to fight.
02:26The visual was instantly famous and widely memed on social media.
02:31Number 95. Inhaling the Gas. Frank Booth. Blue Velvet.
02:39David Lynch has come up with some incredible visuals throughout his legendary career, but nothing is scarier than watching Dennis Hopper inhale that mystery gas.
02:49Mommy.
02:57Number 94. Taking the Kid Down. John Kreese. The Karate Kid.
03:02There are hands-on teachers, and then there's John Kreese, who takes a boy to the ground, threatens him with punches, and yells in his face.
03:10Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
03:14You lose concentration in fighting your dead meat.
03:16Yes, Sensei.
03:17What?
03:18Yes, Sensei!
03:19Number 93. The Reveal. Esther. Orphan.
03:23The adopted daughter of Kate and John is revealed to be a 33-year-old serial killer living with a rare hormonal disorder.
03:30It's a brilliant twist, and it throws the events of the film into a new light.
03:34Born in 1976, she's 33 years old.
03:38This can't be. This is a mistake.
03:41I hope so for your sake.
03:42Number 92. Threatening Bender.
03:45Richard Vernon. The Breakfast Club.
03:47Just take one shot. That's all I need. Just one swing.
03:56The very symbol of conformity and authority finally drops the hardened principal facade
04:01and outwardly threatens Bender with violence.
04:03Any principal who calls his students gutless turds is not cool in our books.
04:08That's what I thought.
04:12You're a gutless turd.
04:14Number 91. Preventing Escape.
04:16Mrs. Carmody. The Mist.
04:18The religious fanatic prevents the heroes from escaping
04:21and showcases both the dangers and consequences of fanaticism.
04:25Of course, she gets a bullet in the head for her efforts, courtesy of the meek Ollie Weeks.
04:30It's from them the blood of human sacrifice must come.
04:36From them the blood of expiation.
04:40Number 90. The Dumpster Confrontation.
04:43Lotso. Toy Story 3.
04:45The giant bear and his gang of baddies confront Woody outside of Sunnyside,
04:49which is perhaps the best evidence of his dictatorial nature.
04:52You think you're special, cowboy?
04:55You're a piece of plastic.
04:57You were made to be thrown away.
05:00Speak of the devil.
05:04Number 89. Calling Jack.
05:07Howard Payne. Speed.
05:09The domestic terrorist blows up a city bus,
05:11then has the gall to phone a SWAT officer and taunt him with the prospect of another bomb.
05:16Howard Payne is evil incarnate.
05:18You couldn't understand the kind of commitment that I have.
05:22You're wearing a man's life's work and you think you can walk away.
05:25You got blinders on to the world.
05:27But I got your attention now, didn't I, Jack?
05:30Number 88. Becoming Mr. Glass.
05:33Elijah Price. Unbreakable.
05:35Elijah is revealed to be the man behind the accidents
05:38and officially becomes the supervillain Mr. Glass.
05:41It's yet another wonderful Shyamalan twist,
05:43and Samuel L. Jackson gives a reliably terrific performance.
05:48You know what the scariest thing is?
05:50To not know your place in this world.
05:53To not know why you're here.
05:57That's...
06:01It's just an awful feeling.
06:03Number 87. Rhyming with Shooter.
06:06Shooter McGavin. Happy Gilmore.
06:08It doesn't take long for Happy to grow tired of Shooter,
06:11and after he's threatened at the bar,
06:13he violently confronts the golfer with a broken beer bottle.
06:16It's nice to see the cowardly nature of Shooter McGavin so quickly exposed.
06:21Just stay out of my way, or you'll pay.
06:24Listen to what I say.
06:25How about I just go eat some hay?
06:28I can make things out of clay and lay by the bay, I just may.
06:31Number 86. The Bad.
06:33Angel Eyes. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
06:36When you refer to one of your characters as The Bad,
06:39you better capitalize on that promise.
06:41Luckily, Sergio Aguilera is the one.
06:44Luckily, Sergio Leone does just that,
06:48with Angel Eyes shooting a man in cold blood as he lies in bed.
07:05Davey challenges Will and Bill to a game of Liar's Dice.
07:08It's a brilliant example of tension,
07:10lighting, music, makeup, and CGI coming together to craft an unforgettable sequence.
07:29Even amid all the slicing, dicing, and buckets of blood,
07:32the grossest thing in this film is watching bees pour from Candyman's open mouth.
07:41No!
07:45Number 83. Killing Frank.
07:47Colin Sullivan. The Departed.
07:52We figured that Frank Costello was gonna die,
07:54but we didn't think it would come at the hands or fingers of his own protégé.
07:58Still, hearing Matt Damon panic-swearing will never not be funny.
08:05Crap! Frick!
08:07Number 82. The Police Station Shootout.
08:10The Terminator. The Terminator.
08:16We often forget just how terrifying the first Terminator is,
08:19and nothing represents that terror more than the Terminator slaughtering a bunch of police officers.
08:32Number 81. Fighting Mowgli.
08:34Shere Khan. The Jungle Book.
08:36Disney is no stranger to scary climaxes.
08:39Perhaps the freakiest of all sees a ferocious tiger attempting to eat a young boy
08:44and making animalistic noises that will have any child sleeping with the lights on.
08:56Number 80. The Blood Test Reveal.
08:58The Thing. The Thing.
09:00The titular monster is responsible for all sorts of grotesque imagery,
09:04but the scariest moment of all comes via jump scare,
09:06when a small puddle of blood comes alive and shoots out of the vial with a high-pitched screech.
09:21Number 79. The Rooftop Fight.
09:24Gozer. Ghostbusters.
09:30Nothing screams the 1980s quite like watching the Ghostbusters fighting Gozer
09:35and her demonic dogs on top of the building.
09:56Number 78. Fighting Inigo.
09:58Count Tyrone Rugen. The Princess Bride.
10:05Prepare to die.
10:07Despite being a comedy,
10:08The Princess Bride contains one of the all-time best sword fights between Count Rugen and Inigo Montoya.
10:14The payoff is more than worth the repeated build-up.
10:27Number 77. The Pigtail Hammer Throw.
10:30Agatha Trunchbull. Matilda.
10:35Shotput. Javelin. Hammer Throw.
10:38If you want to establish a character as cruel and monstrous,
10:41having them grab a child by the hair and throwing them over a fence is a good way to do it.
10:57Number 76. The Dip.
10:59Judge Doom. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
11:0280s kids movies went really hard.
11:04Case in point?
11:05Judge Doom dropping the shoe in the dip and watching it squirm as it slowly melts to death.
11:16Number 75. Stuff.
11:18Miranda Priestley. The Devil Wears Prada.
11:27Miranda schools Andy on the fashion industry and the importance of appearance.
11:31The scene is fantastically written and performed,
11:34leading to Meryl Streep's 14th Oscar nomination.
11:37You're wearing a sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room.
11:42From a pile of stuff.
11:44Number 74. The Gingerbread Man.
11:47Lord Farquaad. Shrek.
11:49Despite being memed far and wide,
11:51Shrek is actually kind of dark.
11:54Heck, the first scene involving Lord Farquaad
11:56sees him waterboarding the Gingerbread Man and taunting him with his own severed legs.
12:01I've tried to be fair to you creatures.
12:04Now my patience has reached its end.
12:07Tell me or I'll-
12:08No, not the buttons!
12:09Not my gumdrop buttons!
12:11Number 73. The Highway Pileup.
12:14Death. Final Destination 2.
12:17Well, thanks, Final Destination 2.
12:19We will never comfortably drive behind a log truck again after seeing this.
12:23Number 72. The Reveal.
12:26The Invisible Man. The Invisible Man.
12:28You're crazy to know who I am, aren't you?
12:32All right, I'll show you.
12:34The titular character takes his bandages off and reveals nothing underneath.
12:39Even to this day, the scene is highly effective,
12:42and it must have been absolutely mind-blowing back in 1933.
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12:59Number 71. Getting Shot.
13:01Harry and Marv. Home Alone.
13:03It's not Christmas until we see Joe Pesci getting shot in the BBs with a BB gun.
13:08Hello.
13:18Number 70. Challenging T'Challa.
13:20Killmonger. Black Panther.
13:22Michael B. Jordan gives the performance of his career,
13:25perfectly straddling the line between traumatized child and vengeful adult.
13:29I found my daddy with panther claws in his chest.
13:32You ain't the son of a king, you're a son of a murderer.
13:34Do you ever see something? Lies!
13:36I'm afraid not, Queen Mother.
13:39Number 69. The Fight With Dutch.
13:41Predator. Predator.
13:43There are macho movies, and then there's watching a shirtless Arnold Schwarzenegger
13:47covered in mud and fighting an alien.
13:50We will never not get chills watching the Predator size up Dutch and finally take off his mask.
13:55You're one ugly motherf*****.
14:04Number 68. Greed Is Good.
14:07Gordon Gekko. Wall Street.
14:09Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
14:13Michael Douglas won the Oscar for playing the selfish Gordon Gekko,
14:17whose famous Greed Is Good speech represents the worst of Wall Street,
14:21and the very embodiment of avarice.
14:23And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper,
14:30but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.
14:34Number 67. Won't Be Ignored.
14:36Alex Forrest. Fatal Attraction.
14:39Fatal Attraction is one of the all-time great stalker dramas,
14:42and Glenn Close is magnificent as the deranged Alex Forrest.
14:46I'm not going to be ignored are not words you want to hear from someone,
14:50let alone a stalker.
14:51And Close delivers the line with supreme menace.
15:04Number 66. Knocking On George's Head.
15:07Biff Tannen. Back To The Future.
15:16It's amazing how a simple knock on the head can become a cultural phenomenon.
15:21Regardless, we are still quoting this scene 40 years later.
15:30Number 65. Not His Tempo.
15:33Terrence Fletcher. Whiplash.
15:39A masterfully written, edited, and acted scene
15:42that culminates in the unforgettable image of a thrown chair.
15:46J.K. Simmons deserved every square inch of that Oscar trophy.
16:01Number 64. Breaking Batman's Back.
16:04Bane. The Dark Knight Rises.
16:07Ah, yes! I was wondering what would break first.
16:14Tom Hardy's villain is Batman's biggest physical threat,
16:17and he proves it by lifting him over his shoulders
16:20and snapping his back against his knee.
16:22The snap is shocking, and the entire fight
16:25is both wonderfully choreographed and magnificently shot.
16:28Your spirit?
16:34Or your body?
16:37Number 63. Laughing In The Theater.
16:40Max Cady. Cape Fear.
16:42We all know how annoying a bad theater experience can be.
16:45Max Cady brings it to the extreme,
16:48smoking in front of Sam's family and laughing obnoxiously at the movie.
16:59Number 62. Killing Mace Windu.
17:02Palpatine. Star Wars Episode III. Revenge Of The Sith.
17:12The prequel series has received all sorts of criticism,
17:15but one of the best new additions was Samuel L. Jackson's Mace Windu.
17:19Unfortunately, he is tragically dispatched by Palpatine,
17:23making us all hate the emperor that he is.
17:28Number 61. Coming Alive.
17:32Chucky. Child's Play.
17:37The living doll finally breaks character by kicking, screaming,
17:41biting, and using some rather unkind Chucky-isms.
17:44It's a perfect blend of comedy and horror, just like the movie.
17:48But it's not the end of the world.
17:50The movie is set in a time when the world is at war.
17:53Number 60. Shooting The Guards.
17:55Coba. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes.
18:05Having developed a hatred for humans,
18:07Coba is a man who is not afraid of death.
18:10He is a man who is not afraid of death.
18:12He is a man who is not afraid of death.
18:15He is a man who is not afraid of death.
18:17He is a man who is not afraid of death.
18:20Having developed a hatred for humans,
18:23Coba playfully dances in front of some guards,
18:25and then shoots them both in cold blood.
18:27The scene contains some masterful uses of VFX and motion capture,
18:31and hearing those gunshots signals the start of a war.
18:46Number 59. Poor Unfortunate Souls.
18:49Ursula. The Little Mermaid.
18:57Disney always aces the villain songs.
19:00Few go as hard as Poor Unfortunate Souls,
19:03a rousing Broadway number in which Ursula gleefully sings about her trapped victims.
19:07Not complaint, but of the whole I've been forsaken.
19:12To those poor unfortunate souls.
19:17It is a banger.
19:19Number 58. Harry's Punishment.
19:21Dolores Umbridge. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix.
19:29Despite her candy-colored appearance,
19:31Dolores Umbridge gives Voldemort a run for his money in the villain department.
19:35One only need watch Harry's depraved punishment for proof.
19:39Even he can't help but give her an unbelieving stare.
19:54Number 57. Calvin Snaps.
19:56Calvin J Candy. Django Unchained.
20:06As if owning human beings wasn't bad enough.
20:13Calvin then gives a racist tirade,
20:16hacks up a skull,
20:17holds the heroes at gunpoint,
20:19and rubs blood all over the face of poor Hildy.
20:22So much for southern hospitality.
20:24Now! What's it gonna be, doc? Huh?
20:28What's it gonna be?
20:29May I lift the hands off the tabletop in order to remove my pitfall?
20:34Number 56. Attacking The Parade.
20:36The Green Goblin. Spider-Man.
20:39What the hell was that?
20:46The first Spider-Man movie goes incredibly hard,
20:49with the Green Goblin committing an act of domestic terrorism
20:52by blowing up a parade and killing innocent people.
20:55That's messed up, and dang if Willem Dafoe doesn't sell it.
21:00Hold it right there! I surrender!
21:03Oh boy.
21:04Number 55. The Tears In Rain Monologue.
21:07Roy Batty. Blade Runner.
21:09Regarded as one of the best monologues in movie history,
21:12Roy Batty goes out in a surprisingly sympathetic manner.
21:15The words are beautiful, the acting is terrific,
21:18and the accompanying score ties it all together.
21:21Sci-fi doesn't get better than this.
21:23All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain.
21:40Number 54. Becoming The Evil Witch.
21:43The Queen. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
21:46The beautiful Queen makes herself a potion and turns into an old hag.
21:50With her large eyes, pointed chin, and hooked warded nose,
21:53the evil witch has one of the most famous faces in the history of film.
22:04Number 53. Getting The Mask.
22:07Jason Voorhees. Friday the 13th Part 3.
22:10Jason kills Shelley off-screen, takes his hockey mask,
22:14and proceeds to shoot Vera in the eye with a spear gun.
22:17It is wickedly violent, but also an iconic moment in horror history.
22:21With that, the Jason we all know and love was born.
22:34Number 52. Revealing The Plan.
22:37Lex Luthor. Superman.
22:39Gene Hackman is a masterful actor, and he sells the heck out of this villain monologue.
22:44The idea of hitting the San Andreas Fault with nuclear bombs,
22:47sending California into the water,
22:49and becoming the landowner of the new West Coast is pure comic book bonkers.
22:53In all the best ways, of course.
23:10Number 51. Revealing The Twist.
23:13Lee Woo-Jin. Old boy.
23:15Whatever sympathy we felt for Lee Woo-Jin is instantly evaporated
23:18when we learn that he brainwashed Oh Dae-su into sleeping with his own daughter.
23:22It is a horrific, if brilliantly executed plot twist that is all sorts of messed up.
23:43Number 50. Attacking Tokyo.
23:46Godzilla. Godzilla.
23:48The titular monster wreaks havoc on Tokyo,
23:50killing many and setting a new precedent for visual effects in monster movies.
23:55Even to this day, the Tokyo sequences have an unbelievable power to scare, startle, and disturb.
24:13Number 49. Killing Apollo.
24:16Ivan Drago. Rocky IV.
24:18As if beating Apollo Creed to death wasn't malicious enough,
24:21Ivan rubs salt in the wound and displays no pity or commiseration for the deed.
24:26As Rocky gives Ivan the death glare, we are glaring right along with him.
24:35Number 48. The Rat Monologue.
24:37Raoul Silva. Skyfall.
24:40There are Bond villain introductions, and then there's Silva's first scene.
24:44We are left totally enraptured as Javier Bardem delivers an exceptional 90-second
24:49monologue about cannibal rats, and not so subtly, his personal relationship with MI6.
25:09Number 47. Prison Escape.
25:12Magneto. X2.
25:14The complex and multifaceted Magneto proves just how dangerous he can be in this terrifying prison escape.
25:20Thanks to an excellent Ian McKellen, some haunting music, and convincing special effects,
25:25this scene expertly showcases the dark side of the beloved character.
25:40Number 46. Shooting Ophelia.
25:43Captain Vidal. Pan's Labyrinth.
25:45Writer-director Guillermo del Toro crafted one of the most vile and unsympathetic characters
25:50of the 21st century in Captain Vidal.
25:53Just when we thought his depravity couldn't sink to lower depths,
25:56he shoots and kills his own stepdaughter.
26:09Number 45. Tina's Nightmare.
26:12Freddy Krueger. A Nightmare on Elm Street.
26:15Wes Craven had to establish the supernatural forces of Freddy Krueger,
26:19and he did that expertly with Tina's Nightmare.
26:22Freddy performs a number of unspeakable horrors throughout the sequence
26:25before brutally slashing Tina to death with his claws.
26:29This is horror filmmaking at its most imaginative.
26:39This is God.
26:47Number 44. Throwing the Burn Book.
26:49Regina George. Mean Girls.
26:51Made out with a hot dog. Oh my God, that was one time!
26:56Rachel McAdams plays the perfect mean girl,
26:59and frames Katie, Karen, and Gretchen by distributing copies of the Burn Book throughout the school.
27:04Regina lives to incite chaos, belittle others, and hold dominion over the school.
27:09And those traits are best exemplified through this incredibly selfish decision.
27:24Number 43. Bill's Monologue.
27:27Bill the Butcher. Gangs of New York.
27:29Daniel Day-Lewis sure knows how to command attention,
27:32and he delivers one of the finest monologues of his career via Bill the Butcher.
27:36He is utterly magnetic, displaying Bill's psychopathy,
27:40rage, and love in five haunting minutes.
28:02Stephen King and Brian De Palma did a very tricky thing
28:05in making us sympathize with a killer.
28:07They did so by giving us glimpses into Carrie's dreadful home life,
28:10which includes getting physically assaulted and locked in a closet.
28:14In many ways, Margaret is even scarier than Carrie.
28:30There are few villain introductions better than that of Immortan Joe.
28:34His physical appearance immediately draws suspicion and horror,
28:38and his act of pumping the water is a chilling symbol
28:41of the control he harbors over the desperate citizenry.
29:05Quentin Tarantino is known for his love of movie violence,
29:08and has garnered enormous criticism for it.
29:10But even he decided to keep the church massacre off-screen,
29:14so grisly and atrocious it would be.
29:16The sound of the squad shooting the wedding-goers is plenty.
29:34One of the most exciting climaxes in the Disney canon
29:38comes via Captain Hook fighting Peter Pan to the presumed death.
29:42That massive hook and sword is enough to elicit nightmares in younger viewers.
30:04You'd fly away like a cowardly sparrow!
30:13Serving as the main antagonist of the James Bond franchise,
30:17Ernst Stavro Blofeld appeared in two movies
30:20before his famous face reveal in You Only Live Twice.
30:23And what a reveal it is,
30:25with his bald head and trademark scar
30:27making one of the most famous visages in movie history.
30:30Allow me to introduce myself.
30:34I am Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
30:43The 90s are defined by multiple things.
30:46Sharon Stone sitting in that chair,
30:47smoking a cigarette and doing you know what,
30:49is certainly one of them.
30:51It's nice.
30:52Marcus Aurelius passes over his own son Commodus
30:55and proclaims his desire for Maximus to rule.
30:57Commodus is none too pleased with this decision
31:00and smothers his father to death in his own arms.
31:03What a fantastic introduction to a psychotic and power-hungry character.
31:07Jimmy was always on me.
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31:35City of God is a grungy glimpse into the Brazilian underworld,
31:38led by the sociopathic Lil Zay.
31:41In this brutal montage,
31:42we see that murder was in his heart from a young age
31:45and watch as he grows into a local dictator.
31:51Number 34, turning into a dragon, Maleficent, Sleeping Beauty.
32:00The evil fairy stops messing around and turns into a fire-breathing dragon
32:04to defeat Prince Philip.
32:06Now this is the stuff that fairy tales are made of.
32:09And all the powers of hell!
32:19Number 33, quoting Moby Dick,
32:22Khan Noonien Singh,
32:23Star Trek II,
32:24The Wrath of Khan.
32:26Is there a cooler way to go out than quoting from Moby Dick?
32:29Maybe, but Khan makes it look really cool.
32:32From hell's heart, I stab at thee.
32:38For hate's sake, I spit my last death at thee.
32:46Number 32, talking to himself,
32:48Gollum, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers.
32:58This mesmerizing sequence showcases the moral duality of Gollum slash Smeagol
33:03and the endless talent of Andy Serkis
33:05and is a technical showcase for the revolutionary use of motion capture.
33:09We could watch Gollum talk to himself all day.
33:24Number 31, the chestburster, The Xenomorphs, Alien.
33:28Of all the aliens we see throughout this franchise,
33:31it's the baby who scares us the most.
33:34That probably has something to do with it eating itself through poor Kane's stomach.
33:44Number 30, losing the limp,
33:46Kaiser Soze, The Usual Suspects.
33:56In 1995, there was nothing more shocking than seeing Verbal Kint lose the limp,
34:01flex his hand and coolly light up a cigarette.
34:04It's one of the most iconic endings in movie history,
34:06not to mention one of the medium's greatest plot twists.
34:20SS Officer Amon Goethe shoots prisoners from his balcony for sport,
34:24a terrifying event that is tragically based in reality.
34:27It starkly illustrates the dehumanizing horror of the Holocaust,
34:31not to mention the arbitrary cruelty of one of its leading supporters.
34:48Number 28, The Crucifix, Pazuzu, The Exorcist.
34:52Combining visceral blasphemy and extreme physical violence,
34:55we watch in utter terror as Reagan McNeil, under the influence of Pazuzu,
34:59does the unspeakable with a crucifix.
35:02This is still shocking, you can only imagine how distressing it was in 1973.
35:18Movies don't get much bleaker than this,
35:20with John Doe killing David's pregnant wife,
35:22sticking her head in a box and taunting David with it,
35:25leading to a likely stint in a mental health hospital.
35:29John Doe wins, and it is absolutely gut-wrenching to witness.
35:45Number 26, Eating Georgie, Pennywise, It.
35:49Hiya Georgie.
35:53What a nice boat.
35:55A masterclass in terror, this scene combines a child's innocent naivety
35:59with the sudden and violent reveal of the clown's malevolent nature.
36:03Bill Skarsgård is magnificent,
36:05and young Jackson Robert Scott does an excellent job in selling the pain and terror.
36:10Number 25, The Burley Brawl, Agent Smith, The Matrix Reloaded.
36:15One Agent Smith is creepy enough,
36:18never mind countless Agent Smiths who endlessly replicate and attack Neil like a swarm of fire ants.
36:23Even the hero at the height of his godlike powers finds it too overwhelming in dips.
36:39Me too.
36:41Number 24, Her Introduction, Cruella De Vil, 101 Dalmatians.
36:56Disney villains have impeccable introductions, including Cruella De Vil,
37:00who enters the house in a haze of yellow smoke wearing a large mink fur coat
37:04and demanding puppies so she can kill them.
37:06They say first impressions are everything,
37:08and we learn everything about Cruella in this brief but effective encounter.
37:20Number 23, Revealing Himself, Jigsaw, Saw.
37:24Everyone remembers the first time they saw Jigsaw rising from the floor,
37:28peeling off his makeup and taunting Adam with the lost key.
37:31With the eerie visual, accompanying score and terrifying implications,
37:35this ending is simply unforgettable.
37:39Game over.
37:43Number 22, King Kong, Alonzo Harris, Training Day.
37:48Denzel Washington won the Oscar for playing Alonzo Harris,
37:51and his talent is best exemplified in this electrifying monologue.
37:55It's a powerful display of Alonzo's arrogance and dominance,
37:58encapsulating his naive belief that he is untouchable within the corrupt world he navigates.
38:09Number 21, Shooting Takagi, Hans Gruber, Die Hard.
38:25It's an age-old trope.
38:27The villain holds someone at gunpoint and demands they provide a vital piece of information.
38:32We know it's all bravado and that they won't actually shoot them
38:34because then they won't get the information.
38:36Well, Hans defies the trope and actually kills Takagi,
38:40causing both John and the audience to gape in utter disbelief.
38:57Doc Ock has one heck of a character arc,
39:00going from sweet and ambitious scientist to psychotic villain to redemptive anti-hero.
39:04By destroying his experiment and saving the city,
39:07he fully redeems himself in the eyes of Peter and the audience.
39:31We don't care how simple it is.
39:33The image of Michael slowly walking towards Lori remains incredibly effective.
39:37It's like a waking nightmare, the unstoppable manifestation of death,
39:41slowly inching towards the trapped and helpless victim.
39:45Can we get a class-action lawsuit going or something?
39:48Because we're pretty sure Disney traumatized an entire generation
39:51by having Scar throw Mufasa off that cliff.
40:14The unstoppable liquid Terminator doesn't let simple metal bars get in his way.
40:36This eye-popping sequence is not only a brilliant technical showpiece,
40:40but also a perfect representation of the insurmountable challenge
40:43the machine poses for the heroes.
41:09This villain has been named the most realistic psychopath in film,
41:13as evidenced by the famous and enormously effective coin flip sequence.
41:17It leaves both the audience and the proprietor in a state of absolute dread,
41:21with life or death stakes being carried out by a simple piece of metal.
41:37Look, we can handle all sorts of violence, blood and gore in movies,
41:41but you better believe we are covering our eyes once Annie gets that plank out.
41:58Some movies tap into primal fears, and Jaws is undeniably one of them.
42:03The opening scene's combination of suspenseful buildup,
42:06iconic score and sudden outburst of violence plays on our innate fear
42:10of what lies beneath the surface of the ocean.
42:35By provoking Billy into committing an unspeakable act,
42:39Ratched finally exposes her manipulative control and emotional brutality,
42:43which she often wields under the guise of therapy.
42:46Her cold exploitation of his deepest fears is something truly terrifying to behold,
42:50and it pops his brief stint of confidence like a balloon.
43:09The Lord of the Rings portrays Sauron as an unspeakable menace to the world of Middle-Earth.
43:14There's no better way to show it than by having him clad in demonic armor
43:18and batting soldiers around like simple ragdolls.
43:22It's amazing how a simple visual can reveal so much about Jack's descent into madness.
43:27This moment not only shatters Wendy's denial about her husband's deteriorating mental state,
43:32but also fills the audience with a sense of awe and awe-inducing fear.
43:36It's the first time we've seen a scene like this,
43:38and it's one of the few times we've seen a scene like this in a movie.
43:51by visually confirming that Jack has been crazy for a long, long time.
44:03We had faith that the MCU would pay off a decade's worth of build-up,
44:06but we didn't know it would exceed all of our wildest expectations.
44:10The Snap delivers a shocking and emotionally charged climax to the franchise,
44:14subverting Jara expectations by allowing the villain to succeed in his catastrophic plan
44:19and killing off many beloved characters, albeit temporarily.
44:37This malevolent computer is the personification of our collective fears of AI dominance.
44:42This famous scene reveals that HAL has its own agenda
44:45and is capable of defying human command,
44:48tapping into our deep-seated fears of losing control and allowing technology to overrun us.
45:09Quentin Tarantino crafted one of the greatest villains in cinematic history,
45:13a monster of a man who often dons a mask and plays polite for the sake of appearances.
45:18But thanks to some extraordinary and Oscar-winning acting from Christophe Waltz,
45:22we watch the mask fall as Landa reveals the monster within.
45:26After five movies worth of build-up, we are finally given a glimpse into the incredible powers of Voldemort.
45:48His duel with Dumbledore is sensational, with both creating magnificent displays of magic.
45:56Alfred Hitchcock shatters the audience's sense of safety by having Marion's death occur in a private space.
46:16The kill is highly effective due to its masterful use of quick cuts, iconic musical accompaniment,
46:22and the unexpected nature of the attack, contributing to one of the most iconic scenes in cinematic history.
46:42Margaret Hamilton's iconic portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West personifies the archetypal villain with a menacing tone and threatening demeanor.
46:50The witch's speech is iconic, and this famous line wouldn't be the same without it.
47:06Audiences are left both repelled and fascinated by Hannibal Lecter when he admits to eating someone's liver with a glass of wine.
47:14Anthony Hopkins' measured delivery, paired with his macabre descriptions of cannibalism, creates a deeply unsettling atmosphere that underscores Lecter's monstrous nature.
47:22And that hissing noise is truly something else.
47:45Bela Lugosi immediately entered the annals of horror history in just a few simple seconds.
47:50He exudes an eerie charm and hypnotic charisma that immediately set the tone for his character's otherworldly nature,
47:56and his iconic accent would be copied for decades to come.
48:15What music they make.
48:24The villain's chaotic nature is established in mere seconds when he sends a pencil straight through a henchman's eye socket.
48:30The act solidifies the Joker as a formidable and terrifying antagonist, prone to sudden outbursts of extreme violence and macabre creativity.
48:40I'm gonna make this pencil disappear.
48:46Ta-da! It's... it's gone.
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49:06Number 1. I Am Your Father.
49:09Darth Vader. Star Wars Episode V. The Empire Strikes Back.
49:13We don't think it's hyperbole to say that George Lucas crafted the greatest plot twist in movie history.
49:19The famous reveal fundamentally alters the dynamic of the entire Star Wars saga,
49:24shattering our preconceived notions about good and evil, adding to Darth Vader's complexity,
49:29and deepening his personal connection to Luke.
49:32It is amazing what five simple words can do.
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49:51All this jumping and fighting, it's exhausting.
49:59Relax.
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