The 30 Most Terrifying Movie Villains To Ever Appear On Screen

Because it's always fun to root for the bad guy.

Darth Vadar â€" Star Wars series

Gary Oldman as Norman Stansfield â€" Leon: The Professional (1994)

Sam Rockwell as Wild Bill Wharton â€" The Green Mile (1999)

Jack Nicholson as The Joker â€" Batman (1989)

Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito â€" Goodfellas (1990)

Michael Myers â€" Halloween series



Daniel-Day Lewis as Bill the Butcher â€" Gangs of New York (2002)



Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber â€" Die Hard (1988)



Micheal Douglas as Gordon Gekko â€" Wall Street (1987)



Robert Patrick as T-1000 â€" Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)



Yi-Tae Yu as Woo-Jin Lee â€" Oldboy (2003)



Jason Voorhess â€" Friday the 13th series



Kevin Spacey as Verbal Kint â€" The Usual Suspect (1995)



Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith â€" Matrix Trilogy



Al Pacino as Tony Montana â€" Scarface (1983)



Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago â€" Rocky IV (1985)



Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched â€" One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)



Freddy Krueger â€" A Nightmare on Elm Street series



Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter â€" It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)



Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth â€" Schindler’s List (1993)



Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth â€" Blue Velvet (1986)



Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes â€" Misery (1990)



Malcolm McDowell as Alex Delarge â€" Clockwork Orange (1971)



Kevin Spacey as John Doe â€" Se7en (1995)



Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance â€" The Shining (1980)



Christoph Waltz as Col. Hans Landa â€" Inglorious Bastards (2009)



Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh â€" No Country for Old Men (2007)



Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates â€" Psycho (1960)



Heath Ledger as The Joker â€" The Dark Knight (2008)



Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter â€" Silence of the Lambs (1991)