Top movie villains: 2000 members of the British public respond to being asked ‘who is your favourite film villain?’
Top movie villains – Hannibal Lecter from The SIlence Of The Lambs made the top spot
A recent survey conducted by Best Offers Bingo have revealed the top film villains of all time. The website conducted the poll with 2000 members of the British public to find the country’s favourite movie bad guy in the history of film.
Coming out on top was the cannibalistic Hannibal Lecter who has appeared in no less than five movies (portrayed by Brian Cox, and more famously Sir Anthony Hopkins), and a recent television series, played by Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen. The character, who got a nod for his terrifying appearance in The Silence Of The Lambs, received nearly a quarter of the votes (416 in all), a clear majority.
The second most popular movie villain of all time was Heath Ledger‘s Joker from Christopher Nolan’s film The Dark Knight in 2008, closely followed by Darth Vader from the Star Wars movies. The two got 260 and 248 votes respectively.
At number four was Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s Terminator from James Cameron’s 1984 original The Terminator with 244 votes from the public, with Norman Bates from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) in fifth place with 171 votes.
Here’s the complete list of how the public voted for their top movie villains.
Hannibal Lecter – The Silence of The Lambs (1991) 416 votes
The Joker – The Dark Knight (2008) 260 votes
Darth Vader – Star Wars (1977) 248 votes
Terminator – The Terminator (1984) 244 votes
Norman Bates – Psycho (1960) 171 votes
Nurse Ratched – One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 137 votes
Tommy Devito – Goodfellas (1990) 123 votes
Amon Goeth – Schindler’s List (1993) 105 votes
Jack Torrance – The Shining (1980) 70 votes
Lord Summerisle – The Wicker Man (1973) 68 votes
Frank – Once Upon a Time in The West (1968) 54 votes
Norman Stansfield – Leon: The Professional (1994) 54 votes
John Doe – Seven (1995) 43 votes
Little Bill Daggett – Unforgiven (1992) 42 votes
Woo-Jin Lee – Oldboy (2003) 42 votes
Noah Cross – Chinatown (1974) 38 votes
Phyllis Dietrichson – The Double Indemnity (1944) 23 votes
Source: Best Offers Bingo
