The 14 Best Superhero Movie Villains of All Time
Chaotic agents of anarchy, tragic masterminds, and world-ending threats make the case that the villain steals the show. Cast your vote!
1Doctor Octopus
Alfred Molina's tragic, tentacled scientist from Spider-Man 2, a benchmark for sympathetic villainy.
1000pts
2Joker (The Dark Knight)
Heath Ledger's anarchic, Oscar-winning agent of chaos who terrorizes Gotham in Christopher Nolan's masterpiece.
999pts
3Green Goblin
Willem Dafoe's gleefully unhinged Norman Osborn from Sam Raimi's 2002 Spider-Man.
957pts
4Thanos
The Mad Titan of the MCU whose quest to wipe out half of all life actually succeeds in Infinity War.
888pts
5The Riddler
Paul Dano's chillingly methodical serial-killer Riddler from The Batman.
777pts
6Ultron
James Spader's sardonic rogue AI who decides humanity's extinction is the path to peace.
777pts
7Mysterio
Jake Gyllenhaal's illusion-spinning fraud who nearly outwits Spider-Man in Far From Home.
777pts
8General Zod
Michael Shannon's ruthless Kryptonian warlord bent on remaking Earth in Man of Steel.
706pts
9Hela
Cate Blanchett's commanding Goddess of Death who conquers Asgard in Thor: Ragnarok.
706pts
10Two-Face
Aaron Eckhart's fallen white knight Harvey Dent, twisted into vengeance in The Dark Knight.
621pts
11Loki
The silver-tongued Asgardian trickster whose charisma made him the MCU's breakout villain.
621pts
12Magneto
Ian McKellen's complex mutant supremacist driven by a tragic determination to protect his kind.
621pts
13Killmonger
Michael B. Jordan's revolutionary antagonist from Black Panther whose grievances feel painfully justified.
621pts
14Bane
Tom Hardy's hulking, calculating revolutionary who breaks Batman in The Dark Knight Rises.
518pts
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