The 18 Best Western Movie Villains

Gunslingers, cattle barons and smirking sheriffs who made the hero's life miserable. Some are screen legends, others are the guy who ruined one town's week.

1. 1
   Liberty Valance

   The sadistic whip-wielding outlaw who terrorizes Shinbone in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Scar

   The Comanche war chief whose raids drive the obsessive hunt in The Searchers.
   541pts
3. 3
   Lucky Ned Pepper

   The cunning outlaw leader pursued by Rooster Cogburn in the 1969 True Grit.
   500pts
4. 4
   Calvin Candie

   The sneering, cruel plantation owner and Mandingo fight enthusiast in Django Unchained.
   453pts
5. 5
   Little Bill Daggett

   The brutal, self-mythologizing sheriff of Big Whiskey in Unforgiven.
   453pts
6. 6
   Butch Cavendish

   The cannibalistic outlaw whose ambush creates the Lone Ranger in the 2013 film.
   400pts
7. 7
   Indio

   The drug-addled, watch-obsessed bandit leader hunted in For a Few Dollars More.
   400pts
8. 8
   Stephen

   The loyal-seeming house servant who is secretly the real menace of Candyland in Django Unchained.
   338pts
9. 9
   Calvera

   The charismatic bandit chief who raids a poor Mexican village in The Magnificent Seven.
   338pts
10. 10
    Johnny Ringo

    The sharp-tongued, gun-twirling Cowboys gunslinger who dares Doc Holliday in Tombstone.
    338pts
11. 11
    Captain Terrill

    The vicious Union officer who massacres Josey Wales's family and sets the revenge story in motion.
    338pts
12. 12
    Frank

    The cold-blooded hired killer with piercing blue eyes in Once Upon a Time in the West.
    266pts
13. 13
    Ike Clanton

    The cowardly Cowboys leader whose feud with the Earps leads to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
    266pts
14. 14
    Angel Eyes

    The ruthless bounty killer who always finishes the job in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
    182pts
15. 15
    Jack Wilson

    The black-gloved hired gun who guns down a homesteader in Shane.
    182pts
16. 16
    Charlie Prince

    The impeccably dressed, psychopathic right hand of Ben Wade in 3:10 to Yuma.
    182pts
17. 17
    Bartholomew Bogue

    The ruthless industrialist who strangles the town of Rose Creek in the 2016 The Magnificent Seven.
    0pts
18. 18
    Robert Ford

    The jealous gang member who shoots his hero in The Assassination of Jesse James.
    0pts

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