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From Feyd - Rautha inDune : Part Twoto Dementus inFuriosa : A Mad Max Saga , the moving-picture show of 2024 have convey some really bully raw scoundrel to the big screen . There were some movie scoundrel in 2024 who were just outright iniquity with no pay off qualities , likeNicolas Cage ’s nominal diabolic sequent killer inLonglegs . But there were also some villains that turned out to be sympathetic and misunderstood , like Anxiety inInside Out 2 .
2024 brought some surprisingly dandy villain performances from actors who do n’t ordinarily play villains . The typically affableHugh Grant played a terrifying fiend inHeretic , and the sorcerous Josh Hartnett play a cold - hearted liquidator in M. Night Shyamalan’sTrap . This year brought some really great moving-picture show , and with those great movies came some great villains .
10Cooper
Trap
M. Night Shyamalan’sTrapdoesn’t completely defend together as a thriller , but it works beautifully as a dismal comedy . Josh Hartnett present a hilariously over - the - top public presentation as a psychotic killer bear the masquerade party of a mild - mannered suburban daddy . Trappulls off the same cinematic paradox asJokerandTaxi Driver ; Cooper is empty the bad guy rope , but since he ’s the character the audience is following , they ’re fob into rootle for him .
9Madame Morrible
Wicked
Madame Morrible , the Dean of Sorcery at Shiz University , is a secondary scoundrel inthe original Broadway version ofWicked . But since the 2024 adjustment only covers the first one-half of the melodic , she ’s the main villain of the picture show . Michelle Yeoh ’s performance fits the campy tonus of the film absolutely while still provide the lineament ’s evil to strike through and bring some depth to the role .
8Lou Langston, Sr.
Love Lies Bleeding
The emotional core of Rose Glass ’ romantic thrillerLove Lies Bleedingis the love account of Kristen Stewart ’s Lou and Katy O’Brian ’s Jackie , but the large obstacle stand in the direction of their happiness is Lou ’s estranged father , Lou Langston , Sr . Ed Harris proves he ’s still set about it with a really wicked public presentation . The fashion he pervert his daughter and manipulates Jackie makes Lou , Sr . a truly despicable villain who ’s very easy to hate .
7Dale Ferdinand Kobble
Longlegs
The sibylline selling for Osgood Perkins ’ psychological thrillerLonglegsbuilt a lot of mystique around Nicolas Cage ’s eponymic serial killer — and against all odds , his performance lived up to the hoopla . Cage is a magnetized screen presence as common , but he ’s also deep disturbing . He ’s insufferably creepy , whether he ’s screaming in his car or painting an interrogatory room with his own origin , but it ’s also inconceivable to look away .
6Dementus
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Chris Hemsworth stole every scene he was in as the Warlord Dementus in George Miller’sFuriosa : A crazy Max Saga . Mad Maxvillainsare typically stoic and stony - faced , but Dementus never shuts his back talk . The gift of the tittle-tattle is his superpower ; he keep speak and talking until he talk himself out of trouble . Even though the whole report is built around Furiosa ’s pursuit for revenge — and Dementus did something truly frightful to her — Hemsworth ’s hilarious operation make him queerly loveable .
5Mr. Reed
Heretic
In the past few years , Hugh Grant has left behind his heartthrob epitome and started bring weirder , darker , more gonzo roles . He assume that vocation Renascence to a whole new superlative in Scott Beck and Bryan Woods ’ religious repugnance hitHereticthis year . Grant gives a truly sinister turn as the mysterious Mr. Reed , who holds two Mormon missionary hostage to question their trust .
4Macrinus
Gladiator II
For the most part , Gladiator IIis a remake in all but name that shine short of its predecessor . But the firstGladiatormovie did n’t have Denzel Washington jaw the scene as power - thirsty Macrinus . The continuation does n’t get into gear and become its own affair until Macrinus seizes mightiness from the emperors . Washington providesGladiator IIwith mint of mirthful respite , but he also provides it with an unforgettable villain .
3Sue
The Substance
When launder - up starlet Elisabeth Sparkle first carry the titular dish - raise drug in Coralie Fargeat’sThe Substance , she wants to feel secure about herself . She make her younger counterpart , Sue , to boost her self - respect . But Sue just becomes the Hyde to her Jekyll , and siphons out what little spring chicken she has left . Sue is a double-dyed trunk - horror metaphor for the notion of daughters steal their mother ’ peach . As Sue enjoys more and more time in the spotlight , Elisabeth devolves into a behemoth .
2Anxiety
Inside Out 2
From Anton Ego to Gabby Gabby , the best Pixar villains are n’t outright evil ; they ’re just misguided and misunderstood . They do n’t ask to be defeated ; they need to be helped . Inside Out 2 ’s Anxietyis a prime object lesson of that . It would ’ve been gentle to render Anxiety as a monstrosity , but it ’s much more complicated than that . anxiousness thinks it ’s being helpful by warning the great unwashed about everything that could go incorrect , and Maya Hawke ’s nuanced , openhearted portrait of Anxiety captures that perfectly .
1Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen
Dune: Part Two
Denis Villeneuve spare the introduction of Feyd - Rautha Harkonnen untilDune : Part Two , and he was worth the hold . Austin Butler creates an unforgettable character with very little projection screen clock time ; his Feyd is pat , sadistic , and unabashedly evil . Feyd is the grim inversion of Paul Atreides ; he was similarly born to an authoritative bloodline and feel entitle to the pot , but he has even more sinister intentions . Butler ’s unsettling grin alone make Feyd the best picture show villain of 2024 .
