When has the AFI ever made a perfect list?

could not agree more paul, Darth Vader at #3, come on, that is pitiful.
he could choke you death from across the room, what a bad ass.

I guess this is my own take, but the kid in the Exorcist was not the villian, she was possessed.

And where was the creature from Aliens, The Thing, The Predator, Chucky, & Jaws (Richard Kiel).

Missing heros; Audie Murphy (A real decorated war hero), Snake Plissken (Escape from NY/ A very Underrated movie), Taylor (Planet of the Apes 1968), Ben Hur.

And are they kidding me, Popeye Doyle is near the bottom of the list and Clarice Starling is near the top.

I was talking with some people over lunch and someone jogged my memory.

One of the all time great villains was Sgt. Markoff from Beau Geste. It probably pops up on AMC or Turner Classic Movies once in a while.

This was Russian Sgt. in the French Foreign Legion. A great soldier but completely ruthless. Whenever a soldier was killed he'd prop him up in the parapets so it looked that the fort was fully manned. The whole garrison dies except for him and Gary Cooper.

A really great heavy.

speaking of someone forgottne, don't know if any one has ever seen Flash Gordon, but where was Ming the Merciless, and Flash, both worthy additions to the list

I've still got Hamburger: The Motion Picture on VHS. It goes for the cheap laughs and it gets them. I watched it I don't know how many times because my friends loved it so much.

Most hilarious line of all: "PUT THOSE COOKIES BACK, MOTHERFUCKER!"

Found your site from a jadedgrrl on journalspace.com. I think you are absolutely right - this list has no credibility. The only person in the top 10 villians that scares me is glenn close in fatal attraction. i STILL cannot watch that movie. God - have not thought of HAMBURGER in years. And what about Bruce Willis in Armageddon? He saved the entire human race. Does that get him any credit?

Darth Vader is the most recognizable villain of all time. Norman Bates was a pussy mama's boy, and Lecter, though quite awesome himself, couldn't by acting instill as much fear as Vader did by breathing.

Blasphemy! Ok how is Moses from Ten Commandments not in the 1-10 range! Idiots no fucking way is Attis Finch cooler and more powerful than Moses.Charlton Heston did so well with moses that you would swear hes moses by his looks his powerful voice and words. I can understand Rocky, Indiana Jones, James Bond and Rocky are there because they are cool and are actually viewed as "Heroes" from acomplishing big thilngs and . Moses lead the jews out of Egypt and lines like "From this day on thou shall see his chariots no more!" Or "Let the lord of hosts do battle for us""Behold his mighty hand" make him my favorite. My top heroes are 1. Moses 2. Rocky 3. Indiana Jones 4. James Bond What sickens me even more is why is there NO SRG. ANDREW SCOTT(Dolph Lungren from Universal Soldier) ON THE LIST! Ok Universal Soldier may not be the best movie Its one of my favs because DOlPH LUNGREN plays Sgt. Andrew Scott who has the best sense on humor ive ever seen in a villain and is scary in the process. I just seen silence of the lambs and sure Hannibal is scary but no were as cool as or funny as Srg. Andrew Scott. Lines like "You cant run from this war soldier!not under my command(kicks Luke whos on the ground)huh,You've grown weak....You should of taken your medication(opens half of his vest showinganabolic steroids he used)its real funny stuff and it saddens me that the idiots who wrote that list never heard of him. And I can understand Srgt. Andrew Scott or Moses will never be in the #1 spot but at least put them in the 1-10 range to replace the wicked witch or clarice who both sucked. For me there are 4 villains equally good since they all have there own advanges over the others. Srgt.Andrew Scott for the best sense of humor.
Darth Vader for his scary image, theme and cool lines."I am your father"
Amom Goeth from SChindlers list with his cruelty for the jews who starts the day from sniping in his house at jewish children.
And PHaroh Rameses(Yul Brynner)with the most powerful script like "My son I shall build your tomb apon their crushed bodies"and "Laughter?I will turn the laughter of these slave INTO WAILS OF TORMENT!