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I just hate it when people put De Niro’s cartoonish Max Cady in these type of lists and completely ignore Robert Mitchum’s far more terrifying and far, far more realistic version. Not only that, I’d say the 80’s Cape Fear is one of Scorcese’s weakest movies and the original 60’s version is one of the single greatest crime dramas ever produced. Do yourself a favor and give that a watch. And Mitchum’s character in Night of the Hunter is even more sinister.
@Stang2023exactly what I came to say. Too far from reality for me to feel any sense of dread or stakes in the film. Stacey’s character did not seem real at all. Compare that to No Country and Anton Chigurh, the entire film felt real and thus made the villain that much scarier as he was so meticulous and precise while moving around among normal people living their day to day lives.
Rutger Hauer's character in 'The Hitcher' actually served as the inspiration for The Joker in The Dark Knight. It's also one of Christopher Nolan's favorite movies. Btw, these are NOT the most terrifying psychopaths in movies, these are only the most well-known ones. Even some well-known ones are shockingly absent such as Amy Dunne from Gone Girl, Lou from Nightcrawler, Alex Forrest from Fatal Attraction etc. If this comment gets 100 likes, I will start listing each one, especially one psychopath who makes Heath Ledger's Joker seem like his Mickey Mouse compared to him.
Ben Kingsley was brilliant in Sexy Beast, but he wasn't a psychopath. I'd argue that Teddy in the same movie (played by the always excellent Ian McShane) was the actual psychopath in that film :)
@@MrDarkweaver Hard disagree. Teddy was a sociopath, cold blooded but very much in control of his own emotions, very manipulative calculated kingpin which does require stability, and yes an excellent performance by McShane truly sinister. But Don was categorically psychopathic as much or more than any character from this vid's solid but incomplete list.
Impressive performance, but Norman Bates was not a psychopath. Mr. Bates, like the guy in "M", suffered from schizophrenia and a dissociative identity disorder.
Patrick Bateman was the most traumatizing Especially when he kills that street dog, we don't actually see it in close-ups, but hearing it yelping gave an idea of how much it suffered And the worst part is that it's not even certain whether it died on the spot or if it took hours to die out
The point about Patrick Bateman is that his psychotic behaviour is internal. What that means is the majority of the killings we see him commit are actually him fantasizing about murdering people.
Alex from Fatal Attraction, Asami from Audition, Billy Loomis from Scream, Jigsaw from The Saw franchise, Jackson from Red Eye and David from Fear should be on the list
Hannibal has been my favourite villain since I was 8 years old. Brian Cox, Mads Mikkelsen also did amazing work portraying the character, even the actor who played the younger version in Hannibal Rising. Anthony Hopkins was just magic. Just the way he perfected that stare while talking to Clarice, especially in the scene shown here at 16:48 with the wide angle closeup, combined with his chilling stone cold demeanour. 🥶🥶🥶
Have you read the books? Hannibal the book is particularly amazing and has an insane ending totally different that shows both Hannibal's psychopathy and cruelty toward someone he actually bonded with and had feelings (or at least his narcissistic interpretation of feelings) for.
Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! One thing I realized was how violent the recent movies have become, when compared to similar movies from the 70s/80s/90s.
Fun fact 11:00 Kevin Spacey negotiated that he not be included in any promotional material, trailer or the poster for the film. His reason was if you read the cast (Pitt, Freeman, Paltrow) and you realize that Pitt and Freeman are playing the detectives+Paltrow the wife, you would deduce that Spacey was playing the killer. When he shows up to turn himself in, it’s the first time the audience sees Kevin Spacey.
Gary Oldman's Norman Stansfield in "Leon: The Professional" was sadly-overlooked here. Patrick Bateman is debatable, given that the film leaves it ambiguous as to whether he actually committed his crimes or if they were all in his head.
You can add the killer couple from The Frighteners, the two leads from Surveillance, the little girl from The Bad Seed, David from The Good Son, and the girl from The Orphan. So creepy when they're evil kids 👀
Here are my top 10. 1. Brad Pitt as "Jeffery Goines" in "12 Monkeys" 2. Peter Stormare as "Gaear Grimsrud" in "Fargo" 3. Anthony Wong as "Wong Chi Hang" in "The Untold Story" 4. Alan Arkin as "Harry Roat" in "Wait Until Dark" 5. Rutker Hauer as "John Ryder" in "The Hitcher' 6. Jessica Walter as " Evelyn" in "Play Misty For Me" 7. Terry O'Quinn as "Jerry Blake" in "The Stepfather" 8. Tom Bergener as "Gary" in Looking For Mr. Goodbar" 9. Sean Penn as "Captain Tony Meserve" in "Casualties Of War" 10. Martin Landau as Bryon "Preacher" Sutcliff" in "Alone In The Dark" & you have to include Jack Nicholson as "Jack Torance" in "The Shining"
Amazing list, I couldn't agree with you more. John Ryder, Jerry Blake and Jack Torrance are my favorites and should be on this list. Also, Meserve and Clarke were amazing psychos in Casualties of War. Martin Landau was awesome and disturbing in Alone in the Dark. Also, like to add Pooh Bear from The Salton Sea and the entire cast of mutants in The Hills Have Eyes 2006. Also, Hans Gruber from Die Hard, Joshua Foss from Sudden Death, and Earl Blake from Ricochet and any movie with John Lithgow from Raising Cane to Johnny Skidmarks, to Cliffhanger, to Blow Out and Mr. Brooks, David LoPan from Big Trouble in Little China, Patrick Channing from The First Power and Lord Summersisle from The Wicker Man should be on this list.
I thought Jack Torrance of The Shining was a terrifying psychopath. Jack chopping doors with an axe and saying "Here's Johnny!' is the stand out scene of the Stanley Kubrick classic.
Doesn't count. He was a normal human being that became something else because of supernatural events. None of the psychos in this list needed THAT kickstart.
@@Scottie_SHe may be the supernatural being himself, I’d argue he wasn’t a “normal human” but I definitely agree he wasn’t near someone like Patrick Bateman
@@ljack-dr7kx Doctor Sleep makes it seem as though the hotel preys on people turning them evil and then "feeding" off their evil acts. BUT, the photo from the 1930s of Jack at a ball in the hotel was never really explained other than kinda seeming like he might be a reincarnation of a 'victim' of the hotel maybe. Either way Doctor Sleep was really interesting in its own way.
Patrick Bateman does not qualify for this list, as the movie makes it intentionally vague as to whether he is psychopathic, or psychotic, which are TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DISORDERS THAT HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH ONE ANOTHER. The film suggests that he is psychotic, exhibiting signs of schizophrenia, and that he imagined the whole thing, which makes him NOT a psychopath. However, he could be co-morbid, as it is possible to be both psychopathic AND psychotic, but there is nothing in the film to suggest this. Psychopathic or not, he is definitely a narcissist though, that is certain.
Bonnie Bedelia's portrayal of Barbara Sabich in Presumed Innocent should be up there. She went through the entire film as an unsuspecting character but the when its revealed she was the murderer you can't help but just get chills knowing what she did
Patrick Bateman kills several people: "Eh, they probably had it coming, anyway." Bateman kills a dog, and attempts to shove a cat through an ATM: "You monster, what did they ever do to you?!"
@@jamiethal1319 Well, in the infamous and obviously terrible sequel, American Psycho II: All American Girl, it is confirmed that Bateman actually committed the murders. But, the sequel, you know sucks and is not connected to the first film, a classic.
@@Jacoblikesfilms don't you hate it when sequels answer questions that didn't need to be answered, that may have even been best unanswered? That's why I hated Terrifier 2, Terrifier was great because we don't know anything about Art, it's just a deranged supernatural clown that starts chopping people to pieces for no known reason. The mystery makes it scary.
I think Chef Julien Slowik from The Menu should've made the list or at least been an honorable mention. He displays the textbook sense of charm and menace that people with psychopathy tend to display.
He genuinely doesn't think he's doing anything wrong, that's what made him so determined. He never once hesitated with the morality, because he thought he was doing the right thing.
Holy crap…I just saw Training Day for the first time just last week! Man, that was a completely screwed up movie, and Denzel Washington’s portrayal of Alonzo Harris scared the crap out of me! 😳
I agreed with the final 8 maybe not with the same positions. I would’ve liked to see Gary’s Oldmans Drexel Spivey in true romance in there. for just a few screen minutes he struck terror into your heart like few could.
It's pretty obscure, but one of my favorites is Cliff, from Accident Man. Because he's an idiot, completely insane, but barely smart enough to hack people to pieces with an axe. And he's very good at it.
Brian Cox's portrayal in Manhunter is far more realistic making him way scarier. Anthony Hopkins is like an over-the-top stereotypical Hollywood cartoon pantomime villain I could never take serious. I hate how the far superior movie Manhunter always gets overlooked :-)
Does Gordon Gekko remind anyone else of a certain ex-president? "He displays superficial charm, manipulation & a grandiose sense of self-worth." Sure seems familiar to me.
If you're referring to the grossly fat ex-president, he really doesn't have a lot of charm, but the manipulation and the delusions of grandiosity definitely fit.
@@leewagner2945 I'll take them wherever I please. If you don't like them, don't read my comments. By the way, I notice that I've gotten a lot of likes in the short time since I posted the comment.. At any rate, You are NOT going to tell me what I may or may not post.
@@leewagner2945 I'll post what I please, where I please. YOU are not my parent. You have no authority of any kind over me. And by the way, I've gotten a lot of likes since I posted that comment. I think you're outvoted. As if it matters.
i saw the coolest yt video ever called ENTER SANDMAN A MOVIE VILLAINS TRIBUTE by the vintage tribute...needs more views its so well done...glad they included some of my psychopath favs in it too like oliver lang and talented mr ripley
Actually technically Alonzo didn't plan to kill Jake right away. It was Jake refusing to take any money that made Alonzo make the phone call to Smiley. You can even hear him on the phone after that scene "yeah get the tub ready"
*Jake Busey as Johnny Bartlett and Dee Wallace Stone as Patricia Bradley in The Frighteners. *Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men. *Stanley Tucci as George Harvey in The Lovely Bones. *Kevin Spacey as John Doe in Se7en. *Robert De Niro as Max Cady in Cape Fear remake. *Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? *Peter MacNeill as Principal Erwin in Kid Detective. *Leighton Meester as Jamie Martin in That's My Boy. Edit: Look I know what you thinking but the Kid Detective one and the Lovely Bones one, really messed with my head. And Jaime Martin should count. She thinks it's OK to f****her younger sibling (I swear she might have raped him but he doesnt realize it because he is not that bright) just because they are both attractive and try to stab her fiance's father at her wedding when her little "ugly truth" come into light. If anybody thinks that's a sane woman, then you need to go back and study psychology again.
One thing about *Anton Chigurh* I caught on is the coin toss. Chigurh only uses it when killing is not business i.e. a target or his life and/or well-being are at stake.
Wolf creek where there in Australia and he tortures them in his shed? Yeah that guy was terrifying I guess he was based on a real serial killer who lived out there and killed backpackers
As mentioned before, ”The Hitcher” with Rutger Hauer first came to mind when I saw the video title. Béatrice Dalles charachter in ”Inside”, Asami from ”Audition”.
I would add the giggling psychopathic Gestapo agent Toht from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Easily one of the most iconic movie villains. Rutger Hauer's John Ryder from The Hitcher is another terrifying movie psycho who deserves to be on this list, but I would add another costar of his... Gary Busey from Surviving the Game. Just listening to his seriously messed up story of his childhood dog is enough in itself for inclusion on this list.
@@spacejam8765lmao, if his parent's death was a little more brutal, and he hadn't been trained by Al Gul, Bruce Wayne would have been Patrick Bateman🤣
@@infamouswickedjokestar lmao, I hope so. Because I don't think you're supposed to think the character is awesome. The performance is awesome, the movie is awesome. But the character himself is..... Morally dubious, to put it mildly.
Some of these are murderous psycho/socios, some are more over the top and even goofy and some are more realistic (like dirty cop types) Mark Walhberg as David - Fear David Hess as Krug - Last House on the Left Joe Pesci as Nicky Santoro - Casino Jack Nicholson as Frank Castello - The Departed Larenz Tate as O-Dogg - Menace to Society Daniel Day Lewis as Bill the Butcher - Gangs of NY Tom Cruise as Vincent - Collateral Jason Isaacs as Col. Tavington - The Patriot George Clooney as Seth Gecko - From Dusk til Dawn Quentin Tarantino as Richie Gecko - From Dusk til Dawn Woody Harrelson as Mickey - Natural Born Killers Tom Sizemore as Jack Scaganetti - Natural Born Killers James Woods as Carl Panzram - Killer: A journal of a murder Macaulay Culkin as Henry - The Good Son Leo Fitzpatrick as Telly - Kids Kevin Spacey as Verbal Kint/Kaiser Soze - The Usual Suspects Robert DeNiro as Dwight - This Boy's Life Rebecca deMornay as Ms Mott - The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Wesley Snipes as Nino Brown - New Jack City Alan Ford as Bricktop - Snatch Russell Crowe as Tom Cooper - Unhinged Nicholas Cage as Castor Troy - Face/Off Ellen Page as Haley - Hard Candy Patrick Wilson as Jeff - Hard Candy Some honorable mentions from TV: Ron Perlman as Clay Morrow - Sons of Anarchy Kim Stokes as Trig - Sons of Anarchy Brian Cranston as Walter White - Breaking Bad Michael Chiklis as Vic Mackey - The Shield Joe Pantalioni as Ralph - Sopranos Chris Meloni as Chris Keller - OZ
I knew Anthony Hopkins' _Hannibal Lecter_ was going to be number one. When that movie was in theaters I had no interest in seeing it but once it came out on VHS (which was the style at the time) my younger brother insisted that I watch it (I had to like *_EVERYTHING_*_ he_ liked, though I don't for the life of me know why) and it was as dull as I suspected. Robert De Niro is far more terrifying as _Max Cady_ in "Cape Fear".
Jack Scagnetti - Natural Born Killers played by the late Tom Sizemore he was a corrupt cop who murdered prostitutes while on the hunt for serial killers Mickey and Mallory Knox. I would have considered his character for this list. But I am very glad that you did put Mr. Blonde on here. Nobody could play the character better than Michael Madsen.
And what about: Jimmy Reno From Road House 1 (1989) Alexander From Harley Davidson & the Marlboro Man (1991) William "Wild Bill" Decaire From Road House 2 (2006) Lurtz From Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Charles "Scorpio" Davis From Dirty Harry 1 (1971) Karl Verski From Die Hard 1 (1988) Bennett From Commando (1985) Arthur Galt From Rambo 1: First Blood (1982) Clarence Boddicker From RoboCop 1 (1987) The Sawyer Family From the Texas Chainsaw Massacre-Movies (1974-1986) Freddy Krueger From the Nightmare on Elm Street-Movies (1984-1994) Frank Cotton From Hellraiser 1 and 2 (1987-1988)
Norman Bates is not a psychopath. If you were to ask any psychiatrist or psychologist, they would tell you he is either psychotic, or suffering from DID, or both. Definitely not a psychopath.
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I just hate it when people put De Niro’s cartoonish Max Cady in these type of lists and completely ignore Robert Mitchum’s far more terrifying and far, far more realistic version. Not only that, I’d say the 80’s Cape Fear is one of Scorcese’s weakest movies and the original 60’s version is one of the single greatest crime dramas ever produced. Do yourself a favor and give that a watch. And Mitchum’s character in Night of the Hunter is even more sinister.
And Joker at number 5!? Are you crazy?? He should be number 1. Norman Bates should be 2. Anton is good at 3 and Hannibal should be 4.
Patrick Bateman & The Joker it is
Patrick Bateman, the criminal from High Tension & The Joker it is
Wait, no Mickey and Mallory from Natural born killers ! For real ?
Kevin Spacey: "Seven" is one of the best portrays of a psychopath in film history. "WHAT'S IN THE BOX" was crazy ! And he won getting him to kill.
The fact that he's having so much fun makes him suuuuuper creepy.
It's the best David Fincher movie.
John Doe is who Kevin Spacey might really be in real life lol
@Stang2023exactly what I came to say. Too far from reality for me to feel any sense of dread or stakes in the film. Stacey’s character did not seem real at all.
Compare that to No Country and Anton Chigurh, the entire film felt real and thus made the villain that much scarier as he was so meticulous and precise while moving around among normal people living their day to day lives.
Hes literally a real life serial killer
Rutger Hauer's character in 'The Hitcher' actually served as the inspiration for The Joker in The Dark Knight. It's also one of Christopher Nolan's favorite movies.
Btw, these are NOT the most terrifying psychopaths in movies, these are only the most well-known ones. Even some well-known ones are shockingly absent such as Amy Dunne from Gone Girl, Lou from Nightcrawler, Alex Forrest from Fatal Attraction etc.
If this comment gets 100 likes, I will start listing each one, especially one psychopath who makes Heath Ledger's Joker seem like his Mickey Mouse compared to him.
I’ve seen the original and modern remake under another name with Mark Hamill
Rutger was amazing, but Sean Bean did REALLY good in the remake too
One my favourite films aswell the hitcher is masterpiece
WatchMojo ignoring Alex from Fatal Attraction?! Bad idea 🫣
@@austintrousdale2397 “I WON’T BE IGNORED, DAN!” 😳
Sir Anthony Hopkins definitely earned his Oscar for playing arguably the greatest movie villain and psychopath in film history.
It is stunning, but I've always wondered how his Dr. Lecter functioned as a psychiatrist since he is so obviously btsht crazy himself!
Great question.
No country for old men was better imo.
@@williamsummerson1204 15 minutes of screen time? Overrated
Edward Norton, Primal Fear...
Oh! I love that movie!
Never seen that!
Ben Kingsley's performance as Don in Sexy Beast is an all timer for unhinged performances. Such a genuinely unnerving character.
Yes! Totally underrated movie and Kingsley was great.xx
Ben Kingsley was brilliant in Sexy Beast, but he wasn't a psychopath. I'd argue that Teddy in the same movie (played by the always excellent Ian McShane) was the actual psychopath in that film :)
@@MrDarkweaver Hard disagree. Teddy was a sociopath, cold blooded but very much in control of his own emotions, very manipulative calculated kingpin which does require stability, and yes an excellent performance by McShane truly sinister. But Don was categorically psychopathic as much or more than any character from this vid's solid but incomplete list.
Schindler's List's Amon Göth should be up there. He was perfectly portrayed by Ralph Fiennes
I guess to work in a death camp to be a psychopath was a must.
Yrsh, I could see him making the list.
How on Earth did you miss Rosamund Pike's Amazing Amy? She deserves a number one or two on this list or any list of this type.
So true, I absolutely would’ve swapped her with Norman Bates for #2!!
She was truly terrifying.
She deserves Top 20 but far from 1st, 2nd !
@@MrMrjack18She was much better than psycho and other villians from this list.
Agree!!!
You forgot Scorpio in Dirty Harry. Even Andy Robinson physically flinched during filming
Such incredible actors portrayed these characters. Great list!
Norman Bates from 1960’s ‘Psycho.’
Impressive performance by Anthony Perkins.
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Impressive performance, but Norman Bates was not a psychopath. Mr. Bates, like the guy in "M", suffered from schizophrenia and a dissociative identity disorder.
Annie from "Misery" was certifiably bat-spit crazy. 💯🎉
*Bat-spit* is something Annie would totally say 😁
@@tylergoodman3560 she reminded me of several of my ex girlfriends, and that made me question my life choices.
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@@Scottie_S ingrore him. He constantly attacks people. It's crazy how he hasn't been banned by the way.
A prequel to No Country for Old Men. Would be very intriguing. Simply called "Anton" or "Chigurh"
Where the hell is Rutger Hauer’s character John Ryder from The Hitcher (1986) ??!! That character is truly terrifying!
Oldie but goodie, Robert Mitchum’s chilling performance in ‘The Night of the Hunter’
Jeez yes! His version of Max Cady had me locking doorseverywhere I went.
Good pick, Mitchum played an excellent villain, and was chilling in The Night of the Hunter.
I was shocked that he wasn’t on the list.
Nurse Ratched from One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
"Nurse Ratched!!!" "I asked you a question."
Patrick Bateman - American Psycho....Doesn't get more Psychotic than Trying to Feed a cat to an ATM.💁🏿♂️🐈 🏧
But not nearly as psychotic as stomping at a street dog to the death in a vicious primal state
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Is it worth the price?
I'll pay it gladly.
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@@LeonardoKlotz You do remember he was going to shoot the cat in the head, & unlike the dog we would've got to see that.
Patrick Bateman was the most traumatizing
Especially when he kills that street dog, we don't actually see it in close-ups, but hearing it yelping gave an idea of how much it suffered
And the worst part is that it's not even certain whether it died on the spot or if it took hours to die out
The point about Patrick Bateman is that his psychotic behaviour is internal. What that means is the majority of the killings we see him commit are actually him fantasizing about murdering people.
In the novel he guts a dog and watches it crawl around with its guts out while its owner watches in horror
Alex from Fatal Attraction, Asami from Audition, Billy Loomis from Scream, Jigsaw from The Saw franchise, Jackson from Red Eye and David from Fear should be on the list
Jigsaw isn't a psychopath, he's batsh*t crazy, but he went insane after everything that happened to him.
Hannibal has been my favourite villain since I was 8 years old. Brian Cox, Mads Mikkelsen also did amazing work portraying the character, even the actor who played the younger version in Hannibal Rising. Anthony Hopkins was just magic. Just the way he perfected that stare while talking to Clarice, especially in the scene shown here at 16:48 with the wide angle closeup, combined with his chilling stone cold demeanour. 🥶🥶🥶
Have you read the books? Hannibal the book is particularly amazing and has an insane ending totally different that shows both Hannibal's psychopathy and cruelty toward someone he actually bonded with and had feelings (or at least his narcissistic interpretation of feelings) for.
Who else but Hannibal Lecter could top this list? Anthony Hopkins' performance was absolutely chilling.
Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! One thing I realized was how violent the recent movies have become, when compared to similar movies from the 70s/80s/90s.
Norman Stansfield from Leon: The Professional should have made the list
agreed Gary Oldman nailed that character
Absoluteley!
Fun fact 11:00 Kevin Spacey negotiated that he not be included in any promotional material, trailer or the poster for the film. His reason was if you read the cast (Pitt, Freeman, Paltrow) and you realize that Pitt and Freeman are playing the detectives+Paltrow the wife, you would deduce that Spacey was playing the killer. When he shows up to turn himself in, it’s the first time the audience sees Kevin Spacey.
And *Frank* in 'Once Upon a Time in the West'
Great pick, Fonda in his only villain role, absolutely nailed it :)
Great list! I haven't heard of a few of these, and good understanding of psychopathy. One of the better Mojo videos I've seen in years. Keep this guy.
Gary Oldman's Norman Stansfield in "Leon: The Professional" was sadly-overlooked here. Patrick Bateman is debatable, given that the film leaves it ambiguous as to whether he actually committed his crimes or if they were all in his head.
I still have no clue if he did any of that, lol
Dude, I don't know about De Niro, but Robert Mitchum's Max Cady had me sleeping with the lights on for months!
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You can add the killer couple from The Frighteners, the two leads from Surveillance, the little girl from The Bad Seed, David from The Good Son, and the girl from The Orphan. So creepy when they're evil kids 👀
Now that would make a good Top 10 list!xx
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Yo gotta give em credit
They work their asses off
Lmao, looking up the wiki for anything doesn't qualify as putting in work... At all
Jack from The House That Jack Built would be on my list
Albert Spica from The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. Harry Powell from The Night of the Hunter.
Here are my top 10.
1. Brad Pitt as "Jeffery Goines" in "12 Monkeys"
2. Peter Stormare as "Gaear Grimsrud" in "Fargo"
3. Anthony Wong as "Wong Chi Hang" in "The Untold Story"
4. Alan Arkin as "Harry Roat" in "Wait Until Dark"
5. Rutker Hauer as "John Ryder" in "The Hitcher'
6. Jessica Walter as " Evelyn" in "Play Misty For Me"
7. Terry O'Quinn as "Jerry Blake" in "The Stepfather"
8. Tom Bergener as "Gary" in Looking For Mr. Goodbar"
9. Sean Penn as "Captain Tony Meserve" in "Casualties Of War"
10. Martin Landau as Bryon "Preacher" Sutcliff" in "Alone In The Dark"
& you have to include Jack Nicholson as "Jack Torance" in "The Shining"
Great Choices. Terry O’Quinn was unnerving 🫣
Amazing list, I couldn't agree with you more. John Ryder, Jerry Blake and Jack Torrance are my favorites and should be on this list. Also, Meserve and Clarke were amazing psychos in Casualties of War. Martin Landau was awesome and disturbing in Alone in the Dark. Also, like to add Pooh Bear from The Salton Sea and the entire cast of mutants in The Hills Have Eyes 2006. Also, Hans Gruber from Die Hard, Joshua Foss from Sudden Death, and Earl Blake from Ricochet and any movie with John Lithgow from Raising Cane to Johnny Skidmarks, to Cliffhanger, to Blow Out and Mr. Brooks, David LoPan from Big Trouble in Little China, Patrick Channing from The First Power and Lord Summersisle from The Wicker Man should be on this list.
I thought Jack Torrance of The Shining was a terrifying psychopath.
Jack chopping doors with an axe and saying "Here's Johnny!' is the stand out scene of the Stanley Kubrick classic.
Doesn't count. He was a normal human being that became something else because of supernatural events. None of the psychos in this list needed THAT kickstart.
@@Scottie_SHe may be the supernatural being himself, I’d argue he wasn’t a “normal human” but I definitely agree he wasn’t near someone like Patrick Bateman
@Scottie_S maybe something did happen 2 them that they wasn't shown int he movie.
@@ljack-dr7kx Doctor Sleep makes it seem as though the hotel preys on people turning them evil and then "feeding" off their evil acts. BUT, the photo from the 1930s of Jack at a ball in the hotel was never really explained other than kinda seeming like he might be a reincarnation of a 'victim' of the hotel maybe. Either way Doctor Sleep was really interesting in its own way.
Patrick Bateman does not qualify for this list, as the movie makes it intentionally vague as to whether he is psychopathic, or psychotic, which are TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DISORDERS THAT HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH ONE ANOTHER. The film suggests that he is psychotic, exhibiting signs of schizophrenia, and that he imagined the whole thing, which makes him NOT a psychopath. However, he could be co-morbid, as it is possible to be both psychopathic AND psychotic, but there is nothing in the film to suggest this. Psychopathic or not, he is definitely a narcissist though, that is certain.
Bonnie Bedelia's portrayal of Barbara Sabich in Presumed Innocent should be up there. She went through the entire film as an unsuspecting character but the when its revealed she was the murderer you can't help but just get chills knowing what she did
Bill Sikes - Oliver (1968),
Calvin Candie - Django Unchained (2012)
and Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen - Dune Part 2 (2024)
Patrick Bateman kills several people: "Eh, they probably had it coming, anyway."
Bateman kills a dog, and attempts to shove a cat through an ATM: "You monster, what did they ever do to you?!"
Yes, but the murders may just only be in his mind.
Name one time a dog has done something truly immoral.
@@jamiethal1319 Well, in the infamous and obviously terrible sequel, American Psycho II: All American Girl, it is confirmed that Bateman actually committed the murders. But, the sequel, you know sucks and is not connected to the first film, a classic.
@@Jacoblikesfilms don't you hate it when sequels answer questions that didn't need to be answered, that may have even been best unanswered? That's why I hated Terrifier 2, Terrifier was great because we don't know anything about Art, it's just a deranged supernatural clown that starts chopping people to pieces for no known reason. The mystery makes it scary.
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Sometimes, yeah
I thought that Terrifier 2 was decent, mainly cuz of the extreme factor of the kills.
For me it was Dennis Hopper, he was absolutely magnificent as Frank Booth. The complexity of his physique is incredibly scary.
Thanks for interesting and valuable video as always ❤❤❤
I think Chef Julien Slowik from The Menu should've made the list or at least been an honorable mention. He displays the textbook sense of charm and menace that people with psychopathy tend to display.
He genuinely doesn't think he's doing anything wrong, that's what made him so determined. He never once hesitated with the morality, because he thought he was doing the right thing.
Holy crap…I just saw Training Day for the first time just last week! Man, that was a completely screwed up movie, and Denzel Washington’s portrayal of Alonzo Harris scared the crap out of me! 😳
Malkina (Cameron Diaz) in The Counselor (2013)
Denzel is so GREAT in Training Day, I forget I'm looking at an actor! 😨😰
Linda Fiorentino-Last Seduction or is she more of a sociopath?
How about John Ryder (Rutger Hauer) from 1986's The Hitcher or Amy Dunne (Rosemond Pike) from 2014's Gone Girl?
Denzel was phenomenal!
Most psychopaths never kill anybody. I was told once they are mostly found in middle management….
So then they just kill souls, not actual people.
Mr Blonde from Reservoir Dogs, but my absolute favorite is Anton Chigurh. Javier Bardem was amazing as always.
One day Bardem will have a decent hair style in a film…xx
I agreed with the final 8 maybe not with the same positions. I would’ve liked to see Gary’s Oldmans Drexel Spivey in true romance in there. for just a few screen minutes he struck terror into your heart like few could.
It's pretty obscure, but one of my favorites is Cliff, from Accident Man. Because he's an idiot, completely insane, but barely smart enough to hack people to pieces with an axe. And he's very good at it.
Brad Pitt made a terrific psycho in Kalifornia.
Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) - Fatal Attraction
Brian Cox's portrayal in Manhunter is far more realistic making him way scarier. Anthony Hopkins is like an over-the-top stereotypical Hollywood cartoon pantomime villain I could never take serious. I hate how the far superior movie Manhunter always gets overlooked :-)
Does Gordon Gekko remind anyone else of a certain ex-president? "He displays superficial charm, manipulation & a grandiose sense of self-worth." Sure seems familiar to me.
@TribeNotSpiders . Get your politics out of here.
If you're referring to the grossly fat ex-president, he really doesn't have a lot of charm, but the manipulation and the delusions of grandiosity definitely fit.
@@leewagner2945 I'll take them wherever I please. If you don't like them, don't read my comments. By the way, I notice that I've gotten a lot of likes in the short time since I posted the comment.. At any rate, You are NOT going to tell me what I may or may not post.
@@leewagner2945 I'll post what I please, where I please. YOU are not my parent. You have no authority of any kind over me. And by the way, I've gotten a lot of likes since I posted that comment. I think you're outvoted. As if it matters.
Psychos falling an even bigger Psyco is more scary.
Nice, The Joker, Hannibal Lecter and Norman Bates are on the top of the list!
Before I even start this, if Anton Chigurh from ‘No Country for Old Men’ isn’t number one then this entire list is a sham.
Denzel Washington won the 2nd Oscar for “Best Actor” in 2002.
How am I not seeing Lou Bloom from Nightcrawler anywhere?? He’s a top 3 perfect example
i saw the coolest yt video ever called ENTER SANDMAN A MOVIE VILLAINS TRIBUTE by the vintage tribute...needs more views its so well done...glad they included some of my psychopath favs in it too like oliver lang and talented mr ripley
Robert Mitchum as Preacher Harry Powell in 'Night of the Hunter'.
Actually technically Alonzo didn't plan to kill Jake right away. It was Jake refusing to take any money that made Alonzo make the phone call to Smiley. You can even hear him on the phone after that scene "yeah get the tub ready"
Absolutely awesome list 👌 🖤 a true talent to act like a psychopath really enjoyed this list 👏👏👏
14:10 Amy Rose fans: Hold our beers
Hannibal!
*Jake Busey as Johnny Bartlett and Dee Wallace Stone as Patricia Bradley in The Frighteners.
*Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men.
*Stanley Tucci as George Harvey in The Lovely Bones.
*Kevin Spacey as John Doe in Se7en.
*Robert De Niro as Max Cady in Cape Fear remake.
*Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
*Peter MacNeill as Principal Erwin in Kid Detective.
*Leighton Meester as Jamie Martin in That's My Boy.
Edit: Look I know what you thinking but the Kid Detective one and the Lovely Bones one, really messed with my head. And Jaime Martin should count. She thinks it's OK to f****her younger sibling (I swear she might have raped him but he doesnt realize it because he is not that bright) just because they are both attractive and try to stab her fiance's father at her wedding when her little "ugly truth" come into light. If anybody thinks that's a sane woman, then you need to go back and study psychology again.
One thing about *Anton Chigurh* I caught on is the coin toss. Chigurh only uses it when killing is not business i.e. a target or his life and/or well-being are at stake.
Lmao number 19 is so true about the finance sector has so many psychopaths ain't no lie about that
Gaear Grimsrud from Fargo
Alex from Fatal Attraction and Mitchell from Wolf Creek.😮
Wolf creek where there in Australia and he tortures them in his shed? Yeah that guy was terrifying I guess he was based on a real serial killer who lived out there and killed backpackers
I think the character's name is Mick in Wolf Creek, but I could be wrong.
Heath Ledger's Joker brang new meaning to the villain itself
No country for old men is the most accurate portrayal
You can't convince me Palpatine is not a Manipulative Pure evil one
Note- No Clonepatine, he is just delusional clone who believed he is Palpatine
As mentioned before, ”The Hitcher” with Rutger Hauer first came to mind when I saw the video title. Béatrice Dalles charachter in ”Inside”, Asami from ”Audition”.
No mention of Tony Lamb in Copshop, Polite Leader in The Purge, Caleb Warrens in The Purge Election Year, and several others.
Macaulay Culkin - The Good Son
I would add the giggling psychopathic Gestapo agent Toht from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Easily one of the most iconic movie villains. Rutger Hauer's John Ryder from The Hitcher is another terrifying movie psycho who deserves to be on this list, but I would add another costar of his... Gary Busey from Surviving the Game. Just listening to his seriously messed up story of his childhood dog is enough in itself for inclusion on this list.
😱 Wow, these psychopaths are truly chilling! ❄️
I love film AND it’s important to note many of these are from books. Sick of seeing kids on tablets ugh
Their were two psychopaths in Home Alone 2. One was Kevin and another had a cameo in the movie. 😂
Sadly he is a real life psychopath.
Huh
Rob Schneider is not a psycho!
Patrick Bateman is awesome
what do you mean by that
Patrick Bateman is basically Batman. All but one letter E.😃
@@spacejam8765lmao, if his parent's death was a little more brutal, and he hadn't been trained by Al Gul, Bruce Wayne would have been Patrick Bateman🤣
Meaning that his character persona is awesome as to how he portrayed it
@@infamouswickedjokestar lmao, I hope so. Because I don't think you're supposed to think the character is awesome. The performance is awesome, the movie is awesome. But the character himself is..... Morally dubious, to put it mildly.
Dfens from falling down was great
Some of these are murderous psycho/socios, some are more over the top and even goofy and some are more realistic (like dirty cop types)
Mark Walhberg as David - Fear
David Hess as Krug - Last House on the Left
Joe Pesci as Nicky Santoro - Casino
Jack Nicholson as Frank Castello - The Departed
Larenz Tate as O-Dogg - Menace to Society
Daniel Day Lewis as Bill the Butcher - Gangs of NY
Tom Cruise as Vincent - Collateral
Jason Isaacs as Col. Tavington - The Patriot
George Clooney as Seth Gecko - From Dusk til Dawn
Quentin Tarantino as Richie Gecko - From Dusk til Dawn
Woody Harrelson as Mickey - Natural Born Killers
Tom Sizemore as Jack Scaganetti - Natural Born Killers
James Woods as Carl Panzram - Killer: A journal of a murder
Macaulay Culkin as Henry - The Good Son
Leo Fitzpatrick as Telly - Kids
Kevin Spacey as Verbal Kint/Kaiser Soze - The Usual Suspects
Robert DeNiro as Dwight - This Boy's Life
Rebecca deMornay as Ms Mott - The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
Wesley Snipes as Nino Brown - New Jack City
Alan Ford as Bricktop - Snatch
Russell Crowe as Tom Cooper - Unhinged
Nicholas Cage as Castor Troy - Face/Off
Ellen Page as Haley - Hard Candy
Patrick Wilson as Jeff - Hard Candy
Some honorable mentions from TV:
Ron Perlman as Clay Morrow - Sons of Anarchy
Kim Stokes as Trig - Sons of Anarchy
Brian Cranston as Walter White - Breaking Bad
Michael Chiklis as Vic Mackey - The Shield
Joe Pantalioni as Ralph - Sopranos
Chris Meloni as Chris Keller - OZ
Francis Dolarhyde as The Tooth Fairy in "Manhunter".
The scene w/Joan Allen and the Tiger is pretty cool.
Brian Cox played Dr. Lecter......
Excellent film.I prefer it to Silence Of The Lambs.xx
The thumbnail had real life psychopaths 😂
I knew Anthony Hopkins' _Hannibal Lecter_ was going to be number one. When that movie was in theaters I had no interest in seeing it but once it came out on VHS (which was the style at the time) my younger brother insisted that I watch it (I had to like *_EVERYTHING_*_ he_ liked, though I don't for the life of me know why) and it was as dull as I suspected.
Robert De Niro is far more terrifying as _Max Cady_ in "Cape Fear".
THIS ALSO AWESOME LIST LOVE YOU TOM ❤
A Clockwork Orange, the ol' in/out, in/out! 🤣
The real reason for the joker doing this is he cannot make batman laugh..that's he's nature if Hannibal predicts his mind.😅
Sooo many to choose from
Jack Scagnetti - Natural Born Killers played by the late Tom Sizemore he was a corrupt cop who murdered prostitutes while on the hunt for serial killers Mickey and Mallory Knox. I would have considered his character for this list. But I am very glad that you did put Mr. Blonde on here. Nobody could play the character better than Michael Madsen.
i would put no country for old men at the #1 spot. just something so frightening that a flip of a coin is the difference between life and death.
Harvey Keital character is like “a psychopath and a professional, I can’t work with a psychopath”😂
And what about:
Jimmy Reno
From Road House 1 (1989)
Alexander
From Harley Davidson & the Marlboro Man (1991)
William "Wild Bill" Decaire
From Road House 2 (2006)
Lurtz
From Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Charles "Scorpio" Davis
From Dirty Harry 1 (1971)
Karl Verski
From Die Hard 1 (1988)
Bennett
From Commando (1985)
Arthur Galt
From Rambo 1: First Blood (1982)
Clarence Boddicker
From RoboCop 1 (1987)
The Sawyer Family
From the Texas Chainsaw Massacre-Movies (1974-1986)
Freddy Krueger
From the Nightmare on Elm Street-Movies (1984-1994)
Frank Cotton
From Hellraiser 1 and 2 (1987-1988)
I’ve seen bits of Funny Games, I’ve not seen M, The Strangers and Kiss Of Death.
Awesome! Can't wait For it
For what, bot?
De Niro's portrayal as Max Cady is chilling. He only lost that Oscar because Anthony Hopkins was nominated for Silence of the Lambs.
Norman Bates is not a psychopath. If you were to ask any psychiatrist or psychologist, they would tell you he is either psychotic, or suffering from DID, or both. Definitely not a psychopath.
All few versions of the Joker (played by Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger, and Joaquin Phoenix).
I think Ledger did the best job of portraying the crazy.
All Batman villains pretty much especially around the 90’s chefs kiss so interesting so twisted
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Aren't they Canadians?