Top 10 Film Villains Who Had Justifiable Motives

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You know, these bad guys sorta had a point. From Syndrome, to Raoul Silva, to Roy Batty, these villains had goals that made sense. WatchMojo counts down the top film villains with justifiable motives.
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#10. Syndrome
#9. Vulture
#8. Cypher
#7. Raoul Silva
#6. Roy Batty
#5. Old Joe
#4. Andrew Detmer
#3, #2, #1???
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[@WatchMojo]

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[@dragongodaaron6460]

Can ya'll please do top 10 most evil Arrowverse villains?

[@RadicalKomics]

WatchMojo.com killmonger?

[@carmel9583]

Hero, villain, these are just labels we put on people who can see the true heart of a person

[@srstriker6420]

WatchMojo.com what about Baron Zemo from Captain America: civil war, he had a clear motive, his family got killed by Ultron and the people whose made him all got free passes and never went to jail for it, so who else was going to justice for his family and also he never wanted to hurt anyone, especially the king of Wanakda he just wanted the tape were Bucky kills Ironman's parents, if not for the Hydra agent who wouldn't give the tape!

[@bigbrotheriswatching3234]

I click video hoping for saw. I watch video and see no saw. I hit dislike.

[@jigsaw9749]

Hannibal Lecter poor guy just wanted to eat

[@farhanwiriasubranta3437]

Stephanie Zambrano I’m pretty sure it was a joke

[@ellnats]

more like he wanted to drown out the guilt of unknowingly eating his own sister

[@dafilmqueen556]

@@ellnats,he ate his sister?Boy,I did truly miss out on things did I?

[@user-gq4dy7ds4y]

He actually had the most etiquette out of anyone I know

[@jimbradley1657]

Lmfao literally right now

[@jmdrumsgarrison]

The Wicked Witch of the West: All she wanted was to take possession of the slippers that her deceased sister owned, which, as next of kin, she is entitled to. Dorothy not only steals them, Dorothy then hunts her down in her home and kills her with the help of an all but un-killable scarecrow, a ax wielding robot and a sentient lion.

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

jmdrumsgarrison I agree!!

[@W0rkf4rt]

I can see where your coming from but Dorothy didn't steal the slippers, as she didn't actually touch them, they appeared by magic, so either the slippers chose Dorothy or Glinda put them on Dorothy.

[@RuminatingRaptor]

If you've seen Wicked, you know what really happens.

[@WolfRebel]

Skye S TEEEEECHNICALLY Wicked is another person’s version of what happened. The play doesn’t always match up with what happens in the movie But from the point of view of Wicked, oh hell yeah the Wicked Witch had good reason to go after the shoes

[@raspberrycrowns9494]

@@RuminatingRaptor Wasn't wicked just wizard of the oz fanfaction Don't get me wrong though loved the book and yeah she didn't deserve everything that happened to her

[@colekoopmans3819]

#1 The Joker. Reason:We Live in a Society.

[@nelstar4676]

gamers rise up

[@far0145]

gamers rise up

[@bomcstoots1]

If you choose to sure. None of your "laws" apply to me. Why? Because i don't mind killing anyone.

[@bradmorales4002]

What is this about Gamers Rise Up? What does Heath Ledger's Joker has to do with that? His motives are kinda of understandable he critics society. Knowing how 8t could corrupt you. Especially the one from right now Joaquin Phoenix.

[@untiecries9174]

gamers rise up

[@earfun1539]

Where Plankton at?

[@addie8035]

I love your profile

[@jvr6809]

why Plankton?

[@amandag.6186]

@@jvr6809 watch the episode where Mr Krabs and plankton show their backstory, them being friends and how they became enemies

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

EarFun 😂

[@watermelon7295]

He just wanted a successful business.

[@WatchingPup]

I was expecting the "before we reveal our number 1 pick, here are some honorable mentions.. "

[@amarakanneh6628]

Izaac Wopz same 😂🤣🤣

[@freddiemercury2075]

Victor Freeze ??? he just needed money to fund his research to bring back his wife, Nora

[@benackers2655]

Freddie Mercury With Comic Mr Freeze I agree but Movie Mr Freeze from Batman and Robin just sorta wanted to freeze Gotham if I remember correctly I would fact check but there is no good reason to watch that film again

[@BigMacDaddy]

Hail Spider King oh come on Arnie was actually entertaining to watch xD

[@ddthewolf]

@@benackers2655 no he was trying to get money to help his wife in the movie

[@MaxPain1996]

at the beginning he wanted to help his wife but when he thought she was murdered he decided to freeze the city for revenge

[@ellnats]

and the fact that Faris Boyle had no sense of humanity to pull the plug

[@lazyhaemoculus5543]

Magneto is spot on.

[@jjh2456]

Adam Mutton Magneto is a product of his experiences which were absolutely awful.

[@marleyabd1729]

Jose Hill magnetos family was murdered bc he saved a random man at his work humans are way worse than mutants in this world

[@marvinmoore2720]

@@marleyabd1729 And his mother was murdered right in front of him so yeah he snapped and became one badass villain

[@anatoldenevers237]

Marley Abd Magneto is the perfect anti villain. He and Sauron are my favorite villains of all time

[@blurryfaceyt165]

Magneto's parents were killed by nazis, his wife and his daughter by an archer so...

[@thechonkconge]

Javier Bardem's portrayal of villains in the cinema is a complete legendary peice of art.

[@justinratcliffe947]

He's like the Spanish Tim Curry

[@thatterrariaguidenpc8054]

killmonger? avenging his dead father, and trying to share the weapons

[@laarkientje6543]

Homophobic Asswipe killmongers motive is stupid. Oh boy your father got killed. Now I’m gonna kill everyone. Thats not justifyable. Just cliche

[@alwayssayingbasically5292]

Xeno His father didn’t get killed, he was murdered by his brother who was Black Panther at the time. Of course he would be mad

[@KniGht1st1]

Trying to share the weapons? You sure you watched the movie? He tried to enslave the whole world.

[@lordloss4584]

Homophobic Asswipe great example bro should be in the next video

[@CouldntThinkOfaUsername]

KniGht1st are you sure you watched the same movie? He said he was going to share those weapons to his people all around the globe

[@sweeney60]

What about the Wicked Witch of the West? Her sister was randomly murdered by a stranger and then the stranger stole her sister's shoes and then accepted a death mission from the Wizard to kill her as well. The whole reason there's a story written from her perspective is that her actions were 100 percent justifiable when you look at the big picture.

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

Troy Yeah!!!

[@marvinmoore2080]

Uh no she didn't the good witch put them on her and she didn't mean to kill her sister

[@gagetaylor192]

I was always on magneto's side throughout all of the movies. Literally can't blame him for doing everything he does, dude's life could never go right and lost so much. Imagine the timeline in Logan if Erik were alive, there would be no reavers or the wipe out of mutants.

[@manasjain5676]

I agree

[@S.D.323]

true but he did try to destroy all of humanity at least once

[@thedoctrine101]

I would say that General Zod in the 2013 film Man of Steel had more justifiable motives than Syndrome as he set out to ensure the survival of his people. Syndrome just had his ego hurt.

[@soolly357]

Exactly

[@marshallwiese5788]

Syndrome did not have a reasonable cause. He was so immature about the fact that Mr. Incredible wouldn’t let him help because 1. He was a kid 2. He could’ve gotten hurt (almost got blown up) 3. It would be common knowledge not to interfere with a super hero’s business. He handled it very poorly when Mr. Incredible probably did what was best for him. Sorry for the rant lol XD

[@melindandlovu5858]

i agree

[@johnreynolds1155]

Mr. Incredible was an asshole about it though I'll give buddy that much but no he's just a whiny entitled brat who didn't get his way

[@mentonerodominicano]

Syndrome is kind of impressive. I think I could hold a grunge for that long, but I don't think I would be as productive as he became. 😂

[@Outlaw7263]

Honest trailers: Meet syndrome, a perfect representation of today's entitled fan culture. A fan who loves something so much, he'll declare war on it when it doesn't meet his personal unrealistic expectations.

[@MicahWo]

@IThinkWithMy Dick how is being told to go home justification for murdering dozens of people? That's idiotic.

[@sack943]

Michael keaton was so Damn good as vulture

[@KrossXD]

Peppa pig

[@GHOST-zy3ji]

Well he was a great bat too

[@CrowMeris]

A seriously underrated actor.

[@stephenc8]

Brilliant

[@gamester512]

Agreed. I'd actually like to see Vulture show up in the sequel to Homecoming, only for him to actually save Peter from the new villain (who I'm guessing is going to be Scorpion), since the post-credits scene of Homecoming has Vulture basically trying to protect Peter's secret identity from Scorpion. After all, Keaton's Vulture isn't a criminal just for the sake of it, he just wants his family to have a comfortable and secure life, nothing more, nothing less. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if he also came to Peter's aid because he realizes that he would have done his best to make his daughter happy, and his own actions as Vulture ruined that for them. I don't think that would be too out-of-character for him, especially if Peter happens to mention Vulture's situation to Tony at some point, and this makes Tony feel bad enough (since Tony is, in a way, responsible for him becoming Vulture in the first place) that he offers to ensure that his family is well taken care of (perhaps with just a little encouragement from someone like Cap), along with all other families who got shafted by the same situation as Vulture.

[@kennethferrari5232]

Darth Vader, who just wanted to save his wife's life. Yabu in Shogun who wanted to return his people to traditional ways

[@LongbowDash]

Magneto as first place 10/10 Since Comics and TV Shows i was on Magneto side because he's right

[@raspberrycrowns9494]

This guy's whole life was so fucked up that even I hated Charles for a bit He literally was forced to used he's undeveloped powers or else his mother will die He's friends get tortured/experimented on He loses his best friend He's family gets killed in front of his eyes and he's kind is hunted by the government Like ahsjskskakakak someone just give this guy a break

[@travisstryder216]

No. He's wrong.

[@MouAresounTaPneusta]

He is right in the wrong way, smth like that.

[@Krissada1000]

I would join the brotherhood.

[@taiteakopyte1286]

@@MouAresounTaPneusta yes he's absolutely right in his heart, though his methods are stern and more violent... If you try getting near a wild lioness, she'd protect her cubs by attacking you...now how can you consider the lioness a villian?

[@haljordan8367]

What about Gerard Butlers character in law abiding citizen, awesome movie and no one deserved revenge more then him

[@fiffihaziqfauzi9188]

EXACTLY

[@reelfix]

YES!!!!!

[@seancookmeyer6559]

Didn't even end lawfully!!

[@brontemae71]

I had the same thought!

[@honestlyhuman6404]

That movie is so good

[@QuintonTV]

That ex MI6 agent definitely had every right to snap.

[@happyhotdog4342]

He should've been higher in my opinion.

[@QuintonTV]

Happy Hotdog agreed.

[@ezachleewright2309]

No one ever has the right to snap and lose it, ever.

[@ffff832]

E Zach Lee Wright agreed but we can see the reasons why.

[@ezachleewright2309]

seth foster tru, tru. But when you screw over others (who didn't screw you over) in order to screw over those who screwed you over, that's screwed up.

[@AOB454]

Vulture’s character performance and motives is just pure brilliant by the director, Michael keaton, and Marvel

[@taylorvanweelde2580]

Raul Silva in Skyfall is absolutely incredible. Probably my all time favorite Bond villain.

[@danielgerard6775]

Gerard Butler's character in Law Abiding Citizen. He did what everyone would have wanted to do. And rightly so imo. There was a good message about the "justice" system in that movie too.

[@wookiebush7449]

I thought for sure that movie would be included in this list

[@58firefox]

I had to scroll way too far down to see this being mentioned.

[@bunkman64]

You stole my thunder dude! Agree 100%!

[@Kenneth45]

Yep, I agree with this too.

[@jalenjohnson7688]

Daniel Gerard thank you for addressing the elephant in the room

[@cazia9]

I never really believed that Roy Batty was a villain...I felt like the corporation and Dr Tyrell were the bigger picture villains...Roy was more like an anti-hero fighting for his existence

[@Yvaelle]

I've actually argued before that Roy is the hero. Deckard is the villain, he's killing his own kind, following unethical orders, in the interest of artificially maintaining a cruel status quo that unecessarily limits the lifespan of others. It's sort of reinforced by Deckard more or less raping Rachel, and his knowing he is a replicant and still carrying out his orders by choice (which he demonstrates he has, meaning his choice to kill replicants is intentional too).

[@threadpusher]

Deckard is more of a villain than any of the replicants in the first film. It's all about perspective

[@threadpusher]

Yvaelle whoops didn't read that at first but yes consigned

[@tiaaaron3278]

cazia9 Nearly everyone else around Roy is so monotonous and characterless and he radiated so much charm that I immediately rooted form the first time he appeared.

[@The1Shann]

Deckard knowing his replicant status depends on which version of the movie. Some cuts seem to make it clear he's human, other cuts replicant.

[@Oscar-Green]

I can't believe it took me years to realise that Cypher from The Matrix is Ralph for The Sopranos.

[@rrblack5034]

Also one of the Fratelli bros in The Goonies!

[@robrs8631]

So what? It was a f**cking horse!

[@dracoinsanity]

I've always loved Magneto as a character. Even though he was a "bad guy" in the X-Men for the most part, he was doing it for what he perceived to be the greater good of his kind. Whenever greater threats would rear their heads, he would ultimately team up with the X-Men to try and ensure their survival as a whole, which definitely makes him more of an "anti-hero" than a villain in my book.

[@whatever305j]

i used to play pretend x man with my friends and i always picked magneto hands down best Marvel character

[@blakedevitt6948]

​​@@whatever305j He is always in the top 3 villains of Marvel Comics. It's some configuration of Magneto, Green Goblin, and Doctor Doom as the top 3 villains.

[@tabbyroberts6242]

#1 The Grinch.

[@thedeffil]

Tabby Roberts s

[@themeow-sician1664]

I don't feel good

[@tjeerddewit2580]

TOO SOON

[@themeow-sician1664]

Groomie no cuz thanos has all the time he want

[@James-cu9ul]

Elrosh Debach it was sad but not a lot cause we know that spidey will come back 😅😅😅😅😅

[@Slagterfar]

I don't know what's happening, I don't wanna go, sir please

[@eliasapollo4131]

"Steve-"

[@davidmvue3]

Ozymandis from watchmen? He wanted to bring world peace.Doc Ock from Spiderman 2? Wanted to create infinite renewable energy for the world. Baron Zemo from Captain America civil war? Simple pure revenge.

[@ellnats]

no, Ozy is not, he is a monster, i dont care if it worked, he deserves any horrible death

[@basieldewilde3754]

@@ellnats then you don't understand a thing about him

[@chattycathydoll]

Ozymandias is a psychopathic villain in the true sense. He condemns all those people to death on a whim which he acknowledges in the comic may not even make any difference anyway. Rather than confide in his team his fears, he acts alone and senselessly kills millions of people. He appoints himself judge, jury and executioner in direct opposition to everything The Watchmen supposedly stood for, and for which Rorschach gives his life for. His justification is paper thin, in reality his ego dictated his course of action, over and above any rarified sense of what is right.

[@samb9779]

In the film Ozy was an evil sociopath, but in the comic I see him less as a villain but more as one of the ageing superheroes who murders his morality and takes it upon himself to do what no one else will or can.

[@jm-bn9sy]

anton chigurh

[@WaveForceful]

I 100% agree with Andrew from Chronicle. He's just someone who's simply had enough, he was bullied, had a dad who beat him up and he finally received the strength to do something about it. I wouldn't say he used his powers for evil. He sees himself as superior because those that wronged him believed they were superior to him. After enduring all that shit for all his life he developed an eye for an eye philosophy. This movie had a lesson, you keep ratting someones cage they will eventually bite back.

[@mr.footage8249]

I really liked Michael Keaton as Vulture.

[@srstriker6420]

Mr. FOOTage yes he was fun to watch

[@diegoledezma4045]

Yea he was scary even when he wasn't in the suit

[@hacantyapradipta1119]

It was the third time he dressed as a masked man with cape/wings

[@MrThecatspajamas]

that scene with him and peter in the car was awesome

[@kratoscallofduty]

He and Holland were the only good parts to the film....and RDJs cameo, too.

[@noahroangoldwing]

Syndrome wasn’t justifiable. He was just a brat

[@JohnSmith-pe6wo]

Celticsorcerer 1 no. Heartbroken

[@shirabe64]

Celticsorcerer 1 Yeah, when his feelings get hurt he goes off to kill several heroes. You’d think he’d be more grateful if he was told when he was a kid, there was a bomb on his cape and Mr. Incredible kept him from blowing to bits in midair.

[@kitinderwick4211]

I literally understand Cyphers motives so well, would do exactly the same

[@albertosaurschannel6946]

Where’s Khan? Khan from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan?

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

Alberto Arras Ikr

[@ChrisHamiltonwriter1]

I thought he'd be #1

[@1ManNamedDan]

Um no. Kahn was a product of eugenics and was completely biased that his race was superior and thereby he had the right to rule. He and his crew were rescued by the Enterprise which he then tried to murder the crew and take over the ship. He deserved to be stranded on that planet even if the star went nova forcing a harsh existence on him. The Kahn of the Into Darkness universe is a different story but he would probably be the same murderous racist megalomaniac if given the opportunity.

[@rashellemcnerney1567]

@@1ManNamedDan You have to understand that in his mind this is completely logical. When he was ruling the earth even though it was admitted his way of ruling was a bit cruel that it was still a time of great peace and NO WAR. Not to mention the fact that all he was trying to do was save his family who were dying after he was promised a safe planet to live on.

[@cameron6226]

Recently watched "The Rock" again. It's hard to see Ed Harris' character as anything other than a noble man fighting for the justice of his fallen brothers. Would definitely have included him on this list.

[@l30ng62]

You know what is Really sad about Andrew? His biggest Collapse only happened because he felt responsible for the Death of his best friend and After that he couldnt get his mother the medicaments she needed. I never saw him as a villain. He even talked about doing good with the powers Early in the Movie. He is more of a Fallen Hero.

[@straburyred]

Which is more frightening: a villain with a streak of humanity or a villain without any humanity to begin with?

[@mythmakergwen]

Actually I blame his abusive father for his actions.

[@iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193]

straburyred the one w no humanity obviously

[@MrFeet-fd2uh]

#1 should be jigsaw..or whatever his name was.. Reason: he just wanted revenge..from people who hurt someone directly related to him, or that person hurt someone..or themselves..it kinda makes me mad that he wasent in here. He has so many good reasons on why he dose this

[@laughingpandah3157]

Mr. Feet John Kramer was his original name

[@ifrostykiai5221]

Ah yes the art of torture, the perfect justice

[@abelstrd]

Depending on their circumstances and reasons I tend to side with villains and antiheros. Because I believe we all can relate in some way.

[@jenscottfreddykrueger]

I agree with Magneto being in the first spot. He truly suffered a shitload in his life. Xavier will never understand the harshness of human kind(like what Magneto witnessed) and that is what makes Xavier ignorant and naive. Yes he is indeed a wise individual, but will never see the world in the same perspective as Magneto has. Magneto came across good people, both human and mutant, but he has endured the true evil of both.

[@Onion_57]

Where’s Killmonger?

[@macmny]

Kelby Rock and?

[@boggy8745]

macmny That makes him no better than them. His goal was an ethnic cleansing pretty much which isn’t something you should be sympathetic to.

[@magsbayou]

Killmonger didn't want to just kill white people. In his eyes, he wanted to end the sufferings worldwide caused by people who happened to be white which in a way mimics real people's feelings people have today, worldwide. I got an earful from a man from the middle east while in a taxi in London.

[@theempiredidnothingwrong3227]

His whole goal was no better the imperlist agenda of the west durring both ages of imperialism. And look where that got us 100+ years later. Cause imperlism is only good for those who imperlise. And even then at some point it comes back to bite ya.

[@randomuser5443]

He wanted massacre for all whites, for petty reasons whose perpetrators are dead

[@stevenwhittle9592]

Of all your lists, I think that was probably the best.

[@lukelombard92]

KINDA seeing where they were coming from, and being justifiable seems like two fairly different things.

[@jambofatherandsongaming2692]

stfu no

[@alexfernandez882]

Ozymandias?

[@invadazim4320]

Alex Jaidane I was thinking the same thing

[@rennykumar9397]

Yes same here

[@Cyberlisk]

dito

[@Haven6419]

“Killing millions!” “...to save billions.”

[@ignacioenriquemendezchavez5912]

isn´t the villan of the story

[@nikolabl8154]

That old dude from cloverfield lane

[@dwightsimmons99]

True

[@YouTuber-qp9kx]

The Planet of the Apes franchise actually began back in the 1960s. But yes I do agree that Kobra had good reasons to start a war against humans on the new movies.

[@d7659]

Pretty good list Mojo

[@AirbenderHawk]

Cypher does really want to escape the matrix and into the real world. As much as I hated him the minute he showed up, his point is clear.

[@c5d777]

I see through the lies of the Jedi!!

[@austinpowers8550]

He wanted to go back in the matrix. The ship was in real life. He wanted his memory wiped out and put back in. Hence why he says ignorance is bliss.

[@qtexasbrumley]

Antonio Reyes true

[@qtexasbrumley]

mike powers nvm what this guy said is TRUE 👈🏻

[@donovanwick9278]

but he also killed his crew in the process. one by one. almost as if revenge. it's one thing to be selfish but at the cost of others. that betrayal was not justifiable

[@NyGeL_Derey]

It's a pretty good list, but I would add General Hummel from the rock

[@Kenneth45]

Good choice actually...

[@EnemaBagJones24601]

I'm actually surprised that wasn't on here. He's honestly one of the most sympathetic villains of all time.

[@HAL-vm3wn]

I only watched this hoping he would be here

[@ItsEpicWesley]

hahaha likewise, now i don't have to watch this video, they fail... haha

[@johngiglia5985]

Before i watched this video that was the first person that popped into my head

[@Matteo-ks6fn]

The scene where a teenage mutant asks Magneto why he doesn't tatoo if he's so proud being a mutant with him showing the number on his arm saying "I've been marked once, my dear..." is so awesome!

[@SplittingProductions]

After watching Snowpiercer a second time I came here thinking I'd see Wilford on the list. Guess not....

[@brandonharrison9273]

Nope nope nope... General Francis Hummel (Ed Harris) -the Rock

[@kimjongun2344]

Brandon Harrison ikr

[@shubhamgoel1057]

Heath Ledger (The Joker),he proved that he could take one of the most good and nice people in Gotham and make them evil. Because it's the truth sometimes good guys turn into bad ones.

[@guillermodelgado3376]

No.

[@kareemblaze8200]

Yes, because his motive was that the fact that innocence can be broken, means there is no innocence. If there is random injustice, there is no justice (Psychology of the Joker).

[@robertagu5533]

Shubham Goel yeah but the reverse also holds true and actually happens quite alot

[@carlosdanger7907]

"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

[@obi2349]

Joker has no motivation he does what he does cps it's fun

[@noirangel6416]

Thank You Rutger Hauer💙 Thank You Roy Batty💙 Rip 2019

[@circularbarrel4418]

Great video just keep grinding I remember when I was a small KZbind

[@marcoafro8234]

Killmonger, Thanos?

[@nathanter7622]

Not Thanos... but def Killmonger, and Bane, and Ozzymandias

[@leonardoquickgyro12]

Comic Thanos totally but not movie Thanos

[@ruscious]

i think you have that backwards

[@leonardoquickgyro12]

Charlie Turner yeah no

[@ruscious]

So you can get behind him killing half the universe because he loves Death but not because he is aware of the eventual self destruction of societies due to a lack of resources?

[@bernarditap.8558]

Sheer Khan from The Jungle Book to me is one of the most justifiable villains. And also Malefincent (in Maleficent, not in The sleeping beauty) :D

[@JS-jh9gl]

Shere Khan is a bully and a coward. In the source material he's held in contempt by the jungle inhabitants. He stalks babies!

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

Bernardita P. Yep!!

[@mr.tintin6312]

Maleficent was an anti-hero in the movie, not the villain.

[@ives3572]

I like it that Erik Lehnsherr or Magneto is at the top spot.

[@michaelrauch8629]

Agreed with all of these. Dark, twisted but interesting

[@Swaggmire215]

Vulture was the most relatable i couldnt even hate him by any reason

[@informationage559]

Ozymandias from Watchmen anyone?

[@duncanct]

Not to mention his family actually being slaughtered in front of him, fired from his job and getting ousted from society just because he saved a man from being crushed by a bucket.

[@samkresil6011]

General Zod - Man of Steel, Queen Freya - The Huntsman: Winter`s War, The Grinch - How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Khan Noonian Singh - Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan, Loki - the MCU, Richmond Valentine - Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Lizard - The Amazing Spider-Man and Davy Jones - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man`s Chest.

[@ExMachina70]

Magnetos point of view if flawless. "Does it ever keep you up at night knowing they'll come for you, and your children?"

[@WhyTho525]

Agreed and I loved his qoute in X-Men first class : "I have been at the mercy of men who were just following orders . Not anymore."

[@louisfriend5463]

General Frank Hummel from The Rock should be on here.

[@comicbookninja5268]

Good call!

[@pedrobury6275]

Kept on scrolling and scrolling, I knew someone would’ve mentioned him

[@dimplefreak3484]

Spot on list if you were to make another one. I suggest Harry from The amazing Spider-Man 2 and Electro.

[@breelyant215]

Karate Kid, I was Sympathetic to Johnny. Daniel wasn't minding his business.

[@JoeCool-fb7uf]

Karate kid brought me here. I was thinking the same thing. Johnny didn’t even want to beat up Daniel at the beginning of the movie.

[@DanielHernandez-gn7kp]

Law abiding citizen #1

[@seandrummer9438]

Daniel Hernandez great example love that movie

[@gjlipana881]

God! I love that movie!

[@reallybigmike]

Off the top of my head this list was missing. Baron Zemo from Cap America civil war. Killmonger from Black Panther, Pince Nuwala from Hellboy 2, Ozymandias from Watchmen, Gerald Butler from Law abiding citizen,....

[@existenence3305]

Lesson of the video: revenge IS justified...

[@user-gd6il5zb8l]

This is Top 10, not some moralizing crap video. It has no lesson. It only has info about villains who are understandable in case you'd want to find a good movie to watch. Stop trying to look for morales in every last piece of art. Art is not about morality, it's about relating.

[@user-gd6il5zb8l]

​@@StormhawkJuzo, btw, yes, I thought of that possibility. Still: 1) you can't blame anyone for not getting sarcasm on KZbin, because there _are_ a lot of people who seriously say things like that here almost under every video. 2) only someone who _thinks_ about X is inclined to _joke_ about X. I'm guessing, it's either you still thinking in terms of 'lessons' when watching something or you encounter people like that a lot and thus think it's a more actual joke than it is. P. S. Stop answering your own questions on behalf of others, it makes you look obnoxious, not smart. P. P. S. Now I know who got me arrested, you asshole.

[@giantdevil2613]

Frank Hummel from the movie "The Rock"

[@purplepirate8967]

Thanos?

[@TheRealHerbaSchmurba]

Purple Pirate nah he was a genocidal maniac from the start.

[@olleselin]

H

[@kamsyizunaso9400]

I understand him trying to save the universe from resource exhaustion but killing half the universe is so absurd but I guess his motives did make sense

[@dutchvanderlinde8459]

Purple Pirate wtf no he has no good reason

[@ripeddieransburgh1152]

Purple Pirate his only goal is to kill and please death

[@EndCreditReviews]

What about the Phantasm from Batman: Mask of the Phantasm? She wanted to avenge the death of her father by the Valestra mob and (before he was) the Joker.

[@blakemead3946]

I love good villains in movies, because the heroes in movies so often have such a simplistic black and white view of life, which is unrealistic. Real life is so much more complex, and good movie villains embody that complexity. Our desire to see things as simple and to have everything turn out for good is why the hero must always triumph.

[@lordloss4584]

Always thought thanos was right

[@suncooper2361]

Where the hell is Carrie?

[@antoniomendez9808]

Sun Cooper but Carrie was never really the villian

[@johnreynolds1155]

She isn't a villain but she was mentioned during "chronicle" as having similar motives and having a similar moral

[@ellnats]

Andrew Detmer is on the list, its kinda the same thing so yeah

[@Necropirate]

Carrie is a victim

[@leventebardossy5962]

Even Stephen King himself mentioned that the villains in Carrie were Billy Nolan and Chris Hargensen.

[@abern064]

Mr.Freeze?

[@vincemadarang1446]

It’s practically the same as the vulture but darker circumstances

[@abern064]

Vince Madarang yep

[@stevengordon7251]

General Zod should be on this. He was created for the sole purpose to protect and serve his people and superman destroyed his last chance to bring his people back. That speech he gives near the end before launching at superman is powerfull.

[@AmyBlackRoseCena]

Kobba was a name that I was hoping I would hear on this list 'cause I felt so bad for him! The thing I feel bad about when it comes to Magneto is that he was literally ripped away from his mother during the war which contributed to his evilness.

[@S.D.323]

i feel a little bit bad for koba but I lost a lot of sympathy for him after he killed a child ape

[@VerneditheSnail]

Thanos was very sympathetic in Infinity War. I rooted for him.

[@c.a.willie434]

I suspect infinity war might be so recent that they didnt want it to be a spoiler.

[@kbitchkal8765]

Thanos is complex He wants to do the right thing by doing it so wrong But I wouldn't sympathise with him He would risk the whole universe to "Save it" and kill anyone including his daughter who he raised (which he basically kidnapped and would call adopt) and then everything he did to Nebula is just pure evil. Also if you go by the comic thanos destroying the universe to save it is not his motives if I remember correctly he literally wanted to impress a girl (I think death.) Why he wiped out half the universe.

[@loretta5653]

It’s a real sort of proposal in today’s world too for like population control bc sustaining resources. I dunno about rooting lol, but logic is there man, which I find terrifying.

[@DesertRunner602]

I wasn't sympathetic, but he did it for mankind. There wasn't enough resources so he "killed" half of the population. He didn't kill because he got off on it. He did for earth

[@slickwilly4236]

Vince Madarang he literally could have doubled resources he had all the stones. That’s like if you have 2 slices of pizza and four friends but instead of buying more pizza you kill 2 friends

[@Enomra]

Killmonger?

[@yeazimon]

Childish Ar killmonger sucks

[@jrson5000]

No

[@JohnSmith-pe6wo]

Childish Ar no. Too cliche

[@TStamp-lw4ku]

Childish Ar Killmonger killed his girlfriend, turned his people against each other, tried to kill some of them, choked a Woman, tried to make sure there would never be another successor to the throne. Also he was upset at one person but made other people that had nothing to do with it suffer. Please explain why he should be on this list

[@June26Brown]

T. Stamp "He was upset at one person" This says a lot. Probably should go back and rewatch the movie.

[@Captain89Kirk]

I think y’all need to rewatch the matrix. Remember the little red pill blue pill scenario? Sypher chose to be woken up.

[@jasonmarin8187]

It makes me wonder if Tony Stark ever realized he's responsible for the villains that he created. He ignored Aldrich Killian, took Quentin Becks technology as his own, renamed it Barf and fired Beck and Adrian Toomes was responsible for the salvage operations until Stark took it over. I also definitely agree with Cypher, if I was given the choice, I'd definitely take the blue pill.

[@XVNRX]

Thanos accomplished his goal ...

[@kingmerck1538]

Just wait till the next movie

[@roberterlandson8234]

Thanos took the bait when Dr Strange offered him the trojan horse(mind stone)

[@Omar-tk8wv]

Vinny R All that shit gonna be fixed in Avengers 4 😂

[@nucleonegro9762]

Robert Erlandson Dr. Strange gave Thanos the time stone, not the mind stone

[@MaquinaRara1]

Robert Erlandson but the point of the exchange isn't to give him the (time) stone. But to let stark live. Let's see how that plays out

[@benjauron5873]

Little Bill Daggett from "Unforgiven." A lawman just trying to prevent his town, where he was building a house and planning to retire, from being overrun by murderers.

[@elishabg97]

The boy from Chronicles was essentially a school shooter but instead of a gun he had super powers.

[@thekingofcool2105]

Bury me in the ocean with my ancestors that jumped from the ships because they knew death was better than bondage.

[@juanfernandez1696]

the king of cool the ones who jumped have no decendents. The ones that chosed to live in bondage however have plenty for only the living can breed.

[@derek8676]

Davy Jones from Pirates? Great villain

[@RyGuyLikesFrenchFry]

That is a great one. Doomed by love and controlled by another.

[@professionalmemeenthusiast2117]

To me he's not even a villain. His entire motivation in Dead Man's Chest is just to make Jack repay his debt to him. Jack cheated him and betrayed their agreement. In At World's End, Jones is pretty much a slave to Beckett and his company, while trying to get justified revenge on Jack and Calypso.

[@businessducky58]

derek mate, nan says its time for tea, cousins are round you need to get home - Mum xoxoxx

[@majorcalvary6515]

Michael Keaton is one of the most underrated actor. One more reason I resent Hollywood. He could play Batman, and also play vicious bad guy. Check out Pacific Heights.

[@adamrobinette139]

General Francis Hummel in The Rock is another good one.

[@KingsleyIII]

The villain's name in _Skyfall_ was "Silva"? With the British accents, I assumed they were saying "Silver".

[@termeownator]

I thought vesper lynd's name was Vespa, like the scooters

[@leofera1137]

They probably went with Silva instead of Silvia cause it sounds cool, like Silver they probably think Silva is a cool name because it sounds like silver. But for a Latin American descent, it doesn’t remind me of anything

[@leofera1137]

Taha Hagar most of Latin America was colonized by the Spanish

[@leofera1137]

Taha Hagar I never implied Javier Bardem was of Latin American descent.

[@marcusaustralius2416]

Where was Ozymandias? The Watchmen had the best villain of all time

[@anielloambrosio7042]

I know ,Right? He is not even a Villain in the end, He Saves the World (despite the fact that he killed all those people)

[@marcusaustralius2416]

I think that’s what makes him such an effective villain. There are plenty of villains out there that do horrid things. The Joker wants the world to burn in anarchy, Caesar wants to rule Vegas and the Reapers want to eradicate AI to protect life. But Ozymandias is so effective because he doesn’t tell you his plan until it’s complete, and while truly monstrous, it’s extremely hard to argue against. Caesar cloaks his evil in a robe of philosophical argumentation and the Reapers are deliberately Lovecraftian, but Ozymandias has hard evidence that what he has done is right, because he single handedly stopped a nuclear war.

[@ididgt4259]

He is also self sacrificial. In Doomsday Clock we see that Rorshach's journal prompts an investigation that totally ruins Ozy.

[@marcusaustralius2416]

In the end, he did fail though, and is a wanted supervillain, such as he deserves.

[@helagood6991]

no

[@Chocobear555]

Roy Batty ("Blade Runner") Magneto ("X-Men," franchise) Magua ("The Last of the Mohicans") Koba ("Planet of the Apes," franchise) Andrew Detmer ("Chronicle")

[@UltiverseProductions]

I’m so glad chronicle is on this! Such an underrated film

[@dmccracken14]

Magneto is my favorite Justifiable villain

[@henfren2844]

Dylan Mccracken not even thanos

[@nightthornkvala94132]

I was Killmonger's reasoning very close to Magneto's

[@Goldikay]

Killmonger doesn't even get an honorable mention!? :(

[@maliktshepiso9495]

Shoukd have been ateast number 2

[@twinboyz2004]

Kaelyn Lewis.. terrible..... that's why I clicked on this video this is the second time they have done this I see why I unsubscribed from this channel he should have been number #1 u'hurme?

[@SBeckerDTD]

My first thought before even opening the video was Killmonger

[@Goldikay]

SBeckerDTD exactly!!!

[@Goldikay]

Malik Tshepiso I know right!

[@jackattacktron1000]

I wouldn’t really say these are justified motives but understandable ones.

[@KutWrite]

Heath Ledger's "Joker?" We never really know his reasons, but compared to Batman and the Commissioner, his motives are pure. Also Khan, as in "Wrath of..." ?

[@marvinmoore2080]

that's why he wasn't on this list because he they never really put up his motives

[@stormranger528]

How about Law Abiding Citizen?

[@artfire28]

I so like the film. It's the people working in Justice dept who are weak and corrupt.

[@TheCraigy111]

Bram Stoker's Dracula with humans tricking his wife into thinking that he was dead which led to her taking her own life. Biff being wronged by the McFlys only to find out that Marty has been breaking the laws of physics in order to alter the timeline to benefit his family rather than allowing things to play out as they were meant to, so Biff settles the score by altering the timeline and gets his revenge on the McFly family.

[@mdibble15]

Sandman, Spiderman 3. If there is one "villian" I can side with and empathize with, it is that man. I'd do the same and more for my daughter.. -Soul Horse

[@profnazrulislam4103]

Doctor Hanibal Lectar : Apetite for Human Doctor Frankenstein : Corpses surgically put together Doctor Strangelove : Cause of Human Destruction Doctor Zivago: Fell in Love in a Cold Climate. Dr Dolittle: Spoke to Animals. "LIED TO MY CHILDHOOD" and I still believe he spoke and sang to Animals.