BEST MOVIE VILLAINS FROM THE 1980’s
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There’s an article from the L.A. Times where actor Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luther on Smallville) picked his favorite villains from the 1980’s (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-spinoffs-sevens-80svillains26apr26,1,2696273.htmlstory?ctrack=2&cset=true). A great bad guy/gal makes a better movie so here’s my list of favorite villains from the 1980’s. {I decided that the villains had to be human or, at least, partially human so the Queen from Aliens, the creature from The Thing, and the ghosts from Poltergeist are not included.}

10) Ace Merrill (Kiefer Sutherland – 1986 – Stand By Me)
9) Katharine Parker (Sigourney Weaver – 1988 – Working Girl)
8) Al Capone (Robert De Niro – 1987 – The Untouchables)
7) Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper – 1986 – Blue Velvet)
6) The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger – 1984 – The Terminator)
5) Alex Forrest (Glenn Close – 1987 – Fatal Attraction)
4) Khan (Ricardo Montalban – 1982 – Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan)
3) Belloq (Paul Freeman – 1981 – Raiders of the Lost Ark)
2) Darth Vader (David Prowse/James Earl Jones -- 1980 – The Empire Strikes Back)
1) Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman – 1988 – Die Hard)

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I know I’ve forgotten some good ones.