The best and smartest villains in cinema are on this list. We include those evil beings who exhibit an intelligence and genius for the exercise of evil, with films of the genres of crime, suspense, action and, of course, terror. A list of films with incredible villains for you to marathon and have access to the greatest criminal minds of the seventh art. Let’s go to the list!
10º – The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
A newcomer to the FBI has to appeal to the help of a serial killer incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital to capture another ruthless and lethal killer. ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ is the greatest thriller ever conceived. Irretrocable in all its ramifications, the work remains current even more than two decades after its release.
9º – The Big Clock (John Farrow, 1948)
An innocent man, after realizing that he will be implicated as the main suspect in a murder, tries in every way to hide evidence and find the real responsible. Frenetic, ‘The Big Clock’ exposes an unrecoverable plot in all its instances. A pearl from the 1940s that deserved more attention than it actually has.
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