Top 20 Terrifying Movie Psychopaths
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- Psycho killer... Qu'est-ce que c'est? Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the scariest and most threatening psychopaths in film. Beware the spoilers! Our countdown includes characters from movies "Misery", "American Psycho", "Cape Fear" and more! Which of these characters scares you the most? Let us know in the comments below!
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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.
Incredibly unrealistic film. The plot holes are numerous.
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.
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
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
Schindler's List's Amon Göth should be up there. He was perfectly portrayed by Ralph Fiennes
Edward Norton, Primal Fear...
Oh! I love that movie!
Never seen that!
You forgot Scorpio in Dirty Harry. Even Andy Robinson physically flinched during filming
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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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.
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.
Where the hell is Rutger Hauer’s character John Ryder from The Hitcher (1986) ??!! That character is truly terrifying!
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.
@@BlackHatCinephile Pointless spam
@@LeonardoKlotz You do remember he was going to shoot the cat in the head, & unlike the dog we would've got to see that.
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.
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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@@StanHalen1936 It's good that you identified yourself as such.
@@Scottie_S ingrore him. He constantly attacks people. It's crazy how he hasn't been banned by the way.
Who else but Hannibal Lecter could top this list? Anthony Hopkins' performance was absolutely chilling.
Norman Stansfield from Leon: The Professional should have made the list
agreed Gary Oldman nailed that character
Absoluteley!
A prequel to No Country for Old Men. Would be very intriguing. Simply called "Anton" or "Chigurh"
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.
Weather you love or hate mojo
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
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.
Such incredible actors portrayed these characters. Great list!
And *Frank* in 'Once Upon a Time in the West'
Great pick, Fonda in his only villain role, absolutely nailed it :)
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. 🥶🥶🥶
Linda Fiorentino-Last Seduction or is she more of a sociopath?
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.
Thanks for interesting and valuable video as always ❤❤❤
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.
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
Denzel was phenomenal!
Albert Spica from The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. Harry Powell from The Night of the Hunter.
Jack from The House That Jack Built would be on my 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.
14:10 Amy Rose fans: Hold our beers
For me it was Dennis Hopper, he was absolutely magnificent as Frank Booth. The complexity of his physique is incredibly scary.
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't convince me Palpatine is not a Manipulative Pure evil one
Note- No Clonepatine, he is just delusional clone who believed he is Palpatine
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! 😳
THIS ALSO AWESOME LIST LOVE YOU TOM ❤
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.
Denzel Washington won the 2nd Oscar for “Best Actor” in 2002.
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
The thumbnail had real life psychopaths 😂
Denzel is so GREAT in Training Day, I forget I'm looking at an actor! 😨😰
Hannibal!
Malkina (Cameron Diaz) in The Counselor (2013)
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.
No country for old men is the most accurate portrayal
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.
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
Nurse Ratched from One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Nice, The Joker, Hannibal Lecter and Norman Bates are on the top of the list!
Awesome! Can't wait For it
For what, bot?
Heath Ledger's Joker brang new meaning to the villain itself
I love film AND it’s important to note many of these are from books. Sick of seeing kids on tablets ugh
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 🫣
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.
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.
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 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.
Harvey Keital character is like “a psychopath and a professional, I can’t work with a psychopath”😂
Robert Mitchum as Preacher Harry Powell in 'Night of the Hunter'.
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.
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"
The real reason for the joker doing this is he cannot make batman laugh..that's he's nature if Hannibal predicts his mind.😅
A Clockwork Orange, the ol' in/out, in/out! 🤣
No mention of Tony Lamb in Copshop, Polite Leader in The Purge, Caleb Warrens in The Purge Election Year, and several others.
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”.
Sooo many to choose from
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
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Aren't they Canadians?
😱 Wow, these psychopaths are truly chilling! ❄️
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.
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.
Joker and Harley Quinn come to mind
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Lmao number 19 is so true about the finance sector has so many psychopaths ain't no lie about that
How about John Ryder (Rutger Hauer) from 1986's The Hitcher or Amy Dunne (Rosemond Pike) from 2014's Gone Girl?
as always had a old movie in your toplist...... my G
Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) - Fatal Attraction
In “Training Day”. I didn’t even know he was psychopath until halfway thru
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.
Gecko over Mr. Blonde? GTFOH lol
Honorable mention John from the SAW franchise, just as smart as Hannibal,i in my opinion
While not terrifying, two honorable mentions may be Max Zorin from A View to a Kill and Elektra King from The World is Not Enough, who in my opinion, are some of the most reprehensible Bond movie villains and both got exactly what they deserved.
Dfens from falling down was great
I’ve seen bits of Funny Games, I’ve not seen M, The Strangers and Kiss Of Death.
yeah I think this list conflates psychopaths, sociopaths, and psychotics. pychopaths are born not made and have no remorse, and colonel kurtz, norman bates, hans becker, and the joker, were either psychotic, sociopaths or just plain snapped.
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".
So many of these psychopaths had me notice that most of them had slicked back hair
How on earth Ben from Man Bites Dog, didn’t make it to this list, is beyond my understanding.
He was not on the list but O-Dog from Menace 2 Society is one character that is scary in Cinema.
King Longshanks from Braveheart threw his son's lover out of a window. He had no problem with his own men being hit by arrows as long as the opposing men were also hit.
Michael Rooker as Henry. He''s cunning and will probably never get caught... and all you have to do is be his victim is be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
How am I not seeing Lou Bloom from Nightcrawler anywhere?? He’s a top 3 perfect example
I have a hard time believing that putting John Doe at "seventh" place wasn't intentional lmao
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.
Beyond the black rainbow is probably so crazy not only he kills his mom he hides himself in disguise
Why didn't you let Hannibal hiss? That's the best part of that line!