The heroes and protagonists are great. However, the most memorable character types in any movie story usually end up being the character or characters they’re pitted against. Villains, villains, and villains inject conflict into a story, and conflict is what drives the narrative, the hero’s journey, and the interaction between the story and the audience.
Before we provide the main roster, let’s first understand what is the difference between a villain, an antagonist, and a bad guy?
What is a villain?
A villain is best defined as an evil character who intends to harm the protagonist, as well as other benevolent characters in the story. The most important word in this definition is evil. Evil people always have evil intentions. They don’t just oppose the protagonist’s intentions. They do it in evil ways, with immoral and immoral intentions.
However, there is a gray area when it comes to what evil is. Although Mattel’s board of directors Barbie Not necessarily out of outright malice, but they may be viewed as malicious villains in the eyes of the protagonist.
For comedic purposes, as we saw in Rooney Jones (Jeffrey Jones) ferris bueller’s day offa character can be seen as evil from the perspective of a teenager who believes that any authority figure is comically evil. Rooney became obsessed with finding Ferris in unethical and unethical ways.
Examples of villains include:
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What is an antagonist?
The antagonist is the opposite of the hero or protagonist. exist fugitiveU.S. Marshal Samuel Gerald (Tommy Lee Jones) is not a bad guy. He had no evil, immoral or immoral intentions. In reality, he was simply doing his job by enforcing the law and hunting down a convicted murderer who was on the run. The idea that the protagonist, Richard Kimble, is innocent is unimportant. Gerrard is doing his job.
A character is an antagonist when they simply oppose the actions of the protagonist without being evil, immoral, or immoral.
Examples of antagonists include:
- The aforementioned Samuel Gerrard in fugitive
- Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) Loki
- Another team chasing the storm tornado
What is a bad guy?
the term bad guy Usually gender neutral – an idiom in fictional stories referring to a character with evil (or “bad”) intentions.
While the bad guy in a story can refer to the villain, the villain is often more specifically referred to as the main bad guy, while the story can also have a large number of supporting villains who want to harm the hero, the protagonist, and their companions.
Examples of supporting the bad guys include:
With these definitions in mind, here we put together a list of 200 villains, antagonists, and villains that you can use as inspiration for your stories. This list also works well as a collection of story prompts, allowing you to start with the most interesting parts of a potential movie story as you build your narrative, story, plot, protagonists, and supporting characters around them.
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200 Movie/TV Villains, Antagonists, and Bad Guys
- kidnapper
- abuser
- alcoholic
- adulterer
- alien hive queen
- alien invaders
- alter ego
- anarchist
- doomsday cult leader
- arsonist
- AI
- art thief
- assassin
- Savage Warlord
- betrayal hero
- betray best friend
- betrayal of mentor
- bloodthirsty monster
- black widow
- blackmailer
- body-swapping liar
- bodyguard
- brainwashed person
- brainwashing televangelist
- bully beauty queen
- cannibals
- shapeshifter
- child molester
- coach
- compulsive liar
- fraud
- conqueror
- corrupt businessman
- corrupt police
- corrupt corporate CEO
- corrupt organization
- Pharmaceutical CEO corruption
- corrupt politicians
- Creepy motel manager
- criminal
- crime lord
- cult leader
- cunning liar
- Cursed Ancient Artifact
- Cursed Artifact
- cursed mummy
- cyber criminals
- damn soul
- dangerous animals
- dangerous storm
- Dark Druid
- dark knight
- fraud
- Delusional Killer
- crazy doll maker
- demon
- Demon Overlord
- demon possessor
- Demigod
- Demigoddess
- Deranged mental patient
- devil
- rude students
- restless genetic engineer
- dragon
- drug dealer
- drug lord
- dystopian government
- elitist
- environmental extremists
- evil billionaire
- evil butcher
- evil doppelgänger
- evil clown
- evil creation
- evil doctor
- evil elf
- evil king
- evil overlord
- evil queen
- evil robot
- evil witch
- evil twin
- evil wizard
- ex-husband
- Blackmailer
- extremist
- ex-wife
- fallen angel
- false messiah
- fanatic
- femme fatale
- folklore creature
- guard
- ghost
- Gladiator
- Gladiator Games Arena Master
- Goblin
- grave robber
- greedy art collector
- greedy business tycoon
- greedy casino owner
- greedy gem miner
- greedy oil tycoon
- Greedy relic hunter
- greedy televangelist
- greedy treasure hunter
- gremlin
- Haunted amusement park ghost
- haunted house
- haunted lighthouse
- haunted ship
- followers
- maid
- high school bully
- informant
- Inhuman experiment
- aggressor
- inquirer
- exhausted outcast
- jealous rival
- juvenile delinquency
- kidnapper
- lawyer
- lovecraftian monster
- love rival
- mad scientist
- malicious artificial intelligence
- Vicious mutated insects
- crazy clown
- Manipulating geneticists
- Manipulation Magician
- Manipulation Tutor
- Manipulate the mind
- Manipulative reality show producer
- Manipulating a tattoo artist
- manipulative televangelist
- martial artist rival
- mean boss
- average principal
- mean teacher
- mercenary
- mind control cultist
- mind control magician
- mind control parasite
- little soldier
- misogynist
- gangster
- Nature
- murderer
- mutated animals
- mutant alien
- Ogre
- pervert
- pirate captain
- poacher
- Possessed Doll Series
- possessed object
- possessed person
- drunk superhero
- The power-hungry immortal
- power hungry tyrant
- psychopathic killer
- rapist
- reality distortion anomaly
- religious fanatic
- robot
- saboteur
- sadistic game master
- sadistic nanny
- sadistic nurse
- Satan
- secret society
- Seducer
- serial murderer
- shooter
- evil cult leader
- Sinister Thief’s Ring
- Soul-sucking ghost
- Soul Hunting Demon
- space parasite
- spy
- Stalker
- terrorist
- thug
- The villain who manipulates time
- Time traveling villain
- traitor
- Troll
- twisted game show host
- twisted inventor
- usurper
- vampire
- vigilante
- voodoo priestess
- warlord
- witch
- witch doctor
- werewolf
- zombie
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Ken Miyamoto has worked in the film industry for nearly two decades, most notably as a studio liaison and then as a script reader and story analyst for Sony Pictures.
As a production writer, he attended numerous studio meetings, meeting with companies such as Sony, DreamWorks, Universal Pictures, Disney and Warner Bros., as well as numerous production and management companies. He previously signed a development deal with Lionsgate and has had several writing assignments, including producing the miniseries BLACKOUT, starring Anne Heche, Sean Patrick Flanery, Billy Zane, James Brolin, Hayley Duff, Brian Bloom, Eric Larsa and Bruce Bucklina star in the thriller Hunter’s Creed and many more thrillers from Lifetime. Follow Ken on Twitter @ken电影 and Instagram @KenMovies76.
