My Top 10 Villians

So, I was thinking about it the other day, and decided to chronicle my favorite movie villains. Mostly because I'm curious right now what makes someone a good villain in a story. Here's the list I came up with:

• Margaret Hamilton - The Wicked Witch (Wizard of Oz)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger - The Terminator - The Terminator
• Anthony Hopkins- Hannibal Lecter - Silence of the Lambs
• David Prowse & James Earl Jones - Darth Vader - Star Wars
• Jack Nicholson - Jack Torrance - The Shining
• Javier Bardem - Anton - No Country For Old Men
• (Multiple Individuals) - alien - The Alien
• Heath Ledger - Joker - Batman
• Keven Spacey - John Doe - Se7en
• Antonio Salieri - Murray Abraham - Amadeus

Looking at the list, I'm still not entirely sure what makes a great villain. Each of these went to a different place for me. In general, the best villains seem to be almost a force of nature, but some of the masterful ones are simply people doing very inhuman things for human reasons.