IMDb Poll Board: Top 5 Movie Villains of all Time

Mine are:

1. Hannibal Lecterhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102926/mediaviewer/rm2961633793/

2. Darth Vader - 'The Empire Strikes Back'

3. Pennywise - 'It'

4. The Terminator - 'The Terminator'

5. John Doe - 'Se7en'

What a fun idea.

1) Jaws (the shark)

2) Hannibal Lecter

3) Norman Bates

4) Darth Vader

5) Annie Wilkes. No, make that Amon Goeth.

I feel pretty sure about the first four but not so much about the fifth, for a few reasons, but especially because something about it feels a bit disrespectful.  I also feel like I'm forgetting someone, particularly from classic cinema, maybe film noir. 

1. The Xenomorph from Alien (1979)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/mediaviewer/rm939065856/

2. Emperor Palpatine from the Star Wars franchise

3. Saruman from The Lord of the Rings trilogy

4. Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty (1959)

5. Biff Tannen from Back to the Future (1985)

bump for more suggestions : )

My picks:
1. Gollum from Lord of the Rings 
2. Voldemort from Harry Potter 
3. Darth Vader from Star Wars
4. Smaug from Hobbit
5. Joker from Dark Knight

I honestly am personally appalled at the concept of "liking" or having favorite bad guys.  They are cruel and evil and need to be imprisoned or destroyed.  That said, I can respect a good acting performance by an actor in the role of the villian.  There are also the funny/silly/comical bad guy performances that can be enjoyable to watch.

The combination of these two would give me:

1.  Kevin Kline as Otto in "A Fish Called Wanda" (and an honorable mention to the other two comedic bad guys: Michael Palin and Jamie Lee Curtis).
2.  Burgess Meredith as The Penguin in the 1966 film "Batman."  (NOT the character in general, but THIS actor in THIS role in THIS movie only)
3.  Cesar Romero as The Joker in the 1966 film "Batman" (NOT the character in general, but THIS actor in THIS role in THIS movie only).
4.  Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goth in "Schindler's List."
5.  Henry Fonda as Frank in "Once Upon A Time In The West."