18. Hans Gruber
Die Hard
An exceptional thief, Hans Gruber is the mastermind behind the entire Nakatomi robbery and about as suave and level-headed as a villain can get.
Sure, of course there are more memorable villains (see later in this list), but Hans, like most of "Die Hard," is infinitely quotable and Alan Rickman is such an exquisite actor that he captures the deviousness of the character's mind and his ensuing anger as one man takes down his entire elaborate operation.
Gruber is so sharp in his goatee and handsome suit and filled with such charisma that, if it weren't for how much of a fucking badass John McClane was, you might just want the bad guy to win.
Defining moment: Killing Harry Ellis, thereby doing something the rest of us wanted to do to that smug fucking prick since the beginning of the film.
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