10 Of The Most Satisfying Villain Downfalls And 9 Villains That We Were Secretly Rooting For

Voldemort wanted to kill Harry, and yet I still dislike Umbridge more. There’s something about smarmy villains that I find more annoying. When she went into the Forbidden Forest and met her best friends, the centaurs, I was smiling the whole time. Really deserved a spot in Azkaban.

Definitely a villain you sympathise with, and sometimes even agree with. His methods can be a bit over the top, but his reasoning is always solid. His mutant ability is very cool, but it’s his charisma and the way he’s been played which gets me. He’s the high point of the movies. Loves a game of chess too.

No one has managed to enrage me as much as Joffrey did in Game of Thrones. From executing Ned Stark to everything he did to Sansa, I'm sure were praying for Joffrey to nicely disappear from the show. I can't really think of a villain that people hated more than him. 

I have to give credit to Jack Gleeson for playing him sooo well. His downfall was horrible but needed. 

Kylo just seems vulnerable – I can't be the only one who wants to hug and lullabies to him. He did kill his dad, which does put a very bad mark against his name, but you can clearly see someone that’s been manipulated. Tbh by the end, you could hardly have called him a villain, as he redeemed himself. Also, it’s Adam Driver.

Played by the late great Alan Rickman, Snape isn’t technically a villain but we spend a long time thinking he is. In both the books and the films, he seems to be conspiring to make Harry’s life as miserable as possible. And even then, we all still liked him. I just loveeee the way he speaks. 

A classic villain trope. She was kinda good in the beginning but Stefan had to go and try to kill her. Stefan, Stefan. Having Angelina Jolie play the lead role certainly helps to add to her likeability, and live-action Maleficent is far easier to sympathise with. Unlike this next guy…

I almost forgot how much I disliked Commodus until I recently rewatched the film. He’s whiny and annoying in every scene he’s in. The complete opposite of Russell Crowe’s Maximus. The number of times he tries to cheat and get power will make you scream at your TV. Also, he is so, so weird towards his sister.

He’s the main villain for the first series but you can’t help but be drawn to him. His mannerisms and style are just too entertaining. He has that natural charisma we all want in our villains and he’s definitely in my top five. Or maybe he is Rich Brook and I’m mistaken.  

Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker is iconic and he’s definitely a villain that most of us love. We’ve all tried to copy his most famous lines. The truth is he always had me half wanting him to win.

“You think you can just steal from us and walk away?”

“Yeah.”

Easily my favourite line.