Most Memorable Female Villains. Best Female villains in movies.
Most Memorable Female Villains. Best Female villains in movies.
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- DirectorVernon SewellStarsBoris KarloffChristopher LeeMark EdenRobert Manning visits the remote country house where his brother Peter was last seen. While his host seems outwardly friendly and his niece more demonstrably so, Robert detects a feeling of menace in the air.Lavinia is a three-hundred year old witch who was burned at the stake. Before she was burned however, she put a curse of the people of Greymarsh, and in particular anyone and their descendants that were responsible for killing her.
Lavinia has green skin, and wears a crown with rams horns and feathers. Surprisingly even the green skin has little effect in covering up her beauty. - DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerGeorge ClooneyChris O'DonnellBatman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City.A venomous kiss was Poison Ivy’s weapon of choice – no wonder so many of her enemies fell under her spell.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppMichelle PfeifferEva GreenAn imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.Few witches possess the glamour of Green’s Angelique Bouchard, who aims to destroy the film’s protagonist Barnabas Collins – all while looking chic.
- DirectorRoger KumbleStarsSarah Michelle GellarRyan PhillippeReese WitherspoonTwo vicious step-siblings of an elite Manhattan prep school make a wager: to deflower the new headmaster's daughter before the start of term.The popular girl at school on a major power trip, as Kathryn Merteuil, Sarah Michelle Gellar put the cruel into 1999’s Cruel Intentions, a reimagining of Dangerous Liaisons.
- DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsJames McAvoyMichael FassbenderJennifer LawrenceIn the 1960s, superpowered humans Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr work together to find others like them, but Erik's vengeful pursuit of an ambitious mutant who ruined his life causes a schism to divide them.Diamond skin and powerful telepathy made Emma Frost(January Jones) a dangerous opponent.
- DirectorAlan ShapiroStarsCary ElwesAlicia SilverstoneJennifer RubinA journalist becomes the unwanted center of attention for a 14-year-old girl, who proceeds to sabotage his life after he refuses her sexual advances.The number one reason never to let your boyfriend befriend the teenage girl next door? Alicia Silverstone’s psychotic portrayal of Lolita. Voted Best Villain at 1993’s MTV Awards, the role ultimately catapulted the actor onto the international stage.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsPierce BrosnanSean BeanIzabella ScorupcoWhen a powerful secret defense system is stolen, James Bond is assigned to stop a Russian crime syndicate from using it.A classic femme fatale, Xenia Onatopp(Famke Janssen) seduces her adversaries and then kills them by crushing them between her thighs.
- DirectorMcGStarsDrew BarrymoreLucy LiuCameron DiazThe Angels investigate a series of murders which occur after the theft of a witness protection profile database.Demi Moore played Madison Lee – a former Charlie’s Angel who turned to the dark side – in the 2003 action film, which saw her compete with the famous trio while brandishing a golden gun.
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsWinona RyderChristian SlaterShannen DohertyAt Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.Winona Ryder, Kim Walker, Lisanne Falk & Shannen Doherty in Heathers
The Heathers were bullies before Regina George was even born, and while they mostly met an untimely death, they were still a terrifying high school clique. - DirectorArthur PennStarsWarren BeattyFaye DunawayMichael J. PollardBored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.Bonnie Parker may have been a notorious bank robber and murderer, but the 1967 film starring Dunaway turned her into a celluloid fashion icon with a wardrobe of berets, neat knits and insouciantly knotted scarves.
- DirectorRupert SandersStarsKristen StewartChris HemsworthCharlize TheronIn a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.She eats bird hearts and sucks the souls from young subjects in this reimagining of the classic tale – but as Ravenna she remains an icy queen clad in floor-length gowns and copious jewels.
- DirectorMark WatersStarsLindsay LohanJonathan BennettRachel McAdamsCady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls
Is there a more terrifying prospect in the life of any teen than inadvertently crossing the popular gang? McAdams is the ultimate high school mean girl as Regina George (queen of the Plastics) in this 2004 cult comedy. - DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsBette MidlerSarah Jessica ParkerKathy NajimyA teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy & Bette Midler in Hocus Pocus
Since it first hit the big screen in 1993, our admiration for (and fear of) this trio of witches has never waned. - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsUma ThurmanDavid CarradineMichael MadsenThe Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.Daryl Hannah in Kill Bill: Volume I
She may poison her enemies without flinching, but Kill Bill’s Elle Driver does so in the crispest of nurses’s outfits. - DirectorStephen SommersStarsDennis QuaidChanning TatumMarlon WayansAn elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer.Sienna Miller in GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Catsuits are something of a staple of the femme fatale wardrobe, as Miller illustrated in head-to-toe leather as the Baroness in the 2009 action blockbuster. - DirectorAdrian LyneStarsMichael DouglasGlenn CloseAnne ArcherA married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.Close’s performance as Alex Forrest was chilling enough to deter a generation of philandering men from committing adultery for fear of their safety, and that of the family pets, too.
- DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsCharlie CoxClaire DanesSienna MillerIn a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.A quest for eternal youth inspired Pfeiffer’s character Lamia’s murderous quest to kill heroine Yvaine, played by Claire Danes.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsMichael DouglasSharon StoneGeorge DzundzaA violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.A little white dress, stiletto heels and, famously, nothing else made Stone’s Catherine Tramell go down in history as one of cinema’s most seductive femme fatales.
- DirectorAndrew AdamsonStarsTilda SwintonGeorgie HenleyWilliam MoseleyWhile playing, Lucy and her siblings find a wardrobe that lands them in a mystical place called Narnia. Here they realize that it was fated and they must now unite with Aslan to defeat an evil queen.Swinton played the cold-hearted White Witch in the trilogy of Narnia films – and terrified generations of children in the process as the icy villainess.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsLily JamesCate BlanchettRichard MaddenWhen her father unexpectedly dies, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her scheming stepsisters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger.Oozing glamour, Blanchett as the Evil Stepmother in Disney’s 2015 reimagining of the classic tale was never without a scarlet pout, pristine updo, and an elaborate wardrobe of corseted dresses and oversized hats.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBen AffleckRosamund PikeNeil Patrick HarrisWith his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.Pike was an icy-cool Amy Dunne in the 2014 film adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling thriller.
- DirectorDavid YatesStarsDaniel RadcliffeEmma WatsonRupert GrintHarry, Ron, and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts.It’s hard to imagine anyone but Bonham Carter in the role of Harry Potter’s ultimate female nemesis: Bellatrix Lestrange.
- DirectorBill CondonStarsKristen StewartRobert PattinsonTaylor LautnerAfter the birth of Renesmee/Nessie, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.Dakota Fanning in The Twilight Saga
Fanning, as Jane in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga, was far from a friendly vampire with her red eyes and deathly pallor. - DirectorSam RaimiStarsJames FrancoMichelle WilliamsRachel WeiszA small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches.Weisz played the sinister Evanora – the Wicked Witch of the East – in Sam Raimi’s 2013 film, a prequel to the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsUma ThurmanDavid CarradineDaryl HannahAfter awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.Lucy Liu in Kill Bill: Volume I
Decapitation has never been so graceful as when performed by Liu’s sword-wielding O-Ren Ishii.