sometimes it’s more fun to root for the
bad guy hey welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down the top 10
movie anti-heroes and that’s what we’re
gonna be we’re gonna be cool just to be
clear an antihero is a protagonist who
is lacking many of the usual heroic or
idealistic qualities that you would
expect and yes they have to be the main
character to count on this list please
be advised the following contains mature
content negro that’s all you had to say
number 10 daniel plainview there will be
blood I see the worst in people and rain
I don’t need to look past seeing them to
get all I need kicking off our list is
the vile Oscar award-winning character
brought to life by Daniel day-lewis a
charismatic and ruthless oil prospector
Plainview is fueled in life by his
hatred of others and intense desire to
destroy his competition I want no one
else to succeed greedy and selfish he
isn’t above stealing from the
unsuspecting or even murdering the
occasional friend I drink your milkshake
I drink it up dog boy fabula number 9
William Foster
aka defense falling down this depressed
and stressed out antihero doesn’t have a
plan or objective he simply abandons his
car to the steamy la traffic and goes
for a walk from there Michael Douglas
shows us just how fragile the mind of
your average working-class Joe can be
good exercise your rights he’s just a
guy who’s had enough of his crummy life
and decides to react to all of his
perceived injustice ‘as without giving a
thought to the consequences
I would have guys number eight Tony
Montana Scarface
we’re gonna try sticking your head up
Joyce see if your kids this cultural
icon colorfully brought to the big
screen by Al Pacino isn’t remotely close
to your standard movie hero a cocaine
snorting Cuban drug lord he sets his
sights on attaining absolute power
all while harboring some protective and
rather incestuous desires towards his
sister lacking basic morals and
restraint Montana was willing to step on
countless so-called cockroaches for
self-satisfaction number seven Tyler
Durden Fight Club it’s only after we’ve
lost everything we’re free to do
anything a unique entry on this list
Brad Pitt’s antihero isn’t just a major
character but he’s also the other side
of Edward Norton’s split personality
this conversation this conversation he’s
offered is over as the unrestricted did
he’s a brutally free spirit that does
monstrous things in the name of
upsetting the status quo this includes
stealing human fat to make soap running
an underground Fight Club with 8 simple
rules and leveling buildings to reset
the economy Wow
okay you are now firing a gun at your
imaginary friend you’re for the gals
matches plus one
number six Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and
Clyde yeah good I ain’t good I’m the
best and modest based on the real-life
criminals Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty
kicked off an era in which moviegoers
would root for the bad guys these
landmark anti-heroes represented the
anti-authoritarian spirit of their time
and their journey involved all the
things protagonists didn’t do back in
the day including sex crime and murder
they were so charming that many viewers
forgot that they were on the wrong side
of the law making their fate that much
more gut-wrenching
okay now they’re dead number five the
man with no name the man with no name
trilogy they it’s nice she 11 Leave It
to Clint Eastwood to take our pure
cowboy hero image and spin it into a
legendary badass a cigar shoeing outlaw
this bandit and gun-for-hire
is quick on the draw and never hesitates
to break the rules and play dirty bound
only by an interest in his own survival
and benefit well for the most part as he
still finds it in his heart to do the
right thing for those in need
number 4 Alex de l’arche a Clockwork
Orange Malcolm McDowell portrays this
exceedingly controversial role as a
sociopathic and violent teenage rapist
again not the average protagonist that
audiences were used to despite his
pastimes which include putting a dark
spin on classic songs audiences can’t
help but sympathize with Alex’s fall
from grace especially when he was being
cured through a brutal brainwashing
technique of course the term cured is
relative I was kid all right
number three Patrick Bateman American
Psycho there is an idea of a Patrick
Bateman some kind of abstraction imagine
that the audience following a serial
killer getting the inside track on his
stereotypical yuppie lifestyle in a film
that suggests that a mass murderer would
fit right in as a big business expert in
mergers and acquisitions audiences
follow Christian Bale’s character as he
rapes and murders his way through the
hour and 40 minute runtime heaven help
you if you have a nicer business card
than him like that subtle off-white
coloring a tasteful thickness on that oh
my god it even has a watermark
something wrong Patrick number two
Michael Corleone the Godfather Fredo
yo my older brother and I love you but
don’t ever take sides with anyone
against the family again ever
next up is Al Pacino’s oscar-nominated
performance as the favourite son of
Mafia head Don Vito Corleone originally
wanting a crime-free life as a
politician he ended up embracing his
darker calling when a competing crime
family attempts to assassinate his
father lusting for revenge he discovers
that dealing in death and crime is in
his blood inheriting the family business
and brutally wiping out his competition
Michael proves himself to be more
ruthless than his dad despite his
original intentions to go legit you’re
talking to me number one Travis Bickle
taxi driver you’re talking to me taking
the top spot is this disturbed Vietnam
veteran turned cabbie and part-time
stalker an unusual hero to say the least
De Niro’s oscar-nominated bikal is a
depressed porn loving loner who harbors
fantasies about cleansing the streets of
filth from their real round come and
wash all the scum off the streets
ultimately his disgust and paranoia
leads him to buy a handful of guns sport
a mohawk and eventually take vigilante
action to save a young prostitute
suck on this do you agree with our list
one night I’m gonna come to you inside
of your house wherever you’re sleeping
I’m gonna cut your throat which antihero
is your favorite for more entertaining
top 10s be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com this confession as meant
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bad guy hey welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down the top 10
movie anti-heroes and that’s what we’re
gonna be we’re gonna be cool just to be
clear an antihero is a protagonist who
is lacking many of the usual heroic or
idealistic qualities that you would
expect and yes they have to be the main
character to count on this list please
be advised the following contains mature
content negro that’s all you had to say
number 10 daniel plainview there will be
blood I see the worst in people and rain
I don’t need to look past seeing them to
get all I need kicking off our list is
the vile Oscar award-winning character
brought to life by Daniel day-lewis a
charismatic and ruthless oil prospector
Plainview is fueled in life by his
hatred of others and intense desire to
destroy his competition I want no one
else to succeed greedy and selfish he
isn’t above stealing from the
unsuspecting or even murdering the
occasional friend I drink your milkshake
I drink it up dog boy fabula number 9
William Foster
aka defense falling down this depressed
and stressed out antihero doesn’t have a
plan or objective he simply abandons his
car to the steamy la traffic and goes
for a walk from there Michael Douglas
shows us just how fragile the mind of
your average working-class Joe can be
good exercise your rights he’s just a
guy who’s had enough of his crummy life
and decides to react to all of his
perceived injustice ‘as without giving a
thought to the consequences
I would have guys number eight Tony
Montana Scarface
we’re gonna try sticking your head up
Joyce see if your kids this cultural
icon colorfully brought to the big
screen by Al Pacino isn’t remotely close
to your standard movie hero a cocaine
snorting Cuban drug lord he sets his
sights on attaining absolute power
all while harboring some protective and
rather incestuous desires towards his
sister lacking basic morals and
restraint Montana was willing to step on
countless so-called cockroaches for
self-satisfaction number seven Tyler
Durden Fight Club it’s only after we’ve
lost everything we’re free to do
anything a unique entry on this list
Brad Pitt’s antihero isn’t just a major
character but he’s also the other side
of Edward Norton’s split personality
this conversation this conversation he’s
offered is over as the unrestricted did
he’s a brutally free spirit that does
monstrous things in the name of
upsetting the status quo this includes
stealing human fat to make soap running
an underground Fight Club with 8 simple
rules and leveling buildings to reset
the economy Wow
okay you are now firing a gun at your
imaginary friend you’re for the gals
matches plus one
number six Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and
Clyde yeah good I ain’t good I’m the
best and modest based on the real-life
criminals Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty
kicked off an era in which moviegoers
would root for the bad guys these
landmark anti-heroes represented the
anti-authoritarian spirit of their time
and their journey involved all the
things protagonists didn’t do back in
the day including sex crime and murder
they were so charming that many viewers
forgot that they were on the wrong side
of the law making their fate that much
more gut-wrenching
okay now they’re dead number five the
man with no name the man with no name
trilogy they it’s nice she 11 Leave It
to Clint Eastwood to take our pure
cowboy hero image and spin it into a
legendary badass a cigar shoeing outlaw
this bandit and gun-for-hire
is quick on the draw and never hesitates
to break the rules and play dirty bound
only by an interest in his own survival
and benefit well for the most part as he
still finds it in his heart to do the
right thing for those in need
number 4 Alex de l’arche a Clockwork
Orange Malcolm McDowell portrays this
exceedingly controversial role as a
sociopathic and violent teenage rapist
again not the average protagonist that
audiences were used to despite his
pastimes which include putting a dark
spin on classic songs audiences can’t
help but sympathize with Alex’s fall
from grace especially when he was being
cured through a brutal brainwashing
technique of course the term cured is
relative I was kid all right
number three Patrick Bateman American
Psycho there is an idea of a Patrick
Bateman some kind of abstraction imagine
that the audience following a serial
killer getting the inside track on his
stereotypical yuppie lifestyle in a film
that suggests that a mass murderer would
fit right in as a big business expert in
mergers and acquisitions audiences
follow Christian Bale’s character as he
rapes and murders his way through the
hour and 40 minute runtime heaven help
you if you have a nicer business card
than him like that subtle off-white
coloring a tasteful thickness on that oh
my god it even has a watermark
something wrong Patrick number two
Michael Corleone the Godfather Fredo
yo my older brother and I love you but
don’t ever take sides with anyone
against the family again ever
next up is Al Pacino’s oscar-nominated
performance as the favourite son of
Mafia head Don Vito Corleone originally
wanting a crime-free life as a
politician he ended up embracing his
darker calling when a competing crime
family attempts to assassinate his
father lusting for revenge he discovers
that dealing in death and crime is in
his blood inheriting the family business
and brutally wiping out his competition
Michael proves himself to be more
ruthless than his dad despite his
original intentions to go legit you’re
talking to me number one Travis Bickle
taxi driver you’re talking to me taking
the top spot is this disturbed Vietnam
veteran turned cabbie and part-time
stalker an unusual hero to say the least
De Niro’s oscar-nominated bikal is a
depressed porn loving loner who harbors
fantasies about cleansing the streets of
filth from their real round come and
wash all the scum off the streets
ultimately his disgust and paranoia
leads him to buy a handful of guns sport
a mohawk and eventually take vigilante
action to save a young prostitute
suck on this do you agree with our list
one night I’m gonna come to you inside
of your house wherever you’re sleeping
I’m gonna cut your throat which antihero
is your favorite for more entertaining
top 10s be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com this confession as meant
nothing
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