2012 Year in Review: Top Movie Villains

2012 was a pretty great year for movies of all kinds: blockbusters, indies, and all points between. It was a particularly good year for villains. Here are five of the baddest baddies of 2012.

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1. Calvin J. Candie - Leonardo DiCaprio, 'Django Unchained' Quentin Tarantino, no novice at creating memorable bad guys, told Playboy magazine that Leonardo DiCaprio's Calvin Candie was the first character he'd ever written that he truly, viscerally despised, to the point where he didn't know how to bring the character to screen. With DiCaprio's help, the character becomes truly one for the ages: a vicious monster of a diabolical aristocracy who... more
1. Calvin J. Candie - Leonardo DiCaprio, 'Django Unchained' Quentin Tarantino, no novice at creating memorable bad guys, told Playboy magazine that Leonardo DiCaprio's Calvin Candie was the first character he'd ever written that he truly, viscerally despised, to the point where he didn't know how to bring the character to screen. With DiCaprio's help, the character becomes truly one for the ages: a vicious monster of a diabolical aristocracy who takes genuine pleasure in owning and dehumanizing other human beings. By far, he's the villain of the year. less