Forget heroes. I find villains much more interesting. Here's a wonderful montage titled: Heart of Darkness, a Montage, Cinema's Top Human Villains, by YouTube user hh, listing 45 of the best (worst?) Hollywood baddies.
The music, East Hastings by Goodpseed You! Black Emperor, certainly contributed much to the awesomeness of the clip.
I'm glad that Kathy Bates' character Annie Wilkes from the movie Misery made the list. Who do you think is the best Hollywood villain?
Link [embedded YouTube clip]
28 Days later inspired me to look up GSYBE and have been listening to their limited collection of music ever since. However the amount of bands that formed because of them is incredible.
...or am I being obtuse?
Gary Oldman in Leon/The Professional,
John Lithgow in Ricochet and Cliffhanger,
Joe Pesci in Goodfellas,
Henry Fonda in Once upon a time in the West.
Only two villains literally gave me a sick feeling in my stomach, many years ago:
Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man and
Mark Rydell in The Long Goodbye.
But gotta link here, satiating the list of bad boys.
http://www.topyaps.com/top-10-hollywood-movie-villains/
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TLwkyaa8hg)