Can anyone recommend a film where the main character is evil and twisted, yet strangely likeable- preferably of a dark-comedy-horror genre?

I watched Filth last night which I enjoyed, also a fan of The Devil’s Rejects.

My other half goes all trembly at the knees over Alan Rickman in Die Hard…

Practically everyone in True Romance.

Bad Santa?

No Country For Old Men? 😉

Anton Chigurgh

My other half goes all trembly at the knees over Alan Rickman in Die Hard…

Hans Gruber.
he is the obvious choice, but is the ultimate awesome bad guy.

everyone in Love, Honour and Obey..

Proper laugh out loud til you wee British gangster movie

My other half goes all trembly at the knees over Alan Rickman in Die Hard…

I was thinking Alan Rickman as The Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood Prince of Theives actually.

the child catcher – chitty chitty bang bang, always been a great fan of his work

A jelly **** doughnut?

It must be great to play a bad guy!
There’s loads of good ones

Alan Rickman in Die Hard

See also Alan Rickman in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.

The Joker (Heath Ledger)
The Joker (Jack Nicholson)
Hannibal Lector
Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet
kevin Spacey in several films
Gary Oldman in several films
Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner

Food for thought in Seven Psychopaths

Steve Buscemi In Fargo.
Ace film.

Joe Pesci in goodfellas

No?

Actually a lot of the Bond villains are ok 😆

Tony Soprano FTW!

Edit: and of course, Gordon “greed is good” Gekko

Omar in The Wire (ok ok, not actually a film, but he’s ace!)

I was thinking Alan Rickman as The Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood Prince of Theives actually.

I love that character. I especially like the line (to the two slappers)

‘You – 8.30. You – 10 o’clock. (pauses) bring a friend’.

Leon.
And no, not Gary oldman

in bruges?

Denzel Washington in American Gangster.

Roy from Blade Runner…

I was thinking Alan Rickman as The Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood Prince of Theives actually.

Alan Rickman in pretty much anything, really, has the same effect on her.

Patrick Bateman + 1.
not a film ,but what about Dexter?

Steve Buscemi In Fargo .Ace film.

+1

All bad guys are likeable in films. We create homage to real life bad guys and then immortalise them in films.

The question should be which bad guys aren’t likeable. (I’ll exclude horror films though)

I’d say the chap in American Psycho was a bit unlikeable.

The best one is Alec Baldwin in Miami Blues: main character is evil and twisted, yet strangely likeable is a perfect description.

But in the horror genre – Bill Paxton’s character in Near Dark.

Hmm.. it’s kind of the whole point of the movie, but John Cusack in Grosse Pointe Blank..?

Also from the Mrs, and again the whole point really – Despicable Me of course.

Despicable Me of course.

He is meant to be nice eventually.
I’m talking about characters who are properly bad with no redeeming features- but for some unfathomable reason, you end up rooting for them…

Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs.

Like him.

J E Freeman as The Dane in ‘Miller’s Crossing’. Funny, charismatic and **** scary.

Charmless villains? Jeremy G. Smart, the landlord in Mike Leigh’s ‘Naked’. Thoroughly unpleasant to watch.