Top 10 Most BRUTAL Villain Deaths in Movies

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They had it coming! Join us as we explore the most satisfyingly gruesome villain deaths in cinematic history. From melting faces to explosive decapitations, these bad guys met their ends in spectacularly brutal fashion. Warning: major spoilers ahead for some of the most memorable death scenes ever filmed!

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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 most over-the-top

00:12ways movie villains had to go, though they had it coming. There will be spoilers.

00:1710. Tony Montana's Fiant in the Blood This 1983 crime classic is a wild action-packed

00:33ride following Tony Montana's rise from broke Cuban immigrant to Miami's drug kingpin. Tony

00:38is the ultimate antihero, ambitious, ruthless, blinded by greed and burning every ally along

00:44the way. By the time his end comes, he is surrounded by enemies and too drug intoxicated to care.

00:58Then comes that famous scene. Armed gunmen raid his mansion and Tony grabs his M16 with a grenade

01:04launcher, turning the staircase into a war zone.

01:08Okay. You wanna play boss? Okay. Say hello to my little friend!

01:16He takes bullet after bullet but keeps screaming and firing until a hitman sneaks up from behind

01:21him, blasting him in the back. Tony's body jerks forward, crashing face-first into the fountain.

01:26Bloody and chaotic, it's an iconic villain send-off.

01:29You think you'll tell me we're finished?

01:319. Magneto kills Sebastian Shaw, X- First Class This superhero flick is a retro dive into the

01:37mutant origin story, packed with betrayal and power plays. This movie gives us one sinister villain

01:42Sebastian Shaw, the ruthless leader of the Hellfire Club, and an energy-absorbing powerhouse.

01:47Protecting your fellow mutants?

01:52It's a noble gesture. Feels good.

01:55Using his ability and manipulation, Shaw orchestrates global chaos, almost leading the world to a

02:00nuclear war. He feels practically unstoppable, but karma comes calling in the form of Eric

02:06Lenshear, aka Magneto.

02:08This is what we're going to do.

02:10No. Please, Eric, no.

02:12I'm going to count to three, and I'm going to move the coin.

02:16In that final face-off, Xavier freezes Shaw in place using his mind, and Magneto steps forward.

02:22With eyes burning in vengeance, he uses his powers to slowly drive a metal coin through Shaw's

02:27skull, killing him. Silent but lethal, a villain's end you can almost feel in your bones.

02:318. Catwoman fatally burns Max Shrek, Batman Returns

02:43Unhinged villains feature in this film, including Max Shrek, Gotham's corrupt tycoon, grinning

02:48while betraying everyone.

02:50You know, for a second there, you really frightened me.

02:56He even pushes his secretary, Selina Cowell, out of the window when she uncovers his scheme,

03:08echoing the moment when Batman's grappling hook sent the Joker plummeting to his death

03:12in Batman.

03:18But Selina survives, and comes back as Catwoman, ready for retribution.

03:22In their final face-off, she corners Shrek in the ruins of Gotham Zoo.

03:27While Batman begs her to stop, she refuses, and Shrek shoots her multiple times as she counts

03:32down her remaining lives.

03:33Suddenly, she whips out her taser, clamps it into Shrek's mouth while grabbing a power

03:38cable.

03:39Barks explode, Shrek's electrocuted, and Catwoman unscathed after delivering ruthless revenge

03:45to a deadly villain.

03:467. Harry Tasker's You're Fired True Lives

03:59James Cameron's true lives blends over-the-top action with clever 90s humor.

04:04At the center of this chaos is Salim Abu Aziz, leader of the Crimson Jihad, a ruthless terrorist

04:09group.

04:10Determined to unleash mass destruction on American soil, Aziz masterminds a plot to smuggle nuclear

04:15warheads into the US.

04:17With one turn of that key, two million of your people will die instantly.

04:24He feels unstoppable until he runs into Harry Tasker, an undercover super spy posing as an

04:29ordinary salesman.

04:31After a wild chase, it all builds to one moment.

04:34During a struggle with Harry on a fighter jet, Aziz ends up hanging from a missile.

04:39With a smirk, Harry fires, sending Aziz and the missiles straight into a helicopter packed

04:47with his men.

04:48One massive explosion later, their reign of terror ended.

04:516.

04:57Death of Captain Rhodes Day of the Dead

05:02About more than just zombie chaos, Day of the Dead shows how humans turn on each other

05:06when the world ends.

05:07The real monster here?

05:09Captain Henry Rhodes, the trigger-happy, foul-mouthed leader of a dwindling military unit.

05:13Like you said, the chopper can't hold us all.

05:21Rhodes, don't do it!

05:25While the zombies creep in from the outside, Rhodes terrorizes the survivors on the inside,

05:30killing anyone who opposes him.

05:32His arrogance catches up with him when Bub, the unusual intelligent zombie he mobbed,

05:36finally corners him.

05:37In a shocking twist, Bub shoots Rhodes, wounding him.

05:45Staggering away, Rhodes stumbles right into a pack of hungry zombies.

05:49They drag him down and rip his flesh apart as he lets out a final horrifying scream.

05:54It's gruesome, gory and a fitting end for a villain even the living hated.

06:035.

06:04End of Immortan Joe, Mad Max Fury Road

06:07An adrenaline-filled thriller, Mad Max Fury Road delivers a two-hour non-stop storm of

06:12roaring engines, guns and chaos.

06:14At its core stands Immortan Joe, the twisted leader of the Citadel, hiding behind a skull-like

06:29mask.

06:30He rules through fear, hoarding water while his people starve.

06:33As if that's not enough, he kidnaps women, forcing them to bear his heirs, and treats

06:38his wives like possessions.

06:40He thinks himself a god, but his iron grip shattered when he goes after Furiosa.

06:44They're going back to the Citadel, and now it's undefended.

06:52During a high-speed chase, Furiosa boards Joe's vehicle, fires a harpoon, and hooks Joe's

06:57mask.

06:58She yanks hard, ripping away the mask, and is faced in a burst of blood.

07:02Remember me?

07:05The war rig roars on, and the tyrant's reign ends violently.

07:10Number 4, Howard Payne's Decapitation, Speed This 1994 action thriller hurls you into

07:15a ride from the first explosion to the last crash.

07:18Behind the mayhem is Howard Payne, a former bomb squad officer turned terrorist.

07:23Payne's smart, cunning, and ruthless, even faking his own death to throw everyone off

07:27guard.

07:28Even after the bus chaos, he's still not finished.

07:31He grabs bus heroin Annie and hijacks a subway train for his big getaway.

07:36But Jack Traven won't have it, fighting Payne atop the speeding train.

07:48As Payne keeps swinging, Jack shoves his head upward, straight into an incoming overhead light.

07:53In a split second, it slams into him, taking his head clean off.

07:58I'm the guy with the plan, because I'm smart as a fool.

08:02I'm smart as a fool.

08:08One brutal, bloody fool stop to Payne's twisted schemes.

08:12Yeah, but I'm taller.

08:16Number 3, The Manson Followers' Gruesome Deaths, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

08:20Remember when Quentin Tarantino flipped Hitler's death in Inglourious Basterds, rewriting history?

08:26He pulls a similar trick in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

08:29In this drama, the brainwashed cult followers of Charles Manson set out to commit murder.

08:34But their night of terror takes a wild turn when they stumble into stuntman Cliff Booth's

08:39house instead.

08:40Cliff, already under the influence, unleashes chaos.

08:43His pitbull brandy rips one attacker apart, while he smashes the other's face into walls

08:54and furniture until it's unrecognizable.

08:56The last one runs out screaming, straight into Rick Dalton, who casually tortures her

09:01with his flamethrower.

09:02It's savage, hilarious, and cathartic.

09:07However, Tarantino turns this real-life horror into a bloody win for the good guys.

09:14You're a good friend, Cliff.

09:16I tried.

09:19Number 2, Cyrus Is Crushed, Con Air.

09:22You know those movies where the villains so slick you almost admire how bad they are?

09:27Con Air nails it with Cyrus DeVirus Grissom, a ruthless genius-level psychopath.

09:32Cyrus hijacks a prison transport plane mid-flight, killing anyone who interferes in plotting his

09:38escape to freedom.

09:39But there's just one unexpected problem.

09:41Cameron Poe, an ex-army ranger returning home to his family.

09:45Poe quietly sabotages Cyrus' plan until the plane crash lands on the Las Vegas Strip.

09:59The chaos spills into the streets as Cyrus bolts, sparking a roaring final chase.

10:05They brawl hard until Poe smashes him onto a conveyor belt and he's hurled into a construction site.

10:10In that chilling second, a massive power driver comes crashing down, fatally crushing his head.

10:24Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.

10:31Captain Bennett's death, Commando.

10:33His heart gets pierced with a steel pipe.

10:36John, I'm not going to shoot you between the eyes.

10:39I'm going to shoot you between the bows.

10:42Kermodis' final fight, Gladiator.

10:47A knife is dripping into his throat.

10:59Judge Doom is finally defeated, who framed Roger Rabbit.

11:02Judge Doom is melted into a fluid.

11:05I'm melting!

11:06Melting!

11:07Blah blah blah!

11:09Oh no!

11:11Walker's tragic death, Mission Impossible Fallout.

11:16Walker gets impelled with a hook and falls off a cliff.

11:19Trevelyan meets his doom, Goldeneye.

11:29The fallen, satellite debris crushes Alec Trevelyan.

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11:57Number one, the Nazis' destruction, Raiders of the Lost Ark.

12:02This 80s gem blends adventure with pure danger, and our villains, the Nazis, get exactly what's coming to them.

12:09Teaming up with smug archaeologist Rene Belek, the Nazis set out to retrieve the Ark of the Covenant,

12:14hoping its mystical power would make Hitler's army unstoppable.

12:23Using a flaw imprint of a medallion, they track it down.

12:26Indiana Jones finds it first, but they ambush him and seize the Ark.

12:30On a remote island, Belek insists on testing his power before delivering to Hitler.

12:34Bound nearby, Jones warns Marion to shut her eyes.

12:37Shut your eyes, Marion. Don't look at it no matter what happens.

12:45As the Ark opens, ghostly spirits swirl, then lightning and fire obliterates the Nazis.

12:51Faces melt, heads explode, and in seconds, the island becomes their graveyard.

13:02Which of these villains' deaths is the most brutal?

13:04Please let us know in the comments section down below.

13:06And don't forget to like and subscribe for more WatchMojo videos.

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13:12You want that?

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