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Each newJames Bondmovie introduces a unexampled villain for 007 to subdue , and the best villains can elevate average movies into classics . Ever since Dr. No ’s coming into court in the first Bond movie , eccentric villains have been a key part of the franchise ’s formula , and they have develop their own specific tropes . Bond villain are n’t like most other movie villains , they are more outlandish and over - the - top , even in movies where Bond is a square unavowed agent . Their fatuousness is often what have them so fun to look on .
Although Daniel Craig ’s time as James Bond created a more grounded character , eschewing most of the sci - fi gizmo and groan - induce crack , he still came up against some orotund - than - life baddie . These character are one previous - fashioned self-indulgence that the franchise refuses to relinquish . Whoever mistreat in as 007 for theupcoming 26thJames Bondmovie , they can be indisputable to anticipate a bold opponent with a bizarre plan . Bond villain have become a beloved hallmark of the franchise , and the best I have rifle down in film history .
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15Dr. Kananga/ Mr. Big
Yaphet Kotto in Live and Let Die (1973)
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Live and Let Dieis the first and only metre thatJames Bonddips into the realm of the supernatural . The hoodooism and necromancy mostly number from Dr. Kananga ’s sidekick Baron Samedi , who miraculously cheats demise and ends the movie laughing manically on top of a train , ready to do it all over again . Dr. Kananga is a minuscule more grounded , but he still has a flair for the spectacular . He is both a remorseless dictator on a Caribbean island and a drug kingpin cognise as Mr. Big who has his eyes on the American heroin market .
14Dr. No
Joseph Wiseman in Dr. No (1962)
The firstJames Bondmovie did n’t have all the elements in place that make the franchise what it is , but it did startle off with a characteristically strong villain . Dr. Julius No is a charming sociopath who feeds and dress Bond , and even gives him a well-to-do bed to spend the night in . He ’s chesty enough to confess his entire programme over a pleasant dinner party , recognize that Bond is helpless to bar him . Of course , he is before long proven ill-timed , and his iconic metal hand also contribute to his downfall as he fails to fascinate onto a alloy rod .
13Lyutsifer Safin
Rami Malek in No Time to Die (2021)
Lyutsifer Safin may become more popular in a few years . He has been minimize as an unoriginal villain in some ways , with his alien secret groundwork , facial scars , and sociopathic detachment , but there ’s something undeniably menacing about Rami Malek ’s carrying into action . No sentence to Dieisn’t really about Safin . It ’s one of the best Bond movies ever for completely different reason . Although he has a terrifying first appearance , and he manages to achieve what no other Bond baddie could at theend ofNo Time to cash in one’s chips , Safin is far from the picture ’s greatest strength .
12Max Zorin
Christopher Walken in A View to a Kill (1985)
A View to a Killhad to get creative to ferment around main man Roger Moore ’s declining strain as an action star . He was 57 during filming , and this meant the stunt team had to work extra time . However , a good Bond is much more than just action , and Moore was as wizardly as ever while exchanging witty banter with Christopher Walken ’s Max Zorin . The villain ’s program , to destroy Silicon Valley and do a global microchip shortage , make no sense . Neither does his relationship with Grace Jones ' May Day , but , somehow , this is the most alluring part of the entire movie .
11Alec Trevelyan
Sean Bean in GoldenEye (1995)
Sean Bean has become famous for dying on blind , andGoldenEyegives him one of his most memorable deaths of all , as he plummet into an tremendous satellite dish . Pierce Brosnan ’s first field day as Bond still had remnants of the campy fun of Timothy Dalton ’s era , but Alec Trevelyan ’s story and eventual death made it much moody . As a rogue agent who falsify his own death , Trevelyan represent the potential dark side of James Bond ’s own personality . This estimation is n’t quite explored to its limits , but the personal joining between Bond and the villain still call forth the personal stakes .
10Emilio Largo
Adolfo Celi in Thunderball (1965)
Emilio Largo has one of the most distinctive Bond villain plans of all , to pirate a brace of nuclear warheads and carry the world to redeem . The simpleness of this place - up make way for plenty of gravid action fit , though . Largo is a megalomaniac with obvious flaw , as he loses at his own casino and skin to get the regard he believes he merit . He is overshadow somewhat by the loom threat of Blofeld , and also by his sidekick Fiona Volpe . This could be the crux of the matter of Largo ’s character . He is never the only focus of attention , at least until he threatens a globular nuclear disaster .
9Elliot Carver
Jonathan Pryce in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
There are plenty of Bond villain who seem excessively cockeyed , and this is often part of the fun , butElliot Carver is not too far remove from some of the real - life powerful men who jeopardize spheric peace . Using the media to manipulate global matter is not the conception of any movie . Tomorrow Never Diessimply amplify this conduct to make a point . Carver is a standout in a sub - par Bond film , mostly due to Jonathan Pryce , who seems to be having the time of his life as a money - athirst narcissist willing to kick off World War III to add another billion dollars to his tremendous luck .
8Elektra King
Sophie Marceau in The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Elektra King is a uncommon twist scoundrel for theJames Bondfranchise , which so often points to the bad guy with a braggy neon foretoken . The World IsNot Enoughsubverts the classic " Bond girl " trope by induce Elektra turn out to be the true villain . She manipulate Bond , and the viewer , into a false sense of security . She ’s also key to some ofJames Bond ’s best moments , even thoughThe World Is Not Enoughisn’t among the most memorable Bond moving-picture show . Elektra is still the only distaff character who has suffice as the only opponent for 007 .
7Karl Stromberg
Curd Jürgens in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Very few Bond baddie can compete with Karl Stromberg in terminus of gossamer lunacy . His design to incite a globular atomic warfare and reign over a settlement of survivor in an submarine Eden makes Emilio Largo ’s nuclear plot seem quaint and degree - head up . The Spy Who Loved Mefired the bulge shooting iron for an era of silliness in theJames Bondfranchise , but it has a heap of fun with its excess . Stromberg ’s major downside is that he is overshadowed by one of thebestJames Bondhenchmenof all , the hulking brutish Jaws , who was popular enough to render inMoonraker .
6Le Chiffre
Mads Mikkelsen in Casino Royale (2006)
Mads Mikkelsen had the look and feel of a Bond baddie before he ever conjoin the franchise , and his performance as Le Chiffre did not let down . Rather than plotting world domination , Le Chiffre plainly wants to succeed back the money he owes to some offensive person in a game of poker that he rig in his party favor . Unfortunately , Bond is there to stop him , and Daniel Craig ’s 007 is not willing to mess around . The scene in which he tortures Bond for information is excruciating , but Mikkelsen sell Le Chiffre ’s tragic despair absolutely . This subtlety makes him a fascinating Bond villain .
