47. Daniel Plainview
Daniel Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood (2007)
There's often a Freudian backstory that explains a villain's behavior, but not with Daniel Plainview, who seems to be a black force emerging from the bowels of the earth like the oil he covets. In his Oscar-winning performance, Day-Lewis makes Plainview's bloody deeds believable while preserving the mystery of his motives. Oh, and he's also got that nifty catchphrase. —Gary Susman
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