IMDb Top 250's Scariest Movie Character

Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (2008)

Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List (1993)

Sala Baker in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

James Earl Jones and David Prowse in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Hugo Weaving in The Matrix (1999)

Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Robert Patrick in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Anthony Perkins in Psycho (1960)

Jeremy Irons in The Lion King (1994)

Jack Nicholson in The Departed (2006)

Bolaji Badejo and Percy Edwards in Alien (1979)

Jack Nicholson in The Shining (1980)

Douglas Rain in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Vincent D'Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976)

Al Pacino in Scarface (1983)

Russell Crowe in L.A. Confidential (1997)

Robert De Niro in Heat (1995)

Alan Rickman in Die Hard (1988)

Ralph Fiennes in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

John Goodman in Monsters, Inc. (2001)

Joe Pesci in Goodfellas (1990)

Lea Thompson and Tom Wilson in Back to the Future (1985)

J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller in Whiplash (2014)

Raymond Burr in Rear Window (1954)

"Apocalypse Now" Marlon Brando

Joaquin Phoenix in Joker (2019)

Tom Hardy in The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Peter Lorre in M (1931)

Ken Watanabe in Batman Begins (2005)

Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (2007)

Sergi López in Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Hugh Keays-Byrne in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Carl Weathers and Thayer David in Rocky (1976)