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Tom Ripley

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72. Y'know, Franklin in "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" is quite a douche

Wed Aug 8, 2012, 09:50 AM

Aug 2012

You know you are watching masterful depravity when you find yourself saying, "I can't wait until that whining, annoying prick in the wheelchair gets it!"

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Post here - Biggest Douchebags in the movies [View all] LynneSin Aug 2012 OP

Kevin Bacon in "Sleepers". ohiosmith Aug 2012 #1

Biff Tannen from Back To The Future immediately comes to mind. Initech Aug 2012 #2

Absolutely! ohiosmith Aug 2012 #3

Percy from "The Green Mile" geardaddy Aug 2012 #4

Ditto, nt Broken_Hero Aug 2012 #58

My first thought. yesphan Aug 2012 #68

Joaquin Pheonix in Gladiator charlie and algernon Aug 2012 #5

Excellent choice, excellent actor. Scuba Aug 2012 #26

He portrayed the narcissistic personality of the historical Commodus perfectly. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #56

Douglas C. Neidermayer - Sgt. at Arms Initech Aug 2012 #6

Is that a pledge pin on your uniform?! geardaddy Aug 2012 #12

Hooked it!!! Initech Aug 2012 #17

Tony Montana Initech Aug 2012 #7

Another Al Pacino bad guy to root for was Lefty Two Guns in "Donnie Brasco". Kaleva Aug 2012 #44

Zander Kelly, Doc_Technical Aug 2012 #8

Dabney Coleman in every role he ever had. Swede Aug 2012 #9

Best was '9 to 5' LynneSin Aug 2012 #10

Not every role... MessiahRp Aug 2012 #33

Weird. I just watched "Contagion" last night. One sentence plot. Not a good movie. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #11

Yeah. I watched it and was underwhelmed. Liberal Veteran Aug 2012 #21

Are you a "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" sort? HopeHoops Aug 2012 #23

Y'know, Franklin in "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" is quite a douche Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #72

Sack. Lodge. HughBeaumont Aug 2012 #13

Totally. geardaddy Aug 2012 #18

Joe Pesci in Goodfellas. Liberal Veteran Aug 2012 #14

Jason Robards-The Enemy Within Equate Aug 2012 #15

Kevin Spacey and Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross. woo me with science Aug 2012 #16

Christopher McDonald in "Thelma and Louise" Enrique Aug 2012 #19

OMG Yes - he even dressed liked on LynneSin Aug 2012 #20

He pretty much always plays a douchebag n/t RZM Aug 2012 #25

Shooter McGavin MessiahRp Aug 2012 #34

Hilly, and Skeeter's mom in "The Help" Bertha Venation Aug 2012 #22

Biggus Dickus in "Life of Bryan" yellowcanine Aug 2012 #24

Frank Burns in M*A*S*H, who also got perhaps the best all-time come-uppance. Scuba Aug 2012 #27

Obviously the Lord and Lady Douchebag One_Life_To_Give Aug 2012 #28

Patrick Bergen... WinstonSmith4740 Aug 2012 #29

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." KamaAina Aug 2012 #30

Can you blame him? LynneSin Aug 2012 #32

I agree. The only thing that mattered to Scarlett was what she wanted. Kaleva Aug 2012 #41

But she always loved him even though she didn't know it Robyn66 Aug 2012 #67

Rhett Butler?? Oh hell NO!! MicaelS Aug 2012 #76

Matt Damon in School Ties. n/t RiffRandell Aug 2012 #31

Jude Law played a great douchbag in the Road To Perdition lunatica Aug 2012 #35

Take your pick sadbear Aug 2012 #36

. Shrek Aug 2012 #37

Top one was a douchebag but not Hannibal Lector LynneSin Aug 2012 #47

The antoganist in Rob Roy JonLP24 Aug 2012 #38

Peter Fonda as cult leader, Neil Kirklander, in the little-known 1982 sleeper drama, "Split Image" nikto Aug 2012 #39

Ahhnold obxhead Aug 2012 #40

Andy Griffith in A Face in the Crowd. valerief Aug 2012 #42

That reminded me of Tim Robbins in Bob Roberts. sadbear Aug 2012 #43

Ah, yes, another great douche in a great movie! nt valerief Aug 2012 #46

Nurse Diesel Skittles Aug 2012 #45

James Woods in Casino <eom> Big Orange Jeff Aug 2012 #48

Any role performed... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2012 #49

Oh yes. One of the shittiest actors out there RZM Aug 2012 #51

Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity <eom> Big Orange Jeff Aug 2012 #50

Stanley Tucci, in The Lovely Bones Spirochete Aug 2012 #52

bar none... absyntheminded Aug 2012 #53

brilliant performance, but completlely douchbag absyntheminded Aug 2012 #54

Alan Rickman Jeff In Milwaukee Aug 2012 #55

Catherine Hicks in The Razor's Edge bluedigger Aug 2012 #57

Burke slutticus Aug 2012 #59

tony montana by a mile djames59434 Aug 2012 #60

Tom Cruise in "War of the Worlds." OnyxCollie Aug 2012 #61

No acting required Major Nikon Aug 2012 #65

The Ayn Rand loving, woman hating little prick from "Dirty Dancing" demmiblue Aug 2012 #62

Robert Prescott's character "Kent" in the film "Real Genius". Zorra Aug 2012 #63

Christopher Walken in At Close Range. geminifemini Aug 2012 #64

Jar-Jar Binks Angleae Aug 2012 #66

Wring her neck ! yesphan Aug 2012 #69

The Magnificent William Atherton in Everything Except CBGLuthier Aug 2012 #70

Wow. I've only seen like two of these movies. sinkingfeeling Aug 2012 #71

Ben Affleck in Mallrats shawn703 Aug 2012 #73

Not as douchey as Ben Affleck in 'Dazed and Confused' LynneSin Aug 2012 #75

Ben Affleck in anything. geardaddy Aug 2012 #77

I'd also say JonLP24 Aug 2012 #78

"In the back of a Volkswagen??" opiate69 Aug 2012 #79

Paul Reiser in Aliens geardaddy Aug 2012 #74