Top Ten Movie Douchebags

[Batutta]

Was watching a few 80's movies recently, and I noticed how many of the classics feature a character I shall call "the douchebag". The 80's were a golden age of movie douchebags. So here is my top ten list--

1. Paul Gleason in The Breakfast Club, Die Hard, Trading Places, etc.

2. Jeffrey Jones in Ferris Bueller's Day Off

3. Ted Knight in Caddyshack

4. William Atherton in Die Hard and Ghostbusters

5. Bill Paxton (Chet) in Weird Science

6. Thomas Wilson (Biff) in Back to the Future

7. Martin Kove in The Karate Kid

8. William Zabka (Johnny) in The Karate Kid, also in Just One of the Guys and Back to School where he played the same exact character

9. Gary Cole (Lumbergh) in Office Space

10. Paul Resier (Burke) in Aliens

 

[btownproductions]

What about Ben Affleck (Fred O'Bannion) in Dazed and Confused? lol

Not exactly from the 80's but still a movie douchebag that sticks in my mind

 

[HorseFilms]

And don't forget William Atherton's douchebaggery in Real Genius. The man's a master.:thumbsup:

 

[David Jimerson]

You're laborers, aren't you? Why aren't you laboring? That's what you get for not HAVING an education.

 

[Batutta]

What about Ben Affleck (Fred O'Bannion) in Dazed and Confused? lol

Not exactly from the 80's but still a movie douchebag that sticks in my mind

Yes, nearly made the list, also Percy Wetmore from The Green Mile.

 

[TheMacB]

val kilmer in top gun

james tolkan in back to the future

kiefer sutherland in stand by me

 

[stan harrington]

...what about the ass on Die Hard that tries to cut the deal with Alan Rickman...


and the fbi agents...Robert Davi was classic...

 

[Zak Forsman]

...what about the ass on Die Hard that tries to cut the deal with Alan Rickman...

Hans!... Boobie!... I'm your white knight!

 

[Batutta]

Yes, Die Hard definitely gets the "most douchebags in one movie" award.

 

[J.R. Hudson]

LOL Great thread;

Billy Zane in TITANIC

Paul Reiser in ALIENS

 

[Batutta]

How could I forget this douchebag in Bachelor Party and Real Genius--

Robert Prescott

 

[KyleProhaska]

That psychotic woman in The Mist...sheesh

The main German Officer in The Last Crusade (who goes off the cliff)

The mayor in JAWS

The lawyer in Jurassic Park

 

[Batutta]

That psychotic woman in The Mist...sheesh

She was too scary to be a douchebag. There should be a comical element to a real douchebag.

The main German Officer in The Last Crusade (who goes off the cliff)

Nah.

The mayor in JAWS

Definitely! Murray Hamilton was a great douchebag.

The lawyer in Jurassic Park

Douchebag lite.

 

[SPZ]

Well, almost every 80'ies "revenge" movie has a ridiculously bad (in every meaning of the word) douchebag.

The ones that come to mind (including some recents):

Rocky 3- Clubber Lang

ROcky 4- Ivan Drago

BLoodsport- Chong Li

Kickboxer- Tong Po

V for Vendetta- The "O'Reilly" clone

Jackass- The whole cast.

And many more...

 

[Batutta]

To clarify, this is my personal defiintion of a movie douchebag--

Douchebag; Someone with a hilariously inflated sense of self importance who abuses his authority or social position to make life miserable for the protagonist.

 

[Cryogenic Filmworks]

Ben Gazzara as Brad Wesley is Roadhouse

Brian Dennehy as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle in First Blood

Henry Czerny as Robert Ritter in Clear and Present Danger

 

[stan harrington]

Ted McGinley on Revenge of the Nerds...or all the bitches on CARRIE

 

[lowercase]

who could forget aaron dozier as roy stalin in better off dead
-k-

 

[SPZ]

Ok, sticking with your definition of "douchebag", Battuta:

"The Critic" from Lady In The Water

Ben Stiller in "Dodgeball"

 

[Billy Pilgrim]

Philip Seymour Hoffman as Dean Trumbell (mattress man) in Punch-Drunk Love.