Conflict is a central part of every single movie.

And make no mistake she definitely lets it be known.

Maleficent is arguablyDisney’s best female villain, and for a good reason: she’s got style.

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Her entrance is so perfectly villainous and doesn’t raise a whole lot of questions.

For this, he was confined to the darkest pits of a maximum security prison.

All of this occurs off-screen, told only in story form to the audience.

Maleficent surrounded by green magic flames as guards point spears at her in Sleeping Beauty.

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The two talk about a few various topics, with Hans seeming polite and cordial throughout the exchange.

Meanwhile, brief glimpses show that the farmer is hiding a Jewish family beneath the floorboards.

Once the farmer tearfully shares their location, Hans executes them on the spot.

Tai Lung lights his hands on fire during his climatic battle with Shi Fu

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Lime doesn’t say a single word; he just smiles knowingly.

As Martins approaches, the light fades, and a car comes down the road.

When the car passes, Lime has vanished.

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She is a near-constant presence inThe Wizard of Ozdespite beingrarely seen in the novelon which the movie is based.

His introductionwould be rather unremarkable if it weren’t so creepy.

It’s weird that Hannibal was expecting her and chose to greet her like that.

Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa sits at a desk with his hands open in ‘Inglorious Basterds’

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Thegenre-defining sci-fi epicopens on an Imperial Star Destroyer boarding a Rebel cruiser.

Just him being on screen is enough to make the scene feel darker.

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John Doe (Kevin Spacey) wearing a bloodied shirt surrounded by police from Se7en

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The shark emerges from the sea to attack Brody (Roy Scheider) on a boat in ‘Jaws’.

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Harry Lime looking up with a scared expression in The Third Man.

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Margaret Hamilton as The Wicked Witch of the West holding her staff in ‘The Wizard of Oz’

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The Joker looking intently while standing on the street in The Dark Knight

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Darth Vader appears with his stormtroopers in ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’

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