For many movie-going audiences, the villain is often considered the best part of a movie.

This is especially true in the world of animation.

Animated villains can be tricky to get right since the animation and the voice-acting have to match up.

The 25 Best Animated Movie Villains, Ranked

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Fortunately, there have beenplenty of amazing villains who have graced the big screen.

Many of these animated movie villains have managed to rank among the best villains in all cinema.

Ratigan is a fun, family-friendly version of Sherlock Holmes' nemesis, Professor James Moriarty.

Jenner from The Secret of NIMH holds a sword and stands before a red background

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Haggard’s writing is Shakespearean in its complexity.

Once they’ve done so, the Beldam traps their souls for eternity and begins the process again.

The Beldam is the ultimate manipulator and predator inCoraline.

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Beneath this gentlemanly smile, Hook is quite cunning and ruthless.

Phantasm, a ghost from Bruce Wayne’s past

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Grigori Rasputin summoning dark forces to take revenge on the Romanov family

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Anastasia (1997)

Professor Ratigan is about to remind Bartholomew what happens when someone upsets him

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Grimmel the Grisly walks away from a Rumbehorn

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King Haggard from The Last Unicorn

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The Bedlam in her true monstruous form hunched and smiling maliciously in Coraline

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Titan from Megamind

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Shere Khan from the Jungle Book

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Captain Hook holding a spyglass

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