10 Superhero Movies With the Best Villain Origin Stories

 Why are nasty people bad? Some people simply appear to be warped to the core and destined to cause chaos in the world, driven to an evil destiny. Others were excellent until a catastrophe caused them to alter and choose a destructive lifestyle. Villains in superhero movies have a variety of goals.

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The Big Bad is not simply a cardboard cutout with sharp fangs drawn on; they are multidimensional and profound, and the story of where they began is what makes them this way. Villainous origin tales are often as captivating as heroic ones. These villains have some of the finest origin stories, regardless of the cinematic world they live in, the hero they battle, or the city they terrify.

Let's talk about 10 superhero movies with the BEST Villain Origin Stories - 

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Number 1. Amanda Waller (Suicide Squad)

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Fans are initially introduced to the extremely clever and honourable Amanda in a provocative protagonistic position, but it soon becomes evident that this "Devil" is capable of being more merciless than even the most dreaded villains in history. Amanda's ruthless commitment to justice was cemented after her family was killed by a group of criminals; she will now do whatever it takes to make sure that everyone in America is safe (well, except for those who have more use as a tool, instead.)

Since Amanda's main goal is to restore American greatness, she is not strictly a DC villain, but her unwavering pessimism against metahumans clearly has a negative effect. Because Amanda meddles in the lives of Peacemaker and Black Adam and has connections to the Justice League, she burdens more than just the Suicide Squad.

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Number 2. Mystique (X-Men series)

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Although Mystique and Magneto are probably two of the greatest diabolical power couples in the X-Men series, their paths into the darkness diverge; both stories, paradoxically, centre on the ultimate good guy, Professor X himself. Raven Darkhölme falls into the embracing arms of a young Charles after trying to fit in with her eye-catching transforming mutation and spends the next few years loyally by his side, grateful to have an ally for a change.

After adolescence, the pair's sibling-like connection becomes strange, and Raven develops a love for her knight-in-shining armour but is abruptly rejected, which she feels is due to her "hideously" unusual looks. Despite Hank McCoy's interest in Raven, it is the dashing Erik M. Lehnsherr who is the first to accept the impoverished girl for who she actually is, motivating her to fully embrace Mystique.

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Number 3. Thanos (Avengers Infinity War)

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Thanos is one of the most horrible villains in all superhero movies in terms of the scope of their damage. After all, he intends to annihilate half of all life in the cosmos, but the minutes leading up to that famous finger snap are just as essential as the finger snap itself.

After all, Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War is more than simply an interstellar warrior on the search for Infinity Stones. Thanos vowed never to allow such a disaster to happen again after witnessing the demise of his homeworld of Titan due to overpopulation. His method of harmonising the cosmos is to eliminate half of all life. It may be a homicidal overcorrection, but he has a legitimate reason for wanting to carry out his master plan, even if the cost is more than he or anybody else can endure.

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Number 4. Electro (The Amazing Spiderman 2)

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Electro was formerly known as Max Dillon, an Oscorp Industries electrical engineer, before encountering Spider-Man. His transformation from pitiful nobody to Spider-Man-obsessed fanatic to traumatised accident survivor to an electricity-wielding monster is one of the most exquisite villain arcs in comic book history.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 succeeds in portraying Max as an essentially kind person looking for a buddy and some respect. Even when he's tossing lightning bolts at people like a contemporary Zeus, it's apparent that Max isn't a hard-boiled, murderous villain like others in the genre. Anything involving genetically produced electric eels is certainly strange and cool, so Electro's genesis has that as well.

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Number 5. Killmonger (Black Panther)

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Black Panther is an outstanding picture on almost every level, from Ryan Coogler's directing to Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong'o, and Danai Gurira's performances, but Erik "Killmonger" Stevens is one of the greatest portions of all. A superhero as competent and engaging as Black Panther requires an equally talented counterpart, which he finds in Killmonger.

Killmonger, a US Navy Seal and Wakandan who opposes T'Challa's authority, is not beyond dethroning his cousin in the cause of ensuring what he sees to be the appropriate destiny for his people. Though they have very different views about how to bring about a secure and wealthy future for Wakanda, Killmonger and Black Panther are completely in accord with that aim, allowing spectators to see their hero's principles mirrored back to them.

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Number 6. Ultron (Avengers: Age of Ultron)

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A villain's genesis tale is often excellent since it is based on a comprehensible, even reasonable basis for villainy. Sometimes evil folks desire to do the right thing, but their methods turn them become villains. So it is with Avengers: Age of Ultron. Ultron, an AI built by Bruce Banner and Tony Stark to aid in the defence of the Earth, was designed to be a hero.

Ultron, after being given a mind by two of Earth's most intelligent heroes, promptly utilises that mind to attempt to exterminate mankind for the sake of preserving the planet. Ultron's backstory is also nicely condensed: as an AI, he is both a naïve kid and a seasoned adult, which adds to the perplexity of his behaviour.

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Number 7. The Joker (The Dark Knight)

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A good origin story is a missing component that completes the picture: otherwise, random heists and murders become explicable. We may learn about a villain's background and motivations by understanding about their origins. However, The Dark Knight gives a conflicting narrative of the Joker's beginnings: he recounts many tales about his own origins, each of which contradicts the last.

This obscurity is on purpose. The Joker is insane, a chaos agent. It doesn't matter why he does what he does; like Michael Myers from Halloween, he is an elemental force as unpredictable and illogical as a tornado.

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Number 8. Magneto (X-Men Series)

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Magneto from X-Men has one of the most sympathetic origin stories of any superhero villain. Magneto, an Auschwitz survivor who has seen firsthand humanity's tragedies, has trust difficulties that go beyond justification.

Magneto's strong friendship with Professor Xavier is shattered by their inability to agree on the nature of the human-mutant connection. Magneto views humans as a basic, unavoidable threat: a force of prejudice, violence, and hatred that will destroy the mutants if the mutants do not first kill them. One can't blame him after what he's been through. When Magneto and Xavier collide, it's the collision of two broken-hearted friends ripped apart by opposing ideals. Magneto's origin is there in every choice he makes.

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Number 9. Kingpin (Into the Spiderverse)

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Wilson Fisk is the ultimate multifaceted bad guy threatening the Spiderverse, yet his goals are pure and motivated by love, even if his tactics are less than noble. Wilson can have whatever he wants as the Kingpin of New York City, except the one thing he genuinely desires: to be reunited with his family.

Unaware of her loving husband's illicit deeds, Amanda was saddened to find Wilson in the midst of a fight against the honourable Spider-Man one horrible day. Amanda and Richard are murdered accidentally while snatching their kid and leaving the scene, and Kingpin has spent every waking minute since worrying about his Super-Collider. Everyone else's reality becomes distorted as Kingpin attempts to locate a timeline in which the precious couple is still alive and well, but that's not his concern.

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Number 10. Firefist (Deadpool 2)

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Russell Collins, alias Firefist, is unlike other villains. Firefist is a serial murderer in the future reality from which Cable originated, but he's still simply a terrified, wounded mutant trying to sort things out in Deadpool's current timeline.

Even while Firefist is spreading devastation, it's difficult not to feel terrible for the youngster and his goal to destroy those who tortured him at the Mutant Re-education Center. Additionally, fans will be able to watch both his genesis narrative and its potential future endings.