Liking Loki? Here are 10 films about famous supervillains streaming across OTTs

Here are 10 movies of supervillains that caught the fancy of the audiences, while some worked wonders, others faltered for quite a few reasons:,

Batman, Spider-Man, Clarice Starling, Rocky and Bullwinkle, the charming 101 Dalmatians, are generally the heroes of the movies they show up in. Yet, that doesn't mean they're fundamentally the most important characters in their separate stories. In many cases, crowds are similarly fascinated, if not more interested, by the villains in their stories than they are by the heroes. Take, for example, Loki, whose first-day viewership scored a record for Disney+ Marvel Series, as per Samba TV.

So while you wait for the next episode to drop, here are 10 movies of supervillains that caught the fancy of the audiences. While some worked wonders, others faltered for quite a few reasons.

Venom - YouTube

Both critics and crowds have been divided over 2018's Venom, the backstory of one of the most notorious villains in the Spider-Man universe. The film didn’t go down well with critics, accumulating a mere 30% Rotten Tomatoes score, yet was hugely popular among the general public, who granted the film an 81% rating on the same site and helped it gain a gigantic $856 million worldwide global box office earnings.

Tom Hardy doesn't disappoint in the lead role and keeping in mind that critics felt his abilities were squandered on the material, Venom was a huge hit regardless.

Brightburn- YouTube

At times, Brightburn risks falling into the all-too-familiar creepy kid horror formula but there’s just about enough to distinguish it from that ever-expanding subgenre, most notably in an ambitious final act as creepiness turns into full-blown chaos. Further subverting our expectations of the superhero narrative, the Gunns also choose to end the film on a staggeringly bleak note over anything more optimistic, with a suggestion that, like the films it models itself on, a sequel could be on the way. Depending on how you see it, Brightburn’s adherence to the structure of an origins story will either exacerbate or alleviate the ongoing superhero fatigue felt by many of us. For me, it was closer to the latter, the film’s nasty, noxious inversion of a story we have seen too many times proving to be a much-needed shock to the system.

Maleficent - Disney+ Hotstar

Angelina Jolie got rave reviews for her performance as the lead in this 2014 film, which recounts the history of the principal antagonist of Sleeping Beauty. The actual film is a hodgepodge, yet the tragic arc of Maleficent from a defender of her forested realm to a wrathful villain gave Jolie a job she could dive into.

It did what's necessary for the film industry business to warrant a continuation, 2019's Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, which was despised by critics yet cherished by crowds, procuring a 39% critics score and a 95% crowd rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Suicide Squad- Netflix

Despite the talented cast and Robbie's stand-out performance as Harley Quinn, this antihero story is a disappointment. That's especially apparent when you contrast it with the similarly-themed Guardians of the Galaxy. Perhaps it's unfair to compare the relatively newly resurgent DC movie verse with Marvel's big-screen machine, but in nearly every way that Guardians shone -- lots of humour, straightforward plot, nuanced relationships, emotional investment in characters' backstories -- Suicide Squad flounders. Aside from Deadshot's love of his daughter and Diablo's undeniably tragic story, there's not much about the Squad members to make audiences care whether they live or die. The plot is unnecessarily convoluted, and there are a few too many characters who get short shrift -- like Croc; Boomerang; Flag's mysterious sword-wielding pal, Katana (Karen Fukuhara); and the Enchantress' invulnerable brother.

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith - Disney+ Hotstar

The entirety of the Star Wars prequels, together known as the Skywalker Saga, could be viewed as villain-centric films, as Anakin Skywalker is a primary character in every one of them.

In Episode III, however, his tumble from Jedi to Sith master becomes complete, as, by the film's end, he's Darth Vader, maybe the most notorious film antagonist ever. Revenge of the Sith was by a wide margin the best-assessed of the three prequels, on account of its great special effects and moving final act.

Megamind- Netflix

Ferrell is a gifted comedian, and his voice acting is fabulous. His hilariously affected pronunciations -- he calls Metro City "MeTROcity," as if it rhymes with "Monstrosity," and says melancholy as "meLANcholy" -- and his earnest banter with Fey's Roxanne proves early on that he's a hero trapped in a villain's body. Pitt, meanwhile, doesn't have much to do except convince viewers that his voice belongs to the kind of shiny superhero who can juggle smiling babies and reduce the women in town to tears with the merest glimpse of his dimpled grin. Not a hard job to do -- when you're Brad Pitt! Cross and Hill are amusing as sidekick and nemesis, respectively, but the all-star cast can't make up for the fact that the story falls a bit flat after Metro Man is defeated. Part of it is the boredom that Megamind feels, but another part is that it’s just slow -- even if there are plenty of laughs.

Joker - Netflix

The wildly successful Joker is maybe the best reprobate film ever, as Todd Phillips' incendiary dramatization not just recounts a convincing history for Batman's most despised enemy yet in doing as such, he flips the hero kind on its head, depicting Arthur Fleck as a hapless survivor of cultural cold-bloodedness and the Wayne family as unfeeling blue-bloods unconcerned with the suffering of the masses.

Joaquin Phoenix won an Oscar for his splendid performance and the film made an inconceivable $1 billion around the world, making Joker the highest-grossing R-rated film ever.

Despicable Me- Netflix

Carell as Gru may be the draw for this movie and he does a wonderful job -- as always -- with his voice acting; but it's the girls who are the most impressive. They know exactly how to convey hurt, disappointment, joy, and wonder -- not an easy task for young actors. Segel's Vector is that fabulous combination of super nerdy and super arrogant, exactly the sort of villain (and person) who would rankle an old-school villain like Gru. It's easy to root for Gru when his nemesis is such a jerk. The movie also features a wonderfully catchy and unique soundtrack by hip-hop performer/producer Pharrell Williams and, to its credit, the 3-D is actually enjoyable, as opposed to irritating. Will Gru rank among the greatest villains of all time? No, because in the end, he's actually got a heart -- and a large one at that.

Catwoman - YouTube

After winning an Oscar for Monster's Ball, Halle Berry featured in a line of fruitless films, one of them being 2004's Catwoman. The film is broadly considered among the most noticeably awful comic book motion pictures ever, even though Berry's representation procured generally good reviews.

The movie's director, Pitof, was for the most part a special effects artist before landing the position to direct this film after the success of his French film Vidocq in 2001. The critical and film industry disappointment of Catwoman was such that he's never gotten another movie directing gig since.

Leatherface - Prime

Ransack Zombie's Halloween filled in as a history of sorts for Michael Myers. However, 2017's Leatherface commits its whole runtime to show the origin story of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, as it follows its title character's lethal frenzy in the wake of getting away from a psychological establishment. The film got regrettable reviews from critics and crowds alike, as did the majority of the new Texas Chainsaw revamps.

They're smooth and stunningly made, however, that is by all accounts a contributor to the issue: they can't coordinate the abrasive, drive-in quality that made the 1974 film so powerful.

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