Once upon a time, during the "Snowmageddon" last winter, I stumbled across a movie called "Maurice." It was a seemingly sweet film, but then it kind of broke me. And then I remembered those luscious locks and that voice, and that is where my one-sided love affair with Hugh Grant began. During finals week that year, I had the wonderful idea of watching a new movie every day and let’s just say I’ve watched many Hugh Grant movies since then.

He says it best himself, he’s “a nasty piece of work and I think people should know that.” Everyone always thinks about the bumbling Charles from "Four Weddings and a Funeral" or the endearing (but a pushover) William Thacker from "Notting Hill," but not all of his characters are so charming.

Some spoilers ahead, so be warned.

1. The Rewrite (2014)

Keith Michaels is an Oscar winning screenwriter who winds up teaching a college screenwriting class to pay the bills. He’s grouchy and bitter (in very Hugh Grant fashion), and he spouts about the uselessness of teaching because anything worth knowing can't be taught. But by the end, he warms up. It’s a sweet and multi-layered story by Marc Lawrence (who also wrote "Two Weeks Notice" and "Miss Congeniality"), and it almost made me believe the real (or public) Hugh Grant was just as affable. Almost.

2. About a Boy (2002)

He pretended to be a single parent to date single moms, enough said. Granted, this might be one of his kindest roles too.

3 and 4: Bridget Jones Diary (2001) & Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

Girl meets boy. Boy, who is girl’s boss, sends girl lewd emails about length of skirt. Cue flirtatious banter on business computers and passionate sex-filled romance. Boy finally takes girl out on mini-break. Boy cheats on girl. Boy woos girl back. Cue prostitute waiting in the back room. I don’t want to like him, and maybe it’s the dirty Mrs. Dalloway comments, but I’m team Daniel Cleaver all the way. (Sorry Colin Firth.)

5. Rowing With the Wind (1988)

He plays Lord Byron, so it makes sense. He completely wrongs Claire Clairmont (played by Elizabeth Hurly), impregnating her then leaving her for his sister, and I’m pretty sure he kills someone. He starts off in hipster plaid and a perm, and he turns into a tool wearing an open velvet jacket and painted on pecs.

6. Nine Months (1995)

Some might disagree, but he needed to get over it. You’re having a baby, your life is going to change. I don’t see what the problem was though; Samuel already looked and acted like a dad.

7. An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)

Despite its promotion as a "revealing comedy," "An Awfully Big Adventure" is not a happy film. It's about a 16-year-old girl losing her innocence in the seedy theater scene of post-WWII Liverpool, and the ending will leave you with a pit in your stomach for multiple reasons. Meredith Potter is sleazy and rude, taking advantage of young and vulnerable actors and holding his nose while sitting next to smelly people. He's complicated and inexcusably awful, but it makes for a few funny moments ("Don't let it get you down, Jefawee!"). He's terrible, but with the monocle, those nicotine-stained fingers, and the Liverpool accent, it might be my favorite Hugh Grant character. (Don't judge me.)

8. Maurice (1987)

The movie that started it all. Maurice and Clive have a sweet romance in Cambridge, and then Plato (the Greek philosopher) ruins everything. Clive’s pretty condescending and he can be a jerk sometimes, but he has a good soul and I will defend him to the death. "Maurice" deals with the stigma of homosexuality in the early 20th century, so it’s an important story. EM Forster wrote the book in 1914, but it wasn't released until after his death in 1971. I loved this movie enough to make a disgustingly cheesy fan video for it, and I firmly believe that if Clive had read Walt Whitman, things would have turned out differently.

9. Champagne Charlie (1989)

I don’t think he was supposed to be a bad person, but he cheated on his wife and his passion for the slave-owning Pauline was annoying. (“Pauline!”) On the bright side, he was a complete BAMF, and in one scene he ripped a weapon out of someone’s hand and snapped it on his knee without blinking an eye.

10. Till We Meet Again (1989)

Imagine a harlequin novel turned into a four-hour miniseries, and you have "Till We Meet Again." It follows multiple generations, and it features a young Courtney Cox as an ambitious aspiring pilot. Hugh Grant really takes the cake in this one, because Bruce de Lancel is horrific. He rapes his step-sister, slaps his mother and tries to cheat people out of money. Thankfully, Michael York beats him with a whip and strangers tie him to a tree and shoot him.

11. Sirens (1993)

He’s not a jerk per se, but he has sex with his wife with his shirt on while she looks completely disinterested. So he may be a loving Christian husband, but he has a lot to learn.

12. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

An amazon review calls this movie “first-class trash,” and the random blasphemous dream sequences are pretty entertaining. Hugh Grant’s character is a spoiled brat with a trust fund, but what else is new?

13. Bitter Moon (1992)

Nigel's not too bad, but he comes very close to cheating on his wife, which isn’t too great. It’s a Polanski film, so it’s pretty weird, following the toxic and S&M filled relationship of Oscar and Mimi. (And no, Hugh Grant is unfortunately not part of those scenes.) In the end, Nigel's wife gets her revenge in the greatest way possible, and it makes the entire film worthwhile. Give her a break though, Kristin Scott Thomas was already wronged by Hugh Grant in "Four Weddings and a Funeral."

14. Small Time Crooks

Sure, he seduces Frenchy to get her money, but he's so charming while he does it and he teaches her about culture.

15. American Dreamz

I want to hate sleazy Hugh Grant characters, I really do. But he just does them so well.