Villains – you love to hate them. They make the movie so much more enjoyable. One of the things Disney is great at, besides giving me unrealistic expectations for men and getting songs stuck in my head, is creating fantastic villains. Whether they’re absolutely terrible or I’m able to sympathize with them, I’ve never not had an opinion on them.

Over the years, I’ve seen most movies that Disney has put out, and thus have compiled a top 10 list of the evilest Disney villains.

10. Jafar

I think we can all agree that Jafar is one of the most amoral and psychopathic villains Disney has ever created. His entire goal is to enslave Jasmine, kill her, and take the throne for himself. Even though he has a creepy dragon staff that he uses multiple times to get the Sulton to do what he wants. The only redeeming quality this man has is his dark sense of humor, and that’s only executed so well because Iago is fabulously hysterical.

9. Ursula

Now, I honestly didn’t really like “The Little Mermaid” growing up, but Ursula, she was another story. She’s wonderfully tricky, she creates and gets Ariel to agree to one of the worst deals in the entire world, and, like most evil Disney villains, she has a self-serving agenda. To top it all off, she accomplishes all this while trying to seduce a man and take over the entire sea. The only reason she's not higher up on this list is that when she does become Queen of the Sea, she gets taken down by a boat, which is, you know, not ideal.

8. Governor Ratcliffe

I think the fact that he has the word “rat” in his name speaks for a lot, but, aside from that fact, in his obsession for gold and glory, he exemplifies bigotry, xenophobia, and just everything that’s wrong with the world–sound familiar? He spends his entire time on screen pillaging lands that don’t belong to him and singing about how the people who live there are “savages” – and yes, I know he’s historically accurate – but doesn’t that make him worse?

7. Scar

He’s got to be on this list, obviously. I’ve always hated Scar, and, he’d belong on this list solely for his sarcastic comments and great songs alone, but he’s also just so purely evil. He doesn’t try to hide the fact that he’s a backstabbing, conniving bastard. If anything, he’s proud of it. Most villains at least try to act like they're good people, and then there is Scar, who just doesn't care.

6. Cruella de Ville

Any character whose main purpose in life is to kill small puppies to make a coat deserves a place on this list. But Cruella deserves an extra special shout out because she has no moral compass.

5. Judge Frollo

Dude has one of the best songs in Disney history, but other than that, he’s the worst. Frollo is so terrible for a whole host of reasons – he’s discriminative, he’s greedy, he tries to kill a baby because of a birth defect - but the one that I find the most terrifying is that he thinks what he’s doing is right.

He’s constantly trying to find justification for the things he does, and most of the time, there is an explanation. It’s not always the best, and I very rarely enthusiastically agree with his point of view, but that doesn’t stop the fact that it’s there.

4. Mother Gothel

This woman.

Apart from the fact that we literally never learn how old she is– maybe it’s just me that finds this incredibly creepy, I don’t know, but it’s still creepy– she’s just objectively terrifying. She has no love in her heart for anyone but herself and Rapunzel’s magical hair, she knows how to pit people against each other, she’s creative in the way she takes her revenge, and she enjoys it, which I think is the worst part.

She’s the textbook definition of an abusive parent/guardian, and while I love “Tangled,” watching this movie honestly gives me the creeps.

3. Gaston

Now, generally, people who know me know that I rank Gaston as the worst of the worst. He’s terrible, and he’s made all the more terrible because he’s so real. There are actual men out there, acting like him, without the cool theme song.

Unlike most of the villains that Disney comes up with, Gaston has no magical powers, he’s not a talking animal, and he doesn’t really have an actual reason to be the villain. Sure, Belle rejects him, but in the grand scheme of things, he doesn’t have it that bad. And yet, he still makes masochistic comments, tries to imprison Belle’s father, and attempts to kill the Beast because he’s jealous...let that sink in.

2. Hades

Ok, so I know, realistically that Hades doesn’t actually get anything accomplished. But, he is the God of the Underworld, and he does have some fantastic one-liners. And even if he didn’t accomplish everything that he wanted to, he’s horrifying.

He’s so vengeful, and he has all this untapped power that doesn’t get talked about – I mean, the man has a literal potion that turns immortal gods into mortal beings. He’s the only Disney villain that’s calm and collected when dealing with the people he hates.

1. Maleficent

I will personally fight anyone who doesn’t believe Maleficent is the best villain Disney has ever created. To start with, she’s unbelievably petty l – I know the live-action movie gave her an actual reason to hate King Stephen, but in the animated version of “Sleeping Beauty,” she crashes their party and curses a child simply because she wasn’t invited to said party.

The curse didn’t do anything – I know, I know, it put Aurora to sleep – but realistically, who does that even inconvenience besides her parents? No one. Plus, Maleficent turns into a giant, fire-breathing dragon, and if that doesn’t scream “best Disney villain ever,” I don’t know what does.