In most movies, there is the powerful face off between the good and the bad, the heroes and the villains, yet sometimes you get people who are just in the middle, not necessarily villains but just complete and utter douchebags. You know those people you just can’t stand; the people who crawl under your skin and make you want to put your fist through the television – yeah, well, them.
During our top ten I am going to be either reminding you or introducing you to some of the biggest douchebags in the history of the movies.
10. Dr. Silberman (Terminator 2: Judgement Day)
Dr. Silberman (Earl Boen) was the doctor who treated Sarah Connor in the mental hospital in Terminator 2. Now, I must admit I was a little hesitant about adding Dr. Silberman to this top ten as, let’s be honest, the guy is just doing his job.
I mean, if a person came up to you in the street and started babbling on about Judgement Day and the end of the world by robots hunting down humans, chances are you aren’t going to believe them (and if you do, you are probably one of those crazy people yourself).
However, even though the good doctor is just doing his job, he is still a douche; he promised Sarah that if she made progress she could have visitation rights for her son John. Did she make progress? Yes. Did she get to see her son? Hell no. Don’t make promises you can’t keep, Silberman, you douchebag.
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And on the subject of Bill Paxton….True Lies on the doucheometer?
What about the douche reporter Richard Thornburg (William Atherton) from Die Hard. Athertons character Walter Peck also shut down the ghost containment unit in the original Ghostbusters. Both major douchebags.
What you seem to call the ‘douche’ character, I like to refer to as a weasel archetype. I love them all to pieces. But you missed out the biggest one of them all. Scar from the Lion King embodies all these guys and then some.
Yes, we can argue all day that he is based on Claudius and he douched first, therefore he is the alpha douche, but nay I say! For iseth King Claudius of Denmark a lion? Caseth Closedeth.
(Sorry, got a bit fake Shakespeare all up in here for a second.)
I would maybe add the boss from Office Space as well. That dude just screams “weasel”
yeah, such a steve douchebag
You neglect the fact that Silberman was in the original Terminator, witnessed and survived the terror that the Terminator brought on the police station while Sarah and Kyle Reese were in custody. This adds to his douchieness exponentially since Sarah’s belief in the future and her son, doesn’t seem so far fetched when shes saying the guy who took down a whole police office, and his trying to kill her and her son, is being labelled a literal killing machine.
I always find comfort in the knowledge that the centaurs (we find out in the book) gave good ol’ Dolores a very rough afternoon in the forest. In the way that centaurs usually do, if ya know what I mean. *eyebrow*
Douchebags, Walter Peck, doesnt take advice, blows the GhostBuster work place up and lets the ghosts back out, clap clap clap; the vice president in Day after tomorrow told about the change, doesnt do anything, look what happens; Richard Thornburg, Just thinks about his career, Goes to John/Holly Gennaro/McClane’s home and talks to the kids, they are in bed on Christmas Eve, thats one. 2 he puts Holly Gennaro/McClane in more danger. Plus youve got Ellis as well by giving away John’s name.
Bollocks. Grandpa Joe from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is the biggest douche.
the council from the Avengers
I gotta say the most intolerable douche in all of douchedom would be bradley cooper from Wedding Crashers, and maybe the girl’s boyfriend in Old School takes second. Love both those movies but those characters, yeah theyre supposed to be weasely, but they just piss you off, plain and simple.
I have a whole list of douchebags:
Dou Chou (Vietnamese for Douchebag)-Missing In Action 2
Colonel Yin-Missing In Action 2
Captain David Nester-Missing In Action 2
Francois-Missing In Action 2
Meredith Vickers-Prometheus
Wes Mantooth-Anchorman
Kilroy-Dead Man Down
Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway-Les Miserables
Aspen-Bedtime Stories
Cyclops-X-Men
Raphael-TMNT 1-4
C3-P0-Star Wars
Max Walker-Timecop
Jean Vilain-Expendables 2
Ian Breckell-The Condemned
Ewan McStarley-The Condemned
D-Fens-Falling Down
Ken Masters-Street Fighter
The Riddler-Batman Forever
Steven Seagal-Machete
Travis Brickley-Best Of The Best
Terry Hoitz-The Other Guys
Danny Vinyard-American History X
Omar Suarez-Scarface
Frank Lopez-Scarface
Manny Ribeira-Scarface
Johnny Cage-Mortal Kombat
Kano-Mortal Kombat
M (Dame Judi Dench)-Skyfall
Raoul Silva-Skyfall
Anton Chigurh-No Country For Old Men
Tom Hanks-A League Of Their Own
Dan Aykroyd-Driving Miss Daisy