10 Movie Villains That Killed Other Villains

Magneto's story is actually incredibly similar to another villain on this list. Like Darth Vader before him, Magneto played the villain in a movie trilogy before a prequel showed who he was before he turned to the life of an antagonist. With Anakin Skywalker it was the Star Wars prequels, and with Erik Lehnsherr it was X-Men: First Class.

Though the mutant was in line with Charles initially in regards to their rights, their specific motivations, their methods, and just how far they were prepared to go differed greatly. To put it as simply as possible, Erik was just a bit more murdery.

That aside however, his vendetta against Sebastian Shaw was deeply personal. It was Shaw who, in an attempt to draw out the young Erik's power, killed the poor boy's mother. Charles pleaded with his friend not to cross that line when the opportunity for revenge presented itself, as he knew there was no going back, but Erik didn't listen.

Magneto didn't just kill Shaw in any old way; it was brutal. He took the very coin Shaw tried to get him to move as a boy, and slowly pushed it through the villain's brain, and out the other side.