Every Major MCU Villain Ranked Worst To Best

12. Helmut Zemo – Captain America: Civil War

The most compelling villains in MCU movies are always the ones with the most personal stories to tell. Even Thanos, who wanted to kill billions was doing it to prove a point to people who said he was wrong.

The most personal might be Helmut Zemo, a reimagined comic book villain who was a HYDRA agent originally and was turned into a broken man with a genius plan to pull the Avengers apart from the inside.

Because of the death of his family - which he saw as the direct result of the Avengers’ actions - he’s one of the most emotionally charged villains and is completely understandable. He’s subtle and slow-burning and he’s so clever that he manages to make the heroes of Civil War the real villains in his world.