My Downstairs....: Hot

In an attempt to preserve hottness at it's best, and to find out why bad equals hot, I've decided to make a list of the 15 hottest badguys in cinematic history. Some things to discuss: Why is it that the badguy is way hotter than it's heroic counterpart? What is it about these guys that makes you want them to throw you up against a wall? What does this have to do with my love life? Er... anyway, here it is:

15. Ralph Fiennes in Red Dragon (Francis Dolarhyde). Nope, it’s not the hairlip. It’s the tattoos and the homicidal tendencies. (Note- hairlips can be hot, ahem, Joaquin Pheonix...)

14. Colin Farrell in...well...anything. I’ve never seen him play a good guy. He's the ultimate slimeball. But he's a hot slimeball.

13. Stuart Townsend: Queen of the Damned (Lestat) Maybe it was the combination of Aaliyah and hardcore metal meets stripper soundtrack...whatever it was did it for me.

12. Angelina Jolie in Alexander (Olympias) If she can own Colin Farrell, she’s definitely badass.

11. Edward Norton in American History X (Derek). I’m not justifying racial violence, I’m just saying he’s hot.

10. Julian McMahon in Nip/Tuck (Dr. Christian Troy). Shit. Quitcher bitchin’, Kimber. Also, The Fantastic Four as Victor Von Doom. Bad and Rich. Yummy.

9. Lucy Liu in Kill Bill I as O-Ren Ishii. Even the anime was hot.

8. Arnold Vosloo in The Mummy (High Priest Imhotep <-- see? He even knows he’s hot!!!).

7. Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire (Stan). He was uber hot till he got old and fat. Oh, and then he died. But still.

6. Johnny Depp in Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Sands) and Blow (George Jung). Johnny is hot in goddamned everything, though.

5. Aaliyah: Queen of the Damned (Queen Akasha). See number 13.

4. Christian Bale in American Psycho (Patrick Bateman). What is it about serial killers?

3. Justin Theroux in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (Seamus O’Grady). When he came walking out of those flames, I gobbled it up, fake Irish accent and all.

2. James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (Jim Stark). The title says it all.

1. Al Pacino in Scarface. Ultimately, hands down the hottest badguy in history.

Then there's the honorable mentions: I can explain these. Tough is hot. They're not badguys, but badass...

Hugh Jackman in X-Men: Wolverine, and Van Helsing