Think on this.
Under
rated - People don't know your skills
Under
appreciated - People know the skills, just for one reason or another, you don't get the recognition as the top choices.
That being said, my list for Top 5 under appreciated movie villians:
5) "Billy the Kid" William Wharton,
The Green Mile (Sam Rockwell) - This dude was just a buck dude. He was funny as shit and just....CRAZY. Them pranks he played on the guards (pissing on one, the moon pie thing to Brutal)...hilarious.
4) Warden Samuel Norton,
The Shawshank Redemption (Bob Gunton) - What makes him so cool as a villian is sthat he actually started out as a good soul in appearances, than started using the shit out of Andy as time went on...AND was caking up off of him, while quoting the Bible to boot.
3) Lex Luthor,
Superman Returns (Kevin Spacey) - Look, I know the movie under-performed, but Spacey did his thing as Lex. He fucked Superman UP.
2) Colonel Hans Landa,
Inglorious Basterds (Christopher Waltz) - Cold, calculating Nazi. He carried this movie alot. And his detective skills, combined with his wit and then turning that shit to evil shit (especially in the beginning).....awesome. I know he won an Oscar, but he's still slept-on cause this movie ain't as mainstream as it should've been.
1) Anton Chigurh,
No Country For Old Men (Javier Bardem) - Plain and simple, this nig was flat-out ruthless. Like a human Terminator, rolling up on people with the silencer shotty. Some cold shit what he did to Carson Wells (Woody Harelson)