Rank the greatest British film villains who were actually weirdly likeable — who do you secretly root for?

Technically German, but Rickman's velvet menace is as British as a cuppa. The blueprint for every charming villain since.

Robert Carlyle turned a Leith hardman into cinematic dynamite. You'd run a mile, but you can't look away.

Ben Kingsley's foul-mouthed gangster is pure terror in a tracksuit. Quotable, unhinged, and utterly magnetic.

Ralph Fiennes shouting about principles while waving a gun is comedy gold wrapped in menace. A villain with a moral code, sort of.

Malcolm McDowell's droog is horrifying, hypnotic and impossible to forget. Kubrick's most disturbing creation, and oddly charismatic.