History AffablyEvil / Film

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'': Good Cop isn't ''that'' much less evil than Bad Cop, but he's a heck of a lot more outwardly friendly.

** ComicBook/LexLuthor is played like this in the original ''Film/{{Superman}}'' films, especially by Gene Hackman, with a warm smile and a nice disposition. Yet he's willing to sink California to the bottom of the sea for profit.

** Max Lozoya from ''Don't Turn the Other Cheek'' is a more blatant yet still slightly smarter take on the character; a likable scoundrel who goes along with being mistaken for a revolutionary hero so he can get to treasure easily.

* ''Film/CashOnDemand'': Colonel Hepburn from the Film/HammerHorror film is a friendly and amiable man. When he visits a bank, he is more friendly to the employees, and knows more about them personally, than the [[BadBoss bank manager does]]. The reason he's visiting the bank is to rob it...

* ''Franchise/DieHard'':
** Simon Gruber from ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance''. Like his brother, he is polite and courteous. Even when robbing the Federal Reserve, he only kills guards who try to fight back. Those who don't resist merely get tranquilized with heavy sedatives. Hell, he even ''honors'' his fallen henchmen as he and his crew escape with their ill-gotten gold. [[spoiler: At the end, it turns out he never was going to [[EvenEvilHasStandards blow up any school]].]] Even [[EvenEvilHasStandards he thought Hans was an asshole]], but that didn't stop him from wanting revenge on [=McClane=]. This behavior is evident in his underlings, who actually avoid killing Zeus when they could have, and even take a bomb from him, thinking "a kid could find it."

* ''Film/TheGreatEscape'': Colonel von Luger, the commandant of the POW camp is certainly more affable than the BigGood, being a Luftwaffe soldier who sees his enemies as {{Worthy Opponent}}s and is only obeying his superior's commands out of duty rather than ideology. He's always polite towards his prisoners and [[spoiler:was adamently opposed to the execution of the recaptured escapees.]]
** TruthInTelevision as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Lindeiner-Wildau Wilhelm Lindeiner]], Commandant of the real Stalag Luft III, made a real attempt to be nice to his prisoners. He would repeatedly stress to them that they would be better off cooperating with him than being in the hands of the Gestapo, and this was not merely a ploy. Von Lindeiner was visibly stressed when notified of the fates of the escaped prisoners.

** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'': Angelica shows signs of friendliness towards Jack.

** The novelization claims that the Operative knew full well that [[spoiler:Shepherd Book]] wasn't just a [[spoiler:clergyman]].

** ''Film/{{Twenty Two Jump Street}}'': [[spoiler: The Yank twins]] are rather friendly considering their envolvement with the drugs.

* ''Film/SherlockHolmes'': Dredger from the 2009 movie is an [[GiantMook extremely large thug]] who ''will'' wreck the place and crush you (with his bare hands, if necessary) if that's what he's been paid to do...but he's surprisingly personable about it.

* ''Film/{{SpiderMan Trilogy}}'': Doctor Octopus Harry Osborn and Sandman all qualify.

** On ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', Toomes is a very respected and father and former businessman turned supervillain. He values his daughter Liz deeply as much as any father would and [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer even warned Peter to treat her right]] while dropping them off at the HighSchoolDance. And despite his vendetta against both Iron Man and Spiderman, he even defended the latter from a prison inmate in TheStinger.

* ''Film/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':

* ''Film/Inglourious Basterds (Film)'': Colonel Hans Lands is unfailingly polite, while being a Nazi officer who takes obvious pride in his work

* ''Ace High'' has Cacopulos, who is likable and easygoing despite being a cunning and dangerous criminal. He's pretty much a slightly smarter, more mellow [[TheGoodTheBadandtheUgly Tuco]].

** On ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', Toomes is a very respected and father and former businessman turned supervillain. He values his daughter Liz deeply as much as any father would and [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer even warned Peter to treat her right]] while dropping them off. And despite his vendetta against both Iron Man and Spiderman, he even defender the latter from a prison inmate in TheStinger.

** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', Zemo is very a noble and wise human being who shows great respect towards the Avengers despite his vendetta against them [[MisplacedRetribution for creating Ultron who killed his family.]] He is also very understanding of other people and would show great sympathy towards them, as he did with T'Challa whose father he killed and framed Bucky for.

** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', Zemo is very a noble and wise human being who shows great respect towards the Avengers despite his vendetta against him [[MisplacedRetribution for creating Ultron who killed his family.]] He is also very understanding of other people and would show great sympathy towards them, as he did with T'Challa whose father he killed and framed Bucky for.

** ''Film/IronMan3'': [[spoiler: Trevor Slattery, the "fake" Mandrian, is actually pretty nice. He is completely oblivious to the machinations of the film's true villain, Aldrich Killan.]]

* ''Film/IronMan3'': [[spoiler: Trevor Slattery, the "fake" Mandrian, is actually pretty nice. He is completely oblivious to the machinations of the film's true villain, Aldrich Killan.]]

* ''Film/IronMan3'': [[spoiler: Trevor Slattery, the "fake" Mandarin, is actually pretty nice. He's completely oblivious to the machinations of the true villain, Aldrich Killian.]]

* Loki Laufeyson in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' ''Film/{{The Avengers2012}}'' and ''Film/{{Thor The Dark World}}''.

* ''Film/Inglourious Basterds'': Colonel Hans Lands is unfailingly polite, while being a Nazi officer who takes obvious pride in his work

** Film/TomorrowNeverDies has Dr. Kaufman, a OneSceneWonder who is unfailingly polite and respectful to Mr. Bond. Too bad about [[SmugSnake his protege]], the FauxAffablyEvil CompleteMonster, [[MeaningfulName Mr. Stamper]].

* ''Film/{{The Hangover}} trilogy'': Leslie Chow only wants to be friends with The Wolfpack.
* ''Film/HomeAlone'': Harry and Marv in the first film. When they almost run over Kevin with their car (before they try to break into his house,) they both go out of their way to admonish him to be more careful when crossing the street.

* ''Film/TheBabysitter'': Max may look like your stereotypical jock, but [[spoiler:when a bully is egging his house he halts his attempted murder to give him advice on how to stand up for himself.]]

* ''Film/DialMForMurder'' is a classic thriller featuring Tony Wendiss, a man who concocts [[ThePerfectCrime the perfect murder]]; blackmailing someone to kill his unfaithful wife while Tony is across town, thereby securing both his alibi for her death and the money she's left him in her will. Wendiss ''never'' loses his charming, upper-class, English politeness, even when [[spoiler:he is caught by his wife, her boyfriend, and a Scotland Yard inspector at the end of the movie.]]