Australia's top 10 movie villains include Heath Ledger's Joker Heath Ledger as The Joker in scene from Batman film The Dark Knight Source: Supplied WE list our top 10 villains in film. An Oscar was awarded posthumously to Heath Ledger for his career-best performance as the unnervingly off-kilter Joker in the 2008 blockbuster The Dark Knight . A performance that has no parallels . Heath Ledger as The Joker in scene from The Dark Knight. (AP Photo/Warner Bros Pictures, Stephen Vaughan) Source: Supplied See the official trailer of the latest instalment of Batman movies, The Dark Knight, starring Heath Ledger and Christian Bale Jacki Weaver made the world sit up and notice as sweet-as-pie sociopath Janine Cody in underworld crime drama Animal Kingdom , an against-type role in which she was chillingly convincing. Role that changed her role ... Cast (from left) James Frecheville, Sullivan Stapleton, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver, Joel Edgerton and Ben Mendelsohn from the 2010 film Animal Kingdom. Welcome to the Melbourne underworld, where tensions are building between dangerous criminals and equally dangerous police. The Wild West played out on the city's streets. John Jarratt was so memorable as Mick Taylor, Crocodile Dundee's psychopathic cousin, in his first outing, the veteran actor has been given more screen time in Wolf Creek 2. Memorable and chilling performance ... John Jarratt as Mick Taylor in Wolf Creek 2. The outback once more becomes a place of horror as another unwitting tourist becomes the prey for crazed, serial-killing pig-shooter Mick Taylor. Hugo Weaving eats bad boy roles for breakfast - in films as diverse as The Tender Hook and Captain America, in which he played the Nazi villain Red Skull. But Matrix's Agent Smith stands out. Actor Hugo Weaving in scene from the 2003 film The Matrix Revolutions. /Films/Titles/Matrix/Revolutions Source: News Limited A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss Eric Bana's breakthrough performance as Chopper Read still resonates more than a decade on. Actor Eric Bana as Mark 'Chopper' Read in a memorable scene from 2000 film Chopper. Based on the life of Notorious underworld hitman Mark Chopper Read Chopper. Starring Eric Bana Geoffrey Rush's deliciously hammy Captain Barbossa came close to stealing Johnny Depp's thunder in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Ought to have his own films ... Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbossa with Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow in a scene from 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Photo: Peter Mountain. Disney Enterprises, Inc Source: Supplied Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate Captain Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead. Bill Hunter embraced an ill-fitting blond toupee for the role of Barry Fife, the Machiavellian president of the Australian Ballroom Dancing Federation, in Baz Luhrmann's feature film debut, Strictly Balloom. Machiavellian . Bill Hunter aas Barry Fife in 1992 film Strictly Ballroom. Prize-winning ballroom dancer Scott Hastings who loves to put his own spin on the formal steps. The severe black bob or "helmet" Cate Blanchett adopted to play Russian agent Irina Spalk in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was even uglier. Cate Blanchett in a scene from the 2008 film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a 2008 adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg,starring Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett Russell Crowe was a terrifying Neo-Nazi in Romper Stomper. Terrifying ... Russell Crowe in 1992 film Romper Stomper 03 Source: Supplied This controversial drama was a major box-office success in Australia, and it made an overnight star of its leading man, Russell Crowe. A list of great Australian villains would hardly be complete without including the spiky VW from Peter Weir's 1974 horror film The Cars That Ate Paris. Evil ... VW from the 1974 horror movie The Cars That Ate Paris Source: Supplied Original theatrical trailer for Australian director Peter Weir's first feature length film.