Punjab, May 2 -- While villains in movies are usually portrayed as pure evil with malicious intentions, some of them had understandable motives or were simply misunderstood. In this article, we will take a look at some of the most famous movie villains who may not have been as evil as they seemed.

Magneto from X-Men Movies

Magneto is undoubtedly one of the most iconic villains in comic book movies but was his cause really that evil? Played brilliantly by Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender, Magneto only wanted to protect mutant kind from the oppression of humans.

As a Holocaust survivor, Magneto witnessed first hand the atrocities that humans can commit against those deemed "different". This understandably made him wary of humans and d...