Think of the worst boss you've ever had. Picture that person hassling, berating or annoying you for an issue related to copy machines, expense reports or something equally trivial and stupid. Now imagine punching that person square in the jaw. Felt good, didn't it? Yes, in the world of fantasy it's perfectly acceptable to inflict violence upon your pompous, rotten jerk of a boss because he wouldn't let you use a sick day to go to a Def Leppard concert. That's probably why "boss from hell" movies often strike a chord with general audiences: because we can relate, at least a little, to what the underlings inHorrible Bosses and The Devil Wears Prada have to deal with.

So with that in mind — and with a shameless plug for Scream Factory's new release, Bloodsucking Bastards, which features a few rotten bosses of its own — here's a collection of five truly horrific movie bosses.

5. Bill Lumbergh (Gary Cole) from Office Space (1999)

Say what you will about the good and not-so-good components of Office Space but there's no denying that writer/director Mike Judge and character actor extraordinaire Gary Cole conspired to create one of the most annoyingly realistic (and realistically annoying) movie bosses of all time. From his languid and meandering style of communication to his perpetual air of low-key passive-aggression, Bill Lumbergh isn't a terrible boss because he's powerful or intimidating; it's because he's just a mindless little drone who exhibits no human traits outside of walking, talking, and stammering. I've had bosses exactly like Lumbergh, and trust me on this: they're not nearly as amusing as they are inOffice Space.

4. Dick Jones (Ronny Cox) from Robocop (1987)

3. Mason (Tilda Swinton) from Snowpiercer (2013)

You think your boss is bad? Well, the last remaining humans who live on board a perpetual motion train because the world outside is a frozen wasteland would probably disagree. Their boss doesn't ask for unpaid overtime or copies of expense reports from five years ago. No, their boss simply A) freezes peoples' arms off, B) feeds them nutrition bars made out of concentrated insects, and C) abducts their children so they can be used as... well, let's not spoil everything. Surely it's evil enough that Mason steals her workers' children. Let's just leave it at that. As far as motivational strategies are concerned, Mason isn't even a particularly intelligent boss. "Be a shoe!" she tells her workers. So they band together, become a shoe, and kick her ass.

2. Franklin Hart (Dabney Coleman) from 9 to 5 (1980)

1. Buddy Ackerman (Kevin Spacey) from Swimming with Sharks (1994)

There's really no other logical choice for the #1 pick, really, and the only people who'd argue this point are people who've never seen Kevin Spacey's wonderfully mean-spirited performance as film producer Buddy Ackerman. Based on the personal "boss from Hell" experiences from writer/director George Huang's past, Swimming with Sharks focuses on a vibrantly obnoxious movie producer who does everything he can to make his assistant's life miserable. Of course the big "hook" of the movie is that the abused (Frank Whaley) manages to turn the tables on his abuser, but the real fun stuff is found in the first half of the film. Because that's when Mr. Spacey is at his most outrageously, wildly, and entertainingly evil. It may be the guy's funniest performance of his career — and it's certainly good enough to qualify as our #1 Worst Movie Boss of All Time.