The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time

[BoondockSaint]

In honor of the 50 Worst Songs thread, now you can argue about this:

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p.s. Darth Vader is 84

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[Mike Teacher]

Cool. Me being ADD; I copied and pasted the list; it's tuff for me to go back and forth. Hope ya dont mind.

#2 is a good call; one of the greatest movies few under 40 [30?] [2?] may have seen.

I havent looked yet but George C as Patton better be way up high; and so far...


1. Vito Corleone of The Godfather
2. Fred C. Dobbs of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
3. Scarlett O'Hara of Gone With the Wind
4. Norman Bates of Psycho
5. James Bond of Dr. No
6. Annie Hall of Annie Hall
7. Indiana Jones of Raiders of the Lost Ark
8. Ellen Ripley of Alien
9. Jeff Spicoli of Fast Times at Ridgemont High
10. Gollum of Lord of the Rings
11. Margo Channing of All About Eve
12. Charles Foster Kane of Citizen Kane
13. Atticus Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird
14. Randle McMurphy of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
15. Hannibal Lecter of The Silence of the Lambs
16. Robin Hood of The Adventures of Robin Hood
17. Dorothy Gale of The Wizard of Oz
18. Carl Spackler of Caddyshack
19. Rick Blaine of Casablanca
20. Virgil Tibbs of In the Heat of the Night
21. Susan Vance of Bringing up Baby
22. Travis Bickle of Taxi Driver
23. Eathan Edwards of The Searchers
24. The Little Tramp of Mabel's Strange Predicament
25. Gordon Gekko of Wall Street
26. E.T. of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
27. Marge Gunderson of Fargo
28. Captain Quint of Jaws
29. Daphne/Jerry of Some Like it Hot
30. King Kong of King Kong
31. Norma Desmond of Sunset Boulevard
32. Holly Golightly of Breakfast at Tiffany's
33. Ratso Rizzo of Midnight Cowboy
34. Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clyde
35. Dr. Evil of Austin Powers
36. Alex Forrest of Fatal Attraction
37. Jake Gittes of Chinatown
38. Willy Wonka of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
39. Michael Dorsey/Dorthy Michaels of Tootsie
40. The Terminator of The Terminator
41. Jane Craig of Broadcast News
42. "Dirty" Harry Callahan of Dirty Harry
43. Forrest Gump of Forrest Gump
44. Jules Winnfield of Pulp Fiction
45. Mary Poppins of Mary Poppins
46. John McClane of Die Hard
47. Mrs. Robinson of The Graduate
48. John "Bluto" Blutarsky of Animal House
49. Chance the Gardener of Being There
50. Blondie of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
51. Freddy Krueger of A Nightmare on Elm Street
52. Howard Beale of Network
53. Ninotchka of Ninotchka
54. Frank Booth of Blue Velvet
55. The Dude of The Big Lebowski
56. Alan Swann of My Favorite Year
57. Tom Powers of The Public Enemy
58. Phyliss Dietrichson of Double Indemnity
59. Lt. Kilgore of Apocalypse Now
60. George Bailey of It's a Wonderful Life
61. J.J. Hunsecker of Sweet Smell of Success
62. John Shaft of Shaft
63. Carrie White of Carrie
64. Rocky Balboa of Rocky
65. Edward Scissorhands of Edward Scissorhands
66. Navin Johnson of The Jerk
67. Inspector Clouseau of The Pink Panther
68. Alex DeLarge of A Clockwork Orange
69. Terry Malloy of On the Waterfront
70. Judy Benjamin of Private Benjamin
71. Rev. Harry Powell of The Night of the Hunter
72. Lloyd Dobler of Say Anything
73. Norma Rae of Norma Rae
74. Tony Montana of Scarface
75. Dr. Strangelove of Dr. Strangelove
76. Tony Manero of Saturday Night Fever
77. Annie Wilkes of Misery
78. "Mad" Max Rockatansky of Mad Max
79. Hans Beckert of M
80. Sam Spade of The Maltese Falcon
81. Aurora Greenway of Terms of Endearment
82. Jack Torrance of The Shining
83. William Cutting of Gangs of New York
84. Darth Vader of Star Wars
85. Stanley Kowalski of A Streetcar Named Desire
86. Melanie Daniels of The Birds
87. Captain Jack Sparrow of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
88. Raymond Babbitt of Rain Man
89. Sandy Olsson of Grease
90. John Malkovich of Being John Malkovich
91. Mrs. Iselin of The Manchurian Candidate
92. Dil of The Crying Game
93. Harry Lime of The Third Man
94. Rose Sayer of The African Queen
95. Oda Mae Brown of Ghost
96. Tommy DeVito of GoodFellas
97. Ace Ventura of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
98. Antoine Doinel of The 400 Blows
99. Kevin McCallister of Home Alone
100. Roger "Verbal" Kint of The Usual Suspects

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[Mike Teacher]

ok someone tell me i'm tripping and can read, coz Patton? I dont see.

And Atticus Finch should be #1; cant remember which poll it was but Peck as Atticus Finch was recognized by more then a few as the greatest single portrayal of a character; maybe this is more the characters themselves, but that still doesnt give Patton a pass. That opening sequence with the flag in the background?

Fucking EPIC.

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[BoondockSaint]

I havent looked yet but George C as Patton better be way up high; and so far...

Patton is not on there, but then again, he is not a movie character. It was a bio-pic.

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[keithy_19]

I'll do my top 5 favorite:

1. Willy Wonka(I just love the movie)

2. Michel Corelone

3. Atticus Finch

4. Mr. Pink

5. Indiana Jones

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[BoondockSaint]

And Atticus Finch should be #1; cant remember which poll it was but Peck as Atticus Finch was recognized by more then a few as the greatest single portrayal of a character

This, I can not argue. I still remember the first time I saw that movie. I was so young (8 or 9) and it moved me so much.

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[Mike Teacher]

2. Michael Corelone


Yeah I think Ron talked about this. The Pacino character is central to the Trilogy. He IS the trilogy, in my opinion.

Brando? I read that he was so bad with lines, if the camera did a 180 you would see these ENORMOUS CUE CARDS WRITTEN LIKE THIS WITH HIS LINES ON THEM because he couldnt remember shit, and couldnt see. I mean I hear these things were Huge.

Brando = good

Pacino = More Gooder

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[NewYorkDragons80]

46. John McClane of Die Hard
Well, that's all I needed to see to give this list my approval.

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[Whyyouhaddiddat]

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[Se7en]

That list is as screwy as every other "greatest of all time!" list I've seen.

Ace Ventura? Ace Ventura makes the list and, say, Tylder Durden of Fight Club does not?! What kind of bullshit is that?

Or Gollum as #11??? Look, I'm one of the biggest LOTR marks out there, but even I wouldn't put Gollum over Kane from Citizen Kane or Atticus Finch.

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[Heather 8]

No, Se7en, it's worse... Gollum is at #10. Margo Channing, my personal favorite, is #11.

This is almost as ludicrous as a PWI500 list.

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[JustJon]

simply awful. I hate these lists.

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[monsterone]

i totally agree with jon, lists are just what lazy writers do.

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[Doctor Manhattan]

We should put together a list of the all-time worst lists.

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[Hoojibs]

The other poll Mike Teacher is referring with to with Atticus Finch as #1 hero, and Hannibal Lector as #1 villian is AFI's greatest heroes and villians one.

I would agree with that list better than this one by Premieres.

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[Hoojibs]

AFI's 100 Heroes & Villains

Top 50 Heroes:
1. Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird
2. Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. James Bond, Dr. No
4. Rick Blaine, Casablanca
5. Will Kane, High Noon
6. Clarice Starling, Silence of the Lambs
7. Rocky Balboa, Rocky
8. Ellen Ripley, Aliens
9. George Bailey, It's a Wonderful Life
10. T.E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia
11. Jefferson Smith, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
12. Tom Joad, The Grapes of Wrath
13. Oskar Schindler, Schindler's List
14. Han Solo, Star Wars
15. Norma Rae Webster, Norma Rae
16. Shane, Shane
17. Harry Callahan, Dirty Harry
18. Robin Hood, Adventures of Robin Hood
19. Virgil Tibbs, In the Heat of the Night
20. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
21. Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi
22. Spartacus, Spartacus
23. Terry Malloy, On the Waterfront
24. Thelma Dickerson and Louise Sawyer, Thelma & Louise
25. Lou Gehrig, The Pride of the Yankees
26. Superman, Superman
27. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, All the President's Men
28. Juror #8, 12 Angry Men
29. General George Patton, Patton
30. Luke Jackson, Cool Hand Luke
31. Erin Brockovich, Erin Brockovich
32. Philip Marlowe, The Big Sleep
33. Marge Gunderson, Fargo
34. Tarzan, Tarzan the Ape Man
35. Alvin York, Sergeant York
36. Rooster Cogburn, True Grit
37. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars
38. The Tramp, City Lights
39. Lassie, Lassie Come Home
40. Frank Serpico, Serpico
41. Arthur Chipping, Goodbye, Mr. Chips
42. Father Edward Flanagan, Boys Town
43. Moses, The Ten Commandments
44. Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, The French Connection
45. Zorro, The Mark of Zorro
46. Batman, Batman
47. Karen Silkwood, Silkwood
48. Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
49. Andrew Beckett, Philadelphia
50. General Maximus Decimus Meridus, Gladiator

Top 50 Villains:
1. Dr. Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of the Lambs
2. Norman Bates, Psycho
3. Darth Vader, The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz
5. Nurse Ratched, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
6. Mr. Potter, It's a Wonderful Life
7. Alex Forrest, Fatal Attraction
8. Phyllis Dietrichson, Double Indemnity
9. Regan MacNeil, The Exorcist
10. The Queen, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
11. Michael Corleone, The Godfather Part II
12. Alex De Large, Clockwork Orange
13. Hal 9000, 2001: A Space Odyssey
14. The Alien, Alien
15. Amon Goeth, Schindler's List
16. Noah Cross, Chinatown
17. Annie Wilkes, Misery
18. The Shark, Jaws
19. Captain Bligh, Mutiny on the Bounty
20. Man, Bambi
21. Mrs. John Iselin, The Manchurian Candidate
22. Terminator, The Terminator
23. Eve Harrington, All About Eve
24. Gordon Gekko, Wall Street
25. Jack Torrance, The Shining
26. Cody Jarrett, White Heat
27. Martians, The War of the Worlds
28. Max Cady, Cape Fear
29. Reverend Harry Powell, The Night of the Hunter
30. Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
31. Mrs. Danvers, Rebecca
32. Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, Bonnie and Clyde
33. Count Dracula, Dracula
34. Dr. Szell, Marathon Man
35. J.J. Hunsecker, Sweet Smell of Success
36. Frank Booth, Blue Velvet
37. Harry Lime, The Third Man
38. Caesar Enrico Bandello, Little Caesar
39. Cruella De Vil, One Hundred and One Dalmatians
40. Freddy Krueger, A Nightmare on Elm Street
41. Joan Crawford, Mommie Dearest
42. Tom Powers, The Public Enemy
43. Regina Giddens, The Little Foxes
44. Baby Jane Hudson, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
45. The Joker, Batman
46. Hans Gruber, Die Hard
47. Tony Camonte, Scarface
48. Roger "Verbal" Kint, The Usual Suspects
49. Auric Goldfinger, Goldfinger
50. Alonzo Harris, Training Day



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[A.J.]

48. John "Bluto" Blutarsky of Animal House


That's SENATOR Blutarsky.

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[Furtherman]

46. John McClane of Die Hard


True, but I would have to include Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber on that list. Maybe even above McClane.

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[NewYorkDragons80]

The AFI list is actually a great list, even for people who don't like lists. I'm having a tough time finding people that don't belong there. It's always easy to find someone they overlooked, but not finding people that doesn't belong tells you that it's a good list.

AFI, however, did a list of comedies that was pretty bad.

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Taylor - Planet of the Apes ( Not FUCKING Marky Mark)
Sean Trooper Thornton - The Quiet Man
Ensign Pulver - Mr. Roberts
The Harry Dean Stanton Guy - Repo-Man
Quint - Jaws
Woody - Toy Story 2



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[Se7en]

The AFI list is actually a great list, even for people who don't like lists. I'm having a tough time finding people that don't belong there.

I don't like the inclusion of some of the characters from newer movies. Like Beckett in Philadelphia, or Maximus in Gladiator, or Harris in Training Day.

And Harry Lime should have been higher. Harry Lime owns you all.

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[TheMojoPin]

"Philadelphia" came out at least ten years ago, right?

How much time do you need to pass?

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Where's Cool Hand Luke?



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[A.J.]

75. Dr. Strangelove of Dr. Strangelove


I'd give the edge to General Jack Ripper or General Buck Turgidson.

Where are GYSGT Hartman from "Full Metal Jacket" or Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher?

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