Top Movie characters

[Chaz]

Premiere magazine released thier top 100 movie characters of all time.
I realized I have not seen a lot of these movies.

I just have to add Milton Waddams from Office Space and Tyler Durden from Fight Club.

Anyone else have some good ones?

From
The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time

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

 

[Chaplin]

I would change:

6. Annie Hall in Annie Hall

to

6. Alvy Singer in Annie Hall

 

[SirStefan32]

I'd change 15. Hannibal Lecter of The Silence of the Lambs to
1. Hannibal Lecter of The Silence of the Lambs.

Surprise, surprise.

 

[Ryanwb]

Hmmm..

It would be interesting to know what their criteria was for this. Was it more the actor or actress that played the part or was it just the dialog and writing of the character?

..because "99. Kevin McCallister of Home Alone" took some guts to put on this list

 

[Chaplin]

Hmmm..

It would be interesting to know what their criteria was for this. Was it more the actor or actress that played the part or was it just the dialog and writing of the character?

..because "99. Kevin McCallister of Home Alone" took some guts to put on this list

And Antoine Doinel sandwiched between Kevin McCallister and Ace Ventura??

Proof that Premiere is a horrible magazine.

 

[PDXChris]

This one is easy, Brodie Bruce from Mallrats and Banky Edwards of Chasing Amy

 

[Evil Ash]

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Like you had to ask

 

[Chaz]

Hmmm..

It would be interesting to know what their criteria was for this. Was it more the actor or actress that played the part or was it just the dialog and writing of the character?

..because "99. Kevin McCallister of Home Alone" took some guts to put on this list

They have a little explaination on ecah choice if you follow the link in the quote. I seems like much of it is pop culture reference.

 

[vince56]

Darth Vader #84?? Behind Gordon Gecko. aaaaaarrrggghhhh.

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Darth Vader #84?? Behind Gordon Gecko. aaaaaarrrggghhhh.

This list is indeed Scheisse!

 

[Chaz]

This list is indeed Scheisse!

Yea, I am not sure how Gordon Gecko made the list, much less coming in above Darth Vader.



At least the Home Alone kid was next to last.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Ash should be on that list for sure.

Darth Vader should be in the top twenty.

Jack Sparrow should be in the top fifty.

Also left off...

The Joker: Batman

 

[jf-08]

Chet - Wierd Science

Steve Buscemi's character in Fargo

Joe Pesci - Goodfellas

although these were "Supporting Actors", I feel that they actually stole the spotlight and are very popular characters. When you think of these movies, these are who you think of, IMO.

 

[Chaz]

The Joker: Batman

Good one.

Ash from Evil Dead is a good one also.

Joe Pesci - Goodfellas

96. Tommy DeVito of GoodFellas

They listed the lady cop Marge Gunderson from Fargo.
I also thought William H Macy's character was excellent from Fargo.

 

[jf-08]

Good one.

Ash from Evil Dead is a good one also.




96. Tommy DeVito of GoodFellas

They listed the lady cop Marge Gunderson from Fargo.
I also thought William H Macy's character was excellent from Fargo.

i should have read the list more closely

 

[Chaz]

i should have read the list more closely

I don't think I would have recognized that as Joe Pesci's character if I had not read the explanation on Premiere's site.

I love that movie.

 

[Stout]

Many might not agree, but The Sheriff of Nottingham from Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. I'm sorry, but Alan Rickman is great in everything he does, and his role opposite the flat (and that's being polite!) Kevin Costner was outragously evil and slimy yet fun. I heard Costner cut a bunch of his scenes to avoid being upstaged, and he was STILL upstaged.

 

[mdamien13]

Many might not agree, but The Sheriff of Nottingham from Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. I'm sorry, but Alan Rickman is great in everything he does, and his role opposite the flat (and that's being polite!) Kevin Costner was outragously evil and slimy yet fun. I heard Costner cut a bunch of his scenes to avoid being upstaged, and he was STILL upstaged.

Hell yeah. Alan Rickman is an incredibly underrated actor.

Sheriff of Nottingham: [to a *****] You. My room. 10:30 tonight.
Sheriff of Nottingham: [to another *****] You. 10:45... And bring a friend.

My vote would go to Detective Cameron from Night of the Creeps played by Tom Atkins. "Thrill me!"

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Speaking of Joe Pesci

How about Vinnie from My Cousin Vinnie

 

[Ryanwb]

Speaking of Joe Pesci

How about Vinnie from My Cousin Vinnie

Or Nicky Santoro from Casino

 

[mdamien13]

Just thought of;

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman - Full Metal Jacket

 

[Stout]

Just thought of;

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman - Full Metal Jacket

Oooh, good one. I'd throw in a quote, but most of them would get me banned

 

[Pariah]

Conspicuous in their absence:

• Jose Wales from Outlaw Jose Wales
• Butch Cassidy From Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• Hal from 2001: A Space Oddessy
• Howard the Duck from Howard the Duck

...I'm kidding about that last one.

 

[Pariah]

oh, and another:

• Maximus from Gladiator