The 50 Greatest Movie Characters

Written by Ben Pogany

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Here are the 50 most well-crafted, intriguing, mesmerizing, or just plain bad-ass characters of the past 50 years.

1. Vito Corleone- The Godfather
2. The Joker- The Dark Knight
3. Hannibal Lector- Silence of the Lambs
4. James Bond- Goldfinger
5. Anton Chigurh- No Country for Old Men
6. Jules Winnfield- Pulp Fiction
7. Tyler Durden- Fight Club
8. John Doe- Se7en
9. Gollum- Lord of the Rings
10. Red Redding- Shawshank Redemption
11. Daniel Plainview- There Will Be Blood
12. Luke- Cool Hand Luke
13. The Dude- The Big Lebowski
14. Darth Vader- Star Wars
15. The Man With No Name- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
16. Forest Gump- Forest Gump
17. Indiana Jones- Raiders of the Lost Ark
18. Tony Montana- Scarface
19. Marty McFly- Back to the Future
20. Travis Bickle- Taxi Driver
21. Han Solo- Star Wars
22. Wooderson- Dazed and Confused
23. Costello- The Departed
24. John McClain- Die Hard
25. The Terminator- The Terminator
26. Michael Corleone- The Godfather
27. Harry Callahan- Dirty Harry
28. Michael Vronsky- The Deer Hunter
29. Edward Scissorhands- Edward Scissorhands
30. Patrick Bateman- American Psycho
31. Ron Burgundy- Anchorman
32. RP McMurphy- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
33. Detective Alonzo Harris- Training Day
34. Butch Cassidy- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
35. Jack Torrence- The Shining
36. Carl Spackler- Caddyshack
37. Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting- Gangs of New York
38. Mr. Blonde- Reservoir Dogs
39. Austin Powers- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
40. Walter E. Kurtz- Apocalypse Now
41. Ferris Bueller- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
42. William Wallace- Braveheart
43. Sgt. Elias Grodin- Platoon
44. Derek Vinyard- American History X
45. Derek Zoolander- Zoolander
46. William 'Bill' Munny- Unforgiven
47. Bluto-Animal House
48. Tommy DeVito- Goodfellas
49. Max Cady- Cape Fear
50. Lil Dice- City of God