The 100 Greatest Movie Characters

Here are the 100 most memorable, well-crafted, mesmerizing, hilarious, or just plain bad-ass characters of the past 60 years.

1. Vito Corleone-The Godfather
2. Hannibal Lector- Silence of the Lambs
3. James Bond- Goldfinger
4. Michael Corleone- The Godfather
5. The Joker- The Dark Knight
6. Gollum- Lord of the Rings
7. Daniel Plainview- There Will Be Blood
8. The Dude- The Big Lebowski
9. Luke- Cool Hand Luke
10. Darth Vader- Star Wars
11. Rocky- Rocky
12. The Man With No Name- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
13. Quint- Jaws
14. Forrest Gump- Forest Gump
15. Indiana Jones- Raiders of the Lost Ark
16. Tony Montana- Scarface
17. Marty McFly- Back to the Future
18. Han Solo- Star Wars
19. E.T.- E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
20. Red Redding- The Shawshank Redemption
21. Anton Chigurh- No Country For Old Men
22. Travis Bickle- Taxi Driver
23. Wooderson- Dazed and Confused
24. Hal 9000- 2001: A Space Odyssey
25. Ron Burgundy- Anchorman
26. Jules Winnfield- Pulp Fiction
27. Frank Booth- Blue Velvet
28. Beatlejuice- Beatlejuice
29. Dr. Strangelove- Dr. Strangelove
30. Frank Costello- The Departed
31. Jake LaMotta- Raging Bull
32. Popeye Doyle- The French Connection
33. Tyler Durden- Fight Club
34. Hans Landa- Inglourious Bastards
35. The Terminator- The Terminator
36. Harry Callahan- Dirty Harry
37. Ellen Ripley-Alien
38. Edward Scissorhands- Edward Scissorhands
39. John Doe- Se7en
40. RP McMurphy- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
41. Detective Alonzo Harris- Training Day
42. Butch Cassidy- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
43. Jack Torrence- The Shining
44. Carl Spackler- Caddyshack
45. Mr. Miyagi- The Karate Kid
46. Mr. Blonde- Reservoir Dogs
47. Walter E. Kurtz- Apocalypse Now
48. Ferris Bueller- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
49. Derek Zoolander- Zoolander
50. Bluto- Animal House
51. Tommy DeVito- Goodfellas
52. Jake Gittes- Chinatown
53. Mad Max- Mad Max
54. Vinny Gambini- My Cousin Vinny
55. Max Cady- Cape Fear
56. Lee Grossman-Tropic Thunder
57. Shaft- Shaft
58. Kevin McCallister- Home Alone
59. William Wallace- Braveheart
60. Spicoli- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
61. John McClain- Die Hard
62. Oskar Schindler-Schindler’s List
63. Marge Gunderson- Fargo
64. Alex Forrest- Fatal Attraction
65. Howard Beale- Network
66. Amelie- Amelie
67. Bill ‘The Butcher’ Cutting- Gangs of New York
68. Axel Foley- Beverly Hills Cop
69. Michael- The Deer Hunter
70. Alan- The Hangover
71. Patrick Bateman- American Psycho
72. Harmonica- Once Upon a Time in the West
73. Frank Serpico- Serpico
74. Ace Ventura- Ace Venture: Pet Detective
75. Raymond Babbitt- Rain Man
76. Wall-E- Wall-E
77. Phil Conners- Groundhog Day
78. Freddy Krueger- A Nightmare on Elm Street
79. Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade- Scent of a Woman
80. Rooster Cogburn- True Grit
81. Ratso Rizzo- Midnight Cowboy
82. Stifler- American Pie
83. Austin Powers- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
84. William ‘Bill’ Munny- Unforgiven
85. General George S. Patton- Patton
86. The Bride- Kill Bill
87. Alex Delarge- A Clockwork Orange
88. Ben Braddock- The Graduate
89. Napoleon Dynamite- Napoleon Dynamite
90. Leonard Shelby- Memento
91. Sgt. Elias Grodin- Platoon
92. Raoul Duke- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
93. FBI Special Agent Paul Smecker- The Boondock Saints
94. Keyser Soze/Verbal Kint- The Usual Suspects
95. V- V for Vendetta
96. George Hanson- Easy Rider
97. Peter Venkman- Ghostbusters
98. Max Fischer- Rushmore
99. Derek Vinyard- American History X
100. Annie Wilkes- Misery