| 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains |
| Heroes |
| 50. Maximus (Russell Crowe), Gladiator, 2000 49. Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks), Philadelphia, 1993 48. The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger), T2: Judgement Day, 1991 47. Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), Silkwood, 1983 46. Batman (Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney), Batman, 1989-1997 45. Zorro (Tyrone Power), The Mark of Zorro, 1940 44. Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman), The French Connection, 1971 43. Moses (Charlton Heston), The Ten Commandments, 1956 42. Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy), Boys Town, 1938 41. Arthur Chipping (Robert Donat, Peter O'Toole), Goodbye, Mr. Chips, 1939 & 1969 40. Frank Serpico (Al Pacino), Serpico, 1973 39. Lassie (Lassie), Lassie Come Home, 1943 38. The Tramp (Charlie Chaplin), The Kid, 1921 37. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness & Ewan McGregor), Star Wars, 1977- 36. Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne), True Grit, 1969 35. Alvin York (Gary Cooper), Sergeant York, 1941 34. Tarzan (Johnny Weismuller), Tarzan the Ape Man, 1932 33. Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand), Fargo, 1996 32. Phillip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart), The Big Sleep, 1946 31. Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts), Erin Brockovich, 2000 30. Luke Jackson (Paul Newman), Cool Hand Luke, 1967 29. General George Patton (George C. Scott), Patton, 1970 28. Juror #8 (Henry Fonda), 12 Angry Men, 1957 27. Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein (Robert Redford & Dustin Hoffman), All the President's Men, 1976 26. Superman (Christopher Reeve), Superman, 1978-1987 25. Lou Gehrig (Gary Cooper), The Pride of the Yankees, 1942 24. Thelma & Louise (Geena Davis & Susan Sarandon), Thelma & Louise, 1991 23. Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando), On the Waterfront, 1954 22. Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), Spartacus, 1960 21. Mahatma Gandhi (Ben Kingsley), Gandhi, 1982 20. Butch & Sundance (Paul Newman & Robert Redford), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969 19. Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), In the Heat of the Night, 1967 18. Robin Hood (Errol Flynn), The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938 17. Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood), Sudden Impact, 1983 16. Shane (Alan Ladd), Shane, 1953 15. Norma Rae Webster (Sally Field), Norma Rae, 1979 14. Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Star Wars, 1977-1983 13. Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), Schindler's List, 1993 12. Tom Joad (Henry Fonda), Grapes of Wrath, 1940 11. Jefferson Smith (Jimmy Stewart), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington), 1939 10. T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), Lawrence of Arabia, 1962 9. George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart), It's a Wonderful Life, 1946 8. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Alien, 1979-1997 7. Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), Rocky, 1976- 6. Clarise Starling (Jodie Foster & Julianne Moore), The Silence of the Lambs & Hannibal, 1991-2001 5. Will Kane (Gary Cooper), High Noon, 1952 4. Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), Casablanca, 1942 3. James Bond (Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan), 1962- 2. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), 1981- 1. Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck), To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962 |
| Villains |
| 50. Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington), Training Day, 2001 49. Goldfinger (Gert Frobe), Goldfinger, 1964 48. Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey), The Usual Suspects, 1995) 47. Tony Camonte (Paul Muni & Al Pacino), Scarface, 1932 & 1982 46. Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), Die Hard, 1988 45. The Joker (Jack Nicholson), Batman, 1989 44. Baby Jane Hudson (Bette Davis), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, 1962 43. Regina Giddens (Bette Davis), The Little Foxes, 1941 42. Tom Powers, (James Cagney), Public Enemy, 1931 41. Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway), Mommie Dearest, 1981 40. Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), Nightmare on Elm Street, 1984- 39. Cruella De Vil (animated & Glenn Close), 101 Dalmatians, 1961 & 1996 38. Little Caesar (Edward G. Robinson), Little Caesar, 1930 37. Harry Lime (Orson Welles), The Third Man, 1949 36. Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper), Blue Velvet, 1986 35. J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster), Sweet Smell of Success, 1957 34. Dr. Szell (William Devane), Marathon Man, 1976 33. Dracula (Bela Lugosi, Frank Langella, Gary Oldman), 1931-1992 32. Bonnie & Clyde (Warren Beatty & Faye Dunaway), Bonnie & Clyde, 1967 31. Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson), Rebecca, 1940 30. Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), Taxi Driver, 1976 29. Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum), The Night of the Hunter, 1955 28. Max Cady (Robert Mitchum), Cape Fear, 1961 27. Martians, War of the Worlds, 1953 26. Cody Jarrett (James Cagney), White Heat, 1949 25. Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), The Shining, 1980 24. Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), Wall Street, 1987 23. Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter), All About Eve, 1950 22. The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Terminator, 1984 21. Mrs. John Iselin (Angela Landsbury), The Manchurian Candidate, 1962 20. Man, Bambi, 1942 19. Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton), Mutiny on the Bounty, 1935 18. The Shark, Jaws, 1975 17. Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), Misery, 1990 16. Noah Cross (John Huston), Chinatown, 1974 15. Amon Goeth (Ben Kingsley), Schindler's List, 1993 14. The Alien, Alien, 1979-1997 13. Hal 9000, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968 12. Alex De Large (Malcolm McDowell), A Clockwork Orange, 1971 11. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), The Godfather, 1972-1990 10. The Queen, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937 9. Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair), The Exorcist, 1973 8. Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) , Double Indemnity, 1944 7. Alex Forrest (Glenn Close), Fatal Attraction, 1987 6. Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore), It's a Wonderful Life, 1946 5. Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975 4. Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton), The Wizard of Oz, 1939 3. Darth Vader (James Earl Jones, Jake Lloyd & Hayden Christensen), 1977- 2. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), Psycho, 1960 1. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), 1991-2002 |
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