Top 10 Movie Characters
 

No combining characters though, that's too easy.

My List:

1) Tony Montana
2) Travis Bickle
3) Jules Winnfield
4) Hannibal Lecter
5) Derek Vinyard
6) Indiana Jones
7) Forrest Gump
8) Donnie Darko
9) Jeffrey Lebowski (The Dude, happy now David2000?)
10) Alonzo Harris (Denzel in Training Day)

and for the hell of it

11) Gny. Sgt. Hartman

In no particular order:

Michael Corleone (Godfather)
Captain Benjamin Willard (Apocalypse Now)
Brian Cohen (Life of Brian, my favorite movie. :))
Rick Deckard (Blade Runner)
Sanjuro Kuwabatake (Yojimbo)
Eliza Doolittle (My Fair Lady)
McMurphey (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, can't remember his first name)
Verbal Kint/Keyser Soze (Usual Suspects)
Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Jake Gittes (Chinatown)

Wow, tough to keep it to 10! :)

Edited to add movies. Sorry Batman976, I just assumed they were obvious! :D

I'd put The Dude at #1. If you were a true fan, you'd know that Jeffrey Lebowski in the movie is "the other Jeffrey Lebowski, the millionaire!" to quote Walter. Jeff Bridges' character, The Dude, is the real winner, and I think is the best movie character of all time.

Now, if you really were going for the millionaire, my apologies, but that would make me lose respect for the rest of your list.

Donnie Darko too, he's great.

Hmmm... I'll try to come up with a list off the top of my head, but I'm sure I'll miss a few good ones. And for cryin' out loud people, tell us what movie they were in. Not everyone knows all these.

Some of these may have originated in books, but I'll put them on here anyway. Here they are, in no particular order.

1) Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
2) R. P. McMurphy (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest)
3) HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)
4) Darth Vader (Star Wars)
6) Henry Hill (Goodfellas)
7) Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
8) Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
9) Rocky Balboa (Rocky)
10) Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)
11) Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction)

I would add Tony Soprano (The Sopranos) to the list, but I think he's out of the running.

ok... yet another tough list to make for the great entertainment forum...
[list=1][*]Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)[*]Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)[*]Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)[*]Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)[*]Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird)[*]Amelie Poulain (Amelie)[*]Henry V (Henry V)[*]Willy Wonker (WIlly Wonker and the Chocolate Factory)[*]Terry Malloy (On the Waterfront)[*]Aragorn (LOTR)[/list=1]

many many more... these are just the few that i can think of on the spot.

1. Walter Sobchak (John Goodman's character from the Big Lebowski)
2. Jesus Quintana (John Turturro's character from the Big Lebowski)
3. Lola (Run Lola Run)
4. Any Philip Seymour Hoffman
5. Reed Rothchild (Boogie Nights)

I'm sure there's plenty more, but that's all I've got off the top of my head.

1) Darth Vader (Star Wars)
2) Kikuchiyo (Seven Samurai)
3) Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
4) Aragorn (LOTR)
5) Optmus Prime (Transformers)

There's plenty more but I can't think of them right now.

10 is pretty rough but let's give it a shot.

1. The Crow (First Movie Only)
2. Connor MacLeod-Highlander (First Movie only)
3. Nick Randall-Wanted Dead or Alive
4. Gabriel-Prophecy
5. Seth Gecko-From Dusk til Dawn
6. El Mariachi
7. Mr. Brown-Resevoir Dogs
8. I'll probably get flamed for this one but Jay and Silent Bob

Of all the characters from Reservoir Dogs, why did you pick Mr. Brown? He's barely in the movie! Go with Mr. Blonde or Mr. Pink or someone.

Jack Burton
Kaiser Soze
Hannibal lechter
jack Sparrow
Gimli
Han solo
Indiana Jones
jules
christopher walken (anyone he plays)
rob roy

Here are mine though not necessarily in this order:
1)El Mariachi (Desperado)
2)Yoda (Star Wars movies)
3) Rocky Balboa (Rocky movies)
4) Donnie Darko (Donnie Darko)
5) Tyler Durden (Fightclub)
6) Rory Breaker (Lock, stock and two smoking barrels)
7) Jessica Rabbit (Who framed Roger Rabbit)
8) Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the rings)
9) Jay and Silent Bob (All kevin smith movies)
10) Gonzo (all muppet movies)

Not in any particular order:

1. Begbie (Trainspotting)
2. The Black Knight (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
3. Han Solo (Star Wars)
4. Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)
5. Gny. Sgt. Hartman (Full Metal Jacket)
6. Brodie Bruce (Mallrats)
7. Randal Graves (Clerks)
8. Henry Jones Jnr. (Indiana Jones)
9. Austin Powers (International Man of Mystery)
10. John McClane (Die Hard)

1. Andy Dufresne (Shawshank)
2. Ellis Boyd Redding (Shawshank)
3. Lester Burnham (American Beauty)
4. Stifler (American Pie)
5. Gunnary Sargent Hartman (Full Metal Jacket)
6. Sam 'Ace' Rothstein (Casino)
7. Rocky Balboa (Rocky)
8. Keyser Soze (Usual Suspects)
9. David Gale (Life of David Gale)
10. Derek Vinyard (American History X)

In the order they came to mind:

1. Rick (Casablanca)
2. Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
3. The main character guy (The Last Weekend)
4. The gambler (Stagecoach)
5. Han Solo (Star Wars)
6. Alvy Singer (Annie Hall)
7. The man with no name (The man with no name trilogy)
8. Mister Roberts (Mister Roberts)
9. William Holden's character (Network)
10. Gunga Din (Gunga Din)

I think this list is far and away the best so far.

Just my opinion!

A couple I would add (no point in making my own that is nearly identical to the above) would include:

Macbeth (any of the Macbeth movies)
Richard III (Richard III with Ian McKellan)
Rick Blaine (Casablanca)


Nice idea for a thread.

Mr Mephisto

Bond, James Bond.

Boba Fett
Tyler Durden (Fightclub)
Keyser Soze (Usual Suspects)
Michael Corleone (Godfather)

My bad. I meant Mr. Blonde.

Ahhh, well that makes a bit more sense then!

Again, in no particular order....


1. James Bond - any with Connery
2. Phil Connors - Groundhog Day
3. Verbal Kint/Keyser Soze
4. Jay & Silent Bob
5. Eddie Felson - The Hustler
6. Alex Forrest - Fatal Attraction
7. Alonzo Harris - Training Day
8. Jack Godell - The China Syndrome
9. Juror #8 (Fonda) - 12 Angry Men
10. Danny Ocean - either one

My choices...

The Terminator (The Terminator, T2, T3)
Ashley J. 'Ash' Williams (The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, AoD)
Turkish (Snatch)
Steve Stifler (American Pie, American Pie 2, American Wedding)
Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy)
Keyser Soze (Usual Suspects)
Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
Dr. Henry 'Indiana' Jones, Jr. (Indiana Jones trio)
Han Solo (Star Wars trio)
Dr. Evil (Ausint Powers trio)

... I have a lot of trios in mine

EDIT: Added Dr Evil after counting I had 9 only

1 HAL
2 Han Solo
3 Captain Willard
4 Alex (from Clockwork Orange)
5 Sgt. Elias Grodin (Platoon)
6 John Murdock (Dark City)
7 Rick Blaine (Casablanca)
8 James Bond
9 Dr. Evil
10 Ash (Evil Dead Trilogy)

In no order...

1. James Bond
2. Hannibal Lecter
3. Vito Corleone
4. Norman Bates
5. Darth Vader
6. The Terminator
7. Indiana Jones
8. Forrest Gump
9. Alex (Malcom McDowell's character in "A Clockwork Orange")
10. Gunny Hartman (Full Metal Jacket)

1) Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
2) Neo (The Matrix)
3) Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)
4) Jay and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith movies)
5) The Terminator (The Terminator)
6) Keyser Soze (The Usual Suspects)
7) Eric Draven (The Crow)
8) Hannibal Lector (Silence of the Lambs)
9) Derek Vinyard (American History X)

And we can't forget the pie fucker:

10) Jim (American Pie)

I was wondering how long until someone brought him up. Both him and Bullet-Tooth Tony are in my top 20.

I can't believe I didn't mention Eric Draven or the T-850 from Terminator 3 (I nearly cried when he died)

No particular order...these are the ones that have popped into my head...
1 Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
2 Roy Batty (Blade Runner)
3 Bubba Zanette (Mad Max)
4 Keiser Soze (The Usual Suspects)
5/6 Jake/Elwood Blues (The Blues Brothers)
7 Sgt Barnes (Platoon)
8 Monty Brogan (25th Hour)
9 Lester Burnham (American Beauty)
10 - Jake LaMotta (Raging Bull...yes, it is based on a real person, still a very interesting character study)

James Bond
Indiana Jones
Lester Burnham (American Beauty)
Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
Amelie
Jules (Pulp Fiction)
Gny Sgt Hartman (Full Metal Jacket)
Alex (Clockwork Orange)
Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)
Marge Gunderson (Fargo)
Truman Burbank (The Truman Show)

1- Capt. Koons
2- Jay & Silent Bob
3- Banky [Chasing Amy]
4- The Terminator
5- Indiana Jones
6- James Bond
7- Steve Stifler
8- Rocky Balboa
9. Beavis & Butt-Head
10 Eric Cartman

Darth Vader
Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)
Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver)
Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)
James Bond (Sean Connery)
Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey)
John McClane (Bruce Willis)
Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks)
Gandalf (Ian McKellen)
Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford)

Jack Sparrow
Any Eric Idle character (Mostly his Monty Python work)
Yoda
Ash (Evil Dead)
Agent Smith
Darth Vader
Merrill Hess (Joaquin Phoenix in Signs)
Ray Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix in Buffalo Soldiers)
Simon Templar (Val Kilmer in The Saint)
Han Solo