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. Wooderson- Dazed and Confused
12. Luke- Cool Hand Luke
13. The Dude- The Big Lebowski
14. Oscar Schindler- Schindler's List
15. Darth Vader- Star Wars
16. Forest Gump- Forest Gump
17. Daniel Plainview- There Will Be Blood
18. Indiana Jones- Raiders of the Lost Ark
19. Tony Montana- Scarface
20. Marty McFly- Back to the Future
21. Travis Bickle- Taxi Driver
22. Han Solo- Star Wars
23. Costello- The Departed
24. The Man With No Name- The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
25. John McClain- Die Hard
26. The Terminator- The Terminator
27. Michael Corleone- The Godfather
28. Harry Callahan- Dirty Harry
29. Michael- The Deer Hunter
30. Derek Vinyard- American History X
31. William 'Bill' Munny- Unforgiven
32. Edward Scissorhands- Edward Scissorhands
33. Patrick Bateman- American Psycho
34. Ron Burgundy- Anchorman
35. RP McMurphy- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
36. Detective Alonzo Harris- Training Day
37. Butch Cassidy- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
38. Jack Torrence- The Shining
39. Mr. Blonde- Reservoir Dogs
40. Austin Powers- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
41. Lil Dice- City of God
42. Ferris Bueller- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
43. William Wallace- Braveheart
44. Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting- Gangs of New York
45. Malcolm X- Malcolm X
46. Sgt. Elias Grodin- Platoon
47. Derek Zoolander- Zoolander
48. Napoleon Dynamite- Napoleon Dynamite
49. Carl Spackler- Caddyshack
50. Bluto-Animal House