Tyler Durden, the anarchistic troublemaker from “Fight Club,” topped Empire Magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Movie Characters.
Anti-heroes and outright villains seemed to rule the day on this list, with Darth Vader at #2, The Joker at #3, Hannibal Lecter at #5, and “Godfather’s” Vito Corleone at #10.
Ferris Bueller made #16, Rocky Balboa was at #34, and Peter Venkman from “Ghostbusters” landed #44.
Here is the Top Fifty:
1. Tyler Durden
2. Darth Vader
3. The Joker
4. Han Solo
5. Hannibal Lecter
6. Indiana Jones
7. The Dude
8. Captain Jack Sparrow
9. Ellen Ripley
10. Vito Corleone
11. James Bond
12. John McClane
13. Gollum
14. The Terminator
15. Ferris Bueller
16. Neo
17. Hans Gruber
18. Travis Bickle
19. Jules Winnfield
20. Forrest Gump
21. Michael Corleone
22. Ellis “Red” Redding
23. Harry Callahan
24. Ash
25. Yoda
26. Ron Burgundy
27. Tony Montana
28. Gandalf
29. Daniel Plainview
30. Jigsaw
31. Aragorn
32. Jason Bourne
33. Tequila
34. Rocky Balboa
35. Maximus Decimus Meridius
36. Harry Potter
37. Edward Scissorhands
38. Donnie Darko
39. Marty McFly
40. Patrick Bateman
41. Mary Poppins
42. Alex DeLarge
43. The Man With No Name
44. Peter Venkman
45. Amelie Poulain
46. Anton Chigurh
47. Blade
48. Tony Stark
49. Walter Sobchak
50. Quint
2 responses so far ↓
1 Shannon Smith // Dec 2, 2008 at 10:13 am
Gollum is greater than Quint? That’s just about the dumbest thing I’ve seen in the past three minutes.
2 Jayunderscorezero // Dec 14, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Three women in the whole thing? That’s pretty disheartening.
Also: Jigsaw? Tony Stark? Really? Is this the “Top 50 characters” as selected by people with no long-term memory or something?
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