Greatest Movie Characters - Top 100

Empire have compiled a list of their Top 100 Greatest Movie Characters. See how many you can name!

Source - https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100-greatest-movie-characters/

Even though there are some serious omissions (Sorry Shrek!) I think this is a pretty decent list overall

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Rank	Performer(s)	Character
1	Harrison Ford	Indiana Jones
2	Sean Connery \| Daniel Craig	James Bond
3	Harrison Ford	Han Solo
4	Christian Bale \| Adam West	Batman
5	Sigourney Weaver	Ellen Ripley
6	Heath Ledger \| Jack Nicholson	The Joker
7	Bruce Willis	John McClane
8	Brad Pitt	Tyler Durden
9	(James Earl Jones) \| David Prowse	Darth Vader
10	Jeff Bridges	The Dude
11	Al Pacino	Michael Corleone
12	Michael J. Fox	Marty McFly
13	Robert Downey Jr.	Iron Man
14	Johnny Depp	Captain Jack Sparrow
15	Viggo Mortensen	Aragorn
16	Will Ferrell	Ron Burgundy
17	Ralph Fiennes	M. Gustave
18	Humphrey Bogart	Rick Blaine
19	Tom Hiddleston	Loki
20	Christopher Lloyd	Doc Brown
21	Anthony Hopkins	Hannibal Lecter
22	Robert De Niro	Travis Bickle
23	Uma Thurman	The Bride
24	Daniel Day-Lewis	Daniel Plainview
25	Bruce Campbell	Ash
26	Christian Bale	Patrick Bateman
27	Tom Hanks	Forrest Gump
28	Arnold Schwarzenegger	The Terminator
29	Kurt Russell	Snake Plissken
30	Ian McKellen	Gandalf
31	Bill Murray	Peter Venkman
32	Samuel L. Jackson	Jules Winnfield
33	Clint Eastwood	The Man With No Name
34	Nathan Fillion	Captain Mal Reynolds
35	Gregory Peck	Atticus Finch
36	Sylvester Stallone	Rocky Balboa
37	John Goodman	Walter Sobchak
38	Frank Oz	Yoda
39	Ryan Gosling	Driver
40	Matthew Broderick	Ferris Bueller
41	Kevin Spacey	Keyser Söze
42	Jake Gyllenhaal	Lou Bloom
43	Rosamund Pike	Amy Dunne
44	Javier Bardem	Anton Chigurh
45	Joe Pesci	Tommy DeVito
46	Chris Evans	Captain America
47	Harrison Ford	Rick Deckard
48	Kevin Spacey	Lester Burnham
49	Clint Eastwood	Harry Callahan
50	Mark Hamill	Luke Skywalker
51	Alec Guinness \| Ewan McGregor	Obi-Wan Kenobi
52	Simon Pegg	Shaun Riley
53	Marlon Brando \| Robert De Niro	Vito Corleone
54	Audrey Tatou	Amélie Poulain
55	Eddie Murphy	Axel Foley
56	Kurt Russell	Jack Burton
57	Jennifer Lawrence	Katniss Everdeen
58	Linda Hamilton \| Emilia Clarke	Sarah Connor
59	Jim Carrey	Ace Ventura
60	Christoph Waltz	Dr. King Schultz
61	Ian Holm \| Martin Freeman	Bilbo Baggins
62	(Pat Welsh)	E.T.
63	Hugh Jackman	Wolverine
64	James Stewart	George Bailey
65	Christoph Waltz	Hans Landa
66	Andy Serkis	Gollum
67	Daniel Radcliffe	Harry Potter
68	Keanu Reeves	Neo
69	Frances McDormand	Marge Gunderson
70	Al Pacino	Tony Montana
71	Chris Pratt	Star-Lord
72	William Shatner \| Chris Pine	Captain Kirk
73	Jake Gyllenhaal	Donnie Darko
74	Leslie Nielsen	Frank Drebin
75	Rooney Mara \| Noomi Rapace	Lisbeth Salander
76	Bill Paxton	Private William Hudson
77	Sean Astin	Samwise Gamgee
78	John Cusack	Martin Blank
79	Rutger Hauer	Roy Batty
80	Hugo Weaving	V
81	Richard E. Grant	Withnail
82	(Tom Hanks)	Woody
83	Tom Hardy	Bane
84	Michael Biehn	Corporal Hicks
85	Lee Marvin	Walker
86	Morgan Freeman	Red
87	Tom Cruise	Ethan Hunt
88	Aardman Animations	Gromit
89	(Vin Diesel)	Groot
90	(Douglas Rain)	HAL
91	Mandy Patinkin	Inigo Montoya
92	Peter Sellers \| Steve Martin	Inspector Clouseau
93	Christina Ricci	Wednesday Addams
94	Orlando Bloom	Legolas
95	Russell Crowe	Maximus
96	Various	The Minions
97	Anthony Perkins	Norman Bates
98	(Peter Cullen)	Optimus Prime
99	Jack Nicholson	Randle McMurphy
100	(Brad Bird)	Edna Mode