100 Greatest Movie Characters

Can you name the 100 greatest movie characters according to Empire?

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Number	First Film Appearance	Actor/Voice	Character
1.	Fight Club	Brad Pitt	Tyler Durden
2.	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope	James Earl Jones	Darth Vader
3.	The Dark Knight	Heath Ledger	The Joker
4.	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope	Harrison Ford	Han Solo
5.	Silence Of The Lambs	Anthony Hopkins	Dr. Hannibal Lecter
6.	Raiders Of The Lost Ark	Harrison Ford	Indiana Jones
7.	The Big Lebowski	Jeff Bridges	The Dude
8.	Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl	Johnny Depp	Captain Jack Sparrow
9.	Alien	Sigourney Weaver	Ellen Ripley
10.	The Godfather	Marlon Brando	Vito Corleone
11.	Dr. No	Sean Connery	James Bond
12.	Die Hard	Bruce Willis	John McClane
13.	The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring	Andy Serkis	Gollum
14.	The Terminator	Arnold Schwarzenegger	The Terminator
15.	Ferris Bueller's Day Off	Matthew Broderick	Ferris Bueller
16.	The Matrix	Keanu Reeves	Neo
17.	Die Hard	Alan Rickman	Hans Gruber
18.	Taxi Driver	Robert De Niro	Travis Bickle
19.	Pulp Fiction	Samuel L. Jackson	Jules Winnfield
20.	Forrest Gump	Tom Hanks	Forrest Gump
21.	The Godfather	Al Pacino	Michael Corleone
22.	The Shawshank Redemption	Morgan Freeman	Ellis Redding
23.	Dirty Harry	Clint Eastwood	Harry Callahan
24.	Evil Dead	Bruce Campbell	Ash
25.	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back	Frank Oz	Yoda
26.	Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy	Will Ferrell	Ron Burgundy
27.	Scarface	Al Pacino	Tony Montana
28.	The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring	Ian McKellen	Gandalf
29.	There Will Be Blood	Daniel Day-Lewis	Daniel Plainview
30.	Saw	Tobin Bell	Jigsaw
31.	The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring	Viggo Mortensen	Aragorn
32.	The Bourne Identity	Matt Damon	Jason Bourne
33.	Hard Boiled	Chow Yun-Fat	Tequila
34.	Rocky	Sylvester Stallone	Rocky Balboa
35.	Gladiator	Russell Crowe	Maximus Decimus Meridius
36.	Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone	Daniel Radcliffe	Harry Potter
37.	Edward Scissorhands	Johnny Depp	Edward Scissorhands
38.	Donnie Darko	Jake Gyllenhaal	Donnie Darko
39.	Back To The Future	Michael J. Fox	Marty McFly
40.	American Psycho	Christian Bale	Patrick Bateman
41.	Mary Poppins	Julie Andrews	Mary Poppins
42.	A Clockwork Orange	Malcolm McDowell	Alex DeLarge
43.	The Good, The Bad And The Ugly	Clint Eastwood	The Man With No Name
44.	Ghostbusters	Bill Murray	Peter Venkman
45.	Amelie	Audrey Tautou	Amelie Poulain
46.	No Country For Old Men	Javier Bardem	Anton Chigurh
47.	Blade	Wesley Snipes	Blade
48.	Iron Man	Robert Downey Jr.	Tony Stark
49.	The Big Lebowski	John Goodman	Walter Sobchak
50.	Jaws	Robert Shaw	Quint
51.	Serenity	Nathan Fillion	Mal Reynolds
52.	It's A Wonderful Life	James Stewart	George Bailey
53.	Cool Hand Luke	Paul Newman	Luke
54.	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope	Mark Hamill	Luke Skywalker
55.	The Naked Gun	Leslie Nielsen	Lt. Frank Drebin
56.	Juno	Ellen Page	Juno MacGuff
57.	Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy	Steve Carell	Brick Tamland
58.	Casablanca	Humphrey Bogart	Rick Blaine
59.	Goodfellas	Joe Pesci	Tommy Devito
60.	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	Jim Carrey	Ace Ventura
61.	One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest	Jack Nicholson	R.P. McMurphy
62.	Leon: The Professional	Natalie Portman	Mathilda
63.	Wall-E	Ben Burtt	Wall-E
64.	Withnail & I	Richard E. Grant	Withnail
65.	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	Ben Stiller	White Goodman
66.	Kill Bill: Vol. 1	Uma Thurman	The Bride
67.	Blue Velvet	Dennis Hopper	Frank Booth
68.	Napoleon Dynamite	Jon Heder	Napoleon Dynamite
69.	The Usual Suspects	Kevin Spacey	Verbal Kint
70.	To Kill A Mockingbird	Gregory Peck	Atticus Finch
71.	Escape From New York	Kurt Russell	Snake Plissken
72.	V For Vendetta	Hugo Weaving	V
73.	The Shining	Jack Nicholson	Jack Torrance
74.	E.T.	Debra Winger / Pat Welsh	E.T.
75.	Fargo	Frances McDormand	Marge Gunderson
76.	Back To The Future	Christopher Lloyd	Dr. Emmet Brown
77.	Shaun Of The Dead	Nick Frost	Ed
78.	Beverly Hills Cop	Eddie Murphy	Axel Foley
79.	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back	Jeremy Bulloch	Boba Fett
80.	Psycho	Anthony Perkins	Norman Bates
81.	X-Men	Hugh Jackman	Wolverine
82.	Sin City	Mickey Rourke	Marv
83.	Reservoir Dogs	Michael Madsen	Mr. Blonde
84.	The Matrix	Hugo Weaving	Agent Smith
85.	True Romance	Christopher Walken	Vincenzo Coccotti
86.	Blade Runner	Rutger Hauer	Roy Batty
87.	Dracula	Christopher Lee	Dracula
88.	Who Framed Roger Rabbit?	Kathleen Turner	Jessica Rabbit
89.	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope	Carrie Fisher	Princess Leia Organa
90.	The Wizard Of Oz	Margaret Hamilton	The Wicked Witch Of The West
91.	Gone With The Wind	Vivien Leigh	Scarlett O'Hara
92.	Clerks	Jeff Anderson	Randal Graves
93.	Grosse Pointe Blank	John Cusack	Martin Q. Blank
94.	Toy Story	Tim Allen	Buzz Lightyear
95.	A Nightmare On Elm Street	Robert Englund	Freddy Krueger
96.	The Searchers	John Wayne	Ethan Edwards
97.	The Silence Of The Lambs	Jodie Foster	Clarice Starling
98.	Citizen Kane	Orson Welles	Charles Foster Kane
99.	2001: A Space Odyssey	Douglas Rain	HAL-9000
100.	Lethal Weapon	Mel Gibson	Martin Riggs

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23 Comments

Level 37

Apr 29, 2012

Great quiz! Love Donnie Darko!

Level 42

Apr 29, 2012

Thanks a lot :)

Level 43

Apr 30, 2012

Fun quiz - 48/50. No idea on Hard Boiled, blanked on McDowell's name in Clockwork.

Level 42

Apr 30, 2012

great score!

Level 27

May 31, 2012

Very good. I assume that the list is just partial meant serious (Napoleon Dynamite...).

Level 42

Jun 2, 2012

it was voted for by empire readers

Level 14

Jun 2, 2012

Debra Winger isn't in E.T.

Level 42

Jun 2, 2012

she is credited along with pat welsh for playing e.t.

Level 43

Jun 4, 2012

Good quiz! 90/100

Level 42

Jun 7, 2012

Great score!

Level 65

Jun 11, 2012

This was an awesome quiz!! Thank you so much! So many times I could see the character and I was thinking "UGH!! What was the NAME!!!"

Level 42

Jun 11, 2012

You're welcome :)

Level 7

Apr 26, 2013

Great quiz. Just one thing though, it is spelled napoleon, not napolean.

Level 42

Aug 8, 2013

Corrected it

Level 68

Jun 10, 2013

I didn't like that almost all of these accepted a very simple answer. I understand that there are 100 answers and that it's not always easy to remember these things in full, but "don" is acceptable for Vito Corleone and "John" for John McClane? Can we make it somewhat of a challenge? Maybe give more time on the clock? Still a great quiz. I'm just picky, I guess.

Level 42

Aug 8, 2013

Ten minutes is plenty of time and the average score is around 40, so I think the quiz is already challenging enough.

Level 15

Jun 11, 2013

76/100, great quiz!

Btw, would it be possible to accept "Doc Brown" for "Dr. Emmet Brown"?

Level 42

Aug 8, 2013

Doc Brown is now accepted

Level 37

Oct 8, 2021

great quiz but a little annoying as the majority want first names but some every so often want the surname too

Level 62

Nov 9, 2021

Ellen Page goes by Elliot now. Great quiz :)

Level 69

Nov 10, 2021

Please could you accept Randle for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? Others accept just first names and I couldn't for the life of me remember McMurphy but remembered his first name, only for it to be listed as RP McMurphy! Good quiz though.

Level 68

Dec 22, 2021

Got 64, feel bad for missing Boba Fett when he's one of my favorite characters, though to be fair he doesn't get enough time to shine in the actual movies but more in Clone Wars and now Mandalorian etc.

Level 68

Dec 22, 2021

For a second I was wondering how more people could have gotten Vito than V because that doesn't make sense lol but they could've done Corleone

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