The Top 100 Film Characters of All Time Countdown Thread - Top 20 incoming!

[Travod]

I have this weird feeling about Ripley being #1.

[chasmmi]

96th: Dorothy - The Wizard of Oz - Judy Garland 

21pts - 3 votes

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSZxmZmBfnU

 

Finally free of the shackles of the 20 point club, Dorothy comes storming onto the scene with a nosebleed-inducing 21. One of the reasons why I am not sure is Scarlett O'Hara is the oldest character on this list without committing to an extra 90 seconds or more of googling, Dorothy is another timeless character from the 30s and ur first musical character.

 

The Wizard of Oz was a triumph of cinema upon release as well as being a pioneer of the big budget bomb that Hollywood would over the years build its reputation upon, and Dorothy was the glue that made all the other characters work. She may not be the most memorable thing about the film, but the film couldn't work without a good Dorothy and that is what Garland gave us.

Edited May 20, 2015 by chasmmi

[chasmmi]

95th: Cady Heron - Mean Girls - Lindsay Lohan 

22pts - 1 vote

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUDVbqHl2ko

 

Of course no top 100 best characters list would be complete without at least one Lindsay Lohan role and like how Dicaprio used the role of Jack Dawson as a springboard to bigger and better things, Lohan went from Mean Girls to the dizzying heights of ... well she almost made that porn biopic type thing didn't she?

 

Trying to be serious though, this was one of the 5 'one vote wonders' one this list which is a sign that this is a role that most people do not think of when it comes to their favourite characters of all time, but the odd individual here and there rates very highly and hey, I gave 14 points to Crocodile Dundee so nobody is perfect

 

Cady Heron is one of 5 Mean Girls characters to receive votes of any kind in the making of this list.

Edited May 20, 2015 by chasmmi

[chasmmi]

Top 10 predictions?

Darth Vader

Luke Skywalker

Indiana Jones

The Joker

Ellen Ripley

Elsa

Katniss

Jack Sparrow

Arnold's Terminator

 

Who else?

 

I can confidently confirm that at least one of those has indeed made the top ten. I can also say that at least one has not managed to do so.

[chasmmi]

I have this weird feeling about Ripley being #1.

 

Ripley was indeed one of the 468 characters to receive at least one vote in the making of this list.

[chasmmi]

In our first official interlude, let us have a look at those lonely champions who only managed a solitary point. Those annoying and pointless souls that wasted literally minutes of my time, typing their names up, only for them to have no impact on the final standings in any way shape or form.

 

 

Brittney	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Christina Applegate	1	1
Samantha	Boyhood	Lorelei Linklater	1	1
Mason Sr	Boyhood	Ethan Hawke	1	1
Olivia	Boyhood	Patricia Arquette	1	1
Samantha	Her	Scarlett Johansson	1	1
Gloria	Madagascar	Jada Pinkett Smith	1	1
Rachel	The Ring	Naomi Watts	1	1
Peaches	Ice Age	Keke Palmer	1	1
Nicholas Van Orton	The Game	Michael Douglas	1	1
Col. James Braddock	Missing in Action	Chuck Norris	1	1
Casey Ryback	Under Siege	Steven Siegal	1	1
Dracula	Dracula	Bela Lugosi	1	1
Frankenstein	Frankenstein	Boris Karloff	1	1
The Mummy	The Mummy	Boris Karloff	1	1
The Wolfman	The Wolfman	Lon Chaney Jr.	1	1
Pongo	101 Dalmations	Rod Taylor	1	1
Vivian	Pretty Woman	Julia Roberts	1	1
Rudy Bayler	The Rainmaker	Matt Damon	1	1
Leonard Shelby	Memento	Guy Pearce	1	1
Cinderella	Disney Cinderella	Ilene Woods	1	1
Snow White	Disney Snow White	Adriana Caselotti	1	1
General Zod	Superman 2	Terence Stamp	1	1
Lt. Daniel Kaffee	A few Good Men	Tom Cruise	1	1
King Louis	The Jungle Book	Louis Prima	1	1
Puss in Boots	Shrek	Antonio Banderas	1	1
Ebeneezer Scrooge	Muppet Xmas Carol	Michael Caine	1	1
Raymond Babbit	Rainman	Dustin Hoffman	1	1
Frank The Tank	Old School	Will Ferrell	1	1
Col. Nathan Jessop	A few Good Men	Jack Nicholson	1	1
Groot	Guardians of the Galaxy	Vin Diesel	1	1
James Cole	12 Monkeys	Bruce Willis	1	1
Skipper	Madagascar	Tom Mcgrath	1	1
Brian	Life of Brian	Graham Chapman	1	1
Bilbo	Lord of the Rings	Martin Freeman	1	1
Alice	Resident Evil	Milla Jokavich	1	1
Stansfield	Leon	Gary Oldman	1	1
Jesse Aarons	Bridge to Teribithia	Josh Hutcherson	1	1
Finnick Odair	The Hunger Games	Sam Clafin	1	1
The White Witch	Chronicles of Narnia	Tilda Swinton	1	1
Shoshana	Inglorious Basterds	Melanie Laurent	1	1
Brian O'Conner	Fast and Furious	Paul Walker	1	1
Vincent Vega	Pulp Fiction	John Travolta	1	1
Toothless	How To Train Your Dragon	Silent	1	1

[Empire]

Ian Malcolm should have been higher.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

I think my number 1 made it on the list .

[chasmmi]

I think my number 1 made it on the list .

 

Yes, about that...

[Films]

Cady making the list Such a perfect movie character

[The Futurist]

 

95th: Dr Ian Malcolm - Jurassic Park - Jeff Goldblum 

20pts - 2 votes

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PLvdmifDSk

 

And now it's time to remember that magical period in box office history where Jeff Goldblum kind of became the biggest draw on the planet. Jurassic Park was a film unlike anything we'd really seen before and was a true tour de force of what both CGI and animatronics were capable of. It's to the full credit of the cast then, that they were not completely overshadowed by the effects on display like some could have been (I'm looking at you, stars of Avatar!)

 

Ian Malcolm was the brightest human character in the film and it's probably only the less than stellar 'Lost World' that stopped him potentially climbing even a little higher on the list.

 

For reference, Sam Neill finished in 112th, the T-Rex 243rd, the Raptors 314th and finally John Hammond was 356th.  

 

   

[Kalo]

My list counted right? I didn't have to PM it did I?

[misafeco]

For reference, Sam Neill finished in 112th, the T-Rex 243rd, the Raptors 314th and finally John Hammond was 356th.  

 

John Hammond is the best character of Jurassic Park.

[Avatree]

So "the raptors" in JP count as a (singular) character but the truck in Duel doesn't? GRRRRR.

[chasmmi]

My list counted right? I didn't have to PM it did I?

 

Your list has been counted now, having it lost on page 2 with now proud declaration of getting it finished or PM of the list meant I kind of didnt see it, sorry. Have triple checked every post now and it was the only list I missed so it's not a big disaster.

 

Just means that I now technically started with 104th not 101st and one character already written up needs to disappear and reappear later.

 

 

Sorry about that

[chasmmi]

94th: The Joker - Batman - Jack Nicholson 

22pts - 2 votes

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63iuB-cSY7Q

 

 

And onto one of the most infamous villains in comic book... scratch that, all of cinema. The Joker is one of those roles that only a handful of actors could pull off well. Blending sinister, crazy and (to different extents per incarnation) comedy is a very hard balance to strike and Jack truly created the quintessential Joker or his generation with a performance in the role that many believed would never be bettered. Of course that is a story for a different ranking.

 

Nicholson is also the first actor on our list to be making the first of multiple appearances. With 4 characters in total receiving votes, I will not give away how many beat Joker and how many didn't . this may not be the last time we visit the Batmanverse either

[chasmmi]

93rd: Truman Burbank - The Truman Show - Jim Carrey 

22pts - 2 votes

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9lBvg5clr0

 

The highest finish for a Carrey character is his portrayal of Truman Burbank in a film that when looked at 17 years later was lightyears ahead of its time. This was one of Carrey's first non-flat out comedic roles and he really hits a home run giving the role his trademark enery and gusto, without going into overacting overdrive.

 

It is arguable that Carrey has acted better in roles since this one, but for me personally, he has never been more watchable as an on screen character than he was here and although I've never seen The Apostle, Ulee's Gold or Wag the Dog and I of course know the greatness of Robert Duvall, Peter Fonda and Dustin Hoffman, I enjoyed this performance about as much as I enjoyed anything i can remember back from 1998.  

[chasmmi]

92nd: Hazel - The Fault in Our Stars - Shailene Woodley

22pts - 2 votes

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VVsWpE7Z1g

 

Sadly there's not a lot I can say about this character as she comes from a film I hope I never ever have to watch in any shape or form (to quote a friend of mine: "I don't understand the reasoning of Hollywood to make a film where cancer is the hero.").

 

It's a shame really as John Green seems pretty cool from all the Mental Floss stuff, but there's probably more chance of me giving another chapter of the Twilight Saga a chance than this, so if you like the film, congrats! It made the list, I can't really add anything of note.

 

 

 

[chasmmi]

91st: Harry Potter - Harry Potter - Daniel Radcliffe 

22pts - 3 votes

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4

 

I'd probably say this is the first real shock on this list as I would have expected Harry to score higher than 91st but I'm here to be surprised. As much as I hate how badly the series ended in my eyes with the final two abominations, I still believe the casting director of this franchise deserves a medal.

 

To have to take punts at 11 or 12 year old kids in the hope they'll still be viable actors at 18 was a massive task and they really pulled it off. Radcliffe is Harry Potter, he owned that role and held an entire multi-billion dollar franchise on his shoulders. Imagine if he'd gone all Macauley Culken at say aged 16, how fucked would the studio have been? Great casting, great actor and great performances.

[chasmmi]

The next two characters are going to upset some folks, so I'm going to find the kevlar I wore back when i did my brainswashing thread before I continue on with this again.