BOT's Top 100 Movie Characters ... Absolute Final Deadline August 4th. Do not be late

[That One Girl]

1 minute ago, JamesCameronScholar said:

Leaves his closest friend to die a slow painful death after maiming him. 

 

Great character. Can really relate. 

 

I love how this completely ignores the context of everything else that happens in the film

[The Panda]

3 minutes ago, JamesCameronScholar said:

Leaves his closest friend to die a slow painful death after maiming him. 

 

Great character. Can really relate. 

Except he brought it on himself!

[TomCruiseTop]

Just now, That One Guy said:

 

I love how this completely ignores the context of everything else that happens in the film

The context of Obi-wan extolling paradoxical nonsense and then showing himself to be a massive hypocrite while doing exactly what he warns Anakin against? 

[TwoMisfits]

1 hour ago, Jake Gittes said:

1.      Tuco (Eli Wallach) – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

2.      Clive Candy (Roger Livesey) – The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

3.      Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) – Chinatown

4.      Esther Blodgett (Judy Garland) – A Star Is Born

5.      Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) – Taxi Driver

6.      Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) – Cabaret

7.      Chuck Tatum (Kirk Douglas) – Ace in the Hole

8.      Johnny (David Thewlis) – Naked

9.      Hanshiro Tsugumo (Tatsuya Nakadai) – Harakiri

10.  Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) – Pulp Fiction

11.  Celine (Julie Delpy) – Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight

12.  Jesse (Ethan Hawke) – Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight

13.  Albert Spica (Michael Gambon) – The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

14.  Bobby Dupea (Jack Nicholson) – Five Easy Pieces

15.  Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) – Chinatown

16.  Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) – Psycho

17.  Nicole Hornet (Simone Signoret) – Diabolique

18.  Linda (Linda Manz) – Days of Heaven

19.  Noah Cross (John Huston) – Chinatown

20.  H.A.L. – 2001: A Space Odyssey

21.  Natalie Ravenna (Shirley Knight) – The Rain People

22.  The Dude (Jeff Bridges) – The Big Lebowski

23.  Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) – Carrie

24.  Withnail (Richard E. Grant) – Withnail & I

25.  Shelley Levene (Jack Lemmon) – Glengarry Glen Ross

26.  Priest of Ambricourt (Claude Laydu) – Diary of a Country Priest

27.  Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand) – Fargo

28.  Johnny Boy (Robert De Niro) – Mean Streets

29.  Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) – The Godfather I & II

30.  Margaret White (Piper Laurie) – Carrie

31.  Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) – Casablanca

32.  Dignam (Mark Wahlberg) – The Departed

33.  Fredo Corleone (John Cazale) – The Godfather I & II

34.  Norman Maine (James Mason) – A Star Is Born

35.  Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson) – Jackie Brown

36.  Black Dynamite (Michael J. White) – Black Dynamite

37.  Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) – Carol

38.  Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) – Citizen Kane

39.  Jerry/Daphne (Jack Lemmon) – Some Like It Hot

40.  Max Cherry (Robert Forster) – Jackie Brown

41.  Irene (Jodie Foster) – Taxi Driver

42.  Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff (Anton Walbrook) – The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

43.  The Joker (Heath Ledger) – The Dark Knight

44.  Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington) – Training Day

45.  Cheyenne (Jason Robards) – Once Upon a Time in the West

46.  Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall) – The Shining

47.  Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) – Jackie Brown

48.  Col. Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) – Inglourious Basterds

49.  Quint (Robert Shaw) – Jaws

50.  Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) – Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

51.  Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) – The Shining

52.  Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) – the Indiana Jones movies

53.  Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness/Ewan McGregor) – Star Wars

54.  Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) – Star Wars

55.  Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) – A Streetcar Named Desire

56.  Alec Leamas (Richard Burton) – The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

57.  Jill (Claudia Cardinale) – Once Upon a Time in the West

58.  Frances Ha (Greta Gerwig) – Frances Ha

59.  Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine) – The Apartment

60.  Tootie (Margaret O’Brien) – Meet Me in St. Louis

61.  Mr. Scratch (Walter Huston) – The Devil and Daniel Webster

62.  Barry Lyndon (Ryan O’Neal) – Barry Lyndon

63.  Gollum (Andy Serkis) – The Lord of the Rings

64.  Leia (Carrie Fisher) – Star Wars

65.  Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) – Mad Max: Fury Road

66.  Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) – True Grit

67.  Tony Manero (John Travolta) – Saturday Night Fever

68.  Harmonica (Charles Bronson) – Once Upon a Time in the West

69.  Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

70.  Midge (Barbara Bel Geddes) – Vertigo

71.  Captain Louis Renault (Claude Rains) – Casablanca

72.  Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

73.  Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) – Double Indemnity

74.  Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) – The Maltese Falcon

75.  Somerset (Morgan Freeman) – Seven

76.  Mr. Orange (Tim Roth) – Reservoir Dogs

77.  Mr. White (Harvey Keitel) – Reservoir Dogs

78.  Chief Gillespie (Rod Steiger) – In the Heat of the Night

79.  Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) – Die Hard

80.  Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) – The King of Comedy

81.  Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) – Heat

82.  Geoff Carter (Cary Grant) – Only Angels Have Wings

83.  Frank (Henry Fonda) – Once Upon a Time in the West

84.  Maximus (Russell Crowe) – Gladiator

85.  Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) – Inside Llewyn Davis

86.  Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) – The Fly

87.  Kid Dabb (Thomas Mitchell) – Only Angels Have Wings

88.  Clark Kent/Superman (Christopher Reeve) – Superman

89.  Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) – Superman

90.  Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) – Batman Returns

91.  Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) – The Silence of the Lambs

92.  Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) – In the Heat of the Night

93.  Scotty (James Stewart) – Vertigo

94.  Bat McPherson (Richard Barthelmese) – Only Angels Have Wings

95.  Lisa Carol Fremont (Grace Kelly) – Rear Window

96.  Blake (Alec Baldwin) – Glengarry Glen Ross

97.  Bonnie Lee (Jean Arthur) – Only Angels Have Wings

98.  ffolliott (George Sanders) – Foreign Correspondent

99.  Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) – M

100. Hannibal Lecktor (Brian Cox) – Manhunter

Love this list...my dang bathroom remodel took my time, and this got away from me, but I'm glad to see someone else submitting so many choices I would have made:)...I'll be following the results...

[The Panda]

I think what makes a good character is development, memorability, layers, the actor’s performance, and most importantly how many memes come from them.

 

Obi-Wan Kenobi checks all the boxes.

 

And while Shrek may not own all the boxes, he comes in at a solid number 4 because of glorious memes and the fact that Ogres have layers.

Edited August 5, 2018 by Pandamia!

[TomCruiseTop]

1 minute ago, Pandamia! said:

I think what makes a good character is development, memorability, layers, the actor’s performance, and most importantly how many memes come from them.

 

Obi-Wan Kenobi checks all the boxes.

Damn this reminds me I forgot to include J Jonah Jameson! 

[Jake Gittes]

The best Ewan McGregor? Down with Love.

[baumer]

@Jake Gittes...interesting that you have Cox's Lecter in there but not Hopkins.  I have no issue with it, and I liked Manhunter more than SOTL...but can you give me a tiny breakdown of why you like that character instead of Hopkin's version?

[IronJimbo]

disturbing lack of Quaritch in some of these lists

[Jake Gittes]

2 hours ago, baumer said:

@Jake Gittes...interesting that you have Cox's Lecter in there but not Hopkins.  I have no issue with it, and I liked Manhunter more than SOTL...but can you give me a tiny breakdown of why you like that character instead of Hopkin's version?

Between the two I just have a preference for Cox, y'know? And that movie does everything right when it comes to Cox; the thing about Cox is that you shouldn't get more than you can handle, and Mann, being Mann, of course understands how to give you just enough of a taste of Cox to leave you satisfied but still wanting more. 

 

(Serious answer: Cox's Lecter feels closer to someone who could exist in real life, and for that I find him more dusturbing, plus I enjoy his brusque energy more than Hopkins' cultured-monster routine. Also for the purposes of this list Hopkins' Lecter would presumably count as a franchise character, and while I like him in SOTL, he becomes a cartoon after that movie. Cox really does benefit from appearing for just a few minutes and then haunting the rest of the movie.)

[Fancyarcher]

3 hours ago, Pandamia! said:

I think what makes a good character is development, memorability, layers, the actor’s performance, and most importantly how many memes come from them.

 

Obi-Wan Kenobi checks all the boxes.

 

And while Shrek may not own all the boxes, he comes in at a solid number 4 because of glorious memes and the fact that Ogres have layers.

[Jake Gittes]

2 hours ago, IronJimbo said:

disturbing lack of Quaritch in some of these lists

Xenophobic military asshole who goes to another planet and starts a war with its peaceful inhabitants 

 

Great character. Can really relate

[IronJimbo]

5 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

Xenophobic military asshole who goes to another planet and starts a war with its peaceful inhabitants 

 

Great character. Can really relate

Those Naaaaa'vee ain't peaceful, they'll eat your eyes for jujubes.

 

If we're voting for characters by relatability, your list and you scare me!

 

 

 

 

[chasmmi]

Flight landed

 

Luggage didn't.  It's 3am and work starts in 7 hours. 

 

If I'm alive after work I'll begin tallying then. Otherwise I'll start adding up on Tuesday. 

 

Either way expect countdown to begin probably Thursday

[Jake Gittes]

9 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

Those Naaaaa'vee ain't peaceful, they'll eat your eyes for jujubes.

 

If we're voting for characters by relatability, your list and you scare me!

I was just taking the piss out of Scholar's quoted comment above. Quaritch is the best character in Avatar tbf, but for me still not top 100 material

[Cap]

5 hours ago, Pandamia! said:

Except he brought it on himself!

And he had the high ground!

 

1 hour ago, chasmmi said:

Flight landed.  Luggage didn't.  It's 3am and work starts in 7 hours. 

AARGH. That is the worst!! I had that happen to me on my recent flight from Boston to LAX. I hope you get all your things back, and in good shape. And hopefully get some sleep!

Edited August 5, 2018 by captainwondyful

[ZeeSoh]

1 hour ago, chasmmi said:

Flight landed

 

Luggage didn't.  It's 3am and work starts in 7 hours. 

 

If I'm alive after work I'll begin tallying then. Otherwise I'll start adding up on Tuesday. 

 

Either way expect countdown to begin probably Thursday

That sucks. Happened to me once. I was one of the unlucky few whose luggage was not even loaded on the flight. It was in the middle of the night. Thankfully the airline delivered to my home the next day. 

 

Really excited to see this list btw

Edited August 5, 2018 by ZeeSoh

[TomCruiseTop]

2 hours ago, Jake Gittes said:

Xenophobic military asshole who goes to another planet and starts a war with its peaceful inhabitants 

 

Great character. Can really relate

Na'vi aren't peaceful. Pandora isn't a planet. Quaritch doesn't contradict himself or his own beliefs for the sake of the plot. 

[TomCruiseTop]

My final Top 15: 

 

( submitted around 50 altogether). 

1. Sarah Connor
2. Ripley (Aliens)
3. The Terminator
4. Rose (Titanic)
5. Hudson (Aliens)
6. Hicks (Aliens)
7. The Queen Alien (Aliens)
8. Jack Dawson (Titanic)
9. Neytiri (Avatar)
10. T-1000 (T2)
11. Kyle Reese (T1)
12. Jake Sully
13. Quaritch 
14. John Connor
15. Bishop (Aliens)

Looking forward to the results. 

[baumer]

FWIW

 

 

FINAL LIST!!

 

1) Indiana Jones

2) Rocky

3) Rambo

4) Darth Vader

5) The Joker- The Dark Knight

6) Ducky Dale- Pretty In Pink

7) Hudson- Aliens

😎 Ferris Bueller

9) Han Solo

10) Yoda

1) The Terminator

12) Jason Voorhees- Friday the 13th

14) Freddy Krueger- Nightmare on Elm Street

15) John McClane- Die Hard

16) James Bond

17) Ripley- Aliens

18) Chief Brody-Jaws

19) Jeff Spicolli- Fast Times at Ridgemont High

20) Bruce Wayne/Batman

21) Marty McFly- Back to the Future

22) Doc Brown- Back to the Future

23) Tony Stark/Ironman

24) Jason Bourne

25) Axel Foley- Beverly Hills Cop

26) Obi Wan (The prequels)

27) Deadpool

28) Hooper- Jaws

29) Quint- Jaws

30) Sam Witwicky- Transformers

31) Peter Venkman- Ghostbusters

32) Mr. Miyagi- Karate Kid

32) Clark Kent/Superman

33) Jules Winfield- Pulp Fiction

33) Marcellus Wallace- Pulp Fiction

34) Martin Riggs- Lethal Weapon

35) Morpheus- The Matrix

36) Neo- The Matrix

37) Randy- Scream

38) Aragorn - LOTR

39) Gandalf- LOTR

40) Rose- Titanic

40) Jack Dawson- Titanic

41) Peter Parker/Spiderman

42) Marion Ravenwood- Raiders of the Lost Ark

43) Madea- The madea fillms

44) Silent Bob- The Jersey Films

45) Dr Ian Malcolm- Jurassic park

46) Danny McBride- This is the End

47) Princess Leia- Star Wars

48) Luke Skywalker- Star Wars

49) Qui-Gon- Phantom Menace

50) Verbal Kint- Usual Suspects

51) Fenster- The Usual Suspect

52) Kevin McCallister- Home Alone

53) The Dude- Big Lebowski

54) Dirty Harry- Clint Eastwood

55) Clark Griswald- Vacation movies

56) cousin Eddie- Vacation

57) Terri Dolittle- Jumping Jack Flash

58) Hicks- Aliens

59) Vasquez- Aliens

60) Gabriel- Prophecy

61) Buck Atwater- Extreme Prejudice

62) KGB- Rounders

63) John Bender- The Breakfast Club

64) Stiffler- American Pie

65) Zoolander- 

66) Dr Loomis- Halloween

66) Laurie Strode- Halloween

67) Maximus- Gladiator

68) Louis Cypher- Angel Heart

70) Catherine Tremmel- Basic Instinct

71) Furious Styles- Boyz N' The Hood

72) Jerry Lundegaard- Fargo

73) Trent- Swingers

74) Captain Miller- Saving Private Ryan

75) Logan/Wolverine- X-men movies

76) Stu- Scream

77) Norman Thayer- On Golden Pond

78) Chet- Weird Science

79) Inigo Montoya- The Princess Bride

80) Thomas Drake- The Wild Life

81) Hans Gruber- Die Hard

82) The Sheriff of Nottingham- Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

83) John Matrix- Commando

84) Killian- The Running Man

85) Red- Shawshank

86) Chunk- The Goonies

87) Otto- A Fish Called Wanda

88) Gordie Lachance- Stand by Me

89) Vern Tessio- Stand by Me

90) Chris Chambers- Stand By Me

91) Teddy Duchamp- Stand by Me

92) Tyler- Boomerang

93) Hub, Anthony Hubbard- The Siege 

94) Holden McNeil- Chasing Amy

95) Banky- Chasing Amy

96) Alyssa Jones- Chasing Amy

97) Sara Conner- Terminator

98) Norman Bates- Psycho

99) Loki- Avengers films

100) Harry Burns- When Harry Met Sally

101) Sally Albright- When Harry Met Sally

102) Tommy Jarvis- Friday the 13th Final Chapter

103) Elliott- E.T.

104) Jack Torrance- The Shining

105) Rey- The Force Awakens