25 Overlooked Great Movie Characters
12/02/08
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Photo by 20th Century Fox/Kobal Collection, WireImageEmpire Magazine recently put out their list of "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters," placing Tyler Durden from "Fight Club" at number one. Here's a slideshow of 25 other great characters we feel their list left out.
Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Photo by Paramount, Everett CollectionKhan (Ricardo Montalban) - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Photo by Paramount, Everett CollectionTony Manero (John Travolta) - Saturday Night Fever
Photo by New Line Cinema, Everett CollectionDr. Evil (Mike Myers) - Austin Powers in Goldmember
Photo by Warner Bros., Everett CollectionMad Max (Mel Gibson) - The Road Warrior
Photo by Columbia Pictures, Everett CollectionAnnie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) - Misery
Photo by TriStar/Kobal, WireImageRambo (Sylvester Stallone) - Rambo: First Blood Part II
Photo by Warner Brothers, Everett CollectionSuperman (Christopher Reeve) - Superman
Photo by 20th Century Fox, Everett CollectionPopeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) - The French Connection
Photo by Columbia Pictures, Everett CollectionMichael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels (Dustin Hoffman) - Tootsie
Photo by United Artists, Everett CollectionJake La Motta (Robert DeNiro) - Raging Bull
Photo by United Artists/The Kobal Collection, WireImageAnnie Hall (Diane Keaton) - Annie Hall
Everett CollectionWill Kane (Gary Cooper) - High Noon
Everett CollectionNorma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) - Sunset Blvd.
Everett CollectionHarry Lime (Orson Welles) - The Third Man
Photo by 20th Century Fox, Everett CollectionGordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) - Wall Street
Everett CollectionSanjuro (Toshiro Mifune) - Yojimbo
Photo by Paramount, Everett CollectionTracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) - Election
Photo by Columbia, Everett CollectionT.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) - Lawrence of Arabia
Photo by United Artists, Everett CollectionColonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) - Apocalypse Now
Photo by Aquarius Collection, Everett CollectionShaft (Richard Roundtree) - Shaft
Everett CollectionJake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) - Chinatown
Everett CollectionHolly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) - Breakfast at Tiffany's
Everett CollectionMr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) - The Karate Kid
Everett CollectionThe Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) - Modern Times
13 comments
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What about Cal from forty year old virgin. He is one of the greatest movie characters of all timereport abuseGLENN BRYANT posted December 3, 2008, 2:06 pm PST
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Oh, come on, everybody. These lists are purely subjective. I don't personally agree with either list, but that's the thing, we all have our own opinion, our own TOP 25 or TOP 100. THAT's the list that means something!report abusebp posted December 3, 2008, 2:23 pm PST
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And what of Inigo Montoya of The Princess Bride? "Hello, my name is Indigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die" That movie is a classic!report abuseDaniel Zee posted December 3, 2008, 2:36 pm PST
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ummmm rocky balboa peoplereport abuseerin posted December 3, 2008, 5:49 pm PST
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Hy Adem. Gary Cooper said more with on look then most actors could say with 50 lines .He could act.They are still selling his movies,posters,ect 45 years after his death oh and women still love him.report abusebrian posted December 3, 2008, 6:38 pm PST
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This list is horrible! Where the hell is Rocky? He's the greatest EVER, Superman should be second, screw Spidey, Dirty Harry is number 3, and The Man with No Name is 4, the Clockwork Orange Dude should be 5, and that's all I could think of right now.report abuseNeil posted December 3, 2008, 7:15 pm PST
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Where in the heck is "Antonio Montana A political prisoner from cuba" ScarFace is one of the greates movies of all time and therefor he should be on the top 10.report abuseFernando posted December 3, 2008, 10:49 pm PST
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hello,,, ever heard of Atticus Finch ??report abusedaisy posted December 4, 2008, 5:03 am PST
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Oh and let me say that I do NOT think Adam is a racist. He is moronic to ALL brilliant characters portrayed not matter what their background. Another reason to vote for him as I mentioned before!report abuseJoshuaR posted December 5, 2008, 3:09 pm PST
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Wow Speedy, "25 Overlooked Great MOVIE Characters!" trust me, Reeves movies was not the greatest. Now if we were talking ole black and white SERIAL actors and Superman or even the flischer Movie Superman Rotoscoped, maybe but not as remembered immortally moviewise alas.report abuseJoshuaR posted December 5, 2008, 3:57 pm PST
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