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
+1
Level 37
Apr 29, 2012
Great quiz! Love Donnie Darko!
+2
Level 42
Apr 29, 2012
Thanks a lot :)
+1
Level 41
Apr 30, 2012
Fun quiz - 48/50. No idea on Hard Boiled, blanked on McDowell's name in Clockwork.
+1
Level 42
Apr 30, 2012
great score!
+1
Level 27
May 31, 2012
Very good. I assume that the list is just partial meant serious (Napoleon Dynamite...).
+1
Level 42
Jun 2, 2012
it was voted for by empire readers
+1
Level 14
Jun 2, 2012
Debra Winger isn't in E.T.
+2
Level 42
Jun 2, 2012
she is credited along with pat welsh for playing e.t.
+1
Level 41
Jun 4, 2012
Good quiz! 90/100
+1
Level 42
Jun 7, 2012
Great score!
+1
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!!!"
+1
Level 42
Jun 11, 2012
You're welcome :)
+1
Level 7
Apr 26, 2013
Great quiz. Just one thing though, it is spelled napoleon, not napolean.
+1
Level 42
Aug 8, 2013
Corrected it
+1
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.
+1
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.
+1
Level 15
Jun 11, 2013
76/100, great quiz!

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

+1
Level 42
Aug 8, 2013
Doc Brown is now accepted
+3
Level 36
Oct 8, 2021
great quiz but a little annoying as the majority want first names but some every so often want the surname too
+2
Level 62
Nov 9, 2021
Ellen Page goes by Elliot now. Great quiz :)
+1
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.
+1
Level 67
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.
+1
Level 67
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