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AFI 100 Best Heroes and Villains

In 2003, the American Film Institute composed a list of the best heroes and villains of film history. Based on the movie they were in, guess who they are. There are fifty heroes and fifty villains.
Some answers are multiple people, but you only need to guess one of them
All characters are from films popular in the U.S., as the American Film Institute composed this list
All characters are from films from 2003 or before
Source: www.afi.com
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Movie
Hero
1
To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus Finch
2
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones
3
Dr. No
James Bond
4
Casablanca
Rick Blaine
5
High Noon
Will Kane
6
The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Starling
7
Rocky
Rocky Balboa
8
Aliens
Ellen Ripley
9
It's a Wonderful Life
George Bailey
10
Lawrence of Arabia
T.E. Lawrence
11
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Jefferson Smith
12
The Grapes of Wrath
Tom Joad
13
Schindler's List
Oskar Schindler
14
Star Wars
Han Solo
15
Norma Rae
Norma Rae Webster
16
Shane
Shane
17
Dirty Harry
Harry Callahan
18
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Robin Hood
19
In the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs
20
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
21
Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
22
Spartacus
Spartacus
23
On the Waterfront
Terry Malloy
24
Thelma & Louise
Thelma Dickerson & Louise Sawyer
25
The Pride of the Yankees
Lou Gehrig
26
Superman
Superman
27
All the President's Men
Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
28
12 Angry Men
Juror #8
29
Patton
General George Patton
30
Cool Hand Luke
Luke Jackson
31
Erin Brockovich
Erin Brochovich
32
The Big Sleep
Philip Marlowe
33
Fargo
Marge Gunderson
34
Tarzan the Ape Man
Tarzan
35
Seargant York
Seargant Alvin York
36
True Grit
Rooster Cogburn
37
Star Wars
Obi-Wan Kenobi
38
City Lights
The Tramp
39
Lassie Come Home
Lassie
40
Serpico
Frank Serpico
41
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Arthur Chipping
42
Boys Town
Father Edward
43
The Ten Commandments
Moses
44
The French Connection
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
45
The Mark of Zorro
Zorro
46
Batman
Batman
47
Silkwood
Karen Silkwood
48
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator
49
Philadelphia
Andrew Beckett
50
Gladiator
General Maximus Decimus Meridus
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Movie
Villain
1
The Silence of the Lambs
Dr. Hannibal Lecter
2
Psycho
Norman Bates
3
The Empire Strikes Back
Darth Vader
4
The Wizard of Oz
The Wicked Witch of the West
5
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Nurse Ratched
6
It's a Wonderful Life
Mr. Potter
7
Fatal Attraction
Alex Forrest
8
Double Indemnity
Phyllis Dietrichson
9
The Exorcist
Regan MacNeil
10
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Queen
11
The Godfather: Part II
Michael Corleone
12
A Clockwork Orange
Alex DeLarge
13
2001: A Space Odyssey
HAL 9000
14
Alien
The Alien
15
Schindler's List
Amon Goeth
16
Chinatown
Noah Cross
17
Misery
Annie Wilkes
18
Jaws
The Shark
19
Mutiny on the Bounty
Captain Bligh
20
Bambi
Man
21
The Manchurian Candidate
Mrs. Eleanor Iselin
22
The Terminator
Terminator
23
All About Eve
Eve Harrington
24
Wall Street
Gordon Gekko
25
The Shining
Jack Torrance
26
White Heat
Cody Jarrett
27
The War of the Worlds
The Martians
28
Cape Fear
Max Cady
29
The Night of the Hunter
Reverend Harry Powell
30
Taxi Driver
Travis Bickle
31
Rebecca
Mrs. Danvers
32
Bonnie and Clyde
Clyde Barrow & Bonnie Parker
33
Dracula
Count Dracula
34
Marathon Man
Dr. Szell
35
Sweet Smell of Success
J.J. Hunsecker
36
Blue Velvet
Frank Booth
37
The Third Man
Harry Lime
38
Little Caesar
Caesar Enrico Bandello
39
One Hundred and One Dalmations
Cruella De Vil
40
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Freddy Krueger
41
Mommie Dearest
Joan Crawford
42
The Public Enemy
Tom Powers
43
The Little Foxes
Regina Giddens
44
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Baby Jane Hudson
45
Batman
The Joker
46
Die Hard
Hans Gruber
47
Scarface
Tony Camonte
48
The Usual Suspects
Verbal Kint
49
Goldfinger
Auric Goldfinger
50
Training Day
Alonzo Harris
ryanmayhem
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Level 41
Jul 25, 2013
I got the Exorcist question correct, however I only submitted Reagan after attempting "demon", "devil", "satan" and "pazuzu" . . . since Reagan wasn't actually evil, she was possessed. Good quiz!
LuckyPunk
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Level 77
Jul 25, 2013
I was confused about that too. I'll add a few more options for that question.
magicaemmy
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Level 59
Apr 18, 2014
Good quiz, but I think Keyser Soze should be an acceptable alternative to Verbal Kint.
LuckyPunk
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Level 77
Dec 13, 2015
Whoops! Somehow I hadn't seen the movie at the time, crazy as it sounds. Fixed!
rADDIEcal
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Level 28
Dec 12, 2015
You should accept the word "number" in addition to the "#" you accept for the question on 12 Angry Men. I tried every combination and it wouldn't work with the word "number" in it and I never thought to try it with the symbol.
LuckyPunk
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Level 77
Dec 13, 2015
Juror Number Eight or Juror Eight would have worked. Jetpunk never requires punctuation to my knowledge.
KA
+1
Level 74
Jan 5, 2021
I think it should be Blue VELVET, not Blue VIOLET
LuckyPunk
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Level 77
Sep 29, 2021
Fixed!
Willuna
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Level 56
Apr 18, 2022
can you add xenomorph as an acceptable answer for the alien?
LuckyPunk
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Level 77
Apr 24, 2022
Good suggestion, added
HyddenRizz
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Level 66
Nov 10, 2022
Can you add Coburn or Cockburn as options for True Grit as these are pronounced the same as Cogburn?

Also the Shark in Jaws is called Bruce and this was my first thought to answer this question.

Nachtschicht
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Level 58
Dec 13, 2023
Although I like the idea of the quiz, there are quite a few (inevitable?) issues.

While a lot of questions can be answered by just typing in the movie title or a part of it, others need the last name of a character who is mostly known by his forename.

An example: I knew that the main protagonist of Clockwork Orange was named Alex, but I couldn' remember his last name at all. I think, Alex should be accepted here.

On the other hand, for "Silkwood", Silkwood is accepted as the right answer, you don't even have to know her forename.

Something else, just an idea: For Star Wars, there are 2 questions for heroes, for some others there are quite a few different possible answers (Villain in Batman...)

Maybe you could group them together and maybe add some more answers for them (not type-ins but different fields)

LuckyPunk
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Level 77
Jan 12, 2024
It's been a long time since I've updated but I'll go through soon and give this quiz another look to make it more user-friendly. I'd like to make some of the answers pre-filled, if the movie titles contain the answer or anything like that. I've seen that on other quizzes but don't know how it's done.
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