Rank
|
Character
|
Film (Year)
|
Actor/Actress
|
100
|
Alex DeLarge
|
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
|
Malcolm McDowell
|
99
|
Navin Johnson
|
The Jerk (1979)
|
Steve Martin
|
98
|
Phyllis Dietrichson
|
Double Indemnity (1944)
|
Barbara Stanwyck
|
97
|
Don Logan
|
Sexy Beast (2001)
|
Ben Kingsley
|
96
|
Billie Dawn
|
Born Yesterday (1950)
|
Judy Holliday
|
95
|
Tina Turner
|
What's Love Got to Do With It?
|
Angela Bassett
|
94
|
Hans Beckert
|
M (1931)
|
Peter Lorre
|
93
|
Mildred Pierce
|
Mildred Pierce (1945)
|
Joan Crawford
|
92
|
"Dirty" Harry Callahan
|
Dirty Harry (1971)
|
Clint Eastwood
|
91
|
Bree Daniels
|
Klute (1971)
|
Jane Fonda
|
90
|
Jeffrey "the Dude" Lebowski
|
The BIg Lebowski (1998)
|
Jeff Bridges
|
89
|
Juxian
|
Farewell, My Concubine (1993)
|
Gong Li
|
88
|
Nick Chevotarevich
|
The Deer Hunter (1978)
|
Christopher Walken
|
87
|
Ethan Edwards
|
The Searchers (1956)
|
John Wayne
|
86
|
Bruno Anthony
|
Strangers on a Train (1951)
|
Robert Walker
|
85
|
Frances Farmer
|
Frances (1982)
|
Jessica Lange
|
84
|
Lilly Dillon
|
The Grifters (1989)
|
Anjelica Huston
|
83
|
Brandon Teena
|
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
|
Hilary Swank
|
82
|
General George S. Patton Jr.
|
Patton (1970)
|
George C. Scott
|
81
|
Clementine Kruczynski
|
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
|
Kate Winslet
|
80
|
Catherine
|
Jules and Jim (1962)
|
Jeanne Moreau
|
79
|
Captain Jack Sparrow
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
|
Johnny Depp
|
78
|
Sanjuro Kuwabatake
|
Yojimbo (1961)
|
Toshiro Mifune
|
77
|
Leo Smalls Jr., a.k.a. Fast Black
|
Street Smart (1987)
|
Morgan Freeman
|
76
|
J.J. Hunsecker
|
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
|
Burt Lancaster
|
75
|
Diana Scott
|
Darling (1965)
|
Julie Christie
|
74
|
Lili von Shtupp
|
Blazing Saddles (1974)
|
Madeline Kahn
|
73
|
Tony Manero
|
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
|
John Travolta
|
72
|
Esther Blodgett, a.k.a. Vicki Lester
|
A Star Is Born (1954)
|
Judy Garland
|
71
|
Karen Silkwood
|
Silkwood (1983)
|
Meryl Streep
|
70
|
Dr. Hannibal Lecter
|
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
|
Anthony Hopkins
|
69
|
Norma Desmond
|
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
|
Gloria Swanson
|
68
|
Dr. David Huxley
|
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
|
Cary Grant
|
67
|
Henry Drummond
|
Inherit the Wind (1957)
|
Spencer Tracy
|
66
|
Jane Craig
|
Broadcast News (1987)
|
Holly Hunter
|
65
|
Jerry/Daphne
|
Some Like It Hot (1959)
|
Jack Lemmon
|
64
|
"Fast" Eddie Felson
|
The Hustler (1961)
|
Paul Newman
|
63
|
Mabel Longhetti
|
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
|
Gena Rowlands
|
62
|
Sid Vicious
|
Sid & Nancy (1986)
|
Gary Oldman
|
61
|
Amon Goeth
|
Schindler's List (1993)
|
Ralph Fiennes
|
60
|
Annie Hall
|
Annie Hall (1977)
|
Diane Keaton
|
59
|
Severine Serizy
|
Belle de Jour (1967)
|
Catherine Deneuve
|
58
|
Ellen Ripley
|
Aliens (1986)
|
Sigourney Weaver
|
57
|
Lasse Karlsson
|
Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
|
Max von Sydow
|
56
|
Sarah Tobias
|
The Accused (1988)
|
Jodie Foster
|
55
|
Virgil Tibbs
|
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
|
Sidney Poitier
|
54
|
Tracy Lord
|
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
|
Katharine Hepburn
|
53
|
Bill "the Butcher" Cutting
|
Gangs of New York (2002)
|
Daniel Day-Lewis
|
52
|
Miss Kenton
|
The Remains of the Day (1993)
|
Emma Thompson
|
51
|
Tom Joad
|
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
|
Henry Fonda
|
50
|
Sam Spade
|
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
|
Humphrey Bogart
|
49
|
Elisabet Vogler
|
Persona (1966)
|
Liv Ullmann
|
48
|
Phil Connors
|
Groundhog Day (1993)
|
Bill Murray
|
47
|
Randle Patrick McMurphy
|
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
|
Jack Nicholson
|
46
|
Chuck Noland
|
Cast Away (2000)
|
Tom Hanks
|
45
|
Tracy Flick
|
Election (1999)
|
Reese Witherspoon
|
44
|
the Tramp
|
City Lights (1931)
|
Charlie Chaplin
|
43
|
Jim Stark
|
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
|
James Dean
|
42
|
Travis Bickle
|
Taxi Driver (1976)
|
Robert De Niro
|
41
|
Jules Winnfield
|
Pulp Fiction (1994)
|
Samuel L. Jackson
|
40
|
Suzanne Stone Maretto
|
To Die For (1995)
|
Nicole Kidman
|
39
|
King Richard III
|
Richard III (1955)
|
Laurence Olivier
|
38
|
Maria Tura
|
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
|
Carole Lombard
|
37
|
Harry Caul
|
The Conversation (1974)
|
Gene Hackman
|
36
|
Evelyn Cross Mulwray
|
Chinatown (1974)
|
Faye Dunaway
|
35
|
Truman Capote
|
Capote (2005)
|
Philip Seymour Hoffman
|
34
|
Johnny Gray
|
The General (1927)
|
Buster Keaton
|
33
|
Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels
|
Tootsie (1982)
|
Dustin Hoffman
|
32
|
Holly Golightly a.k.a. Lula Mae Barnes
|
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
|
Audrey Hepburn
|
31
|
Ray Charles
|
Ray (2004)
|
Jamie Foxx
|
30
|
John "Scottie" Ferguson
|
Vertigo (1958)
|
James Stewart
|
29
|
Chance the Gardener
|
Being There (1979)
|
Peter Sellers
|
28
|
Hildy Johnson
|
His Girl Friday (1940)
|
Rosalind Russell
|
27
|
Paul
|
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
|
Marlon Brando
|
26
|
Joan of Arc
|
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
|
Maria Falconetti
|
25
|
Ninotchka
|
Ninotchka (1939)
|
Greta Garbo
|
24
|
Fred C. Dobbs
|
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
|
Humphrey Bogart
|
23
|
Jeffrey Wigand
|
The Insider (1999)
|
Russell Crowe
|
22
|
Edward Scissorhands
|
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
|
Johnny Depp
|
21
|
Cabiria
|
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
|
Giulietta Masina
|
20
|
Michael Corleone
|
The Godfather Part II (1974)
|
Al Pacino
|
19
|
Frank Galvin
|
The Verdict (1982)
|
Paul Newman
|
18
|
Bess McNeill
|
Breaking the Waves (1996)
|
Emily Watson
|
17
|
Malcolm X
|
Malcolm X (1992)
|
Denzel Washington
|
16
|
T.R. Devlin
|
Notorious (1946)
|
Cary Grant
|
15
|
Josh Baskin
|
Big (1988)
|
Tom Hanks
|
14
|
Mac Sledge
|
Tender Mercies (1983)
|
Robert Duvall
|
13
|
Eleanor of Aquitaine
|
The Lion in Winter (1968)
|
Katharine Hepburn
|
12
|
"Badass" Buddusky
|
The Last Detail (1973)
|
Jack Nicholson
|
11
|
Christy Brown
|
My Left Foot (1989)
|
Daniel Day-Lewis
|
10
|
Jake La Motta
|
Raging Bull (1980)
|
Robert De Niro
|
9
|
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
|
Young Frankenstein (1974)
|
Gene Wilder
|
8
|
George Bailey
|
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
|
James Stewart
|
7
|
"Ratso" Rizzo
|
MIdnight Cowboy (1969)
|
Dustin Hoffman
|
6
|
George M. Cohan
|
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
|
James Cagney
|
5
|
Margo Channing
|
All About Eve (1950)
|
Bette Davis
|
4
|
Sonny Wortzik
|
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
|
Al Pacino
|
3
|
Sophie Zawistowska
|
Sophie's Choice (1982)
|
Meryl Streep
|
2
|
Terry Malloy
|
On the Waterfront (1954)
|
Marlon Brando
|
1
|
T.E. Lawrence
|
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
|
Peter O'Toole
|
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