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AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains

 

AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains is a list of the 50 top movie heroes and 50 top movie villains of all time. The characters on this list have a made a mark on American society in matters of style and substance. They also elicit strong reactions across time, enriching America's film heritage while continuing to inspire contemporary artists and audiences.

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Heroes

Atticus Finch, character in To Kill a MockingbirdMarge Gunderson, character in FargoIndiana Jones, character in Raiders of the Lost ArkMan in dark suit and red tie.

 

1.    Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird-DVD 13571; HDDVD 125

2.    Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark-DVD 13354HDDVD 247

3.    James Bond, Dr. No DVD 6101

4.    Rick Blaine, Casablanca-DVD 727HDDVD 161

5.    Will Kane, High Noon-DVD 33

6.    Clarice Starling, The Silence of the Lambs-DVD 1732HDDVD 120              

7.    Rocky Balboa, Rocky-DVD 6400HDDVD 439

8.    Ellen Ripley, Aliens-DVD 3974

9.    George Bailey, It's a Wonderful Life-DVD 8434   

10.  T. E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia-DVD 1301

11.  Jefferson Smith, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington-DVD 6494; HDDVD 379

12.  Tom Joad, The Grapes of Wrath-DVD 5505       

13.  Oskar Schindler, Schindler's List-DVD 901HDDVD 281

14.  Han Solo, Star Wars-DVD 1284HDDVD 203

15.  Norma Rae Webster, Norma Rae-DVD 2695

16.  Shane, Shane-DVD 4585HDDVD 259

17.  Harry Callahan, Dirty Harry-DVD 6158   

18.  Robin Hood, The Adventures of Robin Hood; DVD 1156

19.  Virgil Tibbs, In the Heat of the Night-DVD 2404

20.  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 

       Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid-DVD 5222

21.  Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi-DVD 3952HDDVD 249

22.  Spartacus, Spartacus-DVD 4337

23.  Terry Malloy, On the Waterfront-DVD 468; DVD 18031

24.  Thelma Dickinson and Louise SawyerThelma & Louise-DVD 53

25.  Lou Gehrig, The Pride of the Yankees-DVD 1368

26.  Superman, Superman-DVD 7831

27.  Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, All the President's Men-DVD 2590

28.  Juror #8, 12 Angry Men-DVD 11029

29.  General George Patton, Patton-DVD 1637; HDDVD 403

30.   Luke Jackson, Cool Hand Luke-DVD 7

31.   Erin Brockovich, Erin Brockovich-DVD 284

32.   Philip Marlowe, The Big Sleep-DVD 13034          

33.   Marge Gunderson, Fargo-DVD 2700HDDVD 186

34.   Tarzan, Tarzan the Ape Man-DVD 1584 disc 1   

35.   Alvin C. York, Sergeant York-DVD 3530

36.   Rooster Cogburn, True Grit-DVD 8529 disc 2

37.   Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars-DVD 1284HDDVD 203          

38.   The Tramp, City Lights-DVD 853HDDVD 284     

39.   Lassie, Lassie Come Home-DVD 1335

40.   Frank Serpico, Serpico-DVD 8584

41.   Arthur Chipping, Goodbye, Mr. Chips-DVD 7041             

42.   Father Edward, Boys Town-DVD 5610

43.   Moses, The Ten Commandments-DVD 945HDDVD 207             

44.   Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, The French Connection-DVD 6658     

45.   Zorro, The Mark of Zorro-DVD 873          

46.   Batman, Batman-DVD 145

47.   Karen Silkwood, Silkwood-DVD 3400

48.   Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day-DVD 414HDDVD 275

49.   Andrew Beckett, Philadelphia-DVD 675

50.   General Maximus Decimus Meridius, Gladiator-DVD 252HDDVD 244

Villains

Dr. Hannibal Lecter, character in The Silence of the LambsNorman Bates, character in PsychoNurse Ratched, character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestCruella De Vil, character in One Hundred and One Dalmatians

 

1.  Dr. Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of the Lambs-DVD 1732; HDDVD 120

2.  Norman Bates, Psycho-DVD 3HDDVD 148

3.  Darth Vader, The Empire Strikes Back-DVD 1285HDDVD 203

4.  The Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz-DVD 7397HDDVD 7

5.   Nurse Ratched, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest-DVD 9522

6.   Mr. Potter, It's a Wonderful Life-DVD 8434

7.   Alex Forrest, Fatal Attraction-DVD 6974

8.   Phyllis Dietrichson, Double Indemnity-DVD 13289; HDDVD 440

9.   Regan MacNeil, The Exorcist-DVD 374HDDVD 269

10. The Queen, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs-DVD 449HDDVD 22

11. Michael Corleone, The Godfather Part II-DVD 13282HDDVD 83

12.  Alex De Large, A Clockwork Orange-DVD 6157HDDVD 12

13.  HAL 9000, 2001: A Space Odyssey-DVD 104HDDVD 19

14.  The Alien, Alien-DVD 3973

15.  Amon Goeth, Schindler's List-DVD 901HDDVD 281

16.  Noah Cross, Chinatown-DVD 9864HDDVD 155

17.  Annie Wilkes, Misery-DVD 8401

18.  The Shark, Jaws-DVD 344HDDVD 293

19.  Captain Bligh, Mutiny on the Bounty-DVD 13520

20.  Man, Bambi-DVD 9613HDDVD 110

21.  Mrs. John Iselin, The Manchurian Candidate-DVD 377

22.  Terminator, The Terminator-DVD 66HDDVD 277

23.  Eve Harrington, All About Eve-DVD 794

24.  Gordon Gekko, Wall Street-DVD 2375HDDVD 317

25.  Jack Torrance, The Shining-DVD 4325HDDVD 15

26.  Cody Jarrett, White Heat-DVD 1561

27.  Martians, The War of the Worlds-DVD 6837

28.  Max Cady, Cape Fear-DVD 5040

29.  Reverend Harry Powell, The Night of the Hunter-DVD 8419

30.  Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver-DVD 15267HDDVD 132

31.   Mrs. Danvers, Rebecca-DVD 2394

32.   Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, Bonnie and Clyde-DVD 10

33.   Count Dracula, Dracula-DVD 1566

34.   Dr. Szell, Marathon Man-DVD 13522

35.   J.J. Hunsecker, Sweet Smell of Success-DVD 7189

36.   Frank Booth, Blue Velvet-DVD 419HDDVD 157

37.   Harry Lime, The Third Man-DVD 1317

38.   Caesar Enrico Bandello, Little Caesar-DVD 1559

39.   Cruella De Vil, One Hundred and One Dalmatians-DVD 4716

40.   Freddy Krueger, A Nightmare on Elm Street-DVD 3101

41.   Joan Crawford, Mommie Dearest-DVD 2828

42.   Tom Powers, The Public Enemy-DVD 1562

43.   Regina Giddens, The Little Foxes-DVD 6738

44.   Jane Hudson, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?-DVD 4712

45.   The Joker, Batman-DVD 145

46.   Hans Gruber, Die Hard-DVD 400

47.   Tony Camonte, Scarface-DVD 869HDDVD 340

48.   Verbal Kint, The Usual Suspects-DVD 402

49.   Auric Goldfinger, Goldfinger-DVD 6069

50.   Detective Alonzo Harris, Training Day-DVD 604