List of the 50 Greatest Heroes and Villians

[BreakABone]

This was a special shown last night on CBS I believe, I'm not entirely sure as I dind't catch it myself, but I read about it over the weekend. Anyhow, they named the 50 greatest villians/heros (as if you couldn't tell by the title) of our day I guess. Interesting lists .

Heroes

1. Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck), "To Kill a Mockingbird."

2. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

3. James Bond (Sean Connery), "Dr. No."

4. Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), "Casablanca."

5. Will Kane (Gary Cooper), "High Noon."

6. Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), "The Silence of the Lambs."

7. Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), "Rocky."

8. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), "Aliens."

9. George Bailey (James Stewart), "It's a Wonderful Life."

10. T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), "Lawrence of Arabia."

11. Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."

12. Tom Joad (Henry Fonda), "The Grapes of Wrath."

13. Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), "Schindler's List."

14. Han Solo (Harrison Ford), "Star Wars."

15. Norma Rae Webster (Sally Field), "Norma Rae."

16. Shane (Alan Ladd), "Shane."

17. Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood), "Dirty Harry."

18. Robin Hood (Errol Flynn), "The Adventures of Robin Hood."

19. Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), "In the Heat of the Night."

20. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, (Paul Newman and Robert Redford), "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."

21. Mahatma Gandhi (Ben Kingsley), "Gandhi."

22. Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), "Spartacus."

23. Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando), "On the Waterfront."

24. Thelma Dickinson and Louise Sawyer (Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon), "Thelma and Louise."

25. Lou Gehrig (Gary Cooper), "The Pride of the Yankees."

26. Superman (Christopher Reeve), "Superman."

27. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein (Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman), "All the President's Men."

28. Juror No. 8 (Henry Fonda), "12 Angry Men."

29. Gen. George Patton (George C. Scott), "Patton."

30. Luke Jackson (Paul Newman), "Cool Hand Luke."

31. Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts), "Erin Brockovich."

32. Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart), "The Big Sleep."

33. Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand), "Fargo."

34. Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller), "Tarzan the Ape Man."

35. Alvin York (Gary Cooper), "Sergeant York."

36. Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne), "True Grit."

37. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), "Star Wars."

38. The Tramp (Charles Chaplin), "City Lights."

39. Lassie (Pal the dog), "Lassie Come Home."

40. Frank Serpico (Al Pacino), "Serpico."

41. Arthur Chipping (Robert Donat), "Goodbye, Mr. Chips."

42. Father Edward Flanagan (Spencer Tracy), "Boys Town."

43. Moses (Charlton Heston), "The Ten Commandments."

44. Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman), "The French Connection."

45. Zorro (Tyrone Power), "The Mark of Zorro."

46. Batman (Michael Keaton), "Batman."

47. Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), "Silkwood."

48. The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger), "Terminator 2: Judgment Day."

49. Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks), "Philadelphia."

50. Maximus (Russell Crowe), "Gladiator."

Villains

1. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), "The Silence of the Lambs."

2. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), "Psycho."

3. Darth Vader (David Prowse, voiced by James Earl Jones), "The Empire Strikes Back."

4. The Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton), "The Wizard of Oz."

5. Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

6. Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore), "It's a Wonderful Life."

7. Alex Forrest (Glenn Close), "Fatal Attraction."

8. Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck), "Double Indemnity."

9. Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair), "The Exorcist."

10. The Queen (voiced by Lucille LaVerne), "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."

11. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), "The Godfather Part II."

12. Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell), "A Clockwork Orange."

13. HAL 9000 (voiced by Douglas Rain), "2001: A Space Odyssey."

14. The Alien (Bolaji Badejo), "Alien."

15. Amon Goeth (Ralph Fiennes), "Schindler's List."

16. Noah Cross (John Huston), "Chinatown."

17. Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), "Misery."

18. The Shark, "Jaws."

19. Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton), "Mutiny on the Bounty."

20. Man, "Bambi."

21. Mrs. John Iselin (Angela Lansbury), "The Manchurian Candidate."

22. The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger), "The Terminator."

23. Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter), "All About Eve."

24. Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), "Wall Street."

25. Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), "The Shining."

26. Cody Jarrett (James Cagney), "White Heat."

27. The Martians, "War of the Worlds."

28. Max Cady (Robert Mitchum), "Cape Fear."

29. Rev. Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum), "The Night of the Hunter."

30. Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), "Taxi Driver."

31. Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson), "Rebecca."

32. Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker (Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway), "Bonnie and Clyde."

33. Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), "Dracula."

34. Dr. Szell (Laurence Olivier), "Marathon Man."

35. J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster), "Sweet Smell of Success."

36. Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper), "Blue Velvet."

37. Harry Lime (Orson Welles), "The Third Man."

38. Rico Bandello (Edward G. Robinson), "Little Caesar."

39. Cruella De Vil (voiced by Betty Lou Gerson), "One Hundred and One Dalmatians."

40. Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

41. Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway), "Mommie Dearest."

42. Tom Powers (James Cagney), "The Public Enemy."

43. Regina Giddens (Bette Davis), "The Little Foxes."

44. Baby Jane Hudson (Bette Davis), "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"

45. The Joker (Jack Nicholson), "Batman."

46. Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), "Die Hard."

47. Tony Camonte (Paul Muni), "Scarface."

48. Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey), "The Usual Suspects."

49. Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe), "Goldfinger."

50. Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington), "Training Day."

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[Yoda9864]

I see Star Wars had quite a nice showing :D.

[BlueFire]

bleh, star wars :p


Anthony Hopkins got top villain. I agree with that :D

[GameMaster]

How can the Terminator be good and bad?

[Mechadragon]

HAL should of been higher on the list.

[Ginkasa]

Originally posted by GameMaster
How can the Terminator be good and bad?



I assume you haven't seen the movies? The the first Terminator, the Terminator is sent back in time to kill this woman (forgot her name) who will later have a son who will become the leader of the rebellion against the Terminators in the future.

In T2, a different Terminator is sent back in time to kill the son (the one who becomes the leader) after he's born. The son from the future reprograms the original Terminator to protect his past self, instead of trying to kill his mother.

So, in the first movie the Terminator is the bad guy and in the second one he's the good guy.

*shrugs and walks away*

[Rndm_Perfection]

Maximus was a greater hero than Atticus. Atticus is just a lawyer with a good heart... also, he let that one guy get away with murder just because it helped his kid out.

Maximus, on the other hand, not only was a family man with a big heart, he was a leader, and had to go againts greater odds.

Sure, given the right opporunity, Atticus could've killed a few gladiators/barbarians as well... but it's really the situations that make one a hero.

M'oh well.