Entertainment TV & Film Who Are the Top Movie Heroes and Villains of All Time? AFI's 100 Years: 100 Heroes and Villains List Share PINTEREST Email Print Harrison Ford and Chewbacca make up on Jimmy Kimmel. ABC Television/Jimmy Kimmel TV & Film Movies Best Movie Lists Comedies Science Fiction Movies War Movies Classic Movies International Movies Movies For Kids Horror Movies Movie Awards Animated Films TV Shows By Rebecca Murray Rebecca Murray is Editor-in-Chief for ShowbizJunkies.com and has been an approved film and television critic for Rotten Tomatoes since 2002. our editorial process Rebecca Murray Updated May 16, 2018 In 2003, the American Film Institute -- an organization devoted to the history of American filmmaking -- announced its list of the top 50 movies heroes and villains of all time. The organization revealed the rankings in a television special titled "AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains" hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger (whose character the Terminator uniquely appears on both the top heroes and top villains lists). The organization began with a list of 400 characters, and 1,500 artists and leaders in the film industry voted on the list. Here are the complete lists of winners: Heroes 1. Atticus Finch in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD2. Indiana Jones in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK3. James Bond in DR. NO4. Rick Blaine in CASABLANCA5. Will Kane in HIGH NOON6. Clarice Starling in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS7. Rocky Balboa in ROCKY8. Ellen Ripley in ALIENS9. George Bailey in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE10. T. E. Lawrence in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA11. Jefferson Smith in MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON12. Tom Joad in THE GRAPES OF WRATH13. Oskar Schindler in SCHINDLER'S LIST14. Han Solo in STAR WARS15. Norma Rae Webster in NORMA RAE16. Shane in SHANE17. Harry Callahan in DIRTY HARRY18. Robin Hood in THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD19. Virgil Tibbs in IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT20. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid in BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID21. Mahatma Gandhi in GANDHI22. Spartacus in SPARTACUS23. Terry Malloy in ON THE WATERFRONT24. Thelma Dickerson & Louise Sawyer in THELMA & LOUISE25. Lou Gehrig in THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES26. Superman in SUPERMAN27. Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein in ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN28. Juror #8 in 12 ANGRY MEN29. General George Patton in PATTON30. Luke Jackson in COOL HAND LUKE31. Erin Brockovich in ERIN BROCKOVICH32. Philip Marlowe in THE BIG SLEEP33. Marge Gunderson in FARGO34. Tarzan in TARZAN THE APE MAN35. Alvin York in SERGEANT YORK36. Rooster Cogburn in TRUE GRIT37. Obi-Wan Kenobi in STAR WARS38. The Tramp in CITY LIGHTS39. Lassie in LASSIE COME HOME40. Frank Serpico in SERPICO41. Arthur Chipping in GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS42. Father Edward in BOYS TOWN43. Moses in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS44. Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in THE FRENCH CONNECTION45. Zorro in THE MARK OF ZORRO46. Batman in BATMAN47. Karen Silkwood in SILKWOOD48. Terminator in TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY49. Andrew Beckett in PHILADELPHIA50. General Maximus Decimus Meridus in GLADIATOR Villains 1. Dr. Hannibal Lecter in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS2. Norman Bates in PSYCHO3. Darth Vader in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK4. Wicked Witch of the West in THE WIZARD OF OZ5. Nurse Ratched in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST6. Mr. Potter in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE7. Alex Forrest in FATAL ATTRACTION8. Phyllis Dietrichson in DOUBLE INDEMNITY9. Regan MacNeil in THE EXORCIST10. The Queen in SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS11. Michael Corleone in THE GODFATHER: PART II12. Alex De Large in CLOCKWORK ORANGE13. HAL 9000 in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY14. The Alien in ALIEN15. Amon Goeth in SCHINDLER'S LIST16. Noah Cross in CHINATOWN17. Annie Wilkes in MISERY18. The Shark in JAWS19. Captain Bligh in MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY20. Man in BAMBI21. Mrs. John Iselin in THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE22. Terminator in THE TERMINATOR23. Eve Harrington in ALL ABOUT EVE24. Gordon Gekko in WALL STREET25. Jack Torrance in THE SHINING26. Cody Jarrett in WHITE HEAT27. Martians in THE WAR OF THE WORLDS28. Max Cady in CAPE FEAR29. Reverend Harry Powell in THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER30. Travis Bickle in TAXI DRIVER31. Mrs. Danvers in REBECCA32. Clyde Barrow & Bonnie Parker in BONNIE AND CLYDE33. Count Dracula in DRACULA34. Dr. Szell in MARATHON MAN35. J.J. Hunsecker in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS36. Frank Booth in BLUE VELVET37. Harry Lime in THE THIRD MAN38. Caesar Enrico Bandello in LITTLE CAESAR39. Cruella De Vil in 101 DALMATIONS40. Freddy Krueger in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET41. Joan Crawford in MOMMIE DEAREST42. Tom Powers in THE PUBLIC ENEMY43. Regina Giddens in THE LITTLE FOXES44. Baby Jane Hudson in WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE45. The Joker in BATMAN46. Hans Gruber in DIE HARD47. Tony Camonte in SCARFACE48. Verbal Kint in THE USUAL SUSPECTS49. Auric Goldfinger in GOLDFINGER50. Alonzo Harris in TRAINING DAY Edited by Christopher McKittrick