Who Are the Top Movie Heroes and Villains of All Time?

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:

1. Atticus Finch in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
2. Indiana Jones in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
3. James Bond in DR. NO
4. Rick Blaine in CASABLANCA
5. Will Kane in HIGH NOON
6. Clarice Starling in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
7. Rocky Balboa in ROCKY
8. Ellen Ripley in ALIENS
9. George Bailey in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
10. T. E. Lawrence in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
11. Jefferson Smith in MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
12. Tom Joad in THE GRAPES OF WRATH
13. Oskar Schindler in SCHINDLER'S LIST
14. Han Solo in STAR WARS
15. Norma Rae Webster in NORMA RAE
16. Shane in SHANE
17. Harry Callahan in DIRTY HARRY
18. Robin Hood in THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
19. Virgil Tibbs in IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
20. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid in BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID
21. Mahatma Gandhi in GANDHI
22. Spartacus in SPARTACUS
23. Terry Malloy in ON THE WATERFRONT
24. Thelma Dickerson & Louise Sawyer in THELMA & LOUISE
25. Lou Gehrig in THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
26. Superman in SUPERMAN
27. Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein in ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
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1. Dr. Hannibal Lecter in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
2. Norman Bates in PSYCHO
3. Darth Vader in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
4. Wicked Witch of the West in THE WIZARD OF OZ
5. Nurse Ratched in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
6. Mr. Potter in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
7. Alex Forrest in FATAL ATTRACTION
8. Phyllis Dietrichson in DOUBLE INDEMNITY
9. Regan MacNeil in THE EXORCIST
10. The Queen in SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
11. Michael Corleone in THE GODFATHER: PART II
12. Alex De Large in CLOCKWORK ORANGE
13. HAL 9000 in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
14. The Alien in ALIEN
15. Amon Goeth in SCHINDLER'S LIST
16. Noah Cross in CHINATOWN
17. Annie Wilkes in MISERY
18. The Shark in JAWS
19. Captain Bligh in MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
20. Man in BAMBI
21. Mrs. John Iselin in THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
22. Terminator in THE TERMINATOR
23. Eve Harrington in ALL ABOUT EVE
24. Gordon Gekko in WALL STREET
25. Jack Torrance in THE SHINING
26. Cody Jarrett in WHITE HEAT
27. Martians in THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
28. Max Cady in CAPE FEAR
29. Reverend Harry Powell in THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
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Edited by Christopher McKittrick