MOVIES
Critical Response - AFI
50 Greatest Heroes
This list features movie heroes that have been rated as most iconic by the American Film Institute.
RANK | CHARACTER | ACTOR | FILM | YEAR |
1 | Atticus Finch | Gregory Peck | To Kill a Mockingbird | 1962 |
2 | Indiana Jones | Harrison Ford | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 |
3 | James Bond | Sean Connery | Dr. No | 1962 |
4 | Rick Blaine | Humphrey Bogart | Casablanca | 1942 |
5 | Marshal Will Kane | Gary Cooper | High Noon | 1952 |
6 | Clarice Starling | Jodie Foster | The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 |
7 | Rocky Balboa | Sylvester Stallone | Rocky | 1976 |
8 | Ellen Ripley | Sigourney Weaver | Aliens | 1986 |
9 | George Bailey | James Stewart | It's a Wonderful Life | 1946 |
10 | T. E. Lawrence | Peter O'Toole | Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 |
11 | Jefferson Smith | James Stewart | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | 1939 |
12 | Tom Joad | Henry Fonda | The Grapes of Wrath | 1940 |
13 | Oskar Schindler | Liam Neeson | Schindler's List | 1993 |
14 | Han Solo | Harrison Ford | Star Wars | 1977 |
15 | Norma Rae Webster | Sally Field | Norma Rae | 1979 |
16 | Shane | Alan Ladd | Shane | 1953 |
17 | Harry Callahan | Clint Eastwood | Dirty Harry | 1971 |
18 | Robin Hood | Errol Flynn | The Adventures of Robin Hood | 1938 |
19 | Virgil Tibbs | Sidney Poitier | In the Heat of the Night | 1967 |
20 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Paul Newman and Robert Redford | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 1969 |
21 | Mahatma Gandhi | Ben Kingsley | Gandhi | 1982 |
22 | Spartacus | Kirk Douglas | Spartacus | 1960 |
23 | Terry Malloy | Marlon Brando | On the Waterfront | 1954 |
24 | Thelma Dickinson and Louise Sawyer | Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon | Thelma & Louise | 1991 |
25 | Lou Gehrig | Gary Cooper | The Pride of the Yankees | 1942 |
26 | Superman | Christopher Reeve | Superman | 1978 |
27 | Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein | Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman | All the President's Men | 1976 |
28 | Juror #8 (Davis) | Henry Fonda | 12 Angry Men | 1957 |
29 | General George Patton | George C. Scott | Patton | 1970 |
30 | Lucas "Luke" Jackson | Paul Newman | Cool Hand Luke | 1967 |
31 | Erin Brockovich | Julia Roberts | Erin Brockovich | 2000 |
32 | Philip Marlowe | Humphrey Bogart | The Big Sleep | 1946 |
33 | Marge Gunderson | Frances McDormand | Fargo | 1996 |
34 | Tarzan | Johnny Weissmuller | Tarzan the Ape Man | 1932 |
35 | Alvin York | Gary Cooper | Sergeant York | 1941 |
36 | Rooster Cogburn | John Wayne | True Grit | 1969 |
37 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Alec Guinness | Star Wars | 1977 |
38 | The Tramp | Charlie Chaplin | City Lights | 1931 |
39 | Lassie | Pal | Lassie Come Home | 1943 |
40 | Frank Serpico | Al Pacino | Serpico | 1973 |
41 | Arthur Chipping | Robert Donat | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | 1939 |
42 | Father Edward Flanagan | Spencer Tracy | Boys Town | 1938 |
43 | Moses | Charlton Heston | The Ten Commandments | 1956 |
44 | Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle | Gene Hackman | The French Connection | 1971 |
45 | Zorro | Tyrone Power | The Mark of Zorro | 1940 |
46 | Batman | Michael Keaton | Batman | 1989 |
47 | Karen Silkwood | Meryl Streep | Silkwood | 1983 |
48 | The Terminator | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 |
49 | Andrew Beckett | Tom Hanks | Philadelphia | 1993 |
50 | General Maximus Decimus Meridius | Russell Crowe | Gladiator | 2000 |
RANK | CHARACTER | ACTOR | FILM | YEAR |
1 | Atticus Finch | Gregory Peck | To Kill a Mockingbird | 1962 |
2 | Indiana Jones | Harrison Ford | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 |
3 | James Bond | Sean Connery | Dr. No | 1962 |
4 | Rick Blaine | Humphrey Bogart | Casablanca | 1942 |
5 | Marshal Will Kane | Gary Cooper | High Noon | 1952 |
6 | Clarice Starling | Jodie Foster | The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 |
7 | Rocky Balboa | Sylvester Stallone | Rocky | 1976 |
8 | Ellen Ripley | Sigourney Weaver | Aliens | 1986 |
9 | George Bailey | James Stewart | It's a Wonderful Life | 1946 |
10 | T. E. Lawrence | Peter O'Toole | Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 |
11 | Jefferson Smith | James Stewart | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | 1939 |
12 | Tom Joad | Henry Fonda | The Grapes of Wrath | 1940 |
13 | Oskar Schindler | Liam Neeson | Schindler's List | 1993 |
14 | Han Solo | Harrison Ford | Star Wars | 1977 |
15 | Norma Rae Webster | Sally Field | Norma Rae | 1979 |
16 | Shane | Alan Ladd | Shane | 1953 |
17 | Harry Callahan | Clint Eastwood | Dirty Harry | 1971 |
18 | Robin Hood | Errol Flynn | The Adventures of Robin Hood | 1938 |
19 | Virgil Tibbs | Sidney Poitier | In the Heat of the Night | 1967 |
20 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Paul Newman and Robert Redford | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 1969 |
21 | Mahatma Gandhi | Ben Kingsley | Gandhi | 1982 |
22 | Spartacus | Kirk Douglas | Spartacus | 1960 |
23 | Terry Malloy | Marlon Brando | On the Waterfront | 1954 |
24 | Thelma Dickinson and Louise Sawyer | Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon | Thelma & Louise | 1991 |
25 | Lou Gehrig | Gary Cooper | The Pride of the Yankees | 1942 |
26 | Superman | Christopher Reeve | Superman | 1978 |
27 | Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein | Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman | All the President's Men | 1976 |
28 | Juror #8 (Davis) | Henry Fonda | 12 Angry Men | 1957 |
29 | General George Patton | George C. Scott | Patton | 1970 |
30 | Lucas "Luke" Jackson | Paul Newman | Cool Hand Luke | 1967 |
31 | Erin Brockovich | Julia Roberts | Erin Brockovich | 2000 |
32 | Philip Marlowe | Humphrey Bogart | The Big Sleep | 1946 |
33 | Marge Gunderson | Frances McDormand | Fargo | 1996 |
34 | Tarzan | Johnny Weissmuller | Tarzan the Ape Man | 1932 |
35 | Alvin York | Gary Cooper | Sergeant York | 1941 |
36 | Rooster Cogburn | John Wayne | True Grit | 1969 |
37 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Alec Guinness | Star Wars | 1977 |
38 | The Tramp | Charlie Chaplin | City Lights | 1931 |
39 | Lassie | Pal | Lassie Come Home | 1943 |
40 | Frank Serpico | Al Pacino | Serpico | 1973 |
41 | Arthur Chipping | Robert Donat | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | 1939 |
42 | Father Edward Flanagan | Spencer Tracy | Boys Town | 1938 |
43 | Moses | Charlton Heston | The Ten Commandments | 1956 |
44 | Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle | Gene Hackman | The French Connection | 1971 |
45 | Zorro | Tyrone Power | The Mark of Zorro | 1940 |
46 | Batman | Michael Keaton | Batman | 1989 |
47 | Karen Silkwood | Meryl Streep | Silkwood | 1983 |
48 | The Terminator | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 |
49 | Andrew Beckett | Tom Hanks | Philadelphia | 1993 |
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