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Who Are The Most Iconic Movie Characters ?

  
Via:  John Russell  •  3 years ago  •  54 comments


Who Are The Most Iconic Movie Characters ?
 

Leave a comment to auto-join group MOVIES & TV - CLASSIC to CURRENT

MOVIES & TV - CLASSIC to CURRENT

Critique the list on the video, and / or add your own. 


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1.    James Bond

2.    Darth Vader (Star Wars 

3.    Vito Corrleone  (The Godfather)

4.   Indiana Jones

5.   The Tramp (Charlie Chaplin)

6.   Norman Bates  (Psycho)

7.   Charles Foster Kane (Citizen Kane)

8.   Hannibal Lecter

9.   Dorothy Gale (Wizard Of Oz)

10. Forrest Gump


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JohnRussell
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1  seeder  JohnRussell    3 years ago

Where are Dirty Harry, Rocky, Ethan Edwards (The Searchers), Rooster Cogburn, John Mc Lain (Die Hard) ?  

What are your most iconic movie characters ? 

 
 
 
Ender
Professor Principal
1.1  Ender  replied to  JohnRussell @1    3 years ago

Frankenstein.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
1.1.1  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Ender @1.1    3 years ago

Excellent!

 
 
 
Ender
Professor Principal
1.1.2  Ender  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @1.1.1    3 years ago

That movie scared the crap out of me when I was a kid.

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
Professor Quiet
1.2  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  JohnRussell @1    3 years ago

Vin Diesel (Riddick) series.

 
 
 
Ender
Professor Principal
3  Ender    3 years ago

A terminator...

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
3.1  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Ender @3    3 years ago

Again, I totally forgot. Great one!

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
4  Perrie Halpern R.A.    3 years ago

OK so here is my list:

  1. James Bond
  2. Dirty Harry
  3. Jack Ryan 
  4. George Bailey
  5. Hannibal Lecter
  6. Indiana Jones
  7. Captain Kirk/ Spock
  8. John Mc Lain
  9. Rocky
  10. Vito Corrleone 
 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
4.1  devangelical  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @4    3 years ago

vito instead of michael? wtf?

 
 
 
Ender
Professor Principal
4.1.1  Ender  replied to  devangelical @4.1    3 years ago

I would have added Tony Montana...Scarface.

 
 
 
Gordy327
Professor Expert
4.2  Gordy327  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @4    3 years ago

I'm glad you mentioned Kirk/Spock. jrSmiley_79_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
Ender
Professor Principal
4.2.1  Ender  replied to  Gordy327 @4.2    3 years ago

I just read an article about him where he said he has never watched any of Star Trek tv shows and only one of the movies. Said he only watched the one movie because he was directing.

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
5  devangelical    3 years ago

clint eastwood in the early spaghetti westerns.

 
 
 
Ender
Professor Principal
6  Ender    3 years ago

I guess Harry Potter could be added for the younger crowd.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
Professor Principal
7  seeder  JohnRussell    3 years ago

I would add Scarlett O' Hara (Gone With The Wind) ,  Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) , Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews), Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway),  Ellen Ripley (Aliens), Annie Hall (Diane Keaton)

 
 
 
Ender
Professor Principal
7.1  Ender  replied to  JohnRussell @7    3 years ago

Ooohh  oohh  (horshack voice)

Willy Wonka

Wicked witch of the west.

 
 
 
Ender
Professor Principal
8  Ender    3 years ago

Some say a generation is defined by their movies.

If so I would be defined by the likes of, The Outsiders and Red Dawn.

 
 
 
Gordy327
Professor Expert
8.1  Gordy327  replied to  Ender @8    3 years ago

Rocky Balboa, Predator, Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Toxic Avenger

 
 
 
MrFrost
Professor Expert
11  MrFrost    3 years ago

Heisenberg/Walter White. 

 
 
 
MrFrost
Professor Expert
11.1  MrFrost  replied to  MrFrost @11    3 years ago

Oh you said movie characters... Never mind. 

 
 
 
Ender
Professor Principal
11.1.1  Ender  replied to  MrFrost @11.1    3 years ago

I think most people know Walter White though.

 
 
 
Dulay
Professor Expert
12  Dulay    3 years ago

Ethan Edwards

Ellen Ripley

George Bailey

Han Solo

Sarah Connor

Forrest Gump

Capt. Mal Reynolds

The Dude

Tony Devito

Gollum 

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
12.1  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Dulay @12    3 years ago

Excellent on Ellen Ripley. How did I forget her?

 
 
 
Tacos!
Professor Guide
13  Tacos!    3 years ago

WatchMojo is pretty good at making 10-minute videos, but their lists leave a lot to be desired. This one isn’t too bad, by their usual standard.

Citizen Kane is a great movie, but I don’t think there is anything particularly iconic about Charles Foster Kane.

The Tramp was a fun character, but he has not had any kind of staying power with the public.

Ender mentioned Frankenstein, which got me thinking about other monsters/villains. Several of them are iconic. Dracula, Invisible Man, Wolf Man, Godzilla, King Kong, Alien, Predator, Jason, Freddie, that girl from The Ring, Chucky. And I don’t even watch horror movies most of the time. That clown from It? Is that a thing?

Super heroes. Superman, Batman, Iron Man, Captain America, Spider Man, etc.

I notice that only 1 of the 10 is a woman. That’s kind of sad. I hope that can change going forward. Other arguably iconic female characters, not already in the list, I thought of were Cleopatra (as played by Elizabeth Taylor), Nurse Ratched, Barbarella, Black Widow, Eve Harrington (All About Eve), Blanche Dubois, Anne Wilkes (Misery), Alex Forrest (Fatal Attraction), Frau Blucher, Mammy, Scarlett O’Hara, Marge Gunderson (Fargo), Mary Poppins.

I don’t know. Maybe if I have to say the movie, the character isn’t that iconic?

Kathleen mentioned Ripley. I think that’s a good one. I might have thought she might be starting to be forgotten, but a video game I play a lot is World of Warships Legends, and right this minute, they are having a special event with fun commanders for April Fools Day. One of those made up commanders is Shelly Beapley - a clear homage to Ellen Ripley.

original

 
 
 
MsAubrey (aka Ahyoka)
Junior Guide
13.2  MsAubrey (aka Ahyoka)  replied to  Tacos! @13    3 years ago
Frau Blucher

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Kavika
Professor Principal
14  Kavika     3 years ago

Jack Crabb

Erin Brockovich 

Terry Malloy

Randle McMurphy

Travis Pickle

Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich

Ratso Rizzo

Crocodile Dundee

Thelma and Louise

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
14.1  Gsquared  replied to  Kavika @14    3 years ago

Ratso Rizzo, for sure.

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
14.1.1  devangelical  replied to  Gsquared @14.1    3 years ago

HEY! I'm walking here!

try and name all the movies that iconic line has been repeated. chronologically, of course.

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
16  Gsquared    3 years ago

Robin Hood -- Errol Flynn

Sherlock Holmes -- Basil Rathbone

Every character played by Peter Sellers

And my favorite:  Dumbo -- As himself

 
 
 
pat wilson
Professor Participates
17  pat wilson    3 years ago

Freddie Kruger (Robert Englund). His wife is one of my clients, lol.

 
 
 
MsAubrey (aka Ahyoka)
Junior Guide
17.1  MsAubrey (aka Ahyoka)  replied to  pat wilson @17    3 years ago

I'm such a horror movie genre fan. I love Robert Englund. He's the only true "Freddie Kruger" in my opinion... no one could ever replace that character.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
18  Buzz of the Orient    3 years ago

Woooo.  There's no way I can start making a list.  Rather than naming the characters, I'm going to refer to the actors who PLAYED the characters.  In my opinon, the most iconic character in the movies was James Bond as played by Sean Connery.   Harrison Ford as Han Solo and as Indiana Jones is next, and the characters that Gary Cooper has played such as Sgt.York, in High Noon and in From Whom the Bell Tolls, Paul Muni because he virtually BECAME the characters he was playing, such as Emile Zola, Scarface and Wang (in The Good Earth), and Orson Welles for his brilliance in every role.  If I'm going to name actresses it would be Elizabeth Tayor for a lifetime of great fulfilling the characters she played from Lassie and Great Expectations to Angela Vickers to Cleopatra, Audrey Hepburn because I loved her in everything she did, and Meryl Streep because she can adapt to any kind of character that is needed from Sophie's Choice to Julia Child, and Marilyn Munroe for so perfectly fufilling the roles that everyone expected of her - she was always the "dumb blond" who wasn't dumb at all.  There are so many more there isn't time for me to even think about how many.

 
 
 
Greg Jones
Professor Participates
19  Greg Jones    3 years ago

John Wayne in "The Searchers"

"That'll be the day"

 
 
 
MsAubrey (aka Ahyoka)
Junior Guide
20  MsAubrey (aka Ahyoka)    3 years ago

Newer movies (1980 or newer):

James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crump / Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / Barry / Orwell / Jade / "The Beast" in Split.

Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith as Jay and Silent Bob in several films written by Kevin Smith

Kane Hodder as Jason Vorhees in the most Friday the 13th movies

Tony Todd as Candyman in Candyman (1992)

Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet in Spaceballs

Chevy Chase as Clark W. Griswold in all of the National Lampoons Vacation movies

John Belushi as 'Joliet' Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as his brother Elwood in The Blues Brothers

Bruce Campbell as Ash in Evil Dead

Older movies (1979 or older): 

Jack Nicholson as Johnny in The Shining

Mia Farrow as Rosemary in Rosemary's Baby

Cleavon Little as Bart and Gene Wilder as Jim in Blazing Saddles

Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978)

Bill Murray as Tripper in Meatballs

John Belushi as "Bluto" in Animal House

Okay, that's enough from me.

 
 

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