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Greatest heroes and villains of all time
published: Tuesday | November 27, 2007


Keanu Reeves stars as Neo in 'The Matrix Trilogy'.

Bangshowbiz:

Indiana Jones and Batman's Joker have topped a list of the greatest heroes and villains of all time.

The list, compiled by Total Film magazine writers, reveals the "50 icons we idolise and 50 bad fellas we loathe".

Harrison Ford's portrayal of archaeologist Indiana Jones landed him the top spot on the heroes list.

Harrison will reprise the role for the fourth instalment of the adventure series, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, next year.

Batman, the Caped Crusader, followed Indiana Jones in second place, closely tailed by Sylvester Stallone's brave boxer Rocky Balboa.

Bond in fourth place

British spy James Bond came in fourth - proving the latest 007, Daniel Craig, still has what it takes, while Superman rounded off the top five.

Batman's arch nemesis The Joker, who first appeared on the big screen when he was played by Cesar Romero in the 1966 film Batman: The Movie, topped the Villains list.

The evil character has since been played by Jack Nicholson in 1989's Batman, and will be portrayed by Australian actor Heath Ledger in the next instalment, The Dark Knight - due out next year.

Star Wars villain Darth Vader came second in the list, closely followed by cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs.

Chainsaw-wielding Leatherface of 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' was right behind Hannibal in fourth place, while dream-stalking disfigured murderer Freddy Krueger finished in fifth place.

To Kill a Mockingbird' hero Atticus Finch rounded off the 50 heroes, and It's a Wonderful Life villain Mr. Potter came in 50th place of the villains list.


Batman is listed as one of the greatest movie heroes of all time and his nemesis the joker, played by Jim Carrey in 'Batman Forever' is listed as one of the greatest villains.

Total Film magazine's 100 greatest heroes and villains

Heroes

1 Indiana Jones

2 Batman

3 Rocky Balboa (Rocky)

4 James Bond

5 Superman

6 Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)

7 Spiderman

8 Neo (The Matrix)

9 Han Solo (Star Wars)

10 The Incredible Hulk/Bruce Banner

11 Donnie Darko

12 Maximus Decimus Meridius (Gladiatior)

13 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

14 Jason Bourne (The Bourne Identity)

15 Spartacus

16 Wolverine (X-Men)

17 Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)

18 George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)

19 Philip Marlowe (Murder, My Sweet)

20 Mr. Lee (Enter the Dragon)

21 Cherry Darling (Planet Terror)

22 John McClane (Die Hard)

23 Rick Deckard (Blade Runner)

24 Lassie

25 Dewey Finn (School of Rock)

26 Bree (Transamerica)

27 Mr. Davis (12 Angry Men)

28 Thelma and Louise

29 Virgil Tibbs (In the Heat of the Night)

30 Optimus Prime (The Transformers: The Movie)

31 Clarice Starling (The Silence of the Lambs)

32 The Terminator

33 Ashitaka (Princess Mononoke)

34 Elle Woods (Legally Blonde)

35 Father Merrin (The Exorcist)

36 Rooster Cogburn (True Grit)

37 Kenji Watanabe (Ikiru)

38 The Tramp (City Lights)

39 The Man with No Name (A Fistful of Dollars)

40 Ellen Ripley (Alien)

41 Laurie Strode (Halloween)

42 Spongebob Squarepants

43 Rachel Stein/Ellis de Vries (Black Book)

44 Jefferson Smith (Mr. Smith goes to Washington)

45 Sheriff John T Chance (Rio Bravo)

46 John Shaft

47 Sarah Connor (The Terminator)

48 David Dunn (Unbreakable)

49 Rick Blaine (Casablanca)

50 Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird)

Villains

1 The Joker (Batman: The Movie)

2 Darth Vader (Star Wars)

3 Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)

4 Leatherface (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre)

5 Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)

6 Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

7 Anton Chigurh (No Country for Old Men)

8 Michael Myers (The Halloween series)

9 Frank Booth (Blue Velvet)

10 Norman Bates (Psycho)

11 Bridget Gregory/Wendy Kroy (The Last Seduction)

12 Jason Vorhees (Friday the 13th series)

13 Saruman the White (The Lord of the Rings)

14 John Doe (Se7en)

15 Baby Jane Hudson (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?)

16 Peyton Flanders (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle)

17 Gordon Gekko (Wall Street)

18 Alex Forrest (Fatal Attraction)

19 The White Witch (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe)

20 Captain Videl (Pan's Labyrinth)

21 Annie Wilkes (Misery)

22 Tony Montana (Scarface)

23 Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct)

24 Michael Corleone (The Godfather)

25 Dr Christian Sezell(Marathon Man)

26 Reverend Harry Powell (The Night of the Hunter)

27 Ray (Nil by Mouth)

28 The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz)

29 John Ryder (The Hitcher)

30 Suzanna Stone Maretto (To Die For)

31 Combo (This is England)

32 General Zod (Superman)

33 Hans Gruber (Die Hard)

34 Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)

35 Ivan Drago (Rocky IV)

36 Daniel Cleaver (Bridget Jones' Diary)

37 Verbal Klint/Keyser Soze (The Usual Suspects)

38 Lex Luthor (Superman)

39 Don (Sexy Beast)

40 Begbie (Trainspotting)

41 Phyllis Dietrichsonn (Double Indemnity)

42 Mr. Blonde (Reservoir Dogs)

43 Dr. Elsa Schneider (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)

44 Frank (Once Upon a Time in the West)

45 Max Cady (Cape Fear)

46 The Child Catcher (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)

47 The Truck (Duel)

48 Hans Beckert (M)

49 Mrs John Iselin (The Manchurian Candidate)

50 Mr. Potter (It's a Wonderful Life)


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