Sometimes in our lives, we can't always tell the "good" guys from the "bad" guys. Thank God for the movies! AFI revealed the top heroes & villains of all time in "AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains". Here's a list of the top ten winners:
Heroes
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
Don't see your favorite hero? Take a look at number 11...Jefferson Smith in MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON. (Sorry if that didn't help.)
Villains
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
Just in case Snow White's Queen or the Wicked Witch of the West doesn't do it for you as world class villians, try AFI's pick for number 11...Michael Corleone in THE GODFATHER: PART II.
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