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AFI's 100 Heroes & Villains: Heroes

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1. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Atticus Finch

Portrayed by Gregory Peck
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People who added this item 4251  Average listal rating (2880 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.7 
2. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ar... (1981)
Indiana Jones

Portrayed by Harrison Ford
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People who added this item 1002  Average listal rating (664 ratings) 7  IMDB Rating 7.3 
3. Dr. No (1962)
James Bond

Sean Connery
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People who added this item 2546  Average listal rating (1487 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.7 
4. Casablanca (1942)
Rick Blaine

Humphrey Bogart

People who added this item 518  Average listal rating (348 ratings) 7.9  IMDB Rating 8.2 
5. High Noon (1952)
Will Kane

Gary Cooper

People who added this item 5241  Average listal rating (3616 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.7 
6. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Clarice Starling

Jodie Foster
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People who added this item 2143  Average listal rating (1419 ratings) 7.4  IMDB Rating 8.1 
7. Rocky (1976)
Rocky Balboa

Sylvester Stallone
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People who added this item 2580  Average listal rating (1772 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 8.5 
8. Aliens (1986)
Ellen Ripley

Sigourney Weaver
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People who added this item 1633  Average listal rating (1002 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.7 
9. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
George Bailey

James Stewart

People who added this item 1093  Average listal rating (623 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.4 
10. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
T. E. Lawrence

Peter O'Toole
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People who added this item 601  Average listal rating (375 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.3 
11. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Jefferson Smith

James Stewart

People who added this item 500  Average listal rating (291 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.2 
12. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Tom Joad

Henry Fonda

People who added this item 4694  Average listal rating (2875 ratings) 8.4  IMDB Rating 8.9 
13. Schindler's List (1993)
Oskar Schindler

Liam Neeson

People who added this item 4587  Average listal rating (3101 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.8 
14. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Ba... (1980)
Han Solo

Harrison Ford
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People who added this item 92  Average listal rating (52 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating 7.2 
15. Norma Rae (1979)
Norma Rae

Sally Field

People who added this item 260  Average listal rating (176 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating 7.7 
16. Shane (1953)
Shane

Alan Ladd

People who added this item 1146  Average listal rating (730 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating 7.8 
17. Dirty Harry (1971)
Harry Callahan

Clint Eastwood
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People who added this item 426  Average listal rating (273 ratings) 7.6  IMDB Rating
18. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Robin Hood

Errol Flynn

People who added this item 351  Average listal rating (225 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating
19. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Virgil Tibbs

Sidney Poitier

People who added this item 1029  Average listal rating (644 ratings) 7.9  IMDB Rating 8.2 
20. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Butch & Sundance

Paul Newman & Robert Redford
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People who added this item 1065  Average listal rating (578 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating 8.1 
21. Gandhi (1982)
Mahatma Gandhi

Ben Kingsley

People who added this item 1028  Average listal rating (618 ratings) 7.3  IMDB Rating
22. Spartacus (1960)
Spartacus

Kirk Douglas
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People who added this item 709  Average listal rating (441 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.3 
23. On the Waterfront (1954)
Terry Malloy

Marlon Brando
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People who added this item 1985  Average listal rating (1212 ratings) 6.9  IMDB Rating 7.3 
24. Thelma and Louise (1991)
Thelma Dickinson & Louise Sawyer

Geena Davis & Susan Sarandon
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People who added this item 77  Average listal rating (41 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating 7.7 
25. The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Lou Gehrig

Gary Cooper

People who added this item 1441  Average listal rating (944 ratings) 6.9  IMDB Rating 7.3 
26. Superman (1978)
Superman

Christopher Reeve
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People who added this item 751  Average listal rating (452 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating
27. All the President's Men (1976)
Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein

Robert Redford & Dustin Hoffman

People who added this item 1630  Average listal rating (1044 ratings) 8.6  IMDB Rating 8.9 
28. 12 Angry Men (1957)
Juror #8

Henry Fonda
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People who added this item 512  Average listal rating (315 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating
29. Patton (1970)
General George Patton

George C. Scott

People who added this item 715  Average listal rating (443 ratings) 7.9  IMDB Rating 8.2 
30. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Luke Jackson

Paul Newman

People who added this item 2210  Average listal rating (1402 ratings) 6.7  IMDB Rating 7.2 
31. Erin Brockovich (2000)
Erin Brockovich

Julia Robers
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People who added this item 650  Average listal rating (404 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.2 
32. The Big Sleep (1946)
Philip Marlowe

Humphrey Bogart

People who added this item 2627  Average listal rating (1738 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 8.2 
33. Fargo (1996)
Marge Gunderson

Frances McDormand
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People who added this item 59  Average listal rating (38 ratings) 6.8  IMDB Rating 7.1 
34. Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Tarzan

Johnny Weissmuller

People who added this item 137  Average listal rating (73 ratings) 7.4  IMDB Rating 7.8 
35. Sergeant York (1941)
Alvin York

Gary Cooper

People who added this item 290  Average listal rating (183 ratings) 7.3  IMDB Rating 7.3 
36. True Grit (1969)
Rooster Cogburn

John Wayne

People who added this item 4916  Average listal rating (3322 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.8 
37. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Obi-Wan Kenobi

Sir Alec Guinness
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People who added this item 913  Average listal rating (544 ratings) 8.6  IMDB Rating 8.6 
38. City Lights (1931)
The Tramp

Charlie Chaplin

People who added this item 59  Average listal rating (37 ratings) 6.3  IMDB Rating
39. Lassie Come Home (1943)
Lassie

Pal

People who added this item 702  Average listal rating (439 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating 7.8 
40. Serpico (1973)
Frank Serpico

Al Pacino
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People who added this item 81  Average listal rating (42 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating 7.7 
41. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Arthur Chipping

Robert Donat

People who added this item 58  Average listal rating (36 ratings) 7  IMDB Rating 7.1 
42. Boys Town (1938)
Father Edward J. Flanagan

Spencer Tracy

People who added this item 492  Average listal rating (314 ratings) 7.3  IMDB Rating 7.8 
43. The Ten Commandments (1956)
Moses

Charlton Heston

People who added this item 726  Average listal rating (448 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 7.9 
44. The French Connection (1971)
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle

Gene Hackman

People who added this item 74  Average listal rating (50 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating 7.6 
45. The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Zorro

Tyrone Power

People who added this item 4268  Average listal rating (2870 ratings) 7  IMDB Rating 7.6 
46. Batman (1989)
Batman

Michael Keaton
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People who added this item 158  Average listal rating (83 ratings) 6.9  IMDB Rating 7.1 
47. Silkwood (1983)
Karen Silkwood

Meryl Streep

People who added this item 4168  Average listal rating (2880 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating 8.6 
48. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Terminator

Arnold Schwarzenegger
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People who added this item 1765  Average listal rating (1085 ratings) 7.4  IMDB Rating 7.6 
49. Philadelphia (1993)
Andrew Beckett

Tom Hanks
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People who added this item 5455  Average listal rating (3811 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating 8.5 
50. Gladiator (2000)
Maximus Decimus Meridius

Russell Crowe
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In 2003, the American Film Institute compiled a list of the fifty greatest villains and fifty greatest heroes to grace our cinema screens over the past one hundred years. Here is a list of The Heroes.

For the corresponding villain list, click HERE.

Statistics

Actor with the most heroic portrayals:
Gary Cooper
- Will Kane
- Lou Gehrig
- Alvin York

Male:Female Character Ratio
Male Actors: 44
Female Actresses: 8
Non-Human Characters: 2

Heroes based on real-life people
- Alvin York
- Erin Brockovich
- George S. Patton
- Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
- Lou Gehrig
- Spartacus
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Butch Cassidy & Sundance
- Oskar Schindler
- T. E. Lawrence
- Father Edward J. Flanagan
- Frank Serpico
- Karen Silkwood
- Moses
- Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle

Films that appear on both lists:
- Batman
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Schindler's List
- The Silence of the Lambs

Characters that appear on both lists:
- The Terminator

Actors that appear on both lists:
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Al Pacino

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