Top 100 Movie Characters of All Time

So, movie geek mag, Empire Magazine had itself a little list going of the top one hundred movie characters of all time. And since this mag staff has a memory that lasts slightly longer than that of a gold fish, most of the choices were from the last 15 years. I've copied the top 50 directly below so you can judge for yourself. Here are some from the okay that's a little high but I'll give you it; Heath Ledger as the Joker, no. 3, Cpt. Jack Sparrow at 8, and John McClane at no. 12. Those are impressive characters but maybe a little high. Some that shouldn't even be on the list at all; Jigsaw from the Saw series, no. 30, Neo (Matrix series) at no. 16, and Tyler Durden at no. 1!?! Come on. Pull your heads out of asses, move out of your parents house, and meet a girl. Was Rick Moranis not on this list because it reminded everyone just a little too much like themselves. Now in their defense these were rated by their readers. Surprise, the internet is ruled by dorks.
And this list emcompassed all movies. Really? All time. This list had about maybe 3 or 4 roles prior to 1970.
When looking up this kind of list I saw that Premiere Magazine had a similar list and theirs was done with a lot more taste. Truly taking from all movies this list is not flooded with geek references and not copied from a list of "If a holodec was real and you got to act out a film role who would you be?" I've copied that list below as well. Congratulations go to Premiere for giving a damn as to what gets printed in their magazine.
But between these two lists, I still feel some roles got snubbed and left out. Captain Ahab played by Gregory Peck is a good example. I also enjoyed Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday in Tombstone. That may be playing quite far into the geek side but I think it sits on the fence. Anyone who's seen Man Bites Dog knows how crazy the character Benoit was. But those are just a few and anyone who feels like adding please do. Here are the lists:

Empires top 50
1. Tyler Durden - Fight Club
2. Darth Vader - the Star Wars hexology
3. The Joker - The Dark Knight
4. Han Solo - the Star Wars hexology
5. Hannibal Lecter - the Hannibal Lecter series
6. Indiana Jones - the Indiana Jones trilogy (yeah, I said trilogy)
7. The Dude - The Big Lebowski
8. Captain Jack Sparrow - the Pirates of the Caribean series
9. Ellen Ripley - the Alien series
10. Vito Corleone - The Godfather
11. James Bond - the James Bond series
12. John McClane - the Die Hard series
13. Gollum - the Lord of the Rings trilogy
14. The Terminator - the Terminator series
15. Ferris Bueller - Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
16. Neo - the Matrix trilogy
17. Hans Gruber - Die Hard
18. Travis Bickle - Taxi Driver
19. Jules Winnfield - Pulp Fiction
20. Forrest Gump
21. Michael Corleone - the Godfather trilogy
22. Ellis “Red” Redding - The Shawshank Redemption
23. Harry Callahan - the Dirty Harry series
24. Ash - the Evil Dead trilogy
25. Yoda - the Star Wars hexology
26. Ron Burgundy - Anchorman
27. Tony Montana - Scarface
28. Gandalf - the Lord of the Rings trilogy
29. Daniel Plainview - There Will Be Blood
30. Jigsaw - the Saw series
31. Aragorn - the Lord of the Rings trilogy
32. Jason Bourne - the Bourne trilogy
33. Tequila - Hardboiled
34. Rocky Balboa
35. Maximus Decimus Meridius - Gladiator
36. Harry Potter
37. Edward Scissorhands
38. Donnie Darko
39. Marty McFly - Back To The Future
40. Patrick Bateman - American Psycho
41. Mary Poppins
42. Alex DeLarge - A Clockwork Orange
43. The Man With No Name - spaghetti western trilogy
44. Peter Venkman - Ghostbusters
45. Amelie Poulain - Amelie
46. Anton Chigurh - No Country For Old Men
47. Blade
48. Tony Stark - Iron Man
49. Walter Sobchak - The Big Lebowski
50. Quint - Jaws

Premieres Entire Listing

1. Vito Corleone of The Godfather
2. Fred C. Dobbs of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
3. Scarlett O'Hara of Gone With the Wind
4. Norman Bates of Psycho
5. James Bond of Dr. No
6. Annie Hall of Annie Hall
7. Indiana Jones of Raiders of the Lost Ark
8. Ellen Ripley of Alien
9. Jeff Spicoli of Fast Times at Ridgemont High
10. Gollum of Lord of the Rings
11. Margo Channing of All About Eve
12. Charles Foster Kane of Citizen Kane
13. Atticus Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird
14. Randle McMurphy of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
15. Hannibal Lecter of The Silence of the Lambs
16. Robin Hood of The Adventures of Robin Hood
17. Dorothy Gale of The Wizard of Oz
18. Carl Spackler of Caddyshack
19. Rick Blaine of Casablanca
20. Virgil Tibbs of In the Heat of the Night
21. Susan Vance of Bringing up Baby
22. Travis Bickle of Taxi Driver
23. Eathan Edwards of The Searchers
24. The Little Tramp of Mabel's Strange Predicament
25. Gordon Gekko of Wall Street
26. E.T. of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
27. Marge Gunderson of Fargo
28. Captain Quint of Jaws
29. Daphne/Jerry of Some Like it Hot
30. King Kong of King Kong
31. Norma Desmond of Sunset Boulevard
32. Holly Golightly of Breakfast at Tiffany's
33. Ratso Rizzo of Midnight Cowboy
34. Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clyde
35. Dr. Evil of Austin Powers
36. Alex Forrest of Fatal Attraction
37. Jake Gittes of Chinatown
38. Willy Wonka of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
39. Michael Dorsey/Dorthy Michaels of Tootsie
40. The Terminator of The Terminator
41. Jane Craig of Broadcast News
42. "Dirty" Harry Callahan of Dirty Harry
43. Forrest Gump of Forrest Gump
44. Jules Winnfield of Pulp Fiction
45. Mary Poppins of Mary Poppins
46. John McClane of Die Hard
47. Mrs. Robinson of The Graduate
48. John "Bluto" Blutarsky of Animal House
49. Chance the Gardener of Being There
50. Blondie of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
51. Freddy Krueger of A Nightmare on Elm Street
52. Howard Beale of Network
53. Ninotchka of Ninotchka
54. Frank Booth of Blue Velvet
55. The Dude of The Big Lebowski
56. Alan Swann of My Favorite Year
57. Tom Powers of The Public Enemy
58. Phyliss Dietrichson of Double Indemnity
59. Lt. Kilgore of Apocalypse Now
60. George Bailey of It's a Wonderful Life
61. J.J. Hunsecker of Sweet Smell of Success
62. John Shaft of Shaft
63. Carrie White of Carrie
64. Rocky Balboa of Rocky
65. Edward Scissorhands of Edward Scissorhands
66. Navin Johnson of The Jerk
67. Inspector Clouseau of The Pink Panther
68. Alex DeLarge of A Clockwork Orange
69. Terry Malloy of On the Waterfront
70. Judy Benjamin of Private Benjamin
71. Rev. Harry Powell of The Night of the Hunter
72. Lloyd Dobler of Say Anything
73. Norma Rae of Norma Rae
74. Tony Montana of Scarface
75. Dr. Strangelove of Dr. Strangelove
76. Tony Manero of Saturday Night Fever
77. Annie Wilkes of Misery
78. "Mad" Max Rockatansky of Mad Max
79. Hans Beckert of M
80. Sam Spade of The Maltese Falcon
81. Aurora Greenway of Terms of Endearment
82. Jack Torrance of The Shining
83. William Cutting of Gangs of New York
84. Darth Vader of Star Wars
85. Stanley Kowalski of A Streetcar Named Desire
86. Melanie Daniels of The Birds
87. Captain Jack Sparrow of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
88. Raymond Babbitt of Rain Man
89. Sandy Olsson of Grease
90. John Malkovich of Being John Malkovich
91. Mrs. Iselin of The Manchurian Candidate
92. Dil of The Crying Game
93. Harry Lime of The Third Man
94. Rose Sayer of The African Queen
95. Oda Mae Brown of Ghost
96. Tommy DeVito of GoodFellas
97. Ace Ventura of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
98. Antoine Doinel of The 400 Blows
99. Kevin McCallister of Home Alone
100. Roger "Verbal" Kint of The Usual Suspects