| Rank | Heroes | Villains |
|---|
| 1. | Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird | Dr. Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of the Lambs |
| 2. | Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark | Norman Bates, Psycho |
| 3. | James Bond, Dr. No | Darth Vader, The Empire Strikes Back |
| 4. | Rick Blaine, Casablanca | The Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz |
| 5. | Will Kane, High Noon | Nurse Ratched, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 6. | Clarice Starling, The Silence of the Lambs | Mr. Potter, It's a Wonderful Life |
| 7. | Rocky Balboa, Rocky | Alex Forrest, Fatal Attraction |
| 8. | Ellen Ripley, Aliens | Phyllis Dietrichson, Double Indemnity |
| 9. | George Bailey, It's a Wonderful Life | Regan MacNeil, The Exorcist |
| 10. | T. E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia | The Queen, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| 11. | Jefferson Smith, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II |
| 12. | Tom Joad, The Grapes of Wrath | Alex De Large, A Clockwork Orange |
| 13. | Oskar Schindler, Schindler's List | HAL 9000, 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| 14. | Han Solo, Star Wars | The Alien, Alien |
| 15. | Norma Rae Webster, Norma Rae | Amon Goeth, Schindler's List |
| 16. | Shane, Shane | Noah Cross, Chinatown |
| 17. | Harry Callahan, Dirty Harry | Annie Wilkes, Misery |
| 18. | Robin Hood, The Adventures of Robin Hood | The Shark, Jaws |
| 19. | Virgil Tibbs, In the Heat of the Night | Captain Bligh, Mutiny on the Bounty |
| 20. | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Man, Bambi |
| 21. | Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi | Mrs. John Iselin, The Manchurian Candidate |
| 22. | Spartacus, Spartacus | Terminator, The Terminator |
| 23. | Terry Malloy, On the Waterfront | Eve Harrington, All About Eve |
| 24. | Thelma Dickerson and Louise Sawyer, Thelma & Louise | Gordon Gekko, Wall Street |
| 25. | Lou Gehrig, The Pride of the Yankees | Jack Torrance, The Shining |
| 26. | Superman, Superman | Cody Jarrett, White Heat |
| 27. | Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, All the President's Men | Martians, The War of the Worlds |
| 28. | Juror #8, 12 Angry Men | Max Cady, Cape Fear |
| 29. | General George Patton, Patton | Reverend Harry Powell, The Night of the Hunter |
| 30. | Luke Jackson, Cool Hand Luke | Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver |
| 31. | Erin Brockovich, Erin Brockovich | Mrs. Danvers, Rebecca |
| 32. | Philip Marlowe, The Big Sleep | Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, Bonnie and Clyde |
| 33. | Marge Gunderson, Fargo | Count Dracula, Dracula |
| 34. | Tarzan, Tarzan the Ape Man | Dr. Szell, Marathon Man |
| 35. | Alvin York, Sergeant York | J. J. Hunsecker, Sweet Smell of Success |
| 36. | Rooster Cogburn, True Grit | Frank Booth, Blue Velvet |
| 37. | Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars | Harry Lime, The Third Man |
| 38. | The Tramp, City Lights | Caesar Enrico Bandello, Little Caesar |
| 39. | Lassie, Lassie Come Home | Cruella De Vil, One Hundred and One Dalmations |
| 40. | Frank Serpico, Serpico | Freddy Krueger, A Nightmare on Elm Street |
| 41. | Arthur Chipping, Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Joan Crawford, Mommie Dearest |
| 42. | Father Edward, Boys Town | Tom Powers, The Public Enemy |
| 43. | Moses, The Ten Commandments | Regina Giddens, The Little Foxes |
| 44. | Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle, The French Connection | Baby Jane Hudson, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane |
| 45. | Zorro, The Mark of Zorro | The Joker, Batman |
| 46. | Batman, Batman | Hans Gruber, Die Hard |
| 47. | Karen Silkwood, Silkwood | Tony Camonte, Scarface |
| 48. | Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Roger “Verbal” Kint, The Usual Suspects |
| 49. | Andrew Beckett, Philadelphia | Auric Goldfinger, Goldfinger |
| 50. | General Maximums Decimus Meridus, Gladiator | Alonzo Harris, Training Day |
