Best of 2017 (So Far)

The 90th Academy Awards ceremony, scheduled for March 4, 2018, is now less than 6 months away, which means ... the Oscars race is officially underway! A number of likely Oscars contenders have made their world premieres in the past week at the Venice and Telluride Film Festivals, and will continue their awards push starting tomorrow at the Toronto International Film Festival. Before we get to those, let's recap the movies that have already premiered nationwide in 2017. 

This is the 4th year that I've done this mid-year recap, and I have to say that 2017 has had the strongest overall 1st half from the past 4 years. And that doesn't even include some well-reviewed films that I didn't get to see in time for this blog post like: John Wick 2, Logan Lucky, Girls Trip, The Lost City of Z, Wind River, Beatriz at Dinner, Good Time, The Beguiled, and others. I'll try my best to get to all these films before the year is up. In all, I've seen 33 movies that premiered in 2017 up to this point, my highest 1st half output since I started this blog in February 2014.

With that being said, let's get on with the recap, shall we? As always, I'm cutting my year-end lists in half and doing a Top 5 Movies list instead of a Top 10, and this time I'm doing 5 Top 5 Lists instead of the 8 Top 8 Lists I do at the end of the year. Those include Best Moments, Funniest Moments, Best Action Set-Pieces, Best Lead Performances, and Best Supporting Performances. Before I get to those, let's get started with the Top 5 Movies of 2017 (So Far).

*WARNING : SPOILERS*

Top 5 Movies of 2017 (So Far)

5) War for the Planet of the Apes

A great ending to the most underrated trilogy of the decade. It might not have matched the 2nd installment of the trilogy(2014's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) for me, but this one definitely holds up on its own. Again that is due to the top-notch production value, including the incredible visual effects, and to the lead motion-capture performance of Andy Serkis as main ape "Caesar". Thematically, this is a very timely movie, while at the same time honoring past war movies such as The Great Escape, Full Metal Jacket, and Apocalypse Now. A must watch!

4) I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore.

A funny look at what can happen when ordinary people get tired of having to deal with all of life's assholes on a daily basis. After main character "Ruth"(Melanie Lynskey) has her laptop stolen she joins her neighbor "Tony"(Elijah Wood) in a quest to find the people responsible. Hilarity ensues in this dark comedy that has a sort-of Coens brother comedy feel by the end, while also saying plenty about the times we're living in today. It's available for streaming on Netflix.

3) The Big Sick

A romantic comedy based on the real life relationship of its writers(Emily V. Gordon, and Kumail Nanjiani) that hits all the right notes of the genre. There's extra incentive for tears in this one thanks to one of the co-leads(played by Zoe Kazan) being placed in a medically induced coma in the 2nd half of the film. But the film balances both halves extremely well: the initial awkwardness of Kumail and Emily's relationship, and then in the 2nd half introducing Emily's parents into the equation, played extremely well by Ray Romano and Holly Hunter, helping to maintain the film's comic tone all the way to the end.

2) Dunkirk

Another stunning achievement by Christopher Nolan! I experienced this film in IMAX, the way it was supposed to, and I was blown away. His previous films had received criticism for getting too brainy and too heavy-handed, but with Dunkirk Nolan moves away from that and presents an inspirational true story from World War 2 that doesn't have a single wasted second in it. The flawless execution of this extremely complicated production should put Nolan in the conversation once again to receive his very 1st Best Director nomination at the Academy Awards. He's way past due for that honor.

1) (Tie) Logan and Get Out

I know. I couldn't choose between these two films. I'm sorry. I promise that by the end of the year I'll choose which one I liked more. But for now, I'm gonna talk about why I loved them both. Logan had it all for me: it was a bit of Mad Max: Fury Road, with a bit of The Terminator, and a lot of X-Men of course. The production value is just outstanding in this one. I'm hoping for some Oscars consideration for Logan in the Production Design, Hair & Makeup, Sound Editing & Sound Mixing, Editing, and Cinematography categories. The cast is excellent as well, with both Patrick Stewart as "Professor Xavier" and Hugh Jackman as "Logan/Wolverine" finishing their 17-year runs playing the characters on a high note. And of course writer/director James Mangold should get some serious awards consideration in my mind. This movie joins the top tier of superhero films for me, alongside Spider-Man 2 and The Dark Knight. 

As for Get Out, it becomes an instant classic in the Horror genre. First time writer/director Jordan Peele perfectly captures the racial tension in America today with his brilliant screenplay that is equally funny and scary, and also pays tribute to classics such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Stepford Wives, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. I'm hoping the Academy doesn't forget about this screenplay when Oscars nominations time comes around. Apart from that, the cast is excellent in this film as well, including some of the best supporting performances I've seen in 2017 so far. Speaking of which ...

5 Top 5 Lists

I Best Supporting Performances (So Far)

5) Catherine Keener as "Missy Armitage" in Get Out

    -An against-type performance that elevates the film's scary factor to another level.

4) Tilda Swinton as "Lucy/Nancy Mirando" in Okja

    -More excellent work from Swinton, this time as twin sisters who have very different ways of running their business.

3) Ray Romano and Holly Hunter as "Terry and Beth" in The Big Sick

    -Both do excellent work maintaining the comedic tone in the more serious 2nd half of this film.

2) Patrick Stewart as "Professor Charles Xavier" in Logan

    -Getting well deserved awards buzz for this performance in which he shows incredible range, from comic relief, to serious, to heartbreaking.

1) Betty Gabriel as "Georgina" in Get Out

    -If you've seen it, you know this one should also qualify as a dual role, and for me, it was the most memorable performance of 2017 so far.

II Best Lead Performances (So Far)

5) Kristen Stewart as "Maureen" in Personal Shopper

    -Another solid performance in another character study from writer/director Olivier Assayas, after her supporting role in 2014's Clouds of Sils Maria.

4) James McAvoy as "Kevin" in Split

    -Great work from McAvoy here, playing a character with multiple personalities, all of them scary.

3) Andy Serkis as "Caesar" in War for the Planet of the Apes

    -One more excellent motion-capture performance for Serkis.

2) Melanie Lynskey as "Ruth" in I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore.

    -Great understated performance that could be the best work in Lynskey's long and mostly overlooked career.

1) Hugh Jackman as "Logan/Wolverine" in Logan 

    -I felt Jackman carried this film brilliantly. This performance had it all for me, and those who would overlook it just because he plays a superhero should take another look.

III Best Moments (So Far)

5) "Assholes Montage" in I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

    -Just your typical day of people cutting in line at the supermarket and spoiling the ending to your new book, among other things, that would make anyone snap.

4) "Opening Battle" in War for the Planet of the Apes

    -Loved this scene that places you right in the middle of this war from the start of the film. If the rest of the film would've kept up this intensity I would've ranked it higher.

3) "3 Timelines Converge" in Dunkirk

    -After following the different timelines for over an hour I knew they were bound to cross paths, in true Nolan fashion, and when they do the film reaches its peak level of inspiration.

2) "Laura Unleashed" in Logan

    -Just awesome action here.

1) "The Sunken Place" in Get Out

    -Great idea and great execution.

IV Funniest Moments (So Far)

5) "Carrying the Sword" in Wonder Woman

    -Best part of the film for me.

4) "Opening Logos" in The Lego Batman Movie

    -You'll laugh with this character literally from the first second of the film.

3) "Captain America PSAs" in Spider-Man: Homecoming

    -Credit for the laughs here also goes to Hannibal Buress and his reactions to the videos.

2) "Leaving in the Middle of the Night" in The Big Sick

    -An awkward moment between Kumail and Emily that will be funny to anyone who's been in a relationship.

1) "Sex Slave!" in Get Out

    -I think Chris's friend "Rod" is undoubtedly the funniest character of the year so far, and this moment when he's trying to convince his friend to leave the Armitage house is his funniest.

V Best Action Set-Pieces (So Far)

5) "No Man's Land" in Wonder Woman

4) "Kong vs Skullcrawler" in Kong: Skull Island

3) "Chasing Okja" in Okja

2) "Washington Monument Rescue" in Spider-Man: Homecoming

1) "Pick-Up Chase" in Baby Driver

The Movie Porti Hall of Fame - Class of 2011

It's Hall of Fame weekend once again for Major League Baseball, and to celebrate, for the 4th year in a row I am doing my very own Hall of Fame induction ceremony. I use the same eligibility rules that Major League Baseball uses to determine its Hall-of-Famers: a 5 year waiting period after a player retires, which would make the movies of 2011 1st year eligibles after a waiting period from 2012 to 2016, and a minimum of 75% of votes received from all ballots cast(in my case imaginary ballots) by the Baseball Writers Association of America(BBWAA).

Now, the class of 2011 wasn't the strongest one for 1st year eligibles for either the movie world or the baseball world, but in both cases there was, in my opinion at least, one clear cut, Home Run choice for enshrinement: In the baseball world, that was Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez, who enters Cooperstown, along with Jeff Bagwell(7th year of eligibility) and Tim Raines(10th and final year of eligibility), with the most games played as a catcher in baseball history, and in the film world that was Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, which won the Palme D'or at Cannes and also received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Cinematography.

Even though those are both obvious choices for me, their Hall of Fame cases face some scrutiny to this day. With "Pudge", a suspicion of steroid use during his years with the Texas Rangers, peaking with an MVP season in 1999, caused his percentage of Hall of Fame votes received to drop to 76%, just barely squeaking in for enshrinement. But he made it in, which is what matters, and nowhere on his plaque will his suspicion of steroid use or his percentage of votes received be mentioned. What will be mentioned is that he's the greatest defensive catcher of all time with 13 Gold Gloves, has over 2,800 hits and 300 Home Runs, and is a 2003 NLCS MVP and World Series Champion with the Florida Marlins, and also that he's from Puerto Rico.

With The Tree of Life, a suspicion of pretentiousness on Terrence Malick's part, although in his case there is overwhelming evidence throughout his filmography(#sorrynotsorry), caused many viewers, my parents included, to react negatively to this film. I don't think my dad has ever hated a film more than this one. Some of the Fine Arts-seeking folks at Cannes even booed and walked out midway through the screening of the film. As for me, on the other hand, I was transfixed. This film is beautiful to watch from beginning to end, thanks in part to the work of Director of Photography Emmanuel Lubezki, and the link it makes between the origins of our planet and the experiences of 3 adolescent boys in 1950s Texas with an overbearing father(Brad Pitt) and a kind, nurturing mother(Jessica Chastain) worked perfectly for me. Maybe it's because in 2011 I had just become a father for the first time, but for my money The Tree of Life is one of the greatest on screen representations of the bond between a father and his children, and also one of the greatest representations of childhood ever put on screen. 

Now, I know that for many people it's more difficult to look past that 15 minute creation-of-the-world segment to find the true meaning of this film, but I found it, and I love it. Because of that, it's a Movie Porti Hall of Fame Inductee. But for all those movie lovers who would disagree with my choice, I've prepared a quick Recap of the Movie Class of 2011 to refresh your memory on the movie year as a whole. No other film from 2011 really came close to receiving 75% of my imaginary votes for induction, but there are some solid movies and performances worth mentioning. So let's get on with the recap, shall we?

Recap

My Top 5 Movies of 2011

1. The Tree of Life (dir. Terrence Malick)

2. Take Me Home Tonight (dir. Michael Dowse)

3. Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)

4. Cedar Rapids (dir. Miguel Arteta)

5. Certified Copy (dir. Abbas Kiarostami)

*Note: Take Me Home Tonight and Margaret both spent years in post-production until they were finally released in 2011. Cedar Rapids was my favorite Alexander Payne-produced film of 2011, ahead of Best Picture nominee The Descendants, which he also directed, and I also enjoyed quite a bit. Out of this group, only The Tree of Life received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture or Best Director.

My Top 5 Performances of 2011

1. Tilda Swinton as "Eva" in We Need to Talk About Kevin

2. Michael Shannon as "Curtis" in Take Shelter

3. Michelle Williams as "Marilyn Monroe" in My Week With Marilyn

4. Brad Pitt as "Mr. O'Brien" in The Tree of Life

5. Anna Paquin as "Lisa Cohen" in Margaret

*Note: Out of this group, the only performance nominated for an Academy Award was Michelle Williams as "Marilyn Monroe". Brad Pitt was nominated that year, but for his role as Oakland A's GM "Billy Beane" in Moneyball, which was another solid performance from Pitt in 2011(more on that later). Tilda Swinton was once again overlooked in 2011, as in 2010, and to this day still remains with just one Oscar nomination, and win, for her work in 2007's Michael Clayton.

Acting MVPs of 2011

Male: (tie) Brad Pitt (The Tree of Life, Moneyball) and Michael Fassbender (Shame, A Dangerous Method, X-Men: First Class)

Female: Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life, The Help, Take Shelter)

*Note: I could've just gone with Fassbender and Chastain, who were everywhere in 2011, but I had to include Pitt, who gave 2 excellent lead performances in Best Picture nominated films, capping off what might be the best 5 year stretch of his career.

Breakout Stars of 2011

Male: John Boyega(Attack the Block), Ezra Miller(We Need to Talk About Kevin), Damián Bichir(A Better Life), Benedict Cumberbatch(Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, War Horse), Chris Hemsworth(Thor), Oscar Isaac(Drive)

Female: Jessica Chastain(The Tree of Life, The Help, Take Shelter), Melissa McCarthy(Bridesmaids), Shailene Woodley(The Descendants), Felicity Jones(Like Crazy), Elizabeth Olsen(Martha Marcy Mae Marlene), Octavia Spencer(The Help)

*Note: A very solid year for breakouts, with future Star Wars: The Force Awakens bromance buddies Boyega and Isaac on the male side, plus 2 future superheroes: Miller(The Flash) and Cumberbatch(Doctor Strange), plus one who broke out as a superhero(Hemsworth). Bichir also had a successful breakout, receiving a Best Actor nomination for his performance. 

Speaking of nominations, 3 of the women in this group were nominated for their work in 2011: McCarthy(rare nomination for a comedy), Chastain(for The Help) and Spencer, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Then there's Jones, who like Boyega and Isaac also joined the Star Wars universe in 2016's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and Olsen, who like Cumberbatch and Hemsworth joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as "Scarlet Witch" in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Woodley continued her solid work in teen films The Spectacular Now and The Fault in our Stars in the following years.

Most Underrated Movies of 2011

Take Me Home Tonight, Cedar Rapids, Hall Pass, Bernie, Rise of the Planet of the Apes

*Note: 4 comedies and one Sci-Fi film. Take Me Home Tonight and Cedar Rapids made my Top 5, so you know I believe they deserve way more love. Hall Pass was a return to form for the Farrelly brothers in my opinion. Bernie features 3 great performances from Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey, making it one of Richard Linklater's most under appreciated films. And Rise kicked off what turned out to be the greatest trilogy of the decade in excellent fashion, thanks in large part to Andy Serkis' motion capture performance as "Caesar".

Most Overrated Movies of 2011

Bridesmaids and Crazy, Stupid, Love

*Note: I could comment on what was, aside from The Tree of Life, a very weak Best Picture field(guess I just did), but I want to single out these 2 comedies that got almost universal praise in 2011. In my opinion they are both incredibly flawed films full of depressing/unlikeable characters and unrealistic situations. Both have only one redeeming quality, and that's any time Melissa McCarthy is on screen in Bridesmaids, and any time Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are on screen together in Crazy, Stupid, Love. But the problem is that those performers and their characters get very little screen time compared to the other characters and situations that these movies want to pass off as funny, when they clearly aren't. The amount of love for Bridesmaids culminated in it getting a Best Original Screenplay nomination, which is absolutely ridiculous. At least neither one of these films got a sequel, even though they both had a very strong showing at the Box Office.

How the Academy Voted / How I Would've Voted

Best Picture: Academy - The Artist / MP - The Tree of Life

Best Director: Academy - Michel Hazanavicius(The Artist) / MP - Terrence Malick(The Tree of Life)

Best Actor: Academy - Jean Dujardin(The Artist) / MP - Michael Shannon(Take Shelter)

Best Actress: Academy - Meryl Streep(The Iron Lady) / MP - Tilda Swinton(We Need to Talk About Kevin)

Best Supporting Actor: Academy - Christopher Plummer(Beginners) / MP - John Hawkes(Martha Marcy Mae Marlene)

Best Supporting Actress: Academy - Octavia Spencer(The Help) / MP - Melissa McCarthy(Bridesmaids)

Best Original Screenplay: Academy - Midnight in Paris / MP - Certified Copy

Best Adapted Screenplay: Academy - The Descendants / MP - The Skin I Live In

Best Editing: Academy - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo / MP - The Tree of Life

Best Cinematography: Academy - Hugo / MP - The Tree of Life

Best Original Score: Academy - The Artist / MP - Same

Best Animated Feature: Academy - Rango / MP - Kung Fu Panda 2

Best Foreign Language Film: Academy - A Separation / MP - Same

100 Greatest Movie Characters

100) "George Banks", played by Steve Martin in Father of the Bride I & II (1991 & 1995)

99) "Hildy Johnson", played by Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday (1940)

98) "Gen. Buck Turgidson", played by George C. Scott in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

97) "Clark W. Griswold", played by Chevy Chase in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

96) "Diana Christensen", played by Faye Dunaway in Network (1976)

95) "The Addams Family", played by Raul Juliá, Anjelica Huston, etc. in The Addams Family & Addams Family Values (1991 & 1993)

94) "Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes", played by Andy Griffith in A Face in the Crowd (1957)

93) "Annie Wilkes", played by Kathy Bates in Misery (1990)

92) "Cody Jarrett", played by James Cagney in White Heat (1949)

91) "Max Fischer", played by Jason Schwartzman in Rushmore (1998)

90) "Maria", played by Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music (1965)

89) "Patrick Bateman", played by Christian Bale in American Psycho (2000)

88) "Frances", played by Greta Gerwig in Frances Ha (2013)

87) "Captain Ron", played by Kurt Russell in Captain Ron (1992)

86) "Captain Jack Sparrow", played by Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean Series (2003-2017)

85) "Willy Wonka", played by Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

84) "Suzanne Stone Moretto", played by Nicole Kidman in To Die For (1995)

83) "Jeff Spicoli", played by Sean Penn in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

82) "Buddy the Elf", played by Will Ferrell in Elf (2003)

81) "Cher Horowitz", played by Alicia Silverstone in Clueless (1995)

80) "Guido Anselmi", played by Marcello Mastroianni in 8 1/2 (1963)

79) "Alex DeLarge", played by Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

78) "Fran Kubelik", played by Shirley MacLaine in The Apartment (1960)

77) "Pat Healy", played by Matt Dillon in There's Something About Mary (1998)

76) "Sonny Wortzik", played by Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

75) "Amanda & Adam Bonner", played by Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy in Adam's Rib (1949)

74) "Marge Gunderson", played by Frances McDormand in Fargo (1996)

73) "Joe Gideon", played by Roy Scheider in All That Jazz (1979)

72) "Harry Lime", played by Orson Welles in The Third Man (1949)

71) "Tracy Flick", played by Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)

70) "Caden Cotard", played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in Synecdoche, New York (2008)

69) "Phyllis Dietrichson", played by Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity (1944)

68) "Annie Hall & Alvy Singer", played by Diane Keaton & Woody Allen in Annie Hall (1977)

67) "Lloyd Christmas & Harry Dunne", played by Jim Carrey & Jeff Daniels in Dumb & Dumber (1994)

66) "Tony Manero", played by John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever (1977)

65) "Marty McFly & Emmett 'Doc' Brown", played by Michael J. Fox & Christopher Lloyd in the Back to the Future Trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990)

64) "Tom Joad", played by Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

63) "Borat", played by Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

62) "Captain Louis Renault", played by Claude Rains in Casablanca (1942)

61) "Sugar Kane Kowalczyk", played by Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot (1959)

60) "Michel Poiccard", played by Jean-Paul Belmondo in Breathless (1960)

59) "Norma Desmond", played by Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard (1950)

58) "John 'Bluto' Blutarsky", played by John Belushi in Animal House (1978)

57) "Belle", voiced by Paige O'Hara in Beauty and the Beast (1991)

56) "John McClane", played by Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988)

55) "Crash, Annie, and 'Nuke'", played by Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Robbins in Bull Durham (1988)

54) "Sarah Connor", played by Linda Hamilton in The Terminator & Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1984 & 1991)

53) "Mia Wallace", played by Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction (1994)

52) "E.T.", voiced by Pat Welsh in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

51) "Jean Louis 'Scout' Finch", played by Mary Badham in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

50) "Pinocchio", voiced by Dickie Jones in Pinocchio (1940)

49) "Nurse Ratched", played by Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

48) "Genie", voiced by Robin Williams in Aladdin (1992)

47) "Martha", played by Elizabeth Taylor in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

46) "Rod Tidwell", played by Cuba Gooding Jr. in Jerry Maguire (1996)

45) "The Cleveland Indians", played by Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, etc. in Major League I & II (1989 & 1994)

44) "Ellen Ripley", played by Sigourney Weaver in Alien & Aliens (1979 & 1986)

43) "Jules Winnfield", played by Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction (1994)

42) "'Cool Hand' Lucas Jackson", played by Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke (1967)

41) "Phil Connors", played by Bill Murray in Groundhog Day (1993)

40) "Nurse Alma", played by Bibi Andersson in Persona (1966)

39) "Norman Bates", played by Anthony Perkins in Psycho (1960)

38) "Remy", voiced by Patton Oswalt in Ratatouille (2007)

37) "Jerry/Daphne", played by Jack Lemmon in Some Like it Hot (1959)

36) "Mrs. Robinson", played by Anne Bancroft in The Graduate (1967)

35) "Armand & Albert Goldman", played by Robin Williams & Nathan Lane in The Birdcage (1996)

34) "Princess Leia Organa", played by Carrie Fisher in the Star Wars Series (1977, 1980, 1983, 2015)

33) "Ron Burgundy", played by Will Ferrell in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

32) "Holly Golightly", played by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

31) "Projectionist/Sherlock Jr.", played by Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr. (1924)

30) "James Bond", played by Sean Connery and many others in the James Bond Series (1962-2015)

29) "The Joker", played by Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (2008)

28) "Rob Gordon", played by John Cusack in High Fidelity (2000)

27) "Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski", played by Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski (1998)

26) "Benjamin Braddock", played by Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate (1967)

25) "Jesse & Celine", played by Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy in the Before Trilogy (1995, 2004, 2013)

24) "HAL 9000", voiced by Douglas Rain in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

23) "Daniel Plainview", played by Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will be Blood (2007)

22) "Atticus Finch", played by Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

21) "Darth Vader", played by David Prowse & voiced by James Earl Jones in the Star Wars Trilogy (1977, 1980, 1983)

20) "Indiana Jones", played by Harrison Ford in the Indiana Jones Series (1981-2008)

19) "Hannibal Lecter", played by Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

18) "Woody & Buzz Lightyear", voiced by Tom Hanks & Tim Allen in the Toy Story Trilogy (1995, 1999, 2010)

17) "Ferris Bueller", played by Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

16) "Truman Burbank", played by Jim Carrey in The Truman Show (1998)

15) "Harry Burns & Sally Albright", played by Billy Cristal & Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

14) "Rick Blaine", played by Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942)

13) "Margo Channing", played by Bette Davis in All About Eve (1950)

12) "Don Vito Corleone", played by Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972) & by Robert DeNiro in The Godfather: Part II (1974)

11) "Travis Bickle", played by Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver (1976)

10) "Han Solo", played by Harrison Ford in the Star Wars Series (1977, 1980, 1983, 2015)

9) "Jerry Maguire", played by Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire (1996)

8) "Tracy Lord", played by Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

7) "Randle Patrick McMurphy", played by Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

6) "Scarlett O'Hara", played by Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind (1939)

5) "Joel Barish & Clementine Kruczynski", played by Jim Carrey & Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

4) "Charles Foster Kane", played by Orson Welles in Citizen Kane (1941)

3) "George Bailey", played by James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

2) "Michael Corleone", played by Al Pacino in the Godfather Trilogy (1972, 1974, 1990)

1) "the Little Tramp", played by Charlie Chaplin in many films from Kid Auto Races at Venice(1914) to Modern Times(1936)