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Greatest Film Characters |
(alphabetical, by character name) Intro | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q-R | S | T | U-V | W | X-Z |
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| Frank T.J. Mackey | Tom Cruise | Magnolia (1999) | 
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| Regan MacNeil (Pazuzu) | Linda Blair (voice of Mercedes McCambridge) | The Exorcist (1973) | 
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| Mindy Macready ("Hit Girl") | Chloe Moretz | Kick-Ass (2010) | 
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| John J. Macreedy | Spencer Tracy | Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) | 
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| Madison - the Mermaid | Daryl Hannah | Splash (1984) | 
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| Maggie (Margaret) "The Cat" (Pollitt) | Elizabeth Taylor | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) | 
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| Magneto | Ian McKellen | The X-Men films | 
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| Malcolm X | Denzel Washington | Malcolm X (1992) | 
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| Maleficent | voice of Eleanor Audley | Sleeping Beauty (1959) | 
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| John Malkovich | John Malkovich | Being John Malkovich (1999) | 
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| Terry Malloy | Marlon Brando |  On
the Waterfront (1954) |
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| Mama | Irene Dunne | I Remember Mama (1948) | 
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| Tony Manero | John Travolta | Saturday Night Fever (1977) | 
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| Elliot and Beverly Mantle | Jeremy Irons | Dead Ringers (1988) | 
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| Marcello Rubini | Marcello Mastroianni | La Dolce Vita (1960, It.) | 
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| Maria ("Fake") | Brigitte Helm | Metropolis (1927, Germ.) | 
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| Maria (Von Trapp) | Julie Andrews | The Sound of Music (1965) | 
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| Marie de Flor and Sgt. Bruce | Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy | Rose Marie (1936) and other pairings |  
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| Sgt. Markoff | Brian Donlevy | Beau Geste (1939) | 
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| Philip Marlowe | Humphrey Bogart | The
Big Sleep (1946) |
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| 'Marnie' Edgar | Tippi Hedren | Marnie (1964) | 
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| Debby Marsh | Gloria Grahame | The Big Heat (1953) | 
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| Martha | Elizabeth Taylor | Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) |
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| Martians | N/A | The War of the Worlds (1953) | 
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| Luke Martin | Jon Voight | Coming Home (1978) | 
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| Marty (Piletti) | Ernest Borgnine | Marty (1955) | 
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| Marv | Mickey Rourke | Sin City (2005) | 
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Various Marx Brothers characters: Chico (Ravelli, Barovelli, Chicolini, Fiorello, etc.) |
Chico Marx | various films | 
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| Groucho Marx (Capt. Jeffrey T. Spaulding, Prof. Quincy Adams Wagstaff, Rufus T. Firefly, Otis P. Driftwood, Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush, etc.) often with foil Margaret Dumont | Groucho Marx | various films | 
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| Harpo Marx (Harpo, the Professor, A Stowaway, Pinky, Tomasso, Stuffy, etc.) | Harpo Marx | various films | 
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| Mathilda | Natalie Portman | Leon: The Professional (1994) | 
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| Maude | Ruth Gordon | Harold and Maude (1971) | 
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| "Mad" Max Rockatansky | Mel Gibson | Mad Max (1979) | 
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| Detective John McClane | Bruce Willis | Die Hard (1988) films | 
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| Marty McFly | Michael J. Fox | the Back to the Future series | 
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| Ada McGrath | Holly Hunter | The Piano (1993, NZ) | 
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| Terry McKay | Irene Dunne | Love Affair (1939) | 
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| McLovin/Fogell | Christopher Mintz-Plasse | Superbad (2007) | 
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| Randle Patrick McMurphy | Jack Nicholson | One
Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) |
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| Bess McNeill | Emily Watson | Breaking the Waves (1996) | 
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| Gen. Maximus Decimus Meridius | Russell Crowe | Gladiator (2000) | 
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| Kathryn Merteuil | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Cruel Intentions (1999) | 
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| Marquise de Merteuil | Glenn Close | Dangerous Liaisons (1988) | 
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| Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels | Dustin Hoffman | Tootsie (1982) | 
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| Michel (Poiccard) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | Breathless (1960, Fr.) (aka A Bout de Souffle) | 
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| Emperor Ming the Merciless | Max von Sydow | Flash Gordon (1980) | 
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| Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell | Tom Cruise | Top Gun | 
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| Mr. Miyagi | Noriyuki "Pat" Morita | The Karate Kid films | 
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| The Monster | Boris Karloff | Frankenstein (1931) | 
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| Tony Montana | Al Pacino | Scarface (1983) | 
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| Inigo Montoya | Mandy Patinkin | The Princess Bride (1987) | 
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| Morpheus | Laurence Fishburne | The Matrix trilogy | 
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| Moses | Charlton Heston | The Ten Commandments (1956) | 
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| Evelyn Cross Mulwray | Faye Dunaway | Chinatown
(1974) |
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| The Mummy (Imhotep) | Boris Karloff | The Mummy (1932) | 
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| Muppets: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, etc. |
voices of Jim Henson, Frank Oz | The Muppet Movie (1979) and more |  
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| Leticia Musgrove | Halle Berry | Monster's Ball (2001) | 
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| (The Three) Musketeers | Van Heflin, Gig Young, Robert Coote | The Three Musketeers (1948) | 
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| Michael Myers | Nick Castle, Tony Moran, and others | the Halloween series of films | 
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| Mystique (aka Raven Darkholme) | Rebecca Romijin-Stamos | the original X-Men series of films | 
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