Greatest Film Characters

Greatest Film Characters
of All-Time



Greatest Film Characters of All-Time
(alphabetical, by character name)
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Greatest Film Characters of All-Time
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Film Title
Character Name (Played By)

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2009, Swe.) (aka Män Som Hatar Kvinnor)

Lisbeth Salander
(Noomi Rapace)

Amadeus (1984)

Antonio Salieri
(F. Murray Abraham)

Atlantic City (1981)

Sally Matthews
(Susan Sarandon)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
franchise

Sam (Samwise) Gamgee
(Sean Astin)

Yojimbo (1961, Jp.) (aka The Bodyguard)

Sanjuro (Kuwabatake) (aka The Samurai)
(Toshiro Mifune)

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

Santanico Pandemonium
(Salma Hayek)

Moulin Rouge! (2001, US/Australia)

Satine
(Nicole Kidman)

Bull Durham (1988)

Annie Savoy
(Susan Sarandon)

Heathers (1988)

Veronica Sawyer
(Winona Ryder)

The African Queen (1951)

Rose Sayer
(Katharine Hepburn)

Black Swan (2010)

Nina Sayers
(Natalie Portman)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Scarecrow
(Ray Bolger)

Schindler's List (1993)

Oskar Schindler
(Liam Neeson)

Django Unchained (2012)

Dr. King Schultz
(Christoph Waltz)

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Edward Scissorhands
(Johnny Depp)

Darling (1965, UK)

Diana Scott
(Julie Christie)

the Underworld films

Selene
(Kate Beckinsale)

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Sera
(Elisabeth Shue)

Belle De Jour (1967, Fr./It.)

Severine Serizy
(Catherine Deneuve)

Serpico (1973)

Frank Serpico
(Al Pacino)

Shaft (1971)

John Shaft
(Richard Roundtree)

Shane (1953)

Shane
(Alan Ladd)

Shanghai Express (1932)

Shanghai Lily (aka Magdalen)
(Marlene Dietrich)

Jaws (1975)

Shark

Shaun of the Dead (2004, UK)

'Shaun' Riley
(Simon Pegg)

The Sheik (1921)

The Sheik (Ahmed Ben Hassan)
(Rudolph Valentino)

Shrek (2001)
and sequels

Shrek
(voice of Mike Myers)

Species (1995)

Sil
(Natasha Henstridge)

Silkwood (1983)

Karen Silkwood
(Meryl Streep)

Treasure Island (1950, US/UK)

Long John Silver
(Robert Newton)

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

Sinbad
(Kerwin Mathews)

Annie Hall (1977)

Alvy Singer
(Woody Allen)

the Star Wars films

Luke Skywalker
(Mark Hamill)

Tender Mercies (1983)

Mac Sledge
(Robert Duvall)

The Heiress (1949)

Catherine Sloper
(Olivia de Havilland)

The Matrix films

Agent Smith
(Hugo Weaving)

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

Cora Smith
(Lana Turner)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Jefferson Smith
(James Stewart)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
and franchise films

Professor Severus Snape
(Alan Rickman)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Walter Sobchak
(John Goodman)

the Star Wars films

Han Solo
(Harrison Ford)

Sophie's Choice (1982)

Sophie (Zawistowski)
(Meryl Streep)

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)

South Park characters:
Stan, Kyle, Eric (pictured), and Kenny

Caddyshack (1980)

Carl Spackler
(Bill Murray)

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Sam Spade
(Humphrey Bogart)

the Pirates of the Caribbean films

Captain Jack Sparrow
(Johnny Depp)

Spartacus (1960)

Spartacus
(Kirk Douglas)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Jeff Spicoli
(Sean Penn)

the Spider-Man films

Spider-Man/Peter Parker
(Tobey Maguire)

the Star Trek series of films

Captain Spock (Vulcan)
(Leonard Nimoy)

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Jim Stark
(James Dean)

the Iron Man films

Tony Stark
(Robert Downey, Jr.)

All the King's Men (1949)

Willie Stark
(Broderick Crawford)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Clarice Starling
(Jodie Foster)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Star-Lord (aka Peter Quill)
(Chris Pratt)

Starman (1984)

Starman
(Jeff Bridges)

Gun Crazy (1950)

Annie Laurie Starr
(Peggy Cummins)

Pretty Poison (1968)

Sue Ann Stepanek
(Tuesday Weld)

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Milly Stephenson
(Myrna Loy)

To Catch a Thief (1955)

Frances Stevens
(Grace Kelly)

To Die For (1995)

Suzanne Stone (Maretto)
(Nicole Kidman)

Dr. Strangelove Or: ... (1964, US/UK)

Dr. Strangelove
(Peter Sellers)

Casablanca (1942)

Major Heinrich Strasser
(Conrad Veidt)

Halloween (1978)

Laurie Strode
(Jamie Lee Curtis)

Some Like It Hot (1959)

'Sugar Kane' Kowalczyck
(Marilyn Monroe)

The Miracle Worker (1962)

Anne Sullivan
(Anne Bancroft)

the Superman films

Superman/Clark Kent
(Christopher Reeve)


Superman/Clark Kent
(Brandon Routh)

Twilight (2008) and franchise

Bella Swan
(Kristen Stewart)

the Pirates of the Caribbean films

Elizabeth Swann
(Keira Knightley)

My Favorite Year (1982)

Alan Swann
(Peter O'Toole)

La Dolce Vita (1960, It./Fr.) (aka The Sweet Life)

Sylvia
(Anita Ekberg)

Marathon Man (1976)

Dr. Christian Szell
(Laurence Olivier)




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