The Dark Knight Joker No 2 on all-time movie characters

[u_complete_me]

October 1, 2008


Heath Ledger's haunting Joker has been voted as the second greatest movie character of all time behind Indiana Jones, in a new poll.
Out today in Empire Magazine, the list of the top 100 characters sees Darth Vader, Captain Jack Sparrow and Hannibal Lecter round out the top five.
Empire Editor Rod Yates said it was no surprise that Indiana Jones, played by Harrison Ford, took the top spot, but said the late Ledger's Joker in the Dark Knight was also impressive.
More than 80 per cent who voted for the Joker chose Ledger's interpretation over Jack Nicholson's, the magazine said,
It defining moment was: "Ledger's Joker taunting Batman in the interrogation room - You're just a freak like me".
"A fitting tribute to a much-missed actor," Yates said.

The special edition of Empire out today features all the 100 characters on the cover.
The Complete List

1 Indiana Jones
2 The Joker
3 Darth Vader
4 Captain Jack Sparrow
5 Hannibal Lecter
6 James Bond
7 Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
8 Han Solo
9 Forest Gump
10 The Terminator
11 Jeff Lebowski (The Big Lebowski)
12 Superman
13 Tony Montana (Scarface)
14 Batman
15 Harry Potter
16 Rhett Butler (Gone With The Wind)
17 Rocky
18 Dorothy (Wizard Of Oz)
19 Derek Zoolander
20 Ash (Evil Dead)
21 John McClane (Die Hard)
22 Verbal Kint (The Usual Suspects)
23 Yoda
24 Donnie Darko
25 Jason Bourne
26 Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction)
27 Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
28 The Bride (Kill Bill)
29 ET
30 Freddy Krueger (Nightmare On Elm Street)
31Randle McMurphy (One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest)
32 Michael Corleone (The Godfather)
33 Ellen Ripley (Alien)
34 William Wallace (Braveheart)
35 Terry Malloy (On The Waterfront)
36 Axel Foley (Beverley Hills Cop)
37 Alex (A Clockwork Orange)
38 Aragorn (Lord Of The Rings)
39 Daniel Plainview (There Will Be Blood)
40 Dirty Harry Callahan
41 Atticus Finch (To Kill A Mockingbird)
42 Austin Powers
43 Juno MacGuff (Juno)
44 Scarlett OHara (Gone With The Wind)
45 Cool Hand Luke
46 Bridget Jones
47 Rick Blaine (Casablanca)
48 Eric Draven (The Crow)
49 Mad Max
50 Obi wan Kenobi
51 Norman Bates (Psycho)
52 John Rambo
53 Spider-Man
54 Don Corleone (The Godfather)
55 The Man With No Name (Dollars Trilogy)
56 Charles Foster Kane (Citizen Kane)
57 Vincent Vega (Pulp Fiction)
58 Annie Hall
59 Colonel Kurtz (Apocalypse Now)
60 Dirk Diggler (Boogie Nights)
61 Gandalf (Lord Of The Rings)
62 Gollum (Lord Of The Rings)
63 Holly Golightly (Breakfast At Tiffanys)
64 Jack Dawson (Titanic)
65 Leon (Leon)
66 Luke Skywalker
67 Barry McKenzie
68 Maria (Sound Of Music)
69 Martin Blank (Grosse Pointe Blank)
70 Marty McFly (Back To The Future)
71 Chewbacca
72 Daryl Kerrigan (The Castle)
73 Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)
74 Marge Gunderson (Fargo)
75 Shrek
76 Withnail (Withnail & I)
77 Snake Plissken (Escape From New York)
78 Mick Dundee
79 Wolverine
80 Borat
81 Andy Dufresne (The Shawshank Redemption)
82 Anton Chigurh (No Country For Old Men)
83 Beetle Juice (Beetle Juice)
84 Edward Scissorhands
85 Gordon Gekko (Wall Street)
86 Alien
87 Jack Torrance (The Shining)
88 Lt. Bill Killgore (Apocalypse Now)
89 Lester Burnham (American Beauty)
90 Maximus (Gladiator)
91 Silent Bob (View Askew series)
92 Michael Myers (Halloween)
93 Tony Stark/Iron Man
94 Neo (The Matrix)
95 Vivian Ward (Pretty Woman)
96 Captain Hilts (The Great Escape)
97 Erin Brockavich
98 Gny. Sgt. Hartman (Full Metal Jacket)
99 Inspector Clouseau (Pink Panther series)
100 Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter series)

 

[BubbaGump]

Darth Vader should easily be number one.

Indiana Jones??

 

[OctaviusINC]

Sweet, my childhood hero is number 1 and my adulthood hero is number 2.

EDIT: Lebowski is a better character then Superman haha.

 

[u_complete_me]

I've been looking for an image of the special edition cover that comes out tomorrow, but I haven't found one yet.

 

[Ziggyman]

Zoolander...Hahaha!

 

[nickyg641]

Don Vito Corleone behind...Spiderman?

 

[redfirebird2008]

Don Vito Corleone behind...Spiderman?

Yeah. That is ridiculous. Having said that, the Top 5 is pretty good (even if I would change it up slightly).

 

[Caped Crusader]

Love Joker up so high..


BUT. Indiana Jones #1? and some of the characters ahead of Batman..

 

[Hamill-Joker]

I was a bit iffy on Indiana Jones, but now that I thought about it. The character of Indiana Jones is what defines a movie character pretty much. He is the ultimate action/adventure hero. Despite the recent installment in the series being a letdown.

 

[hatebox]

Indiana Jones in Raiders is a great character, no doubt about it.

 

[Jokers_Wild]

Indiana Jones in Raiders is a great character, no doubt about it.

Yeah, the Indy from Raiders should be Top 5...I choose to ignore Crystal Skull. *shudders*

 

[Jack O Lantern]

I wonder how that list would change if they polled people who have had sex?

 

[Paradyme]

I don't get how Indiana is number one. He is a cool character and all but Number 1? I have to disagree.

 

[raynorWilm]

I wonder how that list would change if they polled people who have had sex?

ahahah

 

[Sonic1002]

Yeah, the Indy from Raiders should be Top 5...I choose to ignore Crystal Skull. *shudders*

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Ridiculous

...And how does Zoolander even end up on this list?!

 

[Bim]

Ok as much as i love Jack Sparrow, there's no way he should rank better than Hannibal Lecter and the Corleone men imo.

For me (and for now ), the top 10 rank something like this:
1. Indy
2. Hannibal Lecter
3. Darth Vader
4. Michael Corleone
5. Dirty Harry
6. Atticus Finch
7. Vito Corleone
8. Obi-Wan Kenobi
9. The Joker (Heath's of course)
10. Han Solo

I gotta laugh at some of the names on that list though: Vivian Ward from Pretty Woman... really? Zoolander?

 

[CELTICPRED]

11 Jeff Lebowski (The Big Lebowski)

Well, that's just like your opinion man.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Ridiculous. People always vote for the last thing they remember.

 

[Sam]

Darth Vader should easily be number one.

Indiana Jones??

Hell, YES!!!!!

 

[Franklin Richards]

No Mr. Pink?


This list is bogus.

 

[gwynplaine]

No Ernest.

 

[gwynplaine]

No reverend Harry Powell. This list is indeed bogus.

 

[Rockbottom]

Patrick Bateman and Beetlejuice should be higher up.

 

[gwynplaine]

Patrick Bateman and Beetlejuice should be higher up.

If Bateman and beetlejuice had a kid, he'd probably be a lot like TDK Jokert:.

 

[Doc Samson]

Don Vito Corleone behind...Spiderman?

Yeah, seriously? There's no way he shouldn't be anywhere past the top 5. I'd also venture to guess that Travis Bickle should be a tad higher (like oh....I don't know, 20 spots or so)