Characters from Raiders of the Lost Ark, Aliens, and Star Wars
Villains are great and all, driving conflict in a way only they can and giving more noble characters something to resist or fight against. A great bad guy will often steal the show, but just as valuable is a heroic character for the audience to root for. If the villain’s great enough, the hero can admittedly be just about anyone, but if an equally compelling hero is placed against them, movie magic often ensues.
24 Tony Stark/Iron Man 'Iron Man' Tony Stark is an interesting hero among other superheroes, because he’s really not too far off being a villain when he’s first introduced in Iron Man. Okay, sure, he’s not evil necessarily, but he is self-centered and doesn’t seem to care too much about the effects his work as a weapons manufacturer has on the world. 2008’s Iron Man sees him have a change of heart , and over the next 10 years of MCU movies, he continually becomes more heroic.
Harry grows considerably, both physically and emotionally, as the series progresses, with the entire saga also being something of an unusual coming-of-age story, beginning with Harry as an 11-year-old and ending with him almost being a young adult. He defies alarming odds and stands up to much evil throughout the series, being a positive role model and something of an inspiration both in the series' universe and outside it.
But to pick the biggest and most prominent hero of the trilogy, one would have to turn to the hobbits. It might sting a bit to put Samwise Gamgee in second place , but it is Frodo Baggins who ultimately has to sacrifice the most before eventually saving Middle Earth. Despite his size, he braves the odds of his perilous journey and allows the epic trilogy to end on a triumphant – albeit slightly bittersweet – note.
18 Foxy Brown 'Foxy Brown' Close Pam Grier’sbasically the epitome of cool, and especially so during the 1970s, thanks to starring roles in iconic action/crime films like Coffy and Foxy Brown. Of the two, the latter sees Grier playing the most iconic lead character of her career , with Foxy Brown being about the titular character taking revenge and wiping out some vicious mobsters in the process.
15 Jefferson Smith 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' Frank Capra specialized in making movies about everyday people and underdogs dealing with injustice; not exclusively, but he did these things well, and that’s particularly noticeable with Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. It’s one of James Stewart’s best roles/movies, too, following a man named Jefferson Smith as he begins to get involved in the wild world of U.S. politics, following his appointment to the Senate in Washington D.C.
Peter Parker’s a great hero because of how relatable he is, and his superhero persona, Spider-Man, works in part because of the compelling fantasy inherent in imagining having powers like he does. He’s an ordinary guy who’s capable of greatness, and the fact he perseveres through a world that seems to genuinely hate him just makes him all the more endearing and worth rooting for.
1988’s Die Hard helped cement Bruce Willis as a movie star, making him so much more than “the guy from Moonlighting,” and his character, John McClane, is also significant for what he represented for the action genre as a whole. McClane showed that heroes in such movies didn’t necessarily need to be larger-than-life and ridiculously muscular, with the character being a different kind of masculine, and a somewhat different – and, many would say, more interesting – type of action movie hero.
Set in World War II, Casablanca is primarily a romance film, and one of the all-time best, even if it’s ultimately about letting go of somewhere you love for the greater good, instead of living with someone happily ever after. Rick’s sacrifice in this regard ultimately makes him a hero, as he does what’s best for the world – and, arguably, his ex – while changing who he is fundamentally, emerging at the end of the film as a less cynical and much more morally sound individual.
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