Not content with just finding the top 500 films of all time, Empire has published its list of the 100 greatest film characters ever put on the screen.

We won’t bore you with the full list, it’s linked at the bottom, so here’s the top 20:

20. Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)
19. Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction)
18. Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
17. Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
16. Neo (The Matrix trilogy)
15. Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
14. The Terminator (The Terminator series)
13. Gollum (The Lord of the Rings)
12. John McClane (Die Hard series)
11. James Bond (Some Twenty-Odd Films)
10. Vito Corleone (The Godfather)
9. Ellen Ripley (Alien Quadrology)
8. Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Carribean Trilogy)
7. The Dude (The Big Lebowski)
6. Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones trilogy)
5. Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Red Dragon)
4. Han Solo (Star Wars trilogy)
3. The Joker (The Dark Knight)
2. Darth Vader (Star Wars trilogy)
1. Tyler Durden (Fight Club)

I have to say, there’s a fair few surprises in there. While the likes of Han Solo, Darth Vader, Hannibal Lecter and Ripley were bound to appear on the list, it’s genuinely surprising that the Joker and Tyler Durden came so high.

What do you think? Who would be in your top ten? 

Source: Empire