Article: There's No Doubt That These Are the 40 Toughest Movie Characters of All Time

[DallasEast]

Below is redbook's list of the 40 toughest movie characters of all-time (READ HERE for its summary of each character)

01. Beatrix Kiddo: The Kill Bill Franchise
02. Ellen Ripley: Alien Franchise
03. John Wick: The John Wick Franchise
04. Dutch: Predator
05. King Leonidas: 300
06. Forrest Bondurant: Lawless
07. Imperator Furiosa: Mad Max: Fury Road
08. Frank Lucas: American Gangster
09. Adonis Creed: Creed
10. Vasquez: Aliens
11. Tommy DeVito: Goodfellas
12. James Bond: 007 Franchise
13. Alejandro Gillick: Sicario
14. Marv: Sin City
15. Rooster Cogburn: True Grit
16. Colonel Miles Quaritch: Avatar
17. Chuck Noland: Cast Away
18. Tyler Durden: Fight Club
19. Hua Mulan: Mulan
20. Katniss Everdeen: The Hunger Games
21. Luke Hobbs: The Fast and the Furious Series
22. Alex Honnold: Free Solo
23. Ethan Hunt: The Mission: Impossible Franchise
24. Han Solo: The Star Wars Franchise
25. Indiana Jones: The Indiana Jones Franchise
26. Dr. Ryan Stone: Gravity
27. Hugh Glass: The Revenant
28. Morpheus: The Matrix
29. Bryan Mills: The Taken Franchise
30. Sarah Connor: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
31. Lee: Enter the Dragon
32. Black Widow: The Avengers Series
33. Nikolai Luzhin: Eastern Promises
34. Anton Chigurh: No Country for Old Men
35. John McClane: The Die Hard Series
36. Maximus Decimus Meridius: Gladiator
37. Jason Bourne: The Bourne Franchise
38. John Rambo: The Rambo Series
39. T-1000: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
40. T-800: The Terminator Series

 

[Runwildboys]

Below is redbook's list of the 40 toughest movie characters of all-time (READ HERE for its summary of each character)

01. Beatrix Kiddo: The Kill Bill Franchise
02. Ellen Ripley: Alien Franchise
03. John Wick: The John Wick Franchise
04. Dutch: Predator
05. King Leonidas: 300
06. Forrest Bondurant: Lawless
07. Imperator Furiosa: Mad Max: Fury Road
08. Frank Lucas: American Gangster
09. Adonis Creed: Creed
10. Vasquez: Aliens
11. Tommy DeVito: Goodfellas
12. James Bond: 007 Franchise
13. Alejandro Gillick: Sicario
14. Marv: Sin City
15. Rooster Cogburn: True Grit
16. Colonel Miles Quaritch: Avatar
17. Chuck Noland: Cast Away
18. Tyler Durden: Fight Club
19. Hua Mulan: Mulan
20. Katniss Everdeen: The Hunger Games
21. Luke Hobbs: The Fast and the Furious Series
22. Alex Honnold: Free Solo
23. Ethan Hunt: The Mission: Impossible Franchise
24. Han Solo: The Star Wars Franchise
25. Indiana Jones: The Indiana Jones Franchise
26. Dr. Ryan Stone: Gravity
27. Hugh Glass: The Revenant
28. Morpheus: The Matrix
29. Bryan Mills: The Taken Franchise
30. Sarah Connor: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
31. Lee: Enter the Dragon
32. Black Widow: The Avengers Series
33. Nikolai Luzhin: Eastern Promises
34. Anton Chigurh: No Country for Old Men
35. John McClane: The Die Hard Series
36. Maximus Decimus Meridius: Gladiator
37. Jason Bourne: The Bourne Franchise
38. John Rambo: The Rambo Series
39. T-1000: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
40. T-800: The Terminator Series

So I assume they're excluding superhumans, and only including mere human characters.

 

[Longboysfan]

Below is redbook's list of the 40 toughest movie characters of all-time (READ HERE for its summary of each character)

01. Beatrix Kiddo: The Kill Bill Franchise
02. Ellen Ripley: Alien Franchise
03. John Wick: The John Wick Franchise
04. Dutch: Predator
05. King Leonidas: 300
06. Forrest Bondurant: Lawless
07. Imperator Furiosa: Mad Max: Fury Road
08. Frank Lucas: American Gangster
09. Adonis Creed: Creed
10. Vasquez: Aliens
11. Tommy DeVito: Goodfellas
12. James Bond: 007 Franchise
13. Alejandro Gillick: Sicario
14. Marv: Sin City
15. Rooster Cogburn: True Grit
16. Colonel Miles Quaritch: Avatar
17. Chuck Noland: Cast Away
18. Tyler Durden: Fight Club
19. Hua Mulan: Mulan
20. Katniss Everdeen: The Hunger Games
21. Luke Hobbs: The Fast and the Furious Series
22. Alex Honnold: Free Solo
23. Ethan Hunt: The Mission: Impossible Franchise
24. Han Solo: The Star Wars Franchise
25. Indiana Jones: The Indiana Jones Franchise
26. Dr. Ryan Stone: Gravity
27. Hugh Glass: The Revenant
28. Morpheus: The Matrix
29. Bryan Mills: The Taken Franchise
30. Sarah Connor: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
31. Lee: Enter the Dragon
32. Black Widow: The Avengers Series
33. Nikolai Luzhin: Eastern Promises
34. Anton Chigurh: No Country for Old Men
35. John McClane: The Die Hard Series
36. Maximus Decimus Meridius: Gladiator
37. Jason Bourne: The Bourne Franchise
38. John Rambo: The Rambo Series
39. T-1000: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
40. T-800: The Terminator Series

 

[CouchCoach]

What I want to know is what's a tough guy like you doing reading Redbook?

 

[DallasEast]

So I assume they're excluding superhumans, and only including mere human characters.

Looks like it.
Edit: Not sure how Mulan fits into the human description though!

 

[DallasEast]

 

[DallasEast]

What I want to know is what's a tough guy like you doing reading Redbook?

lol! The article was in my morning's news feed. My own list would be different, include new names and re-order a few of the publication's existing ones.

The article did spark immediate interest for me with Kiddo as the first entry. The Kill Bill films remain solidly in my top 150 movies of all-time. Loved every single character in them and Uma Thurman was fantastic in the lead role.

 

[Runwildboys]

Looks like it.
Edit: Not sure how Mulan fits into the human description though!

There's a live action movie. It's not bad, but she does have mystical powers, (which in retrospect is probably why you said that).

 

[Runwildboys]

What I want to know is what's a tough guy like you doing reading Redbook?

He heard about the article while he was watching his favorite Lifetime movie.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

Leonard Smalls. Raising Arizona.

 

[DallasEast]

There's a live action movie. It's not bad, but she does have mystical powers, (which in retrospect is probably why you said that).

The article references the animated character version though. I finally got around to watching the live action version about a week ago and was surprised I liked it more than the original.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

No list is complete without.....
Nicky Santoro
Casino, played by Pesci.
Be darned if i cant find one YT clip that could pass muster and be posted here.

 

[timb2]

Max-Mad Max( Mel Gibson)

Ben Richards - The Running Man( Arnold Schwartzenegger)

Frank Dux- Bloodsport( Jean Claude Van Dam)

Snake Plisken- Escape from New York( Kurt Russell)

Johnathan E - Rollerball original 1975- James Caan

 

[CouchCoach]

lol! The article was in my morning's news feed. My own list would be different, include new names and re-order a few of the publication's existing ones.

The article did spark immediate interest for me with Kiddo as the first entry. The Kill Bill films remain solidly in my top 150 movies of all-time. Loved every single character in them and Uma Thurman was fantastic in the lead role.

Other than being the typical dialogue heavy Tarantino stuff, I liked it as well. My worst nightmare would be being trapped on an elevator with him. The rescuers would hear him rambling on and refuse to get us out.

 

[DallasEast]

Snake Plisken- Escape from New York( Kurt Russell)

 

[InTheZone]

And Jack Slater is not on this list because? Easily could be #1

 

[Runwildboys]

Bruce Lee should be at the top of the list.

 

[DallasEast]

Kinda surprised no one has not commented yet on redbook placing Terminator Arnold at the bottom of their list.

 

[DBOY3141]

Below is redbook's list of the 40 toughest movie characters of all-time (READ HERE for its summary of each character)

01. Beatrix Kiddo: The Kill Bill Franchise
02. Ellen Ripley: Alien Franchise
03. John Wick: The John Wick Franchise
04. Dutch: Predator
05. King Leonidas: 300
06. Forrest Bondurant: Lawless
07. Imperator Furiosa: Mad Max: Fury Road
08. Frank Lucas: American Gangster
09. Adonis Creed: Creed
10. Vasquez: Aliens
11. Tommy DeVito: Goodfellas
12. James Bond: 007 Franchise
13. Alejandro Gillick: Sicario
14. Marv: Sin City
15. Rooster Cogburn: True Grit
16. Colonel Miles Quaritch: Avatar
17. Chuck Noland: Cast Away
18. Tyler Durden: Fight Club
19. Hua Mulan: Mulan
20. Katniss Everdeen: The Hunger Games
21. Luke Hobbs: The Fast and the Furious Series
22. Alex Honnold: Free Solo
23. Ethan Hunt: The Mission: Impossible Franchise
24. Han Solo: The Star Wars Franchise
25. Indiana Jones: The Indiana Jones Franchise
26. Dr. Ryan Stone: Gravity
27. Hugh Glass: The Revenant
28. Morpheus: The Matrix
29. Bryan Mills: The Taken Franchise
30. Sarah Connor: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
31. Lee: Enter the Dragon
32. Black Widow: The Avengers Series
33. Nikolai Luzhin: Eastern Promises
34. Anton Chigurh: No Country for Old Men
35. John McClane: The Die Hard Series
36. Maximus Decimus Meridius: Gladiator
37. Jason Bourne: The Bourne Franchise
38. John Rambo: The Rambo Series
39. T-1000: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
40. T-800: The Terminator Series

"The Man with no Name" - Clint Eastwood character in triolgy: Fistfull of Dollars, A few dollars more, The good the bad, the ugly.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Peewee Hermann didn't make the list.