Comments on: Top 10 Anti-Heroes in Film

By: Alex Withrow

Alex Withrow — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:49:13 +0000

Ahhh great list, and with Mr. Bickle, my all time favorite movie character, here, how can I possibly argue?

The Driver, Durden, Marv, Munny… great stuff!

By: mark

mark — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:41:40 +0000

Not sure about Eddie Fox in The Day of the Jackel (he was just a wee bit too enigmatic), but Nolte in Who’ll Stop the Rain? is a worthy contender (which reminds me Jack, I gotta look for that again … haven’t seen it for over 20 years).

Leo Di Caprio in Blood Diamond also deserves a mention – one of his great roles.

If Eastwood can get it for Unforgiven, then what about Holden/Borgnine/Oates and Johnson in The Wild Bunch, that quartet of anti-heros who don’t give a hoot about getting women and kiddies involved in gun battles, but then take on the Mexican army in a futile suicidal-existential venture to rescue one of their members (whom they have already turned their collective back on).

And speaking of Holden, what about his performance in The Bridge on the River Kwai? Now there was a true anti-hero.

Finally, Dennis Hopper as Ripley in The American Friend – sure he sets up Bruno Ganz as a murderer to pay back a mob debt, but then he tries to rescue him, thus giving director Wenders the opportunity to turn the whole thing into a road movie during the film’s third act.

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:38:08 +0000

A solid list. Well done.

By: Jack Deth

Jack Deth — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 05:38:21 +0000

Hi, Dan and company:

A very good list for such a plump cache of characters!

Agree with Chris and his choice of Edward Fox as the Jackal.

Nick Nolte’s modern Zen Samurai, Ray Hicks in ‘Who’ll Stop The Rain’(1978) leaps to mind for Honorable Mention.

By: Kaiderman

Kaiderman — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:36:24 +0000

Oh, Dan… where the hell is Han Solo???

Great list though. Tough to conjure up!

By: Novroz

Novroz — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:33:18 +0000

Nice list, Dan
I only knew some of them, Sparrow, Robin and The Crow. can Batman be considered as antihero? just wondering.

My favorite anti-heroes is not from film, they are from Manga.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:27:16 +0000

Great list, Travis would be my no 1 choice as well. Another character that comes to mind is the assassin in The Day of The Jackal (1973), who we kind of root for.