Characters I Like/ Find Interesting :)
Characters in movies and TV I find likable or interesting. Not all are sympathetic in the most traditional way, but all have a quality I find intriguing.
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- DirectorJemaine ClementTaika WaititiStarsJemaine ClementTaika WaititiCori Gonzalez-MacuerViago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are struggling with the mundane aspects of modern life, like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts.Viago
One of the most hilarious characters I've had the pleasure of encountering. An anal-retentive foppish bloodsucker with a yearning for peace and order. No bloody dishes please! Also, I'm pretty sure he was gay. - DirectorMark HanlonStarsAidan GillenEmmanuelle SeignerSusan TyrrellAn introvert relieves the tedium of caring for his invalid mother by spying on his neighbor.Francis
I find this slightly creepy societal misfit relentlessly intriguing. Aidan Gillen says so much with so little dialogue. - DirectorTaika WaititiStarsLoren TaylorJemaine ClementCraig HallThe tale of two socially-awkward misfits and the strange ways they try to find love: through revenge on high-school bullies, burgers, and video games.Lily
She is a sweetie and WAY too good for Jarrod :P - DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.Oskar & Eli
Two of my very favorites. A pint-sized love story with a bloody twist, I wish them both the very best. - DirectorMarjane SatrapiStarsRyan ReynoldsGemma ArtertonAnna KendrickA likable guy pursues his office crush with help from his evil talking pets, but things turn sinister when she stands him up for a date.Jerry Hickfang
A strangely likable serial killer! - DirectorGerard JohnsonStarsPeter FerdinandoGreg KamRicky GroverA thriller centered on a serial killer in a rundown London suburb.Tony
See no. 5. :) - DirectorShane MeadowsStarsMartin ArrowsmithDave BlantDarren CampbellAfter stopping 12 y.o. Romeo and Gavin from being beaten up, Morell drives them home and meets Romeo's adult sister and falls in love. The boys "help" him in his pursuit.Morrell
A total *beep* but a funny and unforgettable one. Who can forget that seduction scene? - DirectorRashaad Ernesto GreenStarsEsai MoralesRobert SalzmanTy JonesAn ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three years in prison to discover his wife estranged and his child exploring a gender transformation that will test the fragile bonds of their family.Michael/Vanessa
Very lovable and empathizable. My heart went out to him/her immediately. - DirectorTodd FieldStarsKate WinsletJennifer ConnellyPatrick WilsonThe lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations in suburban Massachusetts.Ronnie
Even though he is a perv. Admit it, it is impossible to look away whenever Jackie Earle Haley is on screen! - DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsAaron Taylor-JohnsonNicolas CageChloë Grace MoretzDave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a superhero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.Hit-Girl
An adorable little ass-kicker, courtesy of Chloe Grace Moretz. - DirectorSimon RumleyStarsLeo BillRoger Lloyd PackKate FahyA descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house for a series of ever more panicked home treatments, mistakenly protecting her from the arrival of Nurse Mary and any outside help.James Brocklebank
Some people might find him annoying. I found his derangement difficult to look away from. - DirectorDee ReesStarsAdepero OduyeKim WayansAasha DavisA Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.Alike
A strong young woman trying to find herself and accept her identity as a lesbian. Adepero Oduye is sublime. - DirectorJeremy SaulnierStarsMacon BlairDevin RatrayAmy HargreavesA mysterious outsider's quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.Dwight
You just can't help but feel for this guy; Macon Blair commands your attention from beginning to end. - DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenJames GarnerRichard AttenboroughAllied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.Colin Blythe
Lovable and delightfully British. Tea and bird-watching anybody? Plus, Donald Pleasence is ace. - DirectorGeorge MillerStarsTom HardyCharlize TheronNicholas HoultIn a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper and a drifter named Max.Furiosa
Finally, a female science-fiction ass kicker who isn't unnecessarily sexualized for horny fanboys. - DirectorStephen DaldryStarsJamie BellJulie WaltersJean HeywoodA talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.Seriously, who doesn't love Jamie Bell in this movie? I just can't picture anybody else playing Billy.
- DirectorDebra GranikStarsJennifer LawrenceJohn HawkesGarret DillahuntAn unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.Ree Dolly
She is SO strong and independent. She grits her teeth, hitches up her trousers, and gets *beep* done, and she takes good care of her little brother and sister in the process. I actually like the movie Ree better than the book Ree. - DirectorS. Craig ZahlerStarsKurt RussellPatrick WilsonMatthew FoxIn the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff and his posse set out to rescue their town's doctor from cannibalistic cave dwellers.Chicory
He is the sheriff's eccentric right-hand man and the heart of the film. His bumbling innocence and good intentions in the face of unfathomable horror belies the film's more brutal moments. Plus, I just love Richard Jenkins. - DirectorLéa PoolStarsKarine VanassePascale BussièresPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicIn the year 1963, an awkward thirteen-year-old girl comes of age during her escapism into the world of cinema, with potentially dangerous results.Hanna
She's a heroine for anyone who has ever fallen utterly under the spell of a film, a lovable but misguided girl with the heart of a romantic. - DirectorPete DocterRonnie Del CarmenStarsAmy PoehlerBill HaderLewis BlackAfter young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.Big-Bong
Every kid should have an imaginary friend like Bing-Bong. - DirectorPete DocterBob PetersonStarsEdward AsnerJordan NagaiJohn Ratzenberger78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.Dug
One of the most adorable characters to ever hit celluloid. - DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsJason PatricCorey HaimDianne WiestAfter moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.Grandpa
Coolest Grandpa ever! - DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsBrad PittFrances McDormandGeorge ClooneyA disk containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it.Ted
Granted, "Burn After Reading" is a pretty damned funny movie, but the character of Ted will unexpectedly break your heart. - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. JacksonThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.Mia Wallace
My girl-crush. :) - DirectorJamie ThravesStarsThomas Murray-LeslieElizabeth Murray-LeslieTom FisherTom is forty. He walks out one day, rather abruptly, on his wife and baby boy and his seemingly happy life. He finds himself living on the streets of London. One night alone in a park he is mistaken for a gay man and is set upon by a gang of violent thugs. In A&E the next day Tom meets Aidan, the happiest, fast-talking individual you are ever likely to meet, the complete opposite of Tom. Too polite, or too weak to ask him to leave him alone Tom tries to get away from this child-like man but with little joy, Aidan sticks to Tom like glue. Tom reluctantly becomes involved in Aidan's life and he quickly realizes that Aidan has problems too. Aidan's 'girlfriend' Linda verbally and physically abuses him on a regular basis. Will Tom overcome his own problems in order to help his new 'friend'? Will Tom ever make it back home - and why exactly did Tom leave home in the first place?Aidan
This movie is hard to come by, but it's well worth your time if you do come across it. Gillen's character is such a sweetie, you'll just want to hug him throughout. - DirectorNeil JordanStarsStephen ReaFiona ShawEamonn OwensThe antisocial son of an alcoholic father and a bipolar mother grows up in 1960s Ireland.Francie Brady
A sociopathic youngster who will break your heart. - DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsCharlie CoxClaire DanesSienna MillerIn a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.Captain Shakespeare
Who doesn't want to see Robert De Niro play a transvestite swashbuckler with a heart of gold? In an all-around wonderful film, Shakespeare is dynamite. - DirectorJason ReitmanStarsElliot PageMichael CeraJennifer GarnerFaced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes a selfless decision regarding the unborn child.Juno
I know Juno has a lot of haters, but I just love her sassiness and her vulnerability. - DirectorBilly Bob ThorntonStarsBilly Bob ThorntonDwight YoakamJ.T. WalshKarl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.Karl
A wonderfully unique and unsentimental character in an underrated movie! - DirectorWerner HerzogStarsBruno S.Walter LadengastBrigitte MiraA young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note.Kaspar Hauser
A wise fool who gives the intellectuals and the bull - *beep* -ers a run for their money with his candid honesty. - DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve BuscemiMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.Marge Gunderson
Who doesn't love Marge Gunderson? There's a chick who knows what she's doing, Frances McDormand gives a delightful portrayal of the intrepid (and very pregnant) Midwestern cop. - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJodie FosterCybill ShepherdA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.Travis Bickle
A strangely sympathizable head case whose lines have become iconic. - DirectorJosh GordonWill SpeckStarsJennifer AnistonJason BatemanPatrick WilsonSeven years after the fact, a man comes to the realization that he was the sperm donor for his best friend's boy.Sebastian
This movie is certainly no masterpiece, but Sebastian is a neurotic but cute tyke who reminds me weirdly of myself as a child. Precocious kids can be annoying, but Sebastian rules; the movie wouldn't be the same without him.