American Film Institute 50 Heroes (extracted from '100 Heroes and Villains').
| 12 Angry Men (1957) |
| Hero: Juror Number 8 |
| Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) |
| Hero: Robin Hood |
| Aliens (1986) |
| Hero: Ellen Ripley |
| All The President's Men (1976) |
| Hero: Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein |
| Batman (1989) |
| Hero: Batman |
| Big Sleep, The (1946) |
| Hero: Philip Marlowe |
| Boys Town (1938) |
| Hero: Father Edward |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) |
| Hero: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
| Casablanca (1942) |
| Hero: Rick Blaine |
| City Lights (1931) |
| Hero: The Tramp |
| Cool Hand Luke (1967) |
| Hero: Luke Jackson |
| Dirty Harry (1971) |
| Hero: Harry Callahan |
| Dr. No (1962) |
| Hero: James Bond |
| Erin Brockovich (2000) |
| Hero: Erin Brockovich |
| Fargo (1996) |
| Hero: Marge Gunderson |
| French Connection, The (1971) |
| Hero: Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle |
| Gandhi (1982) |
| Hero: Mahatma Gandhi |
| Gladiator (2000) |
| Hero: General Maximus Decimus Meridus |
| Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) |
| Hero: Arthur Chipping |
| Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) |
| Hero: Tom Joad |
| High Noon (1952) |
| Hero: Will Kane |
| In the Heat of the Night (1967) |
| Hero: Virgil Tibbs |
| Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |
| Hero: Indiana Jones |
| It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) |
| Hero: George Bailey |
| Lassie Come Home (1943) |
| Hero: Lassie |
| Lawrence of Arabia (1962) |
| Hero: T. E. Lawrence |
| Mark of Zorro, The (1940) |
| Hero: Zorro |
| Mr. Smith goes to Washington (1939) |
| Hero: Jefferson Smith |
| Norma Rae (1979) |
| Hero: Norma Rae Webster |
| On the Waterfront (1954) |
| Hero: Terry Malloy |
| Patton (1970) |
| Hero: General George Patton |
| Philadelphia (1993) |
| Hero: Andrew Beckett |
| Pride of The Yankees, The (1942) |
| Hero: Lou Gehrig |
| Rocky (1976) |
| Hero: Rocky Balboa |
| Schindler's List (1993) |
| Hero: Oskar Schindler |
| Sergeant York (1941) |
| Hero: Alvin York |
| Serpico (1973) |
| Hero: Frank Serpico |
| Shane (1953) |
| Hero: Shane |
| Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) |
| Hero: Clarice Starling |
| Silkwood (1983) |
| Hero: Karen Silkwood |
| Spartacus (1960) |
| Hero: Spartacus |
| Star Wars Trilogy, The (1977, 1980, 1983)1 |
| Hero: Han Solo |
| Star Wars Trilogy, The (1977, 1980, 1983)1 |
| Hero: Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| Superman (1978) |
| Hero: Superman |
| Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) |
| Hero: Tarzan |
| Ten Commandments, The (1956) |
| Hero: Moses |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) |
| Hero: Terminator |
| Thelma & Louise (1991) |
| Hero: Thelma Dickerson & Louise Sawyer |
| To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) |
| Hero: Atticus Finch |
| True Grit (1969) |
| Hero: Rooster Cogburn |
