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American Film Institute 50 Heroes (extracted from '100 Heroes and Villains').

This list was released in 2003 © American Film Institute and was originally given in rank order, to view the original format please consult the AFI website by clicking here.

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 

1 only 'Star Wars' was originally listed.

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Images in the header are from: Antwone Fisher (© Fox Searchlight, 2002); Stand by Me (© Columbia Pictures, 1986); Jesus of Nazareth (© ITV (1977); The Passion of The Christ (© Newmarket Films, 2004); Rabbit-proof Fence (© Buena Vista, 2002); Amazing Grace (© Bristol Bay Productions, 2006) and Il Postino (© Cecchi Gori Group, 1994).