![]() | The Crow (Miramax/Dimension Collector's Series)
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.74 #50: ERIC DRAVEN (Portrayed by Brandon Lee) - Before Lee, most plots were left to mindless zombies, but this was a first where the role was a person we could all sympathize with.
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![]() | Sex and the City - The Complete Series (Collector's Giftset)
Buy used from: $85.98 #49: CARRIE BRADSHAW (Portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker) - The first female of the list, who deserves it. The end of the series rang in a motto that every woman and/or girl should truly live by and take to heart: "The most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you can find someone to love the 'you' you love, well, that's just fabulous.
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![]() | Sex and the City - The Movie (Special Edition)
Buy used from: $2.50 #49: (Continued)
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![]() | Brick
Buy new: $7.49 / Used from: $2.24 #48: BRENDAN FRYE (Portrayed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) - Not many actors today can pull off the quick-witted, sharp-tongued acting/dialogue of the 1930s/1940s. But Gordon-Levitt does it nicely in this contemporary high school noirish whodunit from newcomer Rian Johnson.
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![]() | Edward Scissorhands (Widescreen Anniversary Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $5.44 #47: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (Portrayed by Johnny Depp) - Depp has all the early critics who judge a book by its cover eating their words with poignant performances and bringing unbelievable characters, such as this one, to life.
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![]() | Kill Bill - Volumes 1 & 2 [Blu-ray] (Amazon.com Exclusive)
Buy used from: $38.99 #46: THE BRIDE (Portrayed by Uma Thurman) - Thurman displayed both toughness and vulnerability while trying to avenge her and her daughter's supposed death.
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![]() | Caddyshack
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $1.98 #45: CARL SPACKLER (Portrayed by Bill Murray) - Murray took this character with small screentime and ran with it, making Carl one of the all-time most-quoted sports movie characters! The "Cinderella speech" (which Murray improvised) is classic!
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![]() | Saving Private Ryan (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.71 #44: CAPT. JOHN H. MILLER (Portrayed by Tom Hanks) - Hanks purely embodies the soldier who merely wants to make it home, but, at the same time, is willing to do whatever is necessary to save his country from tyranny - and all the while keeping his humanity.
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![]() | Ferris Bueller's Day Off Bueller...Bueller... Edition (Special Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $7.49 / Used from: $4.75 #43: FERRIS BUELLER (Portrayed by Matthew Broderick) - There aren't many teenage characters worth this list, but Ferris Bueller would definitely be it! With Broderick at the helm, he brought wit and sincerity to this teen who seems to live life to the fullest and always looks at life in the best way possible.
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![]() | Miller's Crossing
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.69 #42: TOM REAGAN (Portrayed by Gabriel Byrne) - Being a longtime fan of Humphrey Bogart, if there were ever a role he was to play, Tom Reagan would have been it. But Byrne rightly does this role justice and takes the reins in this double-cross story.
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![]() | The Abyss (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $6.77 #41: VIRGIL "BUD" BRIGMAN (Portrayed by Ed Harris) - In James Cameron's water-logged sleeper hit, "The Abyss," about an underwater alien race being discovered by a group of underwater rig workers and the U.S. military.
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![]() | The Shawshank Redemption (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $4.34 #40: ELLIS BOYD "RED" REDDING (Portrayed by Morgan Freeman) - Freeman takes every role and makes it into an award-winning performance! Seen here as an aging inmate who helps his friend Andy, he does not disappoint in being the link between the audience and the movie's main message.
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![]() | Angel: Seasons 1-5 (Collectors Set)
Buy new: $115.99 / Used from: $65.41 #39: ANGEL/ANGELUS (Portrayed by David Boreanaz) - Boreanaz takes a conflicted character and adds both goodness and evil at the flip of a switch. And he does it flawlessly. Angel is a noirish tortured character that I just love.
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![]() | National Lampoon's Animal House (Widescreen Double Secret Probation Edition)
Buy new: $7.49 / Used from: $1.75 #38: JOHN "BLUTO" BLUTARSKY (Portrayed by John Belushi) - This movie is the most memorable of Belushi's career and his character is one that everyone would like to party with.
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![]() | Jerry Maguire (Special Edition)
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $1.53 #37: JERRY MAGUIRE (Portrayed by Tom Cruise) - Cruise did a wonderful job at portraying this sports agent who "suddenly grows a conscience." His insight at the beginning is especially revealing when he narrates, "I hated my place in the world." This classic story of hitting rock-bottom and starting over again is a classic!
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![]() | Aliens (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.20 #36: REBECCA "NEWT" JORDEN (Portrayed by Carrie Henn) - While Newt was a silent character, she was smart and central to the plot of "Aliens." Today we mostly get children being portrayed as energetic, annoying half-wits.
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![]() | Casablanca (Ultimate Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $41.99 / Used from: $36.96 #35: CAPT. RENAULT (Portrayed by Claude Rains) - Rains' Renault started a now-popular trend in smarmy characters who have both their own agenda but still capable of that underlying heart-of-gold. His lines are priceless and Rains delivers them as though he was that person in real life.
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![]() | Family Ties: The Four Season Pack
Buy new: $114.99 / Used from: $97.18 #34: ALEX P. KEATON (Portrayed by Michael J. Fox) - While it seems like Fox's Alex Keaton doesn't seem all that memorable, I ask you to rewatch episodes like season five's "A, My Name is Alex." Not only did his character show great humor, he showed tremendous depth and insight.
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![]() | Family Ties: The Fifth Season
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $18.88 #34: (Continued) - Includes the masterpiece episode "A, My Name is Alex".
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![]() | Smallville - The Complete Seasons 1-7
Buy new: $301.99 / Used from: $150.00 #33: CLARK KENT (Portrayed by Tom Welling) - Welling's Clark Kent shows us that even though Superman has great, awesome powers, he still has the loneliest life: to have to hide who he is from those who love him the most and always face the fact that he is an alien to the place he calls home.
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![]() | Swimming With Sharks (Special Edition)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $1.92 #32: BUDDY ACKERMAN (Portrayed by Kevin Spacey) - This dark comedy about Ackerman taking on a new intern is great. He is unforgiving in his anal intricasies and bad mood. More importantly, he makes us realize that the younger generations have nothing to complain about when life throws them a curveball.
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![]() | The Godfather - The Coppola Restoration
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.50 #31: DON VITO CORLEONE (Portrayed by Marlon Brando) - Brando was always hailed as one of the greatest actors of all time. It's easy to see why here as he literally transforms himself into the role of Don Vito. He always gave every ounce of himself to his acting and it's that dedication that makes him the legend he was.
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![]() | Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.72 #30: QUINT (Portrayed by Robert Shaw) - Shaw made quite a few movies but his crazy fisherman Quint's story about the torpedoing of the USS Indianapolis is haunting and one of my favorite monologues ever! It is said that Shaw himself wrote most of the lines and it only shows his genius at his craft.
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![]() | Waiting for Guffman
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $3.88 #29: CORKY ST. CLAIR (Portrayed by Christopher Guest) - There is no character that I laugh at every time I watch this movie more than Guest! Playing the part of aspiring community theater playwright and actor Corky St. Clair, Guest knows how to create great, funny characters.
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![]() | Heroes - Season One
Buy new: $36.99 / Used from: $8.97 #28: (Tie) SYLER (Portrayed by Zachary Quinto) & HIRO NAKAMURA (Portrayed by Masi Oka) - The villain Syler and hero Hiro Nakamura are what make this series SO great! Syler's lust for power corrupts him; his twisted mind thinks he can heal mankind by overruling them. And Hiro's understanding, upright do-gooder champion is endearing! Two great characters that I simply couldn't separate.
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![]() | Heroes: Season 2
Buy new: $23.49 / Used from: $15.54 #28: (Continued)
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![]() | Mad Men - Season One
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $17.96 #27: DON DRAPER (Portrayed by Jon Hamm) - The focal point of all Madison Ave. men, ad man Draper (who seems right out of a Richard Yates novel) not only invokes the essence of cool -- regardless of infidelities to his wife Betty, alcoholism, & smoking like a chimney -- but he also keeps audiences captivated with his mysterious past and to-the-point dialogue.
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![]() | Mad Men: Season 2
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $18.33 #27: (Continued)
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![]() | 24 - Seasons 1-5
Buy new: $296.99 / Used from: $99.94 #26: PRESIDENT DAVID PALMER (Portrayed by Dennis Haysbert) - Every time I watch Haysbert's Palmer, I wonder why there isn't a real-life counterpart like him. He would be a Godsend for today's politics.
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