a decade synonymous with disco fever
when we weren’t practicing our moves we
were posting these classic characters
all over our bedroom walls welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 memorable
movie characters of the 1970s who is the
man that risk is made for brother man
Shaq for this list we’ve looked at films
and film characters from the 1970s
ranking the most memorable regardless of
the genre in which they appear boy if
life were only like this only one
character is allowed from any certain
movie however this is part of a series
of videos exploring memorable movie
characters throughout the decades what
happened to the Danny Zuko I met at the
beach but I do not know I mean maybe
yeah maybe there’s two of us right
number 10
Michael Myers Halloween
we open with an embodiment of pure evil
a standout character of cinematic
history in general Michael Myers slashed
onto our screens in 78 credited in the
first Halloween film as simply the shape
an ultra crazed killer fresh out of the
asylum
he has his deadly sights set on a
teenage babysitter and most of her
friends
the masked madman is horrifically human
with just enough supernatural ‘ti about
him to scare us even more he’s one of
the most celebrated psychopaths in all
of film watch the cookie myth number 9
Clark Kent Superman Superman
from the supervillainess to the
superheroic and to one of the most
instantly recognizable characters ever
conceived Lois Lane say hello to Clark
Kent Georgia one please
yes blue tights red cape iconic logo and
a torso toned to perfection it’s not a
bird it’s not a plane it is Superman hi
there
nothing wrong with the elevator
Christopher Reeve first stepped into the
famous suit in 78 as DC Comics cinema
ties its figurehead and prompted us all
to believe a man can fly oh uh can I
take your work not unless you can fly
straight out of Krypton Clark Kent was
just about the coolest thing that planet
Earth had ever seen who are you a friend
number 8 Regan MacNeil The Exorcist
you’re gonna die up there it’s a movie
that thrusts the horror genre into
mainstream consciousness she’s a
character as memorable as she is
mentally unstable and she is very
unstable Regan McNeil’s far from the
ordinary 12 year old girl after she
played around with a Ouija board and
became possessed by a demon your mother
sucks cocks in hell yeah a devil known
in the film as Pazuzu
it has Regan developed super-strength
amid some seriously strange noises and
canter through almost every cuss word
known to man stick your cock up or ask
you mother in worthless cocksucker be
silent on that thing with the neck gets
us every time you know what she did
y’all canting daughter number 7
inspector Harry Callahan Dirty Harry you
don’t listen do you asshole
our next character is less bad cop and
more brutal cop because he looks too
damn good that’s how Clint Eastwood’s
Harry Callahan is one part law enforcer
and one part law unto himself as he
tracks down crazed serial killer Scorpio
in Dirty Harry a movie that redefined
police action thrillers forevermore now
you know why they call me dirty Harry
Reid dirty job it comes along
callaghan’s unorthodox methods often get
him into trouble but they always get the
job done and this guy really knows his
way around a rhetorical question
he’s as badass as they come you’ve got
to ask yourself one question do I feel
lucky
well do you punk number six Alex de
large a Clockwork Orange
the anti-heroic theme continues with our
next character as malcolm mcdowell
delivers a performance of a lifetime for
stanley kubrick’s celebrated dystopian
crime drama a Clockwork Orange as Alex
de large McDowell brings to life one of
the most unabashedly unstable characters
ever seen on screen oh and what’s so
stinking about it a robber a rapist and
a torturous murderer the large is
clearly demonic but also alarmingly
endearing an iconic character in terms
of his image he chills and charms in
almost equal measure number 5 Travis
Bickle taxi driver someday a real rain
come and wash all the scum off the
streets the rise and rise of Robert De
Niro first sparked at the start of the
70s and especially peaked in 76 when he
played Travis Bickle the eponymous
character in taxi driver you’re talking
to me
you’re talking to me
a u.s. Marine veteran turned
all-consumed vigilante Bickle works the
graveyard shift as a cab driver and sees
more than his fair share of crime and
injustice I just want to go out and you
know like really really want to do
something as he decides to take matters
into his own hands he embarks on a
weapon heavy rampage that’s impossible
to take your eyes away from reaching
your sock you got more bread that’s it
man give me the rest hey hey hey
cinematic killing rarely gets cooler
number four Ellen Ripley alien
the main protagonist in one of the most
significant films of the decade
Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley shook up
the sci-fi status quo big-time well
let’s talk about killing it we know it’s
using the air shafts we listen to me
Parker shut up Warrant Officer turn Soul
Survivor aboard the Nostromo spaceship
Ripley’s aim is to make it back to earth
in one piece without the murderous
on-board alien tagging along a woman in
an until then male-dominated action
movie world ripley is seen as one of the
strongest female characters ever created
for film
number three Rocky Balboa rocky when the
15 photo you’re coming out its seconds
out for third place as Sylvester
Stallone’s Rocky Balboa steps into a
ring in style an everyday man boxing his
way through the roughest parts of
Philadelphia rocky story is the stuff of
dreams we don’t know if this guy opens
my head here that’s all I wanted to is
go to distance my incredible chance he’s
scheduled to fight the world heavyweight
champion and by incredible determination
he very nearly wins don’t
the first fighter to ever go the
distance with Apollo Creed he’s the
ultimate underdog the working-class hero
the wearer of our bronze medal
number two Vito Corleone The Godfather
why didn’t you come to me first an
iconic character played by an iconic
actor what’s not to remember about
Marlon Brando’s Don Corleone the head of
New York City’s most powerful mafia clan
he wields unprecedented power in Francis
Ford Coppola is the Godfather let’s be
frank it in number one of my friendship
no they weren’t afraid to be like that
at once reasonable and ruthless Corleone
is arguably one of the cleverest
characters on today’s countdown I like
to drink mine modernized anyway I’m
digging more it’s good for you we might
have selected his son Al Pacino’s
Michael as our memorable runner-up but
the Don’s placing on the podium is
something we simply cannot refuse I want
to make them an offer again with you
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions here
we go you’re what Grammy Hall would call
a real do thank you
some lovin had me a blast
hi number one Darth Vader Star Wars
Episode four a new hope is there anyone
on the planet who doesn’t know who this
guy is where are those transmissions
second what have you done with those
flags easily the most memorable
character of his time Darth Vader still
reigns supervillainess supreme decades
after his debut if this is a consular
ship where is the ambassador
come on tear this ship apart until
you’ve found those plans and bring me
the passengers I want them alive
ruthless servant of the Galactic Empire
Vader was the relentless enforcer of the
Empire’s will I find your lack of faith
disturbing
from his all-black cyborg suit to his
outstandingly ominous breathing
apparatus this villains a class act you
want to stop us this time
han Solo might have won if we were
siding with the rebels but even
WatchMojo goes over to the dark side
sometimes do you agree with our list
which 7yz character do you remember most
of all your mother and I are old friends
you know that for more nostalgic top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com what I was going into
tosche station to pick up some power
converters
when we weren’t practicing our moves we
were posting these classic characters
all over our bedroom walls welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 memorable
movie characters of the 1970s who is the
man that risk is made for brother man
Shaq for this list we’ve looked at films
and film characters from the 1970s
ranking the most memorable regardless of
the genre in which they appear boy if
life were only like this only one
character is allowed from any certain
movie however this is part of a series
of videos exploring memorable movie
characters throughout the decades what
happened to the Danny Zuko I met at the
beach but I do not know I mean maybe
yeah maybe there’s two of us right
number 10
Michael Myers Halloween
we open with an embodiment of pure evil
a standout character of cinematic
history in general Michael Myers slashed
onto our screens in 78 credited in the
first Halloween film as simply the shape
an ultra crazed killer fresh out of the
asylum
he has his deadly sights set on a
teenage babysitter and most of her
friends
the masked madman is horrifically human
with just enough supernatural ‘ti about
him to scare us even more he’s one of
the most celebrated psychopaths in all
of film watch the cookie myth number 9
Clark Kent Superman Superman
from the supervillainess to the
superheroic and to one of the most
instantly recognizable characters ever
conceived Lois Lane say hello to Clark
Kent Georgia one please
yes blue tights red cape iconic logo and
a torso toned to perfection it’s not a
bird it’s not a plane it is Superman hi
there
nothing wrong with the elevator
Christopher Reeve first stepped into the
famous suit in 78 as DC Comics cinema
ties its figurehead and prompted us all
to believe a man can fly oh uh can I
take your work not unless you can fly
straight out of Krypton Clark Kent was
just about the coolest thing that planet
Earth had ever seen who are you a friend
number 8 Regan MacNeil The Exorcist
you’re gonna die up there it’s a movie
that thrusts the horror genre into
mainstream consciousness she’s a
character as memorable as she is
mentally unstable and she is very
unstable Regan McNeil’s far from the
ordinary 12 year old girl after she
played around with a Ouija board and
became possessed by a demon your mother
sucks cocks in hell yeah a devil known
in the film as Pazuzu
it has Regan developed super-strength
amid some seriously strange noises and
canter through almost every cuss word
known to man stick your cock up or ask
you mother in worthless cocksucker be
silent on that thing with the neck gets
us every time you know what she did
y’all canting daughter number 7
inspector Harry Callahan Dirty Harry you
don’t listen do you asshole
our next character is less bad cop and
more brutal cop because he looks too
damn good that’s how Clint Eastwood’s
Harry Callahan is one part law enforcer
and one part law unto himself as he
tracks down crazed serial killer Scorpio
in Dirty Harry a movie that redefined
police action thrillers forevermore now
you know why they call me dirty Harry
Reid dirty job it comes along
callaghan’s unorthodox methods often get
him into trouble but they always get the
job done and this guy really knows his
way around a rhetorical question
he’s as badass as they come you’ve got
to ask yourself one question do I feel
lucky
well do you punk number six Alex de
large a Clockwork Orange
the anti-heroic theme continues with our
next character as malcolm mcdowell
delivers a performance of a lifetime for
stanley kubrick’s celebrated dystopian
crime drama a Clockwork Orange as Alex
de large McDowell brings to life one of
the most unabashedly unstable characters
ever seen on screen oh and what’s so
stinking about it a robber a rapist and
a torturous murderer the large is
clearly demonic but also alarmingly
endearing an iconic character in terms
of his image he chills and charms in
almost equal measure number 5 Travis
Bickle taxi driver someday a real rain
come and wash all the scum off the
streets the rise and rise of Robert De
Niro first sparked at the start of the
70s and especially peaked in 76 when he
played Travis Bickle the eponymous
character in taxi driver you’re talking
to me
you’re talking to me
a u.s. Marine veteran turned
all-consumed vigilante Bickle works the
graveyard shift as a cab driver and sees
more than his fair share of crime and
injustice I just want to go out and you
know like really really want to do
something as he decides to take matters
into his own hands he embarks on a
weapon heavy rampage that’s impossible
to take your eyes away from reaching
your sock you got more bread that’s it
man give me the rest hey hey hey
cinematic killing rarely gets cooler
number four Ellen Ripley alien
the main protagonist in one of the most
significant films of the decade
Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley shook up
the sci-fi status quo big-time well
let’s talk about killing it we know it’s
using the air shafts we listen to me
Parker shut up Warrant Officer turn Soul
Survivor aboard the Nostromo spaceship
Ripley’s aim is to make it back to earth
in one piece without the murderous
on-board alien tagging along a woman in
an until then male-dominated action
movie world ripley is seen as one of the
strongest female characters ever created
for film
number three Rocky Balboa rocky when the
15 photo you’re coming out its seconds
out for third place as Sylvester
Stallone’s Rocky Balboa steps into a
ring in style an everyday man boxing his
way through the roughest parts of
Philadelphia rocky story is the stuff of
dreams we don’t know if this guy opens
my head here that’s all I wanted to is
go to distance my incredible chance he’s
scheduled to fight the world heavyweight
champion and by incredible determination
he very nearly wins don’t
the first fighter to ever go the
distance with Apollo Creed he’s the
ultimate underdog the working-class hero
the wearer of our bronze medal
number two Vito Corleone The Godfather
why didn’t you come to me first an
iconic character played by an iconic
actor what’s not to remember about
Marlon Brando’s Don Corleone the head of
New York City’s most powerful mafia clan
he wields unprecedented power in Francis
Ford Coppola is the Godfather let’s be
frank it in number one of my friendship
no they weren’t afraid to be like that
at once reasonable and ruthless Corleone
is arguably one of the cleverest
characters on today’s countdown I like
to drink mine modernized anyway I’m
digging more it’s good for you we might
have selected his son Al Pacino’s
Michael as our memorable runner-up but
the Don’s placing on the podium is
something we simply cannot refuse I want
to make them an offer again with you
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions here
we go you’re what Grammy Hall would call
a real do thank you
some lovin had me a blast
hi number one Darth Vader Star Wars
Episode four a new hope is there anyone
on the planet who doesn’t know who this
guy is where are those transmissions
second what have you done with those
flags easily the most memorable
character of his time Darth Vader still
reigns supervillainess supreme decades
after his debut if this is a consular
ship where is the ambassador
come on tear this ship apart until
you’ve found those plans and bring me
the passengers I want them alive
ruthless servant of the Galactic Empire
Vader was the relentless enforcer of the
Empire’s will I find your lack of faith
disturbing
from his all-black cyborg suit to his
outstandingly ominous breathing
apparatus this villains a class act you
want to stop us this time
han Solo might have won if we were
siding with the rebels but even
WatchMojo goes over to the dark side
sometimes do you agree with our list
which 7yz character do you remember most
of all your mother and I are old friends
you know that for more nostalgic top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com what I was going into
tosche station to pick up some power
converters
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