anything happens in that five minutes
and I’m yours no matter what anything
happens a minute either side of that and
you’re on your own
these characters are all mysteries
wrapped in enigmas welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 mysterious
movie characters
I think fast I talk fast and I need you
guys to act fast if you want to get out
of this so pretty please with sugar on
top clean car for this list we’re taking
a look at puzzling characters with
unknown false or little-known
backstories that we’re dying to learn
more about what do you say hell right
okay all right however we’ve excluded
characters based on real people like
deep throat in all the President’s Men
it involves entire US intelligence
community FBI CIA Justice is incredible
number 10 Ernst Stavro Blofeld James
Bond franchise let’s draw captives
spaceship James Bond himself could have
made this list as his films rarely delve
into his life before being
double-oh-seven
the head of Spectre however is perhaps
an even bigger question mark Lake
coordinate with target to the good in
Blofeld’s first couple of appearances
only his lower half and his pet pussycat
are exposed you made a mistake my friend
no astronaut would enter the capsule
carrying his air conditioner while the
incognito villain finally surfaces in
You Only Live Twice we eventually find
out that he’s a man of many different
faces
I am Ernst Stavro Blofeld
despite being a recurring bond baddie
little is learned about Blofeld if
anything we know more about his cat but
that’s exactly what makes him so
fascinating and perhaps why so many
tropes have derived from him having
transcended pop culture you only live
twice Mr Bond number 9 the caller phone
booth
huh yep isn’t it funny you hear a phone
ring and it could be anybody but a
ringing phone has to be answered doesn’t
it this is why all phones should have
caller ID don’t even think about leaving
that phone bills phone booth has a
brilliant Hitchcockian set up for a
thriller Colin Farrell’s Stu answers a
phone call from a phone booth with an
unknown caller on the other end of the
line you’re going to learn to obey me
obey you the mysterious caller voiced by
a chilling Kiefer Sutherland proceeds to
blackmail the philandering Stu and
threatened his life let’s see one it’s
never really revealed why this caller
makes a practice of squeezing the truth
out of wrongdoers all we know for sure
is that he’s always one step ahead of
his opponents time to make him stop just
say the word when you hear me
yes what number eight the driver drive
did you say that no what do you mean the
driver is wrapped in riddles we don’t
know his backstory we don’t even know
his name
you know a lot of guys mess around with
married women but you’re the only one I
know who who robs a joint you some
payback the husband crazy at times we’re
not even sure if he’s a real human being
at heart he can go from being totally
calm to beating a man to death behind
that stone cold emotionless exterior
though there’s a dedicated soul that’s
willing to risk his life for a young
woman and her son
although his hands are unquestionably
dirty it’s clear that he’s one of the
good guys as he drives off into the
sunset I won’t keep you long
I have to go somewhere and I don’t think
I can come back number seven
Anton Chigurh No Country for Old Men one
time when you go to bed this hit man is
a psychopath who will kill just about
anyone he encounters we can hold still
please sir that’s all we really learn
about Anton Chigurh and that’s all we
really need to know you go to hell all
right while we often wonder what his
backstory is or even more curious about
what horrific action this maniac will
commit next Anton’s a walking disaster
and almost nothing can stop him the only
way you’re walking away from him alive
is that if you win a coin toss in with
Anton flipping the quarter having 5050
odds has never been more frightening
what’s the most you ever lost on a coin
toss
sir the most you ever lost a coin toss
number six Keyser söze the usual
suspects there is no Chi as I saw was a
1995 was a year that’s on not one but
two of the most mysterious and elusive
villains in cinema come to life and we
won’t spoil anything here about the
connections these characters may have
wait wink at that point I wasn’t scared
I knew I hadn’t done anything they could
do me for besides it was fun I got to
make like I was notorious although John
Doe constantly kept the audience on edge
in seven Keyser söze is the only one
that still had us scratching our heads
two decades later nobody ever believed
he was real nobody ever knew him or saw
anybody that ever worked directly for
him but to hear Kobayashi tell it
anybody could have worked for so Singh
throughout the usual suspects Spacey’s
verbal Kint builds up so say as a crime
boss with a legendary reputation agent
kujan realizes Soze secret too late in
the game but it’s still unclear what
about so say is fact and what is fiction
greatest trick the devil ever pulled was
convincing the world he didn’t exist
and like that he’s gone number five
John Coffey the Green Mile take my hair
balls you see for yourself John Coffey
is likely one of the kindest Souls
they’ll ever see in film he’s lots of
folks here eight me nuts
there are even moments in The Green Mile
that lead us to believe he’s an angel
from God with miraculous healing
abilities
you’d never guess that this gentle giant
has been convicted of molesting and
murdering two girls kill him twice you
boys you go home kill it
raping baby killer try however anybody
who takes his hand would know that he’s
not the monster the legal system makes
him out to be as for the nature behind
coffees powers though that’s open to
interpretation do you have anything to
say before sentence is carried out up
source would Hale number four the Joker
the Dark Knight I believe whatever
doesn’t kill you simply makes you a
stranger throughout the Dark Knight The
Joker offers a couple of his backstories
regarding how he got those gruesome
scars so me watching he takes the knife
to her laughing while he does it
he turns to me and he says why so
serious yet we never figure out which
backstory is the real one or if his
tales are true at all we’re not even
sure if the Joker knows his own
backstory this has amounted to numerous
fan theories with some believing he’s a
disfigured war veteran don’t worry I’m
gonna tell you what they are that’s the
point
you’ll have to choose all that really
matters though is that the Clown Prince
of Crime is a deranged lunatic who
simply wants to bring Anarchy to Gotham
and destroy Batman’s moral hope
number three Vincent collateral when a
cab driver picks up somebody they’ll
usually ask the passenger who they are
where they’re from and where they’re
going however they’ll rarely ask for
somebody’s life story now we got to make
the best of it
improvise adapt to the environment
darwin shit happens eaching whatever man
we got to roll with it in collateral
Jamie Foxx’s max only learns the bare
essentials about Tom Cruise’s Vincent
and those bare essentials are that he’s
a lethal hit man who will be making
several stops throughout the night like
jazz sir what jazz like jazz nothing
much Vincent is completely unpredictable
taking people out even when he doesn’t
really have to my briefcase
your briefcase yeah it is why you want
it back
don’t you what else you got for me huh
he’ll execute all of his targets and
leave no witnesses behind or die trying
but hey we’ll never know who he really
is
number two V V for Vendetta
the Jalan T’s often wear masks but B is
especially cautious about concealing his
secret identity are you like a crazy
person I’m quite sure they will say so
but not hiding behind a Guy Fawkes mask
he’s hidden behind another disguise
remember remember the 5th of November
while never unmasked his motivations are
clear take down the government that
tortured him you really think the
blowing up Parliament’s going to make
this country a better place there’s no
certainty only opportunity despite his
secretive nature he is a witty and
charismatic presence nonetheless his
methods for achieving liberation and
opening people’s eyes can be extreme but
he ultimately goes down as an empowering
symbol for freedom
as for his true identity let’s just say
he was all of us
before we take a look behind the curtain
at our top pick here are a few honorable
mentions the name’s bill
well it’s great to meet you secrets are
not my concern
keeping them is your Jimmy right this is
your house
sure is how much the wolf I saw problems
number one the man with no name the
dollar still Ajit somebody doesn’t share
your opinion although he crosses over
into three films directed by Sergio
Leone almost nothing is revealed about
this iconic Clint Eastwood character see
that’s where I want to talk to you about
and again
why do you expect from someone literally
known as the man with no name sure I
pretend to angle the way last me to be
sitting out in the back here we do empty
coffee whether you call him Joe mango or
blondie it really doesn’t matter he’s
become the epitome of the Western
stranger archetype who can draw faster
than anyone in the West and passes
through various towns with no clear
destination your Spurs like all the
other characters on this list he
demonstrates that sometimes less is more
she in this world has two kinds of
people my friend
I was with loaded guns who dig you dig
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite mysterious movie character for
more entertaining top 10s published
every day ensure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you
and I’m yours no matter what anything
happens a minute either side of that and
you’re on your own
these characters are all mysteries
wrapped in enigmas welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 mysterious
movie characters
I think fast I talk fast and I need you
guys to act fast if you want to get out
of this so pretty please with sugar on
top clean car for this list we’re taking
a look at puzzling characters with
unknown false or little-known
backstories that we’re dying to learn
more about what do you say hell right
okay all right however we’ve excluded
characters based on real people like
deep throat in all the President’s Men
it involves entire US intelligence
community FBI CIA Justice is incredible
number 10 Ernst Stavro Blofeld James
Bond franchise let’s draw captives
spaceship James Bond himself could have
made this list as his films rarely delve
into his life before being
double-oh-seven
the head of Spectre however is perhaps
an even bigger question mark Lake
coordinate with target to the good in
Blofeld’s first couple of appearances
only his lower half and his pet pussycat
are exposed you made a mistake my friend
no astronaut would enter the capsule
carrying his air conditioner while the
incognito villain finally surfaces in
You Only Live Twice we eventually find
out that he’s a man of many different
faces
I am Ernst Stavro Blofeld
despite being a recurring bond baddie
little is learned about Blofeld if
anything we know more about his cat but
that’s exactly what makes him so
fascinating and perhaps why so many
tropes have derived from him having
transcended pop culture you only live
twice Mr Bond number 9 the caller phone
booth
huh yep isn’t it funny you hear a phone
ring and it could be anybody but a
ringing phone has to be answered doesn’t
it this is why all phones should have
caller ID don’t even think about leaving
that phone bills phone booth has a
brilliant Hitchcockian set up for a
thriller Colin Farrell’s Stu answers a
phone call from a phone booth with an
unknown caller on the other end of the
line you’re going to learn to obey me
obey you the mysterious caller voiced by
a chilling Kiefer Sutherland proceeds to
blackmail the philandering Stu and
threatened his life let’s see one it’s
never really revealed why this caller
makes a practice of squeezing the truth
out of wrongdoers all we know for sure
is that he’s always one step ahead of
his opponents time to make him stop just
say the word when you hear me
yes what number eight the driver drive
did you say that no what do you mean the
driver is wrapped in riddles we don’t
know his backstory we don’t even know
his name
you know a lot of guys mess around with
married women but you’re the only one I
know who who robs a joint you some
payback the husband crazy at times we’re
not even sure if he’s a real human being
at heart he can go from being totally
calm to beating a man to death behind
that stone cold emotionless exterior
though there’s a dedicated soul that’s
willing to risk his life for a young
woman and her son
although his hands are unquestionably
dirty it’s clear that he’s one of the
good guys as he drives off into the
sunset I won’t keep you long
I have to go somewhere and I don’t think
I can come back number seven
Anton Chigurh No Country for Old Men one
time when you go to bed this hit man is
a psychopath who will kill just about
anyone he encounters we can hold still
please sir that’s all we really learn
about Anton Chigurh and that’s all we
really need to know you go to hell all
right while we often wonder what his
backstory is or even more curious about
what horrific action this maniac will
commit next Anton’s a walking disaster
and almost nothing can stop him the only
way you’re walking away from him alive
is that if you win a coin toss in with
Anton flipping the quarter having 5050
odds has never been more frightening
what’s the most you ever lost on a coin
toss
sir the most you ever lost a coin toss
number six Keyser söze the usual
suspects there is no Chi as I saw was a
1995 was a year that’s on not one but
two of the most mysterious and elusive
villains in cinema come to life and we
won’t spoil anything here about the
connections these characters may have
wait wink at that point I wasn’t scared
I knew I hadn’t done anything they could
do me for besides it was fun I got to
make like I was notorious although John
Doe constantly kept the audience on edge
in seven Keyser söze is the only one
that still had us scratching our heads
two decades later nobody ever believed
he was real nobody ever knew him or saw
anybody that ever worked directly for
him but to hear Kobayashi tell it
anybody could have worked for so Singh
throughout the usual suspects Spacey’s
verbal Kint builds up so say as a crime
boss with a legendary reputation agent
kujan realizes Soze secret too late in
the game but it’s still unclear what
about so say is fact and what is fiction
greatest trick the devil ever pulled was
convincing the world he didn’t exist
and like that he’s gone number five
John Coffey the Green Mile take my hair
balls you see for yourself John Coffey
is likely one of the kindest Souls
they’ll ever see in film he’s lots of
folks here eight me nuts
there are even moments in The Green Mile
that lead us to believe he’s an angel
from God with miraculous healing
abilities
you’d never guess that this gentle giant
has been convicted of molesting and
murdering two girls kill him twice you
boys you go home kill it
raping baby killer try however anybody
who takes his hand would know that he’s
not the monster the legal system makes
him out to be as for the nature behind
coffees powers though that’s open to
interpretation do you have anything to
say before sentence is carried out up
source would Hale number four the Joker
the Dark Knight I believe whatever
doesn’t kill you simply makes you a
stranger throughout the Dark Knight The
Joker offers a couple of his backstories
regarding how he got those gruesome
scars so me watching he takes the knife
to her laughing while he does it
he turns to me and he says why so
serious yet we never figure out which
backstory is the real one or if his
tales are true at all we’re not even
sure if the Joker knows his own
backstory this has amounted to numerous
fan theories with some believing he’s a
disfigured war veteran don’t worry I’m
gonna tell you what they are that’s the
point
you’ll have to choose all that really
matters though is that the Clown Prince
of Crime is a deranged lunatic who
simply wants to bring Anarchy to Gotham
and destroy Batman’s moral hope
number three Vincent collateral when a
cab driver picks up somebody they’ll
usually ask the passenger who they are
where they’re from and where they’re
going however they’ll rarely ask for
somebody’s life story now we got to make
the best of it
improvise adapt to the environment
darwin shit happens eaching whatever man
we got to roll with it in collateral
Jamie Foxx’s max only learns the bare
essentials about Tom Cruise’s Vincent
and those bare essentials are that he’s
a lethal hit man who will be making
several stops throughout the night like
jazz sir what jazz like jazz nothing
much Vincent is completely unpredictable
taking people out even when he doesn’t
really have to my briefcase
your briefcase yeah it is why you want
it back
don’t you what else you got for me huh
he’ll execute all of his targets and
leave no witnesses behind or die trying
but hey we’ll never know who he really
is
number two V V for Vendetta
the Jalan T’s often wear masks but B is
especially cautious about concealing his
secret identity are you like a crazy
person I’m quite sure they will say so
but not hiding behind a Guy Fawkes mask
he’s hidden behind another disguise
remember remember the 5th of November
while never unmasked his motivations are
clear take down the government that
tortured him you really think the
blowing up Parliament’s going to make
this country a better place there’s no
certainty only opportunity despite his
secretive nature he is a witty and
charismatic presence nonetheless his
methods for achieving liberation and
opening people’s eyes can be extreme but
he ultimately goes down as an empowering
symbol for freedom
as for his true identity let’s just say
he was all of us
before we take a look behind the curtain
at our top pick here are a few honorable
mentions the name’s bill
well it’s great to meet you secrets are
not my concern
keeping them is your Jimmy right this is
your house
sure is how much the wolf I saw problems
number one the man with no name the
dollar still Ajit somebody doesn’t share
your opinion although he crosses over
into three films directed by Sergio
Leone almost nothing is revealed about
this iconic Clint Eastwood character see
that’s where I want to talk to you about
and again
why do you expect from someone literally
known as the man with no name sure I
pretend to angle the way last me to be
sitting out in the back here we do empty
coffee whether you call him Joe mango or
blondie it really doesn’t matter he’s
become the epitome of the Western
stranger archetype who can draw faster
than anyone in the West and passes
through various towns with no clear
destination your Spurs like all the
other characters on this list he
demonstrates that sometimes less is more
she in this world has two kinds of
people my friend
I was with loaded guns who dig you dig
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite mysterious movie character for
more entertaining top 10s published
every day ensure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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