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Top 10 Greatest Anti-Heroes

blogs.amctv.com — At first glance, the term "anti-hero" may seem oxymoronic or nonsensical: You're either a hero or you're not. But what do we do about those characters we root for -- and feel guilty about it?

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  • benzzene, on 11/30/2008, -0/+15Trainspotting's Renton.
  • triferlinks, on 11/30/2008, -1/+12Henry Hill of Goodfellas?
  • Magnus150, on 11/30/2008, -1/+12Needs moar Dexter Morgan
  • swik, on 11/30/2008, -2/+13This list is almost criminal.

    Cool Hand Luke? One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? The Big Lebowski?
  • inactive, on 11/30/2008, -0/+7What about Cool Hand Luke?
  • MCA2142, on 11/30/2008, -1/+8Antihero (n) : a protagonist or notable figure who is conspicuously lacking in heroic qualities

    Sounds like the Dude.
  • inactive, on 11/30/2008, -1/+8Spelling you cannot, failure you are.
  • trixyfox, on 11/30/2008, -3/+10Where's Kira??
  • MCA2142, on 11/30/2008, -2/+8The Dude, his Dudeness, el Duderino.
  • mushrooms538, on 11/29/2008, -4/+10They're not heroes. They're whatever Hollywood needs them to be.
  • FlickyG, on 11/30/2008, -0/+5While I generally approved of this list - particularly the top three - I can't help but notice the glaring absence of Max Rockatansky (a.k.a Mad Max). That's a fairly substantial fail.
  • carpeclunes, on 11/30/2008, -2/+7They are not the heroes we deserve, but the heroes we needed.
  • burketo, on 11/30/2008, -0/+5I know this is supposed to be films, but i've never found myself so fully backing a serial killer character as i do dexter morgan.

    That episode where he lost his mojo and just couldn't kill anyone i kept thinking "just do it!". Excellent show.

    on a side note, if dirty harry is an anti hero, then so is batman....
  • temporaryescape, on 11/30/2008, -1/+6You wanna smoke? Oh, you don't smoke. What are you, some kind of health nut? Go ***** yourself.
  • solidwhetstone, on 11/30/2008, -0/+4What we have here....is a failure to communicate!
  • Igor39, on 11/30/2008, -0/+4Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon
  • Utopian, on 11/30/2008, -0/+4Mickey and Mallory Knox.
  • Kannebas, on 11/30/2008, -0/+4Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid...?
  • Trax91, on 11/30/2008, -1/+5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_ant ...
  • bleachxfan911, on 11/30/2008, -0/+4Hello DEXTER??!??
  • LawnMowerKitten, on 11/30/2008, -0/+3Marv.
  • jcrowbar, on 11/30/2008, -2/+5How about Riddick? At least in the first movie and the epic xbox game anyway. The second movie was naff.
  • inactive, on 11/30/2008, -0/+3Yeah, how can you forget the Punisher?
  • dieboldcracy, on 11/30/2008, -0/+3the 1st ten viewers to change the channel during the Heroes Season 2 Premiere
  • nmcphee, on 11/30/2008, -0/+3Raskolnikov from Crime and Punishment?
  • azizrulez, on 11/30/2008, -1/+4probably doesnt fit in here,but i think Kratos would be a perfect fit in this list
  • MilitantRabbit, on 11/30/2008, -0/+3Viddy well, my brother, viddy well.
  • JGUSMC7, on 11/30/2008, -0/+3Wow a list without Scarface on it!
  • internetchaos, on 11/29/2008, -1/+4McMurphy?
  • jasazick, on 11/30/2008, -1/+3Hmmm you think AMC would have a better understanding of the term anti-hero.
  • imautobot, on 11/30/2008, -0/+2If you're not into the whole brevity thing.

    Seriously, the Dude should be #1 on this list!
  • timf, on 11/30/2008, -0/+2actually it's "What are you, one of those fitness freaks?"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTaVxTmB5k4#t=1m2s
  • BineySyndrome, on 11/30/2008, -0/+2I heartily endorse this candidate.
  • killkv, on 11/30/2008, -1/+3What about Frank Castle, better known as The Punisher?
  • inactive, on 11/30/2008, -1/+3Suck on this....
  • whyteeford, on 11/30/2008, -0/+2I'm liking this trend of lists being on one page.
  • jseres, on 12/01/2008, -0/+1I think the way that they organize the plot, having him teach his victims "lessons" they are trying to portray him as an anti hero. You have to remember most of his victims are people who victimize other people themselves. Who is really the villain?
  • paulswhite, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1And what about Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name from the Dollars Trilogy?

    Paul S. White
    www.axiomsedge-scifi.com
  • timfitz99, on 12/01/2008, -0/+1Good list... add Napolean Wilson from the original "Assault on Precinct 13" to make it perfect.
  • Pruvmerong, on 11/30/2008, -0/+1I'd agree 100% if this wasn't a AMC list.
  • kasperu, on 11/30/2008, -0/+1ALEX
  • docsimmons, on 11/30/2008, -0/+1Now there's a good list.
  • Neoanarchist, on 11/30/2008, -0/+1Bravo.
  • BineySyndrome, on 11/30/2008, -0/+1I see what you did there.
  • daweer, on 11/30/2008, -0/+1Nearly all of em are 20 years older than me. Lol people who know wtf is going should feel sad. :D
  • rotorbladesmoke, on 11/30/2008, -0/+1I can't believe there wasn't even a nod to Vic Mackey. BURIED because I'm still hurting from the Shield finale :(
  • SweeneyT0dd, on 11/30/2008, -1/+2How about Sweeney Todd?
  • BestDudeEver, on 11/30/2008, -0/+1personally i wouldnt count kira as any kind of hero...

    and are they really considering efron?? i cant imagine Death Note: The Musical *shudders*
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