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Poll: Greatest Post-1980's Movie Heroes
A poll by Dibyayan_Chakravorty
Results of 2,824 votes:
437
Viggo Mortensen
in
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
350
Harrison Ford
in
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
240
Bruce Willis
in
Die Hard (1988)
151
Arnold Schwarzenegger
in
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
151
Tom Cruise
in
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
134
Daniel Radcliffe
and
Emma Watson
in
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
134
Keanu Reeves
in
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
113
Russell Crowe
in
Gladiator (2000)
110
Mel Gibson
in
Braveheart (1995)
92
Tom Hanks
in
Forrest Gump (1994)
86
Liam Neeson
in
Schindler's List (1993)
77
Uma Thurman
in
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
71
Matt Damon
in
Jason Bourne (2016)
68
Jodie Foster
in
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
65
Tim Robbins
and
Frank Darabont
in
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
55
Tom Hanks
in
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
51
Bruce Campbell
in
Evil Dead II (1987)
50
Clint Eastwood
in
Unforgiven (1992)
45
Elijah Wood
in
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
42
Sylvester Stallone
in
Rambo (2008)
40
Frances McDormand
in
Fargo (1996)
29
Ben Kingsley
in
Gandhi (1982)
27
Roberto Benigni in his Oscar
®
-winning role as Guido Orefice
26
Leonardo DiCaprio
and
Kate Winslet
in
Titanic (1997)
25
Angelina Jolie
in
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
24
Sean Connery
,
Kevin Costner
,
Andy Garcia
, and
Charles Martin Smith
in
The Untouchables (1987)
21
Julia Roberts
,
Ashley Pimental
, and
Brittany Pimental
in
Erin Brockovich (2000)
20
Sam Worthington
in
Avatar (2009)
19
Don Cheadle
in
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
16
Aamir Khan
16
Donnie Yen
in
Ip Man (2008)
13
Leonardo DiCaprio
in
The Revenant (2015)
11
Tom Hanks
in
Philadelphia (1993)
8
Ben Affleck
in
Argo (2012)
7
Meryl Streep
in
Silkwood (1983)
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