Because you like Brick Pollitt in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
A blood-thirsty warrior on the battlefield, Ragnar Lothbrok is a dedicated family-man at home. See them in Vikings.
Chris Chambers is from a family of social outcasts and criminals, and he wants more than anything to avoid ending up like them. See them in Stand By Me.
Jim Stark is a teen torn apart by what the world asks of him. See them in Rebel Without A Cause.
Jorah Mormont is loyal to his queen. And he's quite in love with her as well. See them in Game of Thrones.
Gordie Lachance never had any friends later on like the ones he had when I was twelve. See them in Stand By Me.
Born and raised in the darkness, Bane is determined to have the city totally under his control so that he can demolish it. See them in DC Extended Universe.
Hans Landa doesn't seem to have issues with Jews, but he hunts them because he's determined to do his job well. See them in Inglourious Basterds.
It's certainly easier to get great footage of crimes when you can guarantee they'll happen. See them in Nightcrawler.
Cooper says he used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, but now he looks down and worry about our place in the dirt. See them in Interstellar.
Leonidas is not the kind of king who merely gives orders; rather, he's out on the battlefield fighting alongside his men. See them in 300.
The incomplete experiment of an inventor, Edward Scissorhands was left with blades instead of hands and an unpolished understanding of the world. See them in Edward Scissorhands.