Because you like Mookie in Do the Right Thing

Imperator Furiosa is a badass patriarchy toppler. She'll do anything to secure a better, freer future for the women she cares for. See them in Mad Max: Fury Road.

Romantic, impulsive, and captivated by the joys of life, Natasha Rostova is on the messy path of growing up. See them in War and Peace.

Playing his cards close to his vest, J. Daniel Atlas believes the closer you look, the less you see. See them in Now You See Me.

Dante Alighieri is a crusader fighting his way to absolution. See them in Dante's Inferno.

Remy Hadley is a closed book—a cynical, super-smart closed book. See them in House M.D..

Roxie Hart can shoot for the stars even from behind bars. See them in Chicago.

For Vada Sultenfuss, it's hard to embrace growing up when you're obsessed with death. See them in My Girl.

Judge Dredd is less a man and more a living manifestation of justice. See them in Dredd.

Yippee-ki-yay! John McClane doesn't go down without a fight. See them in Die Hard.

Rebecca Bunch struggles with decision making. So much so that she chases her high school boyfriend across the country to win him back. See them in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

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.

She's a survivor of gunshots, of being buried alive, nand of paralysis. And now Beatrix Kiddo is going to make her abusers pay. See them in Kill Bill vol. 1.