Because you like Harold Chasen in Harold & Maude
Blunt but anxious, Gretchen Ross bonds most easily with those who have lived tough lives like she has. See them in Donnie Darko.
Oliver Tate is extremely articulate but hopelessly awkward. That's not a recipe for teenage happiness. See them in Submarine.
Emma Frost's superpower: transforming her body into an unbreakable diamond. See them in X-Men Series.
Jail hasn't broken Andy Dufresne's spirit, but will his spirit help break him out of jail? See them in The Shawshank Redemption.
James Gordon happens to be the one guy in Gotham City with proper morals who doesn't also run around in a cape. See them in DC Extended Universe.
Kim Kelly is a high school bully who's normally in a bad mood. But there's a softer side to her. See them in Freaks and Geeks.
Eliot Waugh is the unspoken leader of his group of friends at a school for magic. See them in The Magicians.
Victor Frankenstein can create life, so he's pretty awesome if he says so himself. See them in Frankenstein.
Charlie is a Type A theater director dealing with something out of his control: a painful divorce. See them in Marriage Story.
Peter Venkman's "research" projects are designed to get undergraduate students to sleep with him. Though it turns out he can bust ghosts. See them in Ghostbusters.