Because you like Neil McCauley in Heat

Haymitch Abernathy is a trainer for the tributes of District 12, although he's never sober enough to give much advice. See them in The Hunger Games .

A fight every now and then makes Dante's life a little more interesting. See them in Devil May Cry.

Lyra Belacqua is prone to getting in trouble, but she's also clever enough to get out of it. Most of the time. See them in The Golden Compass.

This wizard is never late, nor is he early. Gandalf arrives precisely when he means to. See them in The Lord of the Rings.

A bumbling hobbit, Bilbo Baggins is becoming a part of something much larger than himself as he embarks on a quest. See them in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

In his transformation from hardened convict to moral paragon, Jean Valjean is the kind of man we should all aspire to be. See them in Les Miserables.

Don't worry about this forensic scientist offing you unless you're a serial killer yourself. (You're not, right? Just checking.) See them in Dexter.

An opportunistic fugitive-turned-bounty-hunter, Faye Valentine uses both grit and her good looks to get ahead. See them in Cowboy Bebop.

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.

It's a mad, mad world, but Alice has a surprisingly level head as goes her own way down the rabbit hole. See them in Alice in Wonderland.

Others see him as the town nutcase, but Flint Lockwood knows his inventions will change the world someday. See them in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

The self-described "ghost with the most" knows the ins-and-outs of specter life like no other. Just ask him. See them in Beetlejuice.