Because you like Barry Egan in Punch Drunk Love

Terence Fletcher is a brutal and unflinchingly strict music teacher hell-bent on whipping his students into shape. See them in Whiplash.

With those dearest to him dead and no one to trust, Max Rockatansky is a slightly hysterical man alone on the run in a post-apocalyptic world. See them in Mad Max: Fury Road.

With an incredible ability to fake a smile, Selina Meyer is a gifted politician serving as Vice President. And maybe one day the President will actually call her. See them in Veep.

Illiterate and oblivious, Crash Bandicoot is still a hero. See them in Crash Bandicoot.

Told her son will one day save the world, Sarah Connor dedicates her life to training him to do just that. See them in The Terminator.

M. Bison is a diabolical megalomaniac hell-bent on dominating the world. See them in Street Fighter.

Iris West is a barista and blogger determined to expose a secret. See them in DC Extended Universe.

A Vietnam vet, Travis Bickle spends his days driving his taxi and watching porn flicks. See them in Taxi Driver.

Sideshow Bob is a bitter ex-performer who was forced to do inhumane stunts for slapstick comedy. Now he's exacting revenge on his former boss, a clown. See them in The Simpsons.

Greg Heffley will be famous someday, but now he's stuck in class with morons. See them in Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

A rugged frontiersman and consummate survivor, Hugh Glass has a relationship with the natural world that is downright spiritual. See them in The Revenant.

A stylish agent, Agent J would rather improvise than play by the rules. See them in Men in Black.