Because you like Allison Reynolds in The Breakfast Club
With her consciousness so easily shifted between bodies, Motoko Kusanagi is left unsure of who or what she really is. See them in Ghost in the Shell.
It's certainly easier to get great footage of crimes when you can guarantee they'll happen. See them in Nightcrawler.
Emma Woodhouse knows what's best for everyone else. Just don't try to tell her what to do. See them in Emma.
Billy Butcher's job is to give everyone hell by any means necessary. See them in The Boys.
Growing up isn't easy: Chihiro's parents turned into pigs, she's enslaved at a bathhouse for demons, and oh yeah, she's fading from existence. See them in Spirited Away.
Don't tell anyone Kate Austen was under arrest when the plane crashed. See them in Lost.
Talented but anxious, Shinji Ikari struggles to bear the challenges that life hands him. See them in Neon Genesis Evangelion.
They say Babydoll has lost her mind. But why does it seem like she's the only sane one in her institution? See them in Sucker Punch.
Anna Karenina doesn't want to be a respectable woman any more. She thinks respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be. See them in Anna Karenina.
A man of the court, Lord Varys knows how to manipulate it better than anyone. See them in Game of Thrones.
A charismatic and misunderstood FBI agent, Dale Cooper relies on dreams and premonitions to solve cases. See them in Twin Peaks.
Susie Salmon has a big heart, even though it's not beating anymore. See them in The Lovely Bones.