Because you like Alan Turing in The Imitation Game
M. Bison is a diabolical megalomaniac hell-bent on dominating the world. See them in Street Fighter.
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.
Funny, self-destructive, and in her own head, Fleabag has spent most of her adult life using sex to deflect from the screaming void inside her empty heart. See them in Fleabag.
Raiden is an efficient soldier haunted by his repressed past. See them in Metal Gear Series.
John Watson is haunted by his past (who isn't) but he's starting to branch out with some help from a world class detective. See them in Sherlock.
Stoic, cynical, and brilliant, Solid Snake was genetically engineered to be the perfect soldier. See them in Metal Gear Series.
Sidney Prescott is trying to return to life as a regular, teenage girl – one who doesn't cause rooms to go silent when she walks in. See them in Scream.
A crooked cop, Harvey Bullock is the product of a not-so-just criminal justice system. See them in Gotham.
Ellen Ripley defines the word "badass." When she's not leading her crew on an interstellar voyage, she's slaying terrifying creatures. See them in Alien.
Ash Williams is a houseware clerk at S-Mart and the Chosen One. See them in The Evil Dead.
Everyone is just a chess piece, and Izaya Orihara is a master player. See them in Durarara!!.