Because you like Agent Smith in The Matrix
Ethan Hunt's mission, should he chose to accept it, is to save the world from impossible threats. See them in Mission: Impossible.
If Lisbeth Salander can hurt a bastard who deserves it by digging up stuff about him, she feels good. See them in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Char is always thinking two or three steps ahead of the enemy. See them in Mobile Suit Gundam Series.
Chaos is what killed the dinosaurs, and there's nothing Jason "J.D." Dean loves more than chaos. See them in Heathers.
Riley Blue is trying to outrun her bad luck, but she might not be fast enough. See them in Sense8.
Gordie Lachance never had any friends later on like the ones he had when I was twelve. See them in Stand By Me.
For Jack Pearson, the best thing about having triplets is giving three times the love. See them in This Is Us.
Armed guards, FBI agents, notorious serial killers – Hannibal Lecter has bested them all, with time to finish dessert afterwards. See them in The Silence of the Lambs.
Romantic, impulsive, and captivated by the joys of life, Natasha Rostova is on the messy path of growing up. See them in War and Peace.
A suave demon, Crowley grants humans their wishes in exchange for their soul, only to find loopholes that benefit him. See them in Supernatural.
This suave con-man doesn't just want to become rich. Danny Ocean wants to rip off the guy who stole his wife in the biggest Vegas con. See them in Ocean's Eleven.