Because you like Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights

A no-nonsense hitman with a taste for good burgers and divine justice, Jules Winnfield will go to great lengths to please his boss. See them in Pulp Fiction.

Talking to a stranger on a train is the best decision Jesse Wallace ever made. See them in Before Sunrise.

Whether he's fighting or flirting, Jace Wayland is all swagger. See them in City of Bones.

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.

Toby Cavanaugh has trouble avoiding being manipulated. See them in Pretty Little Liars.

Imperator Furiosa is a badass patriarchy toppler. She'll do anything to secure a better, freer future for the women she cares for. See them in Mad Max: Fury Road.

Faced with inequality, Gale Hawthorne has a rebellious spirit that only grows. See them in The Hunger Games .

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.

Carrie Bradshaw is a sex columnist addicted to expensive shoes, Cosmopolitan martinis, and unavailable men. See them in Sex and the City.

Even the smallest person can change the course of the world, if he's brave enough. See them in The Lord of the Rings.

Crono may not talk, but this time-traveling hero's heart speaks volumes. See them in Chrono Trigger.

Tiffany Maxwell wishes people would stop reminding her about her dead husband. See them in Silver Linings Playbook.