Because you like Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire

Samantha Jones is a try-sexual who'll try anything once. See them in Sex and the City.

Calling Alicia Florrick a "good wife" is damning this smart, capable, thoughtful woman with too-faint praise. See them in The Good Wife.

Mr. Pink doesn't tip. Enough said. See them in Reservoir Dogs.

Lady Macbeth takes being a powerful woman to a whole other level. See them in Macbeth.

Sometimes being a supportive girlfriend like Ophelia doesn't work out too well. See them in Hamlet.

Victor Frankenstein can create life, so he's pretty awesome if he says so himself. See them in Frankenstein.

Charlotte is ready to embrace connection in a strange place. See them in Lost in Translation.

Chris Chambers is from a family of social outcasts and criminals, and he wants more than anything to avoid ending up like them. See them in Stand By Me.

Sam Weir lives for the simple things in life: watching Saturday Night Live and reading comic books. See them in Freaks and Geeks.

Catherine Linton was once spontaneous and rowdy but ever since marrying the wealthy Edgar, she has morphed into a boiling pot of emotional outbursts. See them in Wuthering Heights.

Columbus can't trust anyone. The first girl he let into his life tried to eat him. See them in Zombieland .

A suave manipulator, Sebastian Valmont is valiantly fighting off a developing conscience. See them in Cruel Intentions.