Because you like Emma in Blue is the Warmest Color

Brandon Teena is an adventurous young man with the courage to be himself. See them in Boys Don't Cry.

Hayley Stark is a sarcastic 14-year-old with an unusual passion. See them in Hard Candy.

Good-natured, sensitive, and introspective, Mason is on a lifelong path to finding himself. See them in Boyhood.

Free-spirited Annie Hall goes through life saying "La-di-da, la-di-da, la la." See them in Annie Hall.

Ava may just be the perfect woman. So long as she can pass a Turing test. See them in Ex Machina.

Although she's only six, Hushpuppy is a tough girl ready to stand up to terrifying, pre-historic beasts after the storm. See them in Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Celie Johnson says she's poor, black, and may even be ugly. But dear God she's here. See them in The Color Purple.

Think you grew up fast? At 12, Mathilda is an aspiring assassin eager to avenge her family's murder. See them in Leon: The Professional.

It turns out the girl of your dreams just might have dreams of her own. See them in (500) Days of Summer.

Riggan Thomson is a washed-up movie star running from his inner demons. Alas those inner demons look just like the superhero he used to play. See them in Birdman.