2. Anita - West Side Story
If Anita and Bernardo were the stars of West Side Story, I would watch that movie every day of my life. They're fiery, passionate, and best of all, they each have a great sense of humor. Their relationship is complicated, to be sure, but you can feel the love they have for each other in every scene of the film. They're both the type to make rash decisions, but overall they're good people who try to act as morally as they can. By contrast, Maria and Tony are supernaturally dull. Their relationship has no spark -- it's just a pair of foolish teenagers who suddenly decide that they're in love. Anita in particular is a much more interesting character. She has a strong sense of loyalty, and she's willing to stick by Maria even after her lover has been killed. Anita even goes so far as to deliver a message to Tony, the man who killed her boyfriend -- or at least she would have, if it weren't for the attempted rape that quite understandably made her a little less sympathetic to the plight of the Jets.