10 Most Memorable Original Film Characters

6. Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio in Inception)

Cobb is one of the only character that was created in this decade (and some would argue that 2010 was part of the €˜00s, not the €˜10s). This tells you a lot about the state of movies today where nothing is ever truly original, everything is just a remake, sequel, reboot or inspired-by movie. But Dominick "Dom" Cobb is different. He€™s a con artist with a very specific M.O., motivation, and crew. He€™s seen it all in the dreamscape, and is the only one ever able to have escaped Limbo (twice!). One could argue that his appearance is not that memorable, but think about his spinning top for a minute: isn€™t that a memorable attribute? It is one of DiCaprio€™s defining role already, and the movie has entered the Hollywood Annals with its score, its SFX, its themes, its story, and most of all its character! Runner-up: Ted, from Bill & Ted€™s Excellent Adventure. I chose Ted over Bill because Ted is the first one to think about going back in time and warning them to €œDuck€ at the important moment.
 
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Francis Barel is a movie fan, a pop culture fan, and most of all a fan of Americana: everything that makes the American culture, whether it's baseball, entertainement or business. On the fun side, we're talking: John Williams, blockbuster movies, romantic comedies, and comic books. On the business side, we're talking: box-office returns, finance & banking, payments, and the corporate side of comic books.