12 Greatest Lone Wolf Characters In Movies

"'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" Harry Callahan certainly does, as he rides into danger solo with no one around to help him out if the going gets tough. Dirty Harry was so iconic that he even ended up creating a spin-off of the lone wolf archetype in the form of the alienated cop cliché, which would be imitated multiple times across many different movies.

The Dirty Harry series follows the uncompromising and brutal work of a San Francisco police officer. While his methods may be unconventional, they get the job done, which is why he often works against dangerous criminals such as the Scorpio Killer, Harlan Rock and more. Across the character's five-film run, he worked on his own, with his reluctant pairing from the first movie completely disappearing in the sequels.

Clint Eastwood fully controlled this role and turned Dirty Harry into one of the screen's most iconic legends. The stand-offish nature of the character, and his desire to operate firearms fully contribute to the anti-hero presentation that makes lone wolf characters so engaging.