Comingsoon.net has decided to take a look at some characters who have made being on the run look so very cool. Check out our picks in the gallery below!
We’ve seen and heard the story a million times. There was some sort of robbery or crime committed and now the suspect is on the run. It’s a story we all love because we all spend a deplorable amount of time thinking about actually robbing a bank. We don’t do it. Instead, we go to the movies and watch fictional characters do it for us; there’s something indescribably cathartic about seeing something play out on the screen that we’ve only ever been able to imagine prior. It’s like our world has expanded for a brief amount of time.
Here’s a list of some of the best “wanted” characters to ever scurry across our screens.
7 of the Coolest Wanted Characters in Film
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Robert LeRoy Parker and Harry Longabaugh, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Paul Newman and Rober Redford play Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, respectively. The two are leaders of a gang of outlaws who escape to Bolivia after a train robbery goes south. Talk about perfect casting—perhaps two of the coolest actors ever.
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Doc McCoy, The Getaway (1972)
Steve "The King of Cool" Mcqueen plays Doc McCoy in a thriller about a man and his wife who rob a bank and then...of course, must run.
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Frank William Abagnale Jr., Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Leonardo DiCaprio played real-life con artist Frank William Abagnale Jr in this film that makes everyone lose interest in following the rules. That is, until he gets caught.
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John Dillinger, Public Enemies (2009)
"Not here for your money. Here for the bank's money."
Everyone loves Robin Hood.
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Richard Kimble, The Fugitive (1993)
Mostly because it's Harrison Ford—the king of cool. Also because Richard Kimble is one of the most driven and calculated fugitives in cinematic history—the fugitive.
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Jack Foley, Out of Sight (1998)
George Clooney playing the most successful bank robber in the land—need we say more?
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Jason Bourne, The Bourne Franchise
A living weapon; give the man a pen, a book, and a quasi-love interest who is willing to low-key aid him—you'll never catch him.
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Roger O. Thornhill, North by Northwest (1959)
A pioneer of the fugitive genre.
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Clarence and Alabama Worley, True Romance (1993)
Who doesn't enjoy a good love story? Throw in some cocaine, a handful of gangsters, cops and stellar performances you're cooking with peanut oil.
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Thelma and Louise, Thelma & Louise (1991)
A short fishing trip turns into an escape to Mexico (for good reason). Thelma & Louise is really just a film about coming to terms with who you are...and appreciate the badassery of Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon.
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Bonnie and Clyde, Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Duh.
