Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko
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Poll: Youth Icons
Young people are the future of the society. Here are some movie characters who demonstrated the courage to speak or act against norms of the society. Sometimes they even had to fight their inner demons and come on top.
Which of these characters would you choose as the youth icon?
Make Your Choice
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James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Jim Stark -
Christian Slater in Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Mark Hunter -
Jean-Pierre Léaud in The 400 Blows (1959)
Antoine Doinel -
Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games (2012)
Katniss Everdeen -
Alexandre Rodrigues in City of God (2002)
Rocket -
Sharman Joshi, Aamir Khan, and Madhavan in 3 Idiots (2009)
Rancho -
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit (2010)
Mattie Ross -
Mark Hamill in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Luke Skywalker -
Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Kick-Ass (2010)
Dave Lizewski -
John Cusack in Say Anything (1989)
Lloyd Dobler -
Elliot Page in Juno (2007)
Juno MacGuff -
Matt Dillon in Rumble Fish (1983)
Rusty James -
Richard Beymer in West Side Story (1961)
Tony -
Ivana Baquero in Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Ofelia -
Linda Hamilton in The Terminator (1984)
Sarah Connor -
Joe Perrino in Sleepers (1996)
Shakes -
Cuba Gooding Jr. in Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Tre Styles -
Kevin Bacon in Footloose (1984)
Kevin -
Udaan (2010)
Rohan Singh -
Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Harry Potter -
Millie Perkins in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Anne Frank -
Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid (1984)
Daniel LaRusso -
Emma Watson in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Sam -
Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird (2017)
Lady Bird McPherson -
Amandla Stenberg in The Hate U Give (2018)
Starr -
Sophia Lillis in It (2017)
Beverly Marsh -
John Travolta and Nikki Blonsky in Hairspray (2007)
Tracy Turnblad -
Nick Robinson in Love, Simon (2018)
Simon -
Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man (2002)
Peter Parker -
Aaron Tveit in Les Misérables (2012)
Enjolras -
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious (2009)
Precious -
Emma Stone in Easy A (2010)
Olive -
Shailene Woodley in Divergent (2014)
Tris Prior -
Zaira Wasim in Secret Superstar (2017)
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