Me and @J_Kinee19 were bored so we made a bracket of best movie characters based on real people. Couple rules: nothing before 1980 and only 1 character per movie. We’re gonna go through the first round of the first 2 regions today in a thread below this.

To start off the Crime/War region we have the top seed Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) from The Wolf of Wall Street vs. Anthony Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) from Jarhead.

Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) from Goodfellas vs. Donnie Brasco (Johnny Depp) from Donnie Brasco.

Frank Abagnale (DiCaprio) from Catch Me If You Can vs. Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) from Tombstone.

Sam Rothstein (Robert DeNiro) from Casino vs. Al Capone (DeNiro) from The Untouchables.

Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) from American Gangster vs. Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino) from The Irishman.

Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) from American Sniper vs. King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) from 300.

William Wallace (Mel Gibson) from Braveheart vs. Marcus Luttrell (Mark Wahlberg) from Lone Survivor.

George Jung (Johnny Depp) from Blow vs. Whitey Bulger (Depp) from Black Mass.

For the History region we start with Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) from Lincoln vs. Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) from 12 Years a Slave

Howard Hughes (DiCaprio) from The Aviator vs. Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) from Invictus.

Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) from Schindler’s List vs. Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams) from Night at the Museum.

John Nash (Russell Crowe) from A Beautiful Mind vs. Dick Cheney (Christian Bale) from Vice.

Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) from Argo vs. Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) from The Theory of Everything.

Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) from The Social Network vs. Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) from Apollo 13 vs. Mr. Rogers (Hanks) from A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.

And the last one for today: Captain Rich Phillips (Hanks) from Captain Phillips vs. Sully Sullenberger (Hanks) from Sully.

Leading off in the Sports Region: Coach Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) from Remember the Titans vs. Coach Jack Lengyel (Matthew McConaughey) from We Are Marshall

Jake LaMotta (Robert DeNiro) from Raging Bull vs. Coach Don Haskins (Josh Charles) from Glory Road.

Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale) from The Fighter vs. Radio Kennedy (Cuba Gooding Jr.) from Radio

Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) from Moneyball vs. Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid) from The Rookie.

Muhammad Ali (Will Smith) from Ali vs. Vince Papale (Mark Wahlberg) from Invincible.

James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe) from Cinderella Man vs. Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) from I, Tonya.

Rudy Ruettiger (Sean Astin) from Rudy vs. Coach Gary Gaines (Billy Bob Thornton) from Friday Night Lights.

Coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) from Coach Carter vs. Coach Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell) from Miracle.

Last region of the 1st round is Music & Miscellaneous.

Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) from The Revenant vs. Chris McCandless (Emile Hirsch) from Into the Wild.

Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek) from Bohemian Rhapsody vs. Aron Ralston (James Franco) from 127 Hours.

Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) from Walk the Line vs. John Grogan (Owen Wilson) from Marley & Me.

Ray Charles (Jamie Foxx) from Ray vs. Jim Carroll (DiCaprio) from Basketball Diaries.

Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) from The Blind Side vs. Elton John (Taron Egerton) from Rocket Man.

Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) from Erin Brockovich vs. Chris Gardner (Will Smith) from Pursuit of Happyness.

Selena (Jennifer Lopez) from Selena vs. Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) from The Disaster Artist.

Penny Lane (Kate Hudson) from Almost Famous vs. Ron Woodroof (McConaughey) from Dallas Buyers Club.