Heath Ledger's Joker and Indiana Jones are the internet's pick for the best character entrances ever

gamesradar.com:

Many iconic characters in cinema have had equally iconic entrances. Movie fans are sharing their favorite introductions, with Indy in Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark taking the number one spot for many.

"The character isn't revealed immediately, you just see a faceless man making his way through the jungle, clearly looking for something. He follows clues to a cave, hears a gun cocking behind him, and a whip flashes out of nowhere to disarm the man. Only then is Indy's face revealed. We were meant to focus on his actions at first, not what he looks like," one user wrote.

They continued: "Then he makes his way through a series of traps that have killed everyone who has come before, which further elevates the character. Only when he gets the idol is it shown that he's made a mistake, and he barely makes it out of the cave alive and loses the idol in the bargain.

It sets up the character as smart, tough, capable, adaptable, but not flawless or incapable of being beaten. He can make mistakes and only quick improvisation can save him where his preparation comes up short."

Also featured prominently was Heather Ledger's Joker in The Dark Knight. The film begins with a bank robbery (at the hands of a clown gang) that descends into absolute chaos, with each robber killing the other, until the Joker coolly reveals himself as the mastermind and makes off with the money.

"Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs," someone else suggested. "The build-up to his reveal and the way he's already intently looking at Clarice (seemingly through a wall) before she's actually in his line of sight. Never gets old."

Another user agreed with the above, adding: "[Anthony Hopkins] is also only in the movie for 16 minutes of it’s 1 hr 58 minute