I'm currently writing the story for my first movie in sims 3, which will be about Sunset Valley, I'm interested to know what premade characters people think I should absolutely include. Because these sims 3 neighbourhoods are so large I won't be able to include all of them So your ideas will be much appreciated

You should do something about the LandGraab's and Alto's (I think those are their names). They live in the big houses at the top of the hill. If you click on the LandGraab's description (I think, it might be the Alto's) in edit town, you will see a little story line about them not getting along and their children like each other or something. You should include the children's story kind of like romeo and juliet. And if I'm not exactly right I'm sorry, this was all from memory. hope I could help

Jamie Jolina, the Frio brothers and Bebe Hart - they're all so diverse and different. They're the only premades I ever play tbh.

I love the Frio Brothers, I haven't really played anyone else yet Mostly cuz I play my own characters.

I love the Frio brothers too! Also Gobias Koffi (who's married to Connor Frio in my game) and the Sekemoto family.

The Frios are my favorite too!

Personally, I have a thing for Thornton Wolff. But that's just me.

I always have a big storyline between Thorton and his wife (whose name I forget....)

Thornton's wife is Morgana. I actually never play them, but Thornton always ends up being an important part of my story when I play Sunset Valley.

I definately have a thing for playing with Morgana and Thornton! (well once Morgana gets a little CAS tweaking!)

And I love the Frio brothers! And by the looks of it, they seem to be popular. And I love the father of the Alvi household, even though I never played with him :P

i like being Agnes Crumplebottom and having to warm up to people. (she's a loner)

Because they have awesome genes. If they're the baby daddy to one of my sims, the kid always ends up looking gorgeous as an adult.

I haven't played all the pre-made families in Sunset Valley (truth be told I haven't played Sunset Valley in a very long time) but I did develop a liking to the Bachelor family. Michael made friends with Parker Langerak (who are surprisingly similar in interests) and Bella started having a thing for Mortimer, naturally.
They're a good family-oriented er, family, if that's what you were looking for.

I've always loved the Goth family, expecially Gunther. I also like Agnes Crumplebottom. But my favourite premade is Lolita Goth. She's a ghost and she can be found in the Goth cemetery - she died prematurely of electrocution. I resurrected her with the Oh my ghost! opportunity... I think she's a cute and sweet girl. Plus, she's a bit of a mystery... her relationship with the Goth family is unknown, since she doesn't appear in the family tree.

Wow thanks so much for all your replies I have to say I agree with many of you, and all the premades mentioned so far will be finding their way into my plot

Definitely the Altos, Goths and Landgraabs. I love the old money vs new money stories.

Thornton Wolff is quite handsome, so I always enjoy seeing him around town.
Connor Frio... Haha, I remember when I first played the game, (on far lower graphics settings than I do these days) I thought he looked rather like a young Obi Wan Kenobi.

So I drowned him in a pool and brought him back from the dead as a blue ghost.

I still like the Frio brothers today, even when they aren't ghosts. (: