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on 15 Sep 2011 01:36

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Worst Movie Fathers from Superant

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6.8

1. Affliction (1997)

Glen Whitehouse played by James Coburn

5554

7.8

8.5

2. American Beauty (1999)

Lester played by Kevin Spacey

Bathtub and Bedroom at: Youtube

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339

7.1

3. Angela's Ashes (1999)

Malachy McCourt played by Robert Carlyle

Trailer at: Youtube

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2530

6.6

4. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Dr. Evil played by Mike Myers

At Youtube: Dr Evil and Scott

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7.3

7.2

5. Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

6406

6.5

6.8

6. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Willie Wonka's father, the dentist

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1628

8.1

8.4

7. Chinatown (1974)

Noah Cross played by: John Huston

trailer at: Youtube

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296

6.9

7.2

8. Dolores Claiborne (1995)

Joe St. George played by David Strathairn

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6.9

6.3

9. DumbLand (2002)

Randy

408

7.9

10. East of Eden (1955)

Adam Trask played by Raymond Massey

Trailer at: Youtube

481

7.3

11. Frailty (2001)

Dad Meiks played by Bill Paxton

680

7.7

12. Happiness (1998)

Bill Maplewood played by Dylan Baker

1155

5.8

5.7

13. Hide and Seek (2005)

David Callaway played by Robert De Niro

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5.5

5.6

14. Jefferson in Paris (1995)

Like most slave owners in early America, Jefferson did not free the child he had with his slave Sally Hemings.

Trailer at: Youtube

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6.2

15. Kurt & Courtney (1998)

Courtney Love's dad

1523

7.2

7.7

16. Man on Fire (2004)

Samuel played by Marc Anthony

He arranged to have his daughter kidnapped to raise money. That is a bad father.

End music at: Youtube

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1765

6.4

6.6

17. Matilda (1996)

Harry Wormwood played by Danny DeVito

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791

6.5

7.1

18. Monster's Ball (2001)

2283

7.2

19. Natural Born Killers (1994)

sexually and verbally abusive father Ed Wilson

2337

8.2

8.4

20. Oldboy (2003)

380

7.4

7.6

21. Shine (1996)

4585

8.1

8.8

22. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Ba... (1980)

Darth Vader.
"I am your father!"

At Youtube: Star Wars

I know he redeems himself in the last film, but a little father-son time does not make up for killing whole planets of men, women and children and being a cold distance parental figure ;-)

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423

5.9

6.2

23. Taken 2 (2012)

Yeah, what loving father doesn't tell his daughter to grab two grenades and the handgun and run toward the part of town the kidnappers are in.

131

6.3

24. The Astronaut Farmer (2006)

153

6.8

25. The Boys from Brazil (1978)

Dr. Josef Mengele played by Gregory Peck

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7.2

7.1

26. The Great Santini (1979)

The Great Santini played by Robert Duvall

7385

8.2

8.9

27. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kin... (2003)

Lord Denethor played by John Noble

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1512

6.6

7.2

28. The Mist (2007)

He doesn't mean to be a bad father.

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225

6.5

6.6

29. The Mosquito Coast (1986)

Allie Fox played by Harrison Ford

7.1

30. The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)

Kelly Ryan played by Woody Harrelson

Trailer at: Youtube

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296

31. The Return (2003)

Not your typical father-son camping trip.

Trailer at: Youtube

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2289

7.3

7.5

32. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Royal

Music video at: Youtube

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5051

8.2

8.5

33. The Shining (1980)

Jack Torrance played by Jack Nickelson

Scene at: Youtube

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164

7.4

7.3

34. The War Zone (1999)

443

6.8

7.2

35. This Boy's Life (1993)

1391

6.6

6.8

36. TRON: Legacy (2010)

Kevin Flynn played by Jeff Bridges

Sam's father abandoned him to play in the game world, like many dads today.

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230

6.2

6.5

37. True Crime (1999)

Steve Evertt played by Clint Eastwood

He is a bad husband, a bad father and a bad employee.

658

38. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

Leland Palmer

557

6.4

6.8

39. What About Bob? (1991)

826

6.9

7.3

40. Winter's Bone (2010)

Ree's father is never seen alive in the film.

Trailer at: Youtube

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Movies portraying horrible dads. Fictional or true stories. I will mostly avoid step-dads. Worst families another list at: dystopia fathers and best and worst movie fathers

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Comments

steven aka superant

Posted: 1 year, 7 months ago at Oct 2 9:04

You are right these are all dramatic stories, so far. But some stories are based on true stories.

Villiana

Posted: 1 year, 1 month ago at Mar 29 9:46

I saw yesterday True Crime. Clint Eastwood is in this film terrible father.

steven aka superant

Posted: 1 year, 1 month ago at Mar 29 10:33

Thanks, I added True Crime!

m08221196

Posted: 1 year, 1 month ago at Apr 12 17:52

needs more Randy from "Dumbland"

PowerGirl

Posted: 5 months, 1 week ago at Dec 7 0:43

The "Darth Vader" one made me laugh a lot, :) Good list by the way!!

A.M.A

Posted: 4 months, 1 week ago at Jan 8 17:17

A brillant list !!! But about Liam Nesson in Taken 2 (putting his family in danger once again !!), and if you want to put tv's dads, you still have Danny Devito in It's always sunny in philadelphia !!

makasheli

Posted: 4 months, 1 week ago at Jan 8 19:16

Great idea for a list they r all ass holes ha if your taking suggestions one would be robert deniro in this boys life :)