Spielberg and the absent father

The Sugarland Express

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:15:09 GMT

Lou Jean (Goldie Hawn) breaks her husband (and father of her children) out of jail.

Jaws

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:15:17 GMT

Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) is obssessed on getting the shark, leaving his family on a second place.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:15:28 GMT

Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) drifts further and further away from his wife and children after he sees the UFO.

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:15:42 GMT

Marion's father, Abner Ravenwood died shortly before Indy gets to Nepal to see him.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:16:04 GMT

Elliot's mom raises him, his brother and his little sister alone.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:15:48 GMT

Short Round's parents died when Japan bombed Shanghai.

The Color Purple

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:16:11 GMT

Celie (Whoopi Goldberg) was sexually abused by her father, forcing her to leave home.

Empire of the Sun

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:16:20 GMT

Jamie Graham (Christian Bale) is separated from his parents after the Japanese attack in China during World War II.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:15:51 GMT

Henry Jones Sr. (Sean Connery) is the absent father who returns after more than twenty years away.

Always

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:54:30 GMT

I've seen this film a long time ago, and I can't remember any major father issues here. Anybody??

Hook

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:16:26 GMT

Peter Banning (Robin Williams) is a workaholic father who gives little attention to his kids.

Jurassic Park

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:16:40 GMT

We never see Alex and Tim's parents who seem to be always busy for them, that would explain the connection they have with their grandfather (Richard Attenborough). And Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) isn't exactly too keen on children initially.

Schindler's List

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:16:54 GMT

Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) is like a father figure for the Jews he saved from death.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:16:43 GMT

Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) is a divorced father who has (against his will) to spend a few days with his daughter Kelly (Vanessa Lee Chester).

Amistad

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:17:05 GMT

Cinque (Djimon Hounsou) is forced to be the absent father, separated from his wife and kids in Africa to work as a slave in the United States.

Saving Private Ryan

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:17:19 GMT

The battalion who goes after Private Ryan, led by Capt. Miller (Tom Hanks) are people who left their families behind.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:17:31 GMT

David (Haley Joel Osment) has two father figures: Prof. Hobby (William Hurt) his creator and Henry Swinton (Sam Robards) who 'buys' him to be in his family, and he's abandoned by both.

Minority Report

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:17:38 GMT

John Anderton (Tom Cruise) is a desperate father who can't get over the disappearence of his son many years ago.

Catch Me If You Can

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:17:47 GMT

Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) has to leave his father (Christopher Walken), in due to his 'alternative' life style.

The Terminal

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:17:55 GMT

Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks) goes to the United States to fulfill the last wish of his deceased father.

War of the Worlds

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:49:12 GMT

Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) is the divorced father who has to spend a weekend with his children, and that's exactly when the alien attack begins.

Munich

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:18:03 GMT

Avner (Eric Bana) is forced to leave his pregnant wife to do some dirty work (misled) for the Iraeli Government.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:15:53 GMT

Indy (Harrison Ford) had an absent father in the Last Crusade, and now he is the absent father in the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.