..10 Best Bad Dad Movies (have already done the  good Dads). 

 

This is a category where again you know it when you see it, & the definition of a “bad” Dad is less elusive than for a “good’ Dad. My list begins with the best at #1 and goes from there. There are also some very good bad father movies in the Honorable Mention group.

Feel free to tell me any I’ve missed !!!

Along with the movie I’ll show the actor who was the father

 

1.   The Shining    Jack Nicolson

2.   Stepfather    Terry O’Quinn

3.   Great Santini     Robert Duval

4.   Monster Ball         Billy Bob Thorton (father) and Peter Boyle (father & grandfather)

5.   This Boy’s Life    Robert DeNiro

6.   American Beauty    Kevin Spacey and Chris Cooper

7.   Austin Powers trilogy   Mike Myers as the one and only “Dr. Evil”

8.   There Will be Blood   Daniel Day Lewis

9.   Empire Strike Back  (Star Wars)   Darth Vader   James Earl Jones

10.            Footloose   John Lithgow

 

HONORABLE MENTION  ( listed in no particular order)

 

Happiness   Dylan Baker

Home Alone   

Liar Liar    Jim Carrey

Spiderman    William Defoe

Frailty    Bill Paxton

Natural Born killers     Rodney Dangerfield