Top 10 Awful Movie Presidents
09/20/2012
Whether corrupt, incompetent or simply naive, the fictional presidents on this list make us cringe.
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Absolute Power (1997)President Alan Richmond (Gene Hackman) beats his mistress (Melora Hardin), has his Secret Service agents shoot her when she fights back and then pins her murder on Clint Eastwood. -
Clear and Present Danger (1994)President Bennett (Donald Moffat) starts a secret war with Colombian drug lords, abandons soldiers behind enemy lines and then blames it all on Harrison Ford. "How dare you, sir!" -
The Dead Zone (1983)In a possible future, President Greg Stillson (Martin Sheen) orders a nuclear strike after having a vision. "The missiles are flying. Hallelujah, Hallelujah!" -
Superman II (1980)The President (E.G. Marshall) gives up and kneels before Zod without much of a fight and publicly begs Superman (Christopher Reeve) to save America. -
Dave (1993)Dave Kovic (Kevin Kline) ignores the Constitution by serving as Commander-in-Chief when the real President (Kevin Kline) is incapacitated. -
The Fifth Element (1997)President Lindeberg (Tom Lister, Jr.) ignores the advise of his expert adviser (Ian Holm) and provokes a massive, planet-devouring ball of destruction called the Great Evil. Bad, bad idea. -
Love Actually (2003)The President (Billy Bob Thornton) bullies the British Prime Minister (Hugh Grant) and then sexually harrasses a junior household staff member (Martine McCutcheon)...all in less than 2 minutes. -
Idiocracy (2006)President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho (Terry Crews), a former porn star and pro wrestler, uses a sports drink to water crops and motivates his advisors by threatening to kick them in the nuts. -
Mars Attacks! (1996)President James Dale (Jack Nicholson) continues peace negotiations with invading Martians resulting in the widespread destruction of the United States. -
Canadian Bacon (1995)The President (Alan Alda) pushes for war with Canada to boost his popularity in the face of a falling economy.Actions: Pushes the United States toward war with Canada; initiates anti-Canadian propaganda campaign; fails to prevent factory closings, offering inspiring Bob Dylan quotations to unemployed workers. - Honorable Mention
- The Fifth Element (1997)President Lindeberg (Tom Lister, Jr.) ignores the advise of his expert adviser (Ian Holm) and provokes a massive, planet-devouring ball of destruction called the Great Evil. Bad, bad idea.
- Canadian Bacon (1995)The President (Alan Alda) pushes for war with Canada to boost his popularity in the face of a falling economy.Actions: Pushes the United States toward war with Canada; initiates anti-Canadian propaganda campaign; fails to prevent factory closings, offering inspiring Bob Dylan quotations to unemployed workers.
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