In our youth-obsessed world, it comes as no surprise that grandfathers have not been so often portrayed in movies. And when they are, they are mostly defined as stock characters, either the grumbling grandpas or the big softies who only live to spoil their grandchildren. And yet, with more life experience, grandparents can be wiser and more resourceful than younger family members. Or instead, they can be truly mean and manipulative swindlers who make people feel sorry for their old bones, while they are actually living the high life. Anyway, they do have some great potential to become memorable movie characters. As such, amid the conventional gray hair and spectacles formula, a few movie grandpas have survived the test of time. If you were expecting this list to be a roll call of senile old men from a retirement home, don't be fooled. 'Don't judge a book by its cover' as our elders would say Sure, there are a few grumpy old timers, but there are also eccentric patriarchs, cold-blooded sociopaths, a foul-mouthed World War II veteran, a greedy pervert - and even a vampire. Here we go for ten portraits of unconventional father figures, weird family units, father and son bonding and bedtime storytellers.