History ReasonableAuthorityFigure / LiveActionFilms

* In the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' series, while Principal Strickland shows some jerkass tendencies (mocks Marty for his musical ambitions, castigates George for being a victim of bullies), his grandfather in the Old West, Marshall Strickland, appears to be a fair-minded lawman.

* ''Film/TheBurningSea:'' In this Norwegian disaster movie, the authorities quickly realise the nature of the threat when shown evidence (potential underwater landslide + oil drilling rigs = bad) and take action to minimise the risk. However, this is a disaster movie, so nature moves faster than they do.
* Michelle Bradley from ''Film/{{Chappie}}''. Not only does she treat her employees decently, she also has legitimate reasons for cutting funding for Moore's Moose project (the police aren't willing to pay for such an overpowered and unweildly mech, and adding more features isn't going to help), and not allowing Dion to experiment with Scout 22 (there's an incredible amount of red tape involved, plus Tetravaal is, y'know, ''a weapons manufacturer'', so a smart AI that can for example, paint, isn't really useful to their interests).

** In ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', Gareth Mallory becomes a Reasonable Authority Figure after being swayed by M's defence of "the old ways", and helps Q and Tanner with their off-the-books plan to help Bond and M. [[spoiler:By the end of the film, he succeeds Judi Dench's character and becomes the new M.]]

** ''Film/JurassicPark'': In contrast to his book counterpart, when everything goes wrong, John Hammond does eventually takes responsibility for this major blunder that even puts his grandchildren in danger and is willing to listen to others' advise on how to to get everyone out of Jurassic Park alive.

* All the authority figures in ''Film/TheKillerThatStalkedNewYork'', a 1950 film {{Very Loosely Based|OnATrueStory}} on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_New_York_City_smallpox_outbreak 1947 New York City smallpox outbreak]], are helpful in containing the smallpox outbreak. The Commissioner of Health of the City of New York immediately takes the threat of a widespread epidemic seriously and launches an intense investigation to track down the source of spread, and as soon as he realises that the situation is getting out of control, he goes to the Mayor ("No one told smallpox it's Sunday!"). The Mayor, in turn, provides all resources the Health Commissioner asks for, including the half-million dollars needed to cover the cost of vaccines for eight million people ("At six cents a life, that's a buy."), and makes sure to be the first one to get vaccinated in front of a room full of reporters to get publicity for the vaccination campaign.

** Colonel Phillips in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' is a pragmatic man who sticks to the reality that a scrawny, asthmatic man isn't a good soldier until he sees the scientist's transformation of Steve Rogers. But Phillips doesn't believe a single SuperSoldier like Steve Rogers is enough to win the war until Steve rescues 400 men single-handedly. When Steve presents himself for disciplinary action, Phillips is convinced of Steve's place and brings him into the military fold, with his full trust. Likewise, he stuck his neck out for Peggy Carter, recognising her potential and supporting her as a high-ranking Agent in the SSR. He mostly just seems resigned and disappointed when it appears that she got Steve killed and risked Howard (a major military contractor) on a suicide mission based on what he assumed was a crush (she retorted "faith") and he's telling her that she's fired. When Steve arrives with 400 men in tow, his response to her is a wry smile and, "faith, huh?"

* ''Film/MrJones2019'': William Randolph Hearst. [[spoiler:He's understandably pissed off when Gareth trespasses in his house to meet him, but gives Gareth "30 seconds" to explain what he exactly wants. Which is enough to catch his attention when Gareth tells he witnessed first-hand what happens in Ukraine and that the famine isn't a mere rumor. Hearst then publishes articles about the traged, but it doesn't do much to influence the audience.]]

--> '''Martin:''' He [the other Martin] must be forcing her [his wife not to recognise him]

** ''Film/XMen'': In the DVD special feature “The Mutant Watch”, Senators Connie Kasamatsu and Howard Fulwood oppose Robert Kelly’s proposed Mutant Registration Act as paranoid and discriminatory. Fulwood even says the X-Men are heroes for risking their lives to protect humans.