Kevin Bacon
Director, Actor
- Animal House (1979)
- Feat. John Belushi, Donald Sutherland, Karen Allen…
- National Lampoon's frat–house classic with a grossly hilarious Belushi.
- Friday the 13th [Franchise] (1980-1989)
- Dir. Sean S. Cunningham
Feat. Betsy Palmer, Kevin Bacon
- The most successful film to exploit the '80s stalk–and–slash formula, characterised by disposable teenagers being endlessly slaughtered…
- Diner (1982)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Kevin Bacon…
- Endearing, and enduring, tale of college friends growing up in the 1950s Baltimore was a box–office flop but soon found an enthusiastic…
- Footloose (1984)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow, Christopher Penn…
- Rock'n'roll city kid Kevin Bacon fights for his right to party in the face of small town conservatism in this infectious, under–rated musical…
- She's Having a Baby (1988)
- Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin…
- Another John Hughes hit in which young Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern embark on marriage and parenthood.
- Criminal Law (1989)
- Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper…
- Hot shot lawyer Gary Oldman successfully defends psycho–killer Kevin Bacon, only to find he had made a costly misjudgement.
- Big Picture, The (1990)
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Kevin Bacon
- From the writers of SPINAL TAP comes this excellent satire about a student film–maker who attempts to get his first feature made in Hollywood.…
- Flatliners (1990)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon…
- Young medical students experiment with their own deaths amid splendid gothic architecture. An intriguing premise is blown up to biblical proportions…
- Tremors (1990)
- Dir. Ron Underwood
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross
- Exciting tongue–in–cheek horror flick in the tradition of 50s 'Creature Features' has Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward among the desert yokels…
- Queens Logic (1991)
- Dir. Steve Rash
Feat. Joe Mantegna, Kevin Bacon, John Malkovich
- Joe Mantegna, Kevin Bacon, John Malkovich and others gather for a friend's wedding, but are each encumbered with personal crises. Strong ensemble…
- Pyrates (1991)
- Feat. Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick
- Minor comedy starring real–life couple Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick as a young couple who experience pyrokinesis after having sex.
- He Said, She Said (1991)
- Dir. Ken Kwapis, Marisa Silver
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Perkins, Nathan Lane…
- Romantic comedy that plays out the relationship between rival journalists twice – once from each perspective. The conservative male and liberal…
- Air Up There, The (1993)
- Dir. Paul M. Glaser
Feat. Kevin Bacon
- Kevin Bacon plays a disillusioned basketball coach who sets off to rural Africa in pursuit of the ultimate star player.
- Murder in the First (1994)
- Dir. Marc Rocco
Feat. Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman
- Powerhouse acting enlivens fact–based proceedings that led to the closure of Alcatraz. Kevin Bacon plays a victimised prisoner pushed to the…
- River Wild, The (1994)
- Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Meryl Streep, Joseph Mazzello, David Strathairn…
- Troubled marrieds Meryl Streep and David Strathairn embark on a river–rafting holiday with son and dog in tow, but in true DELIVERANCE style,…
- Apollo 13 (1995)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon…
- An All–American true story in which Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon are astronauts aboard the ill–fated mission to the moon, while…
- Balto (1995)
- Dir. Simon Wells
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Bob Hoskins, Bridget Fonda…
- When diptheria threatens the children of an Alaskan village, a sled–dog team are called in to supply the serum. Balto, the outcast…
- Picture Perfect (1997)
- Dir. Glenn Gordon Caron
Feat. Jennifer Anniston, Kevin Bacon
- 'Friends' star Jennifer Aniston steps up to the big screen plate as an ambitious ad–woman who pretends to be married to a stranger to impress…
- Telling Lies in America (1998)
- Dir. Guy Ferland
Feat. Brad Renfro, Kevin Bacon
- Set in the shady radio days of 1961, star–struck youth Brad Renfro's American dream becomes tarnished by the corrupt exploits of DJ idol Kevin…
- Wild Things (1998)
- Dir. John McNaughton
Feat. Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Matt Dillon…
- Rattle–brained thriller sets highschool minxes Neve Campbell and Denise Richards into action, putting honest–Joe sailing instructor Matt…
- Stir of Echoes (1999)
- Dir. David Koepp
Feat. Kevin Bacon
- A decisively scary supernatural thriller unravels following sceptical family man Kevin Bacon's disturbing experience under hypnosis.
A palpable…
- My Dog Skip (1999)
- Dir. Jay Russell
Feat. Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Kevin Bacon…
- Heart–warming childhood memoir of Willie Morris, growing up poor and awkward in 40s Mississippi, but finding confidence through his friendship…
- Hollow Man (2000)
- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, James Brolin…
- Unpleasant, one–dimensional sci–fi thriller that lavishes astonishing, groundbreaking special effects on a script that doesn't deserve…
- Novocaine (2001)
- Dir. David Atkins
Feat. Steve Martin, Laura Dern, Helena Bonham Carter…
- Dentist Steve Martin is singled out for bad luck in this noir black comedy, that conflates Coen Bros–type weird mishaps, great casting and a…
- Mystic River (2003)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon…
- Dignified crime thriller shot in unfussy style by old pro Clint Eastwood, this is less thrilling than a reliable entertainment, with the emotional…
- In the Cut (2003)
- Dir. Jane Campion
Feat. Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh…
- An uncomfortable, darkly ‘feminist’ thriller for which Meg Ryan deflowers her star persona, playing a troubled forty–something who…
- Woodsman, The (2004)
- Dir. Nicole Kassell
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Benjamin Bratt…
- Controversial, though convincingly rounded and serious drama which follows the attempts of a convicted paedophile (Bacon) to rebuild his life in a…
- Loverboy (2005)
- Dir. Kevin Bacon
Feat. Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon…
- An earnest, if rather thin portrayal of obsessive motherhood, in which a neglected daughter (Sedgwick) grows up wanting only one thing in life…
- Where the Truth Lies (2005)
- Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman
- Challenging and kinky mystery drama from dir. Atom Egoyan (EXOTICA), in which a reporter in the 1970s (Lohman) investigates the death by overdose of…
- Death Sentence (2007)
- Dir. James Wan
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Kelly Preston, John Goodman…
- Violent vigilante bloodbath from the dir. of SAW, featuring Kevin Bacon as a mild mannered man turned bloodthirsty bad dad after his son is randomly…