Kevin Bacon films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 50 films and 2 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Mystic River, Apollo 13 and Animal House.

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Starring Kevin Bacon

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
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Mystic River
2003 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.
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Sleepers
1996 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
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JFK
1991 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
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A Few Good Men
1992 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
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Apollo 13
1995 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000...
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Frost/Nixon
2008 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the...
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Balto
1995 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
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Taking Chance
2009 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
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Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a...
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower ring curtain salesman, Del Griffith.
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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2022 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present.
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The Bondsman
2025 · TV
7.2/10 · TMDB
Backwoods bounty hunter Hub Halloran comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.
Animal House
1978 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
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Val
2021 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with...
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Patriots Day
2016 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the Boston Marathon bombers before they strike again.
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The Woodsman
2004 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A paedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Forty years after his unforgettable first case in Beverly Hills, Detroit cop Axel Foley returns to do what he does best: solve crimes and cause chaos.
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Tremors
1990 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment...
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Stir of Echoes
1999 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
After being hypnotized by his sister in law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
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Tour de Pharmacy
2017 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.
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The Best You Can
2025 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, just as her world is turned upside down by the arrival of...
Footloose
1984 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
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MaXXXine
2024 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.
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Super
2010 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions, though he lacks for heroic skills.
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Death Sentence
2007 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when...
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Sirens
2025 · TV
6.6/10 · TMDB
Worried about her sister's too-close relationship with her billionaire boss, a scrappy everywoman seeks answers at a lavish seaside estate.
Flatliners
1990 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Five medical students want to find out if there is life after death. They plan to stop one of their hearts for a few seconds, thus simulating death, and then bring the person back to life.
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Leave the World Behind
2023 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
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Black Mass
2015 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
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Friday the 13th
1980 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
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The River Wild
1994 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
While on a family vacation, rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
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The Air I Breathe
2007 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star falls prey to a...
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My One and Only
2009 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York. Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.
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One Way
2022 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
On the run with a bag full of cash after a robbing his former crime boss—and a potentially fatal wound—Freddy slips onto a bus headed into the unrelenting California desert. With his life slipping through his fingers, Freddy is left with...
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Wild Things
1998 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but...
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Trapped
2002 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
When their daughter is kidnapped by experienced nappers, the Jennings turn the tables on this seemingly foolproof plan.
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The Toxic Avenger Unrated
2025 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A horrible toxic accident transforms terminally ill janitor Winston Gooze into a new evolution of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Now wielding a glowing mop with superhuman strength, he must race against time to save his son and stop a ruthless...
Where the Truth Lies
2005 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
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Beauty Shop
2005 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Far from Chicago, hairdresser Gina Norris has relocated to Atlanta with her daughter and has quickly established herself as a rare talent in her profession. But after repeatedly butting heads with her shady, over-the-top boss, Jorge...
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Novocaine
2001 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs
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Space Oddity
2023 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
A space-obsessed man gets the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to a Mars colonization program but finds his plans compromised by his feelings for a woman who brings him down to Earth.
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Hollow Man
2000 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Cocky researcher, Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible and he's so confident he's found the right formula that he tests it on himself and soon begins to vanish. The only problem is – no-one can...
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Cop Car
2015 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.
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You Should Have Left
2020 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
In an effort to repair their relationship, a couple books a vacation in the countryside for themselves and their daughter. What starts as a perfect retreat begins to fall apart as one loses their grip on reality, and a sinister force tries...
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She's Having a Baby
1988 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is...
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R.I.P.D.
2013 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Based on the comic by Peter M. Lenkov.
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Picture Perfect
1997 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.
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In the Cut
2003 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
Following the gruesome murder of a young woman in her neighborhood, a self-determined woman living in New York City – as if to test the limits of her own safety – propels herself into an impossibly risky sexual liaison. Soon she grows...
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They/Them
2022 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
Campers at an LGBTQ+ conversion camp endure unsettling psychological techniques while the campsite is stalked by a mysterious killer.
Elephant White
2011 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
An assassin is hired by a businessman to avenge the murder of his daughter by white slave traders in Thailand.
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The Darkness
2016 · Film
4.8/10 · TMDB
A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.
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