Kevin Bacon

Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives (2019)

As: himself

A documentary revisiting the career of a feisty activist musician, who never quite achieved the same recognition as her similar contemporaries Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. Experience the power of song in the struggle for equality through the story of feminist singer and activist Holly Near, who for the last 40 years has worked on global social justice coalition-building ...

Runtime: 63 min.

Directed by: Jim Brown

Stars: Jane Fonda | Holly Near | Karen Anderson | Gloria Steinem | Margie Adam

Tour de Pharmacy (2017)

As: Ditmer Klerken

A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.

Runtime: 39 min.

Directed by: Jake Szymanski

Stars: Orlando Bloom | Jeff Goldblum | Andy Samberg | J.J. Abrams | John Cena

Story of a Girl (2017)

When a compromising video of sixteen-year-old Deanna Lambert hits social media, her teenage life is changed forever. Overcoming bullies, hurtful school-yard taunts and the enduring rage and disappointment of her father, Deanna longs to escape a life defined by her past.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Kyra Sedgwick

Stars: Jon Tenney | Ryann Shane | Iain Belcher | Tyler Johnston | Sosie Bacon

Patriots Day (2016)

As: Richard DesLauriers

An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.

Runtime: 133 min.

Directed by: Peter Berg

Stars: J.K. Simmons | Michelle Monaghan | Kevin Bacon | Mark Wahlberg | John Goodman

6 Miranda Drive (2016)

As: Peter Taylor

A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Greg McLean

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Radha Mitchell | David Mazouz | Lucy Fry | Parker Mack

Black Mass (2015)

As: FBI Agent Charles McGuire

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.

Runtime: 123 min.

Directed by: Scott Cooper

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Dakota Johnson | Johnny Depp | Benedict Cumberbatch | Joel Edgerton

Cop Car (2015)

As: Sheriff Kretzer

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.

Runtime: 88 min.

Directed by: Jon Watts

Stars: Shea Whigham | Kevin Bacon | Camryn Manheim | James Freedson-Jackson | Hays Wellford

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon (2015)

As: Himself / Actor

A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage, this is the mind boggling story of The National Lampoon from its subversive and electrifying beginnings, to ...

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Douglas Tirola

Stars: Bill Murray | Chevy Chase | John Candy | John Belushi | Gilda Radner

Jayne Mansfield's Car (2013)

As: Carroll Caldwell

Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. Do the scars of the past hide differences that will tear them apart, or expose truths that could lead to unexpected collisions?

Runtime: 122 min.

Directed by: Billy Bob Thornton

Stars: John Hurt | Kevin Bacon | Ray Stevenson | Tippi Hedren | Shawnee Smith

R.I.P.D. (2013)

As: Bobby Hayes

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.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Robert Schwentke

Stars: Mary-Louise Parker | Kevin Bacon | Jeff Bridges | Ryan Reynolds | Stephanie Szostak

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013)

As: Himself

With a focus on Clint Eastwood's career as a director, this documentary features movie clips, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with people with whom he has worked, as well as comments from Clint Eastwood himself.

Runtime: 65 min.

Directed by: Richard Schickel

Stars: Morgan Freeman | Kevin Bacon | Marcia Gay Harden | Clint Eastwood | Brian Grazer

8 (2012)

As: Charles Cooper

"8"—a new play by Academy-award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk, J. Edgar)—demystifies the debate around marriage equality by chronicling the landmark trial of Perry v. Schwarzenegger. A one time show was done live on youtube with a superstar cast

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Stars: George Clooney | Kevin Bacon | Jamie Lee Curtis | Matt Bomer | Chris Colfer

Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)

As: David Lindhagen

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 divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer, a self-styled player who takes Cal under his ...

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Glenn Ficarra | John Requa

Stars: Emma Stone | Julianne Moore | Marisa Tomei | Steve Carell | Ryan Gosling

X-Men: First Class (2011)

As: Sebastian Shaw / Black Bishop

Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.

Runtime: 131 min.

Directed by: Matthew Vaughn

Stars: Kevin Bacon | James McAvoy | Jennifer Lawrence | Rose Byrne | Michael Fassbender

Elephant White (2011)

As: Jimmy the Brit

An assassin is hired by a businessman to avenge the murder of his daughter by white slave traders in Thailand.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Prachya Pinkaew

Stars: Djimon Hounsou | Kevin Bacon | Suteerush Channukool | Jirantanin Pitakporntrakul | Weeraprawat Wongpuapan

Super (2011)

As: Jacques

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.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: James Gunn

Stars: Ellen Page | Liv Tyler | Rainn Wilson | Kevin Bacon | Gregg Henry

Taking Chance (2009)

As: LtCol Mike Strobl

Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.

Runtime: 77 min.

Directed by: Ross Katz

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Guy Boyd | Tom Aldredge | Blanche Baker | Nicholas Art

The Human Family Tree (2009)

As: Himself - Narrator

Dr Spencer Wells retraces the footsteps of 200 random New Yorkers and proves they are all cousins. On the most diverse street in the most diverse city in the most diverse country in the world, a team of National Geographic scientists swab the cheeks of some 200 random New Yorkers. The goal: to retrace our ancestral footprints and prove we are all cousins in the “family of man.” Cutting edge ...

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Chad Cohen

Stars: Kevin Bacon

My One and Only (2009)

As: Dan Devereaux

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.

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Richard Loncraine

Stars: Renée Zellweger | Logan Lerman | Kevin Bacon | Troy Garity | David Koechner

These Vagabond Shoes (2009)

A man travels across New York City to get a Nathan's Famous hot dog.

Runtime: 6 min.

Directed by: Scarlett Johansson

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Saul Williams | Sean T. Krishnan | J. Salome Martinez

Frost/Nixon (2008)

As: Jack Brennan

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 Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman ...

Runtime: 122 min.

Directed by: Ron Howard

Stars: Sam Rockwell | Matthew Macfadyen | Kevin Bacon | Michael Sheen | Frank Langella

Connected: The Power of Six Degrees (2008)

As: Kevin Bacon

A very rich documentary about the new science of network. It is built around reproducing the “Six degrees of separation” experience.

Runtime: 54 min.

Directed by: Annámaria Tálas

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Robert Lee

The Air I Breathe (2007)

As: Love

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 (Gellar) falls prey to a crime boss; a doctor must save the love of his life.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Jieho Lee

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Clark Gregg | Brendan Fraser | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Andy García

Rails & Ties (2007)

As: Tom Stark

A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Alison Eastwood

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Marin Hinkle | Marcia Gay Harden | Eugene Byrd | Miles Heizer

Death Sentence (2007)

As: Nick Hume

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 protecting his family.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: James Wan

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Garrett Hedlund | Kelly Preston | John Goodman | Jordan Garrett

Where the Truth Lies (2005)

As: Lanny

An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.

Runtime: 107 min.

Directed by: Atom Egoyan

Stars: Colin Firth | Rachel Blanchard | Kevin Bacon | Alison Lohman | David Hayman

Beauty Shop (2005)

As: Jorge

You thought you'd heard it all in the barbershop, but you haven't heard anything yet - the women get their own chance to shampoo, shine, and speak their minds in Beauty Shop.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Bille Woodruff

Stars: Andie MacDowell | Queen Latifah | Alfre Woodard | Alicia Silverstone | Mena Suvari

Loverboy (2005)

As: Marty

A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.

Runtime: 84 min.

Directed by: Kevin Bacon

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Matt Dillon | Kyra Sedgwick | Blair Brown | Dominic Scott Kay

The Woodsman (2004)

As: Walter

A paedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.

Runtime: 87 min.

Directed by: Nicole Kassell

Stars: David Alan Grier | Kevin Bacon | Benjamin Bratt | Kyra Sedgwick | Carlos Leon

Cavedweller (2004)

As: Randall Pritchard

A traumatic event sends a musician (Sedgwick) back to her hometown in an effort to reunite with the daughters she abandoned. To do so, she must confront her abusive ex-husband (Quinn), from whom she fled years ago.

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Lisa Cholodenko

Stars: Aidan Quinn | Kevin Bacon | Jill Scott | Sherilyn Fenn | Kyra Sedgwick

Forces Of Nature (2004)

As: Himself - Narrator

Witness the awesome power and the unimaginable destruction of explosive volcanoes, ground-buckling earthquakes, and deadly tornadoes as you head into the field with scientists who risk their lives exploring the origins and behaviors of these fearsome natural disasters.

Runtime: 40 min.

Directed by: George Casey

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Marie Edmonds | Ross Stein | Joshua Wurman

Mystic River (2003)

As: Sean Devine

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.

Runtime: 138 min.

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Stars: Tim Robbins | Laurence Fishburne | Kevin Bacon | Marcia Gay Harden | Sean Penn

In the Cut (2003)

As: John Graham

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 increasingly wary about the motives of every man with whom she has contact--and about her own.

Runtime: 119 min.

Directed by: Jane Campion

Stars: Mark Ruffalo | Nick Damici | Meg Ryan | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Heather Litteer

Trapped (2002)

As: Joe Hickey

When their daughter is kidnapped by experienced nappers (Bacon and Love), the Jennings' (Theron and Townsend) turn the tables on this seemingly foolproof plan.

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: Luis Mandoki

Stars: Courtney Love | Kevin Bacon | Dakota Fanning | Charlize Theron | Stuart Townsend

Novocaine (2001)

As: Actor Lance Phelps

A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: David Atkins

Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Lynne Thigpen | Steve Martin | Chelcie Ross | Laura Dern

Hollow Man (2000)

As: Sebastian Caine / Hollow Man

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 determine how to make him visible again. Caine's predicament eventually drives him mad, with terrifying results.

Runtime: 112 min.

Directed by: Paul Verhoeven

Stars: Rhona Mitra | Elisabeth Shue | Kevin Bacon | Josh Brolin | Kim Dickens

My Dog Skip (2000)

As: Jack Morris

A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Jay Russell

Stars: Diane Lane | Kevin Bacon | Frankie Muniz | Luke Wilson | Chaon Cross

Stir of Echoes (1999)

As: Tom Witzky

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.

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: David Koepp

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Kevin Dunn | Illeana Douglas | Kathryn Erbe | Conor O'Farrell

Digging to China (1998)

As: Ricky Schroth

Harriet, a ten-year old girl, lives together with her big sister and her alcoholic mother out in the countryside. The family runs a motel. Harriet is different from the others, as she owns a great creativity and has nobody to play with. Her infinite world exists only in her mind. One day, Ricky comes along. He is a grown-up, but retarded son of an elderly lady. Soon, Harriet and Ricky share their ...

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Timothy Hutton

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Cathy Moriarty | Evan Rachel Wood | Marian Seldes | Mary Stuart Masterson

Wild Things (1998)

As: Sergeant Ray Duquette

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 nothing is what it seems...

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: John McNaughton

Stars: Bill Murray | Kevin Bacon | Matt Dillon | Denise Richards | Neve Campbell

Telling Lies In America (1997)

As: Billy Magic

Karchy (Brad Renfro) is a boy in school who has moved from Hungary to America in the 1960's. He is struggling in school and trying to adjust to America's culture. He then hears about a radio DJ Billy Magic (Kevin Bacon) who holds a contest for a Student Hall of Fame every week. When Karchy finally wins after several weeks, he spends more time with Billy Magic...a man with money, girls, and glam. Karchy ...

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Guy Ferland

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Calista Flockhart | Maximilian Schell | Brad Renfro | Paul Dooley

Destination Anywhere (1997)

As: Mike

This film captures the essence of Jon Bon Jovi, the lead singer of one of the prime players in the legion of pop-metal bands that took '80s radio by storm. Most of the film is a short narrative loosely based on the songs from his 1997 solo album Destination Anywhere, and features Jon Bon Jovi and Demi Moore as a young couple struggling with alcoholism and the death of their young child.

Runtime: 45 min.

Directed by: Mark Pellington

Stars: Jon Bon Jovi | Whoopi Goldberg | Kevin Bacon | Demi Moore | Annabella Sciorra

Picture Perfect (1997)

As: Sam Mayfair

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.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Glenn Gordon Caron

Stars: Jay Mohr | Kevin Bacon | Jennifer Aniston | Illeana Douglas | Olympia Dukakis

Sleepers (1996)

As: Sean Nokes

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.

Runtime: 147 min.

Directed by: Barry Levinson

Stars: Brad Pitt | Robert De Niro | Kevin Bacon | Jason Patric | Ron Eldard

Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (1996)

As: Himself

This is a truly terrific piece of work. The program involves Ron Howard, Jim Lovell, Marilyn Lovell, producer Brian Grazer, executive producer Todd Hallowell, visual effects supervisor Robert Legato, lead digital compositor Mark Forker, astronauts Fred Haise, Dave Scott, Apollo 13 flight director Gerald Griffin, command module systems controller Sy Lieberglot, Apollo 13 flight ...

Runtime: 58 min.

Directed by: Lagniappe

Stars: Ron Howard | Brian Grazer | Jim Lovell | Fred Haise | Jack Swigert

Balto (1995)

As: Balto (voice)

An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.

Runtime: 78 min.

Directed by: Simon Wells

Stars: Bob Hoskins | Kevin Bacon | Jim Cummings | Bridget Fonda | Phil Collins

Apollo 13 (1995)

As: Jack Swigert

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, 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 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

Runtime: 140 min.

Directed by: Ron Howard

Stars: Ed Harris | Tom Hanks | Gary Sinise | Kevin Bacon | Bill Paxton

Murder in the First (1995)

As: Henri Young

Inspired by a true story. A petty criminal sent to Alcatraz in the 1930s is caught attempting to make an escape. As punishment he is put in solitary confinement. The maximum stay is supposed to be 19 days, but Henri spends years alone, cold and in complete darkness, only to emerge a madman and soon to be a murderer. The story follows a rookie lawyer attempting to prove that Alcatraz was to blame.

Runtime: 122 min.

Directed by: Marc Rocco

Stars: Gary Oldman | William H. Macy | Kevin Bacon | Christian Slater | Embeth Davidtz

The River Wild (1994)

As: Wade

While on a family vacation, rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.

Runtime: 111 min.

Directed by: Curtis Hanson

Stars: Kevin Bacon | John C. Reilly | David Strathairn | Benjamin Bratt | Meryl Streep

The Air Up There (1994)

As: Jimmy Dolan

Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.

Runtime: 107 min.

Directed by: Paul Michael Glaser

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Yolanda Vazquez | Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole | Sean McCann | Charles Gitonga Maina

A Few Good Men (1992)

As: Capt. Jack Ross

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.

Runtime: 138 min.

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Kevin Pollak | Demi Moore | Tom Cruise | Jack Nicholson

JFK (1991)

As: Willie O'Keefe

New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.

Runtime: 189 min.

Directed by: Oliver Stone

Stars: Gary Oldman | Michael Rooker | Kevin Bacon | Tommy Lee Jones | Kevin Costner

Pyrates (1991)

As: Ari

As soon as they meet Ari and Sam get into a pretty passionate - and combustible - relationship. Indeed, the scenes of their rendezvous often seem reminiscent of the Chicago Fire. But the course of true flaming lust never runs true, and as they try to handle their all-consuming passion their two best friends endlessly meet to compare notes on developments.

Directed by: Noah Stern

Stars: Bruce Payne | Kevin Bacon | Kyra Sedgwick | Deborah Falconer | Kristin Dattilo

A Little Vicious (1991)

As: Narrator

Bandit, a Connecticut house dog with ties to the Pit Bull family, is condemned to death for biting an aggressive neighbor and then his own remorseful master. But when the late great dog-trainer and philosopher Vicki Hearne steps in, a judge grants him a 90-day stay of execution--and a chance to prove that old dogs can learn new tricks.

Runtime: 30 min.

Directed by: Immy Humes

Stars: Kevin Bacon

He Said, She Said (1991)

As: Dan Hanson

Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a similarly combative local TV show. At the same time their initial indifference to each other looks like it may evolve into something more romantic.

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Ken Kwapis | Marisa Silver

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Nathan Lane | Anthony LaPaglia | Sharon Stone | Elizabeth Perkins

Queens Logic (1991)

As: Dennis

When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through reality. During one tumultuous, crazy weekend, they face adulthood and each other with new found maturity and discover what Queens Logic is all about. This comedy takes a look at friendship, loyalty, and love.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Steve Rash

Stars: John Malkovich | Kevin Bacon | Joe Mantegna | Jamie Lee Curtis | Linda Fiorentino

Flatliners (1990)

As: David Labraccio

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. A science fiction thriller from the early 1990's with a star studded cast.

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Joel Schumacher

Stars: Oliver Platt | Kiefer Sutherland | Kevin Bacon | Julia Roberts | William Baldwin

Tremors (1990)

As: Valentine McKee

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. Before long, Val and Earl discover what's responsible for those readings: 30-foot-long carnivorous worms with a proclivity for sucking their prey underground.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Ron Underwood

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Fred Ward | Michael Gross | Reba McEntire | Finn Carter

The Big Picture (1989)

As: Nick Chapman

Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to ...

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Christopher Guest

Stars: Michael McKean | Kevin Bacon | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Emily Longstreth | J.T. Walsh

She's Having a Baby (1988)

As: Jefferson 'Jake' Edward Briggs

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 married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: John Hughes

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Holland Taylor | William Windom | Elizabeth McGovern | Alec Baldwin

Criminal Law (1988)

As: Martin Thiel

A rising young attorney successfully defends a man accused of murder, only to have the same type of murder then happen again. Right away the previously defended man hires the attorney again, and although the attorney is quite certain that he is the killer, he agrees to again defend him... much to the consternation of his friends. However, he explains that by being his attorney he will be better able to ...

Runtime: 117 min.

Directed by: Martin Campbell

Stars: Gary Oldman | Kevin Bacon | Karen Young | Joe Don Baker | Tess Harper

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

As: Taxi Racer

A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: John Hughes

Stars: Laila Robins | Michael McKean | Dylan Baker | Steve Martin | John Candy

End of the Line (1987)

As: Everett

When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.

Runtime: 103 min.

Directed by: Jay Russell

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Barbara Barrie | Bob Balaban | Michael Beach | Judy Benson

White Water Summer (1987)

As: Vic

When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hope to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon after alienating the boys, Vic finds himself in desperate need of help and must rely on his students in order to survive.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Jeff Bleckner

Stars: Sean Astin | Kevin Bacon | Matt Adler | Jonathan Ward | K. C. Martel

Quicksilver (1986)

As: Jack Casey

Jack Casey ('Kevin Bacon' )used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerve and joins a speed delivery firm which relies on bicycles to avoid traffic jams of San Francisco, is attracted to a fellow bicycler, Terri, and befriends Hector, a budding entrepreneur. Can Jack ...

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Thomas Michael Donnelly

Stars: Laurence Fishburne | Kevin Bacon | Rudy Ramos | Jami Gertz | Paul Rodríguez

Mister Roberts (1984)

As: Ens. Frank Pulver

Set aboard a navy cargo ship during World War II, this comedic drama follows Lt. Doug Roberts (Robert Hays, Airplane!), who battles boredom and a tyrannical captain to the admiration of Ensign Pulver, Doc, and the crew.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Melvin Bernhardt

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Raye Birk | Marilu Henner | Charles Durning | Robert Hays

Footloose (1984)

As: Ren McCormack

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.

Runtime: 107 min.

Directed by: Herbert Ross

Stars: Dianne Wiest | Kevin Bacon | John Lithgow | Lori Singer | Chris Penn

The Demon Murder Case (1983)

As: Kenny Miller

A young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: William Hale

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Cloris Leachman | Eddie Albert | Joyce Van Patten | Andy Griffith

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983)

As: Dennis

This film is made up of three segments that share no plot but have a general thematic relationship. In the first segment, Virginia and her three children are left by her shiftless husband and she is courted by an old beau who is now married. In the second, a divorced woman reacts to some unexpected revelations from her aged father. In the third, childless, middle-aged social worker is swept into an ...

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Mirra Bank | Ellen Hovde | Muffie Meyer

Stars: Ellen Barkin | Kevin Bacon | David Strathairn | Maria Tucci

Forty Deuce (1982)

As: Ricky

A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies.

Runtime: 89 min.

Directed by: Paul Morrissey

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Esai Morales | Orson Bean | Mark Keyloun | Tommy Citera

Diner (1982)

As: Timothy Fenwick Jr.

Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Barry Levinson

Stars: Mickey Rourke | Kevin Bacon | Daniel Stern | Steve Guttenberg | Tim Daly

Only When I Laugh (1981)

As: Don

A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter. She tries to balance the terrors of returning to work with the demands of all around her with humor and insight, while staying off the booze.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Glenn A. Jordan

Stars: Marsha Mason | David Dukes | James Coco | Joan Hackett | Kristy McNichol

Friday the 13th (1980)

As: Jack

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.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Sean S. Cunningham

Stars: Adrienne King | Betsy Palmer | Jeannine Taylor | Harry Crosby | Laurie Bartram

Hero at Large (1980)

As: 2nd Teenager

An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a superhero character of a film he is hired to to promote. He decides to dabble at being a superhero only to find that it is more difficult and dangerous than he ever imagined.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Martin Davidson

Stars: Kevin Bacon | Kevin McCarthy | Anne Archer | John Ritter | Bert Convy

Starting Over (1979)

As: Husband - Young Couple

A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he can't get over his ex-wife. This effects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefield's novel. Burt Reynolds is an attractive middle-aged man who suffers a crisis of confidence when ditched by his ambitious singer wife (Candice Bergen), until he begins to forge a new new relationship with an equally insecure teacher (Jill Clayburgh). But when the wife ...

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Alan J. Pakula

Stars: Jill Clayburgh | Candice Bergen | Charles Durning | Burt Reynolds | Frances Sternhagen

Animal House (1978)

As: Chip Diller

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.

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: John Landis

Stars: Tom Hulce | John Belushi | John Vernon | Verna Bloom | Tim Matheson