Animal House
Ever since catching a fraternity paddle across his behind inNational Lampoon ’s Animal Housein 1978 , Kevin Bacon has ascended to become more than a household name . Over the past 40 year , Bacon has accrue nearly 100 with child and humble projection screen credits , carving out a reputation as one of the finest direct men and character actors in the process .
Bacon has been involved in some of the most dear cinematic cult favorites , from the originalFriday the thirteenth , Animal HouseandFootloosetoTremors , Wild Things , and many more . He ’s been so pop and ubiquitous on - projection screen that the " Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon " game was create to celebrate him . As we await the return of Bacon ’s new Showtime serial , City on a Hill , here is the man ’s 10 best movies , according to Rotten Tomatoes !
The Big Picture (1989) 87%
Before Christopher Guest all but created the mockumentary for which he ’s now most known , he made a piffling movie in 1989 calledThe Big Picture . Bacon stars as Nick Chapman in the film that absolutely skewers Hollywood . Wait , Bacon ? Skewers ? Who ’s hungry ?
In the highly underrated film , Nick Chapman thinks he ’s headed for the large - meter when his shortsighted student film succeed a esteemed accolade . The laurels leads Nick to Hollywood , where he soon teach not all is as it seems . Forced to compromise his imagination at every round , Nick eventually understands the openhanded mental picture !
Tremors (1990) 88%
" Pardon my French ! " While it was surely a bummer to learn the fender for the 2018 TV reboot was n’t clean up , nothing can change the awesome nimbus of the original fad - classic repulsion - comedy , Tremors !
Who can draw a blank the crepitation alchemy between Val ( Bacon ) and Burt ( Fred Ward ) , two dead - terminate cowboys in the flyspeck desert township of Perfection that is overrun by giant " Graboid " underground worms ? Yeah , nobody ! As an obvious nod to 1950s sci - fi B - movies , the moving-picture show spawned five sequel over the span of 28 years . Could there be more ?
The Woodsman (2004) 88%
Bacon gives perhaps the most daring turn of his life history as the titularWoodsman , a repentant paedophile looking for redemption following his release from a 12 - class stint in prison house .
When Walter , a convicted nipper molester , is publish after a dozen year behind bar , he seek to begin life afresh . Even in a new town , Walter ca n’t escape the stain of his reputation and find it much more hard than he cogitate to align to life outside prison . A devastating performance in a hard flick to digest !
Mystic River (2003) 88%
While his costars Sean Penn and Tim Robbins bagged Oscar awards for their okay performances , many conceive it was Bacon ’s routine inMystic Riverthat should have been recognized come prize season . Either way , the moving picture is among Bacon ’s best !
The knotty crime plot touch the death of Katie ( Emmy Rossum ) , Jimmy Markum ’s ( Penn ) young daughter . Bacon make for Sean Devine , Jimmy ’s longtime friend who materialise to be the bull assigned to the case . As Sean searches for answers , he must face up his own sordid and mark preceding .
National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) 90%
" Thank you , sir , may I have another ? " In his very first feature cinema , Bacon play Chip Diller , the paddle - whipped brotherhood pledge in the classic cult - comedyNational Lampoon ’s Animal House .
Once Diller pass muster , he ’s admitted to the Omega Theta Pi fraternity , where he accord with a yuppie parade out to rid the party Delta House from campus . The John Landis picture show has become a national gem and is mostly consider one of the most venerable American motion picture drollery of all time !
Diner (1982) 92%
Barry Levinson ’s follow - of - age repair moving-picture show features a who s who of 80s flick stars . Bacon costars with Mickey Rourke , Steve Guttenberg , Daniel Stern , Paul Riser , and Tim Daly in the classic period piece . Wait ? Bacon ? Diner ? Who ’s hungry ?
Dinercenters on a group of college pals who convoke at their local eatery in 1959 Baltimore to discuss everything under the sunshine . Girls , schooltime , parents , troubles at home plate , pregnancy , and other compact issues of the time pierce the untried man into maturity , even when some of them are n’t quite quick .
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) 93%
While Bacon starred in John Hughes’She ’s Having a Babyone yr afterwards , his part inPlanes , Trains & Automobilesis merely a hilarious cameo .
The anti - buddy road - misstep film starts with ad - White House Neal Page ( Steve Martin ) hurrying to trip up a taxi out of bustling Chicago . He distinguish a cab on the street and races toward it , only to get snake by Bacon ’s " Taxi Racer " character . The snub leads Neal to Dell Griffith ( John Candy ) , an obnoxious loud - sassing who end up motivate Neal in ways he did n’t expect . A terrific film !
Frost/Nixon (2008) 93%
Thirteen class after starring inApollo 13 , Bacon reunited with theatre director Ron Howard for the truthful narration ofFrost / Nixon . Heck , Bacon also starred inFriday the 13th , as well . babble about a numerical motif !
Forst / Nixon recreates the real 1977 merging between U.S. President Richard Nixon ( Frank Langella ) and British talk - show host David Frost ( Michael Sheen ) in the year after the Watergate malicious gossip . Bacon plays Jack Brennan in the picture show , former U.S. Marine and Nixon ’s post - Watergate Chief of Staff . The film was nominated for five Academy Award !
Apollo 13 (1995) 95%
In Ron Howard ’s epic festivity of NASA ’s biggest " successful failure , " Bacon soars to the moon with his performance as Jack Swigert inApollo 13 !
The film charts the ill - fated Apollo 13 moon delegation , in which three astronauts miraculously come through a catastrophic engine failure while en itinerary to the lunar surface . With American ingenuity and teamwork on display , a near - impossible chronological succession of events transpires to return the three men home safely . The film won two Oscar , one for Best Film Editing and another for Best Sound .
Starting Over (1979) 100%
Believe it or not , the highest - betray Bacon flick , according to RT , is one he barely appeared in more than 40 year ago . mirthful how that work out sometimes !
InStarting Over , directed by the late great Alan J. Pakula , Bacon is billed as Husband - Young Couple . As for the plot , the twice Oscar - nominated moving picture tracks Phil Potter ( Burt Reynolds ) , a divorced human race who fall in love with a new woman ( Jill Clayburgh ) but can not get over his married woman ( Candice Bergen ) . The motion picture recreate as a sit - com as Phil attempt to set up his sprightliness back together .
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