Best Kevin Bacon Movies You've Never Seen

In which of these lesser-known gems does Mr. Six Degrees shine the brightest?

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1 Tremors
Bacon's a hard luck guy at the wrong place, wrong time -- right when alien creatures start burrowing. 107 167

2 Stir of Echoes
Hypnotized on a dare, Bacon's everyman Tom Witzky begins seeing visions from the other side. 44 118

3 The River Wild
Here, he's a swaggering killer who tries to mess with Meryl Streep's family on vacation. Bad idea, Kevin! 44 126

4 Hollow Man
He's a scientist who's turned himself invisible -- and finds he's capable of all kinds of things in this fright fest. 20 126

5 Murder in the First
Gaunt and haunted, Bacon is a petty criminal turned murderer in Alcatraz. His lawyer believes otherwise. 19 103

6 The Woodsman
Struggling between torment and temptation, Bacon is a sex-offener just out of the joint. Note the punny title. 5 93

7 My Dog Skip
In a rare family role, the actor plays a stern dad (in the 1950s) who has trouble relating to his child. 4 108

8 Where the Truth Lies
With Colin Firth, Bacon is half of a '60s entertainment duo who sour on each other. Atom Egoyan directs. -25 77

9 Beauty Shop
The actor isn't always the baddie: In this, he's Jorge, a salon owner with an outrageous accent. -26 86

10 Telling Lies In America
Bacon is the DJ who mentors an immigrant boy (Brad Renfro) in the wicked ways of the world stateside. -32 68