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I mean. Footloose. But his list of stinkers is so epic it overshadows his peak movies. His career is an iceberg, with only the tiniest but showing above the popularity line.

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Couldn't you say the same about Nick Cage? Granted, Cage's iceberg is quite a bit bigger than Bacon's.

I mean... He's been directed by absolute A-list directors, opposite absolute-A++-list actors... Yeah, I'd definitely call him A-list.

* Footloose - How many movie-featured songs get played at MORE weddings?

* Apollo 13 - directed by Ron Howard

* Mystic River - directed by Clint Eastwood

* Sleepers

* X-Men: First Class

* A Few Good Men - directed by Rob Reiner

* JFK - Oliver Stone

* Murder in the First

* She's Having A Baby - directed by John Hughes

* Planes, Trains and Automobiles - directed by John Hughes

* Animal House

* Balto

Sure, if you want to invent new tiers like A++ then I guess we can agree Kevin Bacon is third tier and just call it different things.

Whatever you call the absolute top tier, that is Shah Ruh Khan.

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