Kathy Bates and Richard Farnsworth in Misery (1990)

Kathy Bates and James Caan in Misery (1990)

Kathy Bates and Misery the Pig in Misery (1990)

Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, David Warner, and Bernard Hill in Titanic (1997)

Kathy Bates in American Horror Story (2011)

Kathy Bates and Denis O'Hare in American Horror Story (2011)

Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Cheryl Hamada, Howard Hesseman, and Mark Venhuizen in About Schmidt (2002)

Kathy Bates and Lady Gaga in American Horror Story (2011)

Kathy Bates and Jessica Lange in The Great Lillian Hall (2024)

Kathy Bates, Ray Mickshaw, and Iris in American Horror Story (2011)

Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Gary Busey, and Jake Busey in Straight Time (1978)

Kathy Bates, Sam Rockwell, and Paul Walter Hauser in Richard Jewell (2019)

Kathy Bates and Conan O'Brien in Kathy Bates (2019)

Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Kathy Bates, and Jessica Tandy in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Shirley MacLaine, Gary Sinise, Joey Lauren Adams, Kathy Bates, and Alex D. Linz in Bruno (2000)

Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Meryl Streep, Kathy Bates, and Jessica Tandy in On Golden Pond (1981)

Kathy Bates, Alan Cumming, Victor Garber, Kristin Chenoweth, Audra McDonald, and Alicia Morton in Annie (1999)