Portrait of Michael Bay

Directing

Michael Bay

Career

Active from 1993 to 2025, busiest in 2025 with 2 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score52/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Rock
The Rock
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Michael Bay Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    2.8, average 4.7
  • Social Commentary
    3.7, average 4.9
  • Wholesome
    2.2, average 3.4
  • Psychological
    4.4, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Explosive Set Pieces 3
  • Visual Effects Showcase 3
  • Miami Vice Aesthetic 2
  • Witty Banter 2
  • High-Octane Action Thriller 2
  • Michael Bay Spectacle 2
  • High-Octane Action 2
  • Explosive Spectacle 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

82
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

23 titles
Blink of an Eye
Blink of an Eye

Producer

OutRun
OutRun

Producer, Director

Life on Mars
Life on Mars

Producer

Saturation Point
Saturation Point

Producer

Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie

Producer

The Birds
The Birds

Producer

Wolf Night
Wolf Night

Producer

The Fisherman
The Fisherman

Producer

The Caretaker
The Caretaker

Producer

Untitled The Purge Film
Untitled The Purge Film

Producer

I Am Yours
I Am Yours

Producer

Untitled Purge Film
Untitled Purge Film

Producer

2020s

14 titles · average score 62
Drop
Drop (2025)
GoodWatch score 67

Producer

We Are Storror
We Are Storror (2025)

Producer, Director

A Quiet Place: Day One
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
GoodWatch score 70

Producer

Transformers One
Transformers One (2024)
GoodWatch score 79

Producer

Apartment 7A
Apartment 7A (2024)
GoodWatch score 52

Producer

Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
GoodWatch score 64

as Porsche Driver

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
GoodWatch score 55

Producer

Ambulance
Ambulance (2022)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Producer

A Quiet Place Part II
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
GoodWatch score 78

Producer

The Forever Purge
The Forever Purge (2021)
GoodWatch score 53

Producer

Songbird
Songbird (2020)
GoodWatch score 31

Producer

Bad Boys for Life
Bad Boys for Life (2020)
GoodWatch score 69

as Wedding MC

2010s

21 titles · average score 52
6 Underground
6 Underground (2019)
GoodWatch score 48

as Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)

A Quiet Place
A Quiet Place (2018)
GoodWatch score 82

Producer

Transformers: The Last Knight
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
GoodWatch score 34

Director, Executive Producer

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
GoodWatch score 61

Producer, Director

The Purge: Election Year
The Purge: Election Year (2016)
GoodWatch score 55

Producer

Transformers: Age of Extinction
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
GoodWatch score 38

as Truck Passenger (uncredited)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
GoodWatch score 39

Producer

The Purge: Anarchy
The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
GoodWatch score 57

Producer

Pain & Gain
Pain & Gain (2013)
GoodWatch score 53

Producer, Director

The Purge
The Purge (2013)
GoodWatch score 46

Producer

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
GoodWatch score 48

Director, Executive Producer

A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
GoodWatch score 36

Producer

2000s

15 titles · average score 46
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
GoodWatch score 41

Executive Producer, Director

Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th (2009)
GoodWatch score 42

Producer

The Unborn
The Unborn (2009)
GoodWatch score 32

Producer

Transformers
Transformers (2007)
GoodWatch score 65

as Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)

The Hitcher
The Hitcher (2007)
GoodWatch score 42

Producer

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
GoodWatch score 40

Producer

The Island
The Island (2005)
GoodWatch score 57

Producer, Director

The Amityville Horror
The Amityville Horror (2005)
GoodWatch score 45

Producer

Bad Boys II
Bad Boys II (2003)
GoodWatch score 49

as Crappy Car Driver

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
GoodWatch score 49

Producer

Great White: My...My...My...
Great White: My...My...My... (2002)

Director

Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor (2001)
GoodWatch score 48

Producer, Director

1990s

6 titles · average score 58
Mystery Men
Mystery Men (1999)
GoodWatch score 61

as Frat Boy

Armageddon
Armageddon (1998)
GoodWatch score 54

as NASA Scientist (uncredited)

The Rock
The Rock (1996)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Bad Boys
Bad Boys (1995)
GoodWatch score 56

Director

Indecent Proposal
Indecent Proposal (1993)
GoodWatch score 48

Second Unit

I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993)

Director

1980s

3 titles · average score 73
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo (1986)
GoodWatch score 56

as Sled Agent

Miami Vice
Miami Vice (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Goon #3

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
GoodWatch score 88

Production Intern