The Rock and Con Air are tied for me. Con Air's cast is star studded and Nic Cage with a southern accent is fantastic.
"Put the Bunny back in the box."
You're god damn right with that opinion
Nobody move or the bunny gets it!
Lord of War
Here's the intro to Lord of War. I love the little smirk he pulls off at about 45s.
Lord of War is a work of art
by far the best movie he's ever been involved with. Good performance too. Leaving Las Vegas is another good performance.
"The color from outer space"
His slow descent into madness is great. It's like him turning the Cage knob very slowly from 0 to 11.
Also imo the best Lovecraft adaption.
Edit: "Color out of Space" is the correct title. Thanks to the commenter below.
The Rock. I'll be taking no further questions.
Carla was the prom queen
Raising Arizona
Con Air ... why? No clue, I would have thought I'd go with Lord of War, but Con Air immediately popped into my head when I read the question, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"Put. The bunny. Back."
Face/Off. Golden desert eagles, Nic Cage at his cagiest, John Travolta and Nic Cage swapping bodies, legitimately great action scenes, and Nic Cage grabbing a woman's ass while wearing a priest costume. Just an incredible movie.
Pig, amazing film with a very subtle performance. The scene at the restaurant is absolutely brutal yet without any violence.
I love "Matchstick Men." Great plot. Fun characters. Chef's kiss Cage freak-out towards the end.
Superman.
Wait...
Another vote for Raising Arizona, although it is a close tie with Wild at Heart.
Raising Arizona by miles for me
Mandy. It’s a balls to the wall thrill ride of psychedelic mayhem. Oh and amazing soundtrack.
Seconded. I show this movie to all of my friends that haven’t seen it and they’re always blown away by his performance in that. The bathroom scene is the best.
Kickass is the best surprise nic cage film.
Lord of war is the best serious cage.
Bangkok dangerous is the most cage being cage film.
Plenty of The Rock and Con Air mentions, so I’m going to toss one out for Gone in 60 Seconds.
Yes the writing is terrible and it has its fair share of cringe moments, but damnit I still like it. Perhaps it was the cast, or the weird 90’s/00’s aesthetic, or maybe because I was still in my formative teen years, pre 9/11, aka the before times, but it holds a special place in my heart.
+1 but for the Moby Soundtrack.
Which: Moonstruck
Why: Mostly this scene.
My wife and I watched Moonstruck for the first time and when she saw Cage her reaction was: “that’s Nic Cage? Wtf he’s so hot!” If you were Cher which brother would you choose? We all know it’s Cage
Not one single mention for Gone in Sixty Seconds?
Lemmings... do I have bad taste?
The Rock and National Treasure
Yeah, National Treasure was so good.
Con Air and Con Air
I laughed my arse off at 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'. A classic farce like you don't get much these days.
Adaptation.
It's got twice as many Nick's, and the Tiger King getting Maryl Streep addicted to drugs
Leaving Las Vegas.
…just kidding. That movie was depressing as fuck.
Raising Arizona was his best movie.
Raising Arizona, why? Just watch it!
Matchstick Men anyone, or just me?
Raising Arizona or Wild At Heart
Leaving Las Vegas. It's beautiful and heartbreaking.
Raising Arizona. It's just a wild ride start to finish. Also like Con Air.
Ghost rider, for the mayhem and lots of fire everywhere!
Adaptation, because it’s more Nic Cage!
Pig. It was INCREDIBLY emotionally effective and made me cry SO HARD FOR LIKE 20 MINUTES. Holy shit what a good movie.
Honorable mention for 8mm. It isn't a good movie, unless you go for the very 1999 aesthetics. But I'll give a shout-out to that quote delivered by Joaquin Phoenix: "If you dance with the devil, the devil don't change. The devil changes you."
Con Air, hooray for the sounds of fucking silence!
Moonstruck
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