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."
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You're god damn right with that opinion
Nobody move or the bunny gets it!
How in the actual fuck has no one said Face/Off?
That was Travolta playing both roles
Haha lore-wise very true.
Raising Arizona
"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.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5073642/
You might have misremembered the title there.
Absolutely, yes. Thank you for the correction!
No problem, just wanted to make sure people can find it because it's a good one.
This movie is so fucking good because of him! I honestly want him to do more lovecraft stuff.
Superman.
Wait...
Another vote for Raising Arizona, although it is a close tie with Wild at Heart.
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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.
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
I love "Matchstick Men." Great plot. Fun characters. Chef's kiss Cage freak-out towards the end.
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)_/¯
Con Air and Con Air
The Rock. Peak cage, Connery being great, and an amazing setting.
Does Kickass count?
The Rock and National Treasure
Ghost rider, for the mayhem and lots of fire everywhere!
Raising Arizona or Wild At Heart
Pig. It was INCREDIBLY emotionally effective and made me cry SO HARD FOR LIKE 20 MINUTES. Holy shit what a good movie.
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Moonstruck
Leaving Las Vegas.
…just kidding. That movie was depressing as fuck.
Raising Arizona was his best movie.
Pig, amazing film with a very subtle performance. The scene at the restaurant is absolutely brutal yet without any violence.
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 hold a special place in my heart.
+1 but for the Moby Soundtrack.
Definitely Raising Arizona and Con Air!
I feel like these are the kinds of conversations that should be happening in the movie communities instead of just corporate greed post after corporate greed post.
Birdie
I've seen this one long time ago and only remember it was quite a sad movie.
Raising Arizona. It's just a wild ride start to finish. Also like Con Air.
Vampire’s Kiss
Lord of War
Here's the intro to Lord of War. I love the little smirk he pulls off at about 45s.
Wow. I never watched because the premise didn’t look interesting, but that’s quite an intro
The movie is quite good to be honest.
I guess I’ll add it to the list then. Thanks
Fire Birds
“Shoot ‘em, blast ‘em, nab ‘em, grab em, dang gum, bang em, cook em, clean em, hose em, boil em, kick em, nab em, twist em, fry em, ALL GONE BYE BYE!”
Adaptation, because it’s more Nic Cage!
Leaving Las Vegas. It's beautiful and heartbreaking.
Yes.
The Rock. I'll be taking no further questions.
Valley Girls because Dottie's boobs.
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