What's Your Favorite 'Nicolas Cage' Movie?

[Soda Bobinski]

I still have yet to see David Lynch's Wild at Heart & Mike Figgis's Leaving Las Vegas. Both movies appeal to me as I am a fan of both directors' body of work & I've heard good things about each film from very reliable sources , so I'm assuming I'd enjoy them.


Of the 'Nicolas Cage' movies I have seen , the following ones stick out as my absolute faves :

- Adaptation

- Bringing Out the Dead

- Raising Arizona


Adaptation especially. Wow ... that movie is insanely brilliant!


I also got a kick out of Mr. Cage's very , very brief segment in Grindhouse. Was not expecting it & when it hit me , I laughed my A-S-S off.

 

[SantaFeSwitch]

Raising Arizona is hilarious, I love it.

But I think my favorite was the one where he plays the con man with a twitch and gets taken by the young girl who ends up being a con. What was the name of that??

 

[Soda Bobinski]

But I think my favorite was the one where he plays the con man with a twitch and gets taken by the young girl who ends up being a con. What was the name of that??

Was that Matchstick Men?

 

[SantaFeSwitch]

Was that Matchstick Men?

That's it! Great movie. He's a great actor altho he sometimes 'cashes in' on lame movies not worthy of his acting.

 

[user 15]

easy question: face off

 

[Black Hat]

Lord of War, easy.

 

[Sandrock74]

The Rock...which, unfortunately, The Rock himself was not in.

 

[AngelOfDarkness]

Con Air.

 

[hotdog]

The Rock.

 

[Deleted member 66627]

All of them.

 

[MrMacphisto]

Lord of War, easy.

Hell yes... Andrew Niccol rocks.

 

[TonyInMyThroat]

“Peggy Sue Gets Married”

Seriously though, I really enjoyed his part in “City of Angels”. What’s not to like in a divine being willing to fall from grace for Meg Ryan?

 

[milagros317]

I'll go with National Treasure although I also really liked Leaving Las Vegas. 😀

 

[Bizkit]

Con Air.

Yes!Great movie.

I also enjoyed 'Gone In 60 Seconds' among others.

 

[Coup de Grace]

I'm not a Cage fan, but the Rock was good, Face off was good and Gone in 60 seconds was cool.

 

[BigNorm]

does the trailer for "Werewolf Women of the SS" count? that was the shit!!! please tell me you know what i'm talking about...

 

[Morpheus72]

I'll go with National Treasure although I also really liked Leaving Las Vegas. 😀

Saves some typing when someone else has your exact answer....unless of course you say that it saves typing....

 

[AmishTickler]

Ghost Rider 😀

He also had a very small part in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High".

 

[Radiohead 7140]

Leaving Las Vegas.

This movie is criminally underrepresented in this thread

 

[unit5610]

Moonstruck.

I'll shamelessly admit that this is one of my favorite movies.

 

[Big_Dogg85]

Con Air and Leaving Las Vegas are tied for second but in first is Face Off: Cage just knows how to play an awesome villain, as does Travolta.

 

[notcoolzeus]

This thread reminded me how many amazing movies he's been in. I guess my top 3 would be:

1. leaving las vegas (not close, his best performance)
2. adaptation
3. raising arizona


sorta want to watch leaving las vegas again now...