Renewed Top 10 - Nicolas Cage Movies

Yep... that is Nic Cage

Nicolas Cage. Member of the Coppola family. An Oscar winning talented actor who is synonymous with going off the rails.

Nic had a movie coming up when he is playing an eccentric version of himself. So... basically... he is playing himself as himself as if he was this mega/meta version of himself.

Only Nicolas Cage is that good.

So in honor of Cage, here is my Top 10 for him.

Let's... go.

Top 10 Nicolas Cage Movies

Honorable Mention 1: Adaptation: Spike Jonze meta dramedy about something he experienced. Getting writer's block in adapting a novel to a screenplay. Nic Cage plays the screenwriter having trouble... so he asks for his brother for help: a twin played by Nic Cage. Legitimately a meta dramedy about having writer's block over the novel that he himself was having writer's block over. Almost genius.

Honorable Mention 2: The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Disney movie about a descendant of Merlin. And Cage is his teacher. That is really all you need to know.

Honorable Mention 3: Raising Arizona: Story of an infertile couple decide to kidnap the kid of a rich Arizona family. And... Hilarity insues. One of my favorite Coen Brothers Movies

10. Leaving Las Vegas: An alcoholic screenwriter goes to Vegas to drink himself to death... only to get tangled up with a Vegas prostitute a "kind of love story". Nicolas Cage's ONLY Oscar, which he won for Best Actor. Worth a watch.

9. Kick-Ass: Boy gets bones broken. Rebuilt. Can't feel pain. Decided to become a Vigilante. Starring 2 Pre-Quicksilvers. But what about Nic Cage? Nic plays a Batman type character that has a penchant for guns teaching his little girl how to be a foul mouthed ass kicker. Like an adult Jason Todd if he had to raise a female Damian Wayne. Yeah, it is as awesome as you think.

8. Gone In 60 Seconds: A group of car thieves that have to steal so many cars in so little time. Nic Cage with Angelina Jolie... Nic didn't have to be Nic, because Jolie can be the female version sometimes.

7.The Rock: Biopic of Dwayne Johnson!!! Okay... okay... it isn't. About an operation that involves a mission to break into Alcatraz. Ed Harris and Sean Connery round out this epic film.

6. The Croods: Dreamworks animated movie about a family of cave people. Voice cast is stellar and makes me want to see Nic Cage and Ryan Reynolds in a movie together(they haven't yet, have they?)

5. Ghost Rider: Non-MCU Marvel movie about a carnival stunt driver who makes a pact with the devil... and it turns him into a demonic anti-hero. Of course, you get some Nic Caging... but it works. I'm a fan if this movie, EVEN if it introduced me to Rebel Wilson

4. The Wicker Man: Mystery thriller about a man who's daughter goes missing, and he discovers secrets surrounding a cult. Great mystery, but full Nic Cage going on! "NOT THE BEES!!!!!"

3. National Treasure & National Treasure: Book of Secrets: Indiana Jones lite. But really? Do think there is a conspiracy about something on the back of the US Constitution? This "franchise" made you think there was. Entertaining. And supposedly we are getting a 3rd one. Hopefully.

2. Con Air: Movie about Convicts highjacking a prison transfer plane. One prisoner tries to be the hero. And... that is about it. Filled some nice subplots weaved in, and great performances. It's a great movie.

And the Number One Nic Cage movie is...

1. Face/Off: Nicolas Cage and John Travolta in a thriller about a Detective trying to infiltrate a criminal's operation by switching faces with the criminal in custody. Things go sideways when the criminal took the detective's face and infiltrates his life. Castor Troy is a weird dude, but his eccentricities make him one of the most unique villains I've seen in the movies.

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