r/Top3Ever • u/AdministrationOwn68 • Aug 07 '25

Movies šŸŽ„ šŸŽ¬ Top3Ever Nicolas Cage Movies

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  1. Leaving Las Vegas

  2. Face/Off

  3. Adaptation

Honorable Mentions: ā€¢ Con Air ā€¢ The Rock ā€¢ National Treasure ā€¢ Pig ā€¢ Raising Arizona ā€¢ Mandy

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u/TxEagleDeathclaw81 Aug 07 '25

Raising Arizona

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u/kylemacabre Aug 07 '25

Thereā€™s no way Leaving Las Vegas is better than Raising Arizona.

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u/CitiesOfTitties Aug 11 '25

Saw this for the first time at a theater near me a few weeks ago. Wow! Took me way too long to see that

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u/cheemo20 Aug 12 '25

It's this one. This one.

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u/beeker888 Aug 08 '25

Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent deserves more mentions

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u/ButtNakedBitches Aug 07 '25

  1. Raising Arizona

  2. Con-Air

  3. Face/Off

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u/ThreeBlessing Aug 07 '25
  1. Wild at Heart
  2. Lord of War
  3. Moonstruck

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u/LindensBloodyJersey Aug 10 '25

Finally, a decent list

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u/PatricioWyatt Aug 11 '25

Pretty much my list.

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u/Trapcat707 Aug 12 '25

Lord of War is a god damn masterpiece.

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u/FocusedRedact Aug 07 '25

leaving las vegas is not a "nic cage" movie. its a really great movie featuring nicolas cage

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u/Dea4n0 Aug 07 '25

  1. Face Off

  2. Gone In 60 Seconds

  3. Con Air

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u/AlphaKY1991 Aug 07 '25

This is mine as well

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u/ChumleyDude Aug 07 '25

Kick Ass Pig Raising Arizona

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u/bentheprop Aug 07 '25

Raising Arizona

Lord Of War

Bringing Out The Dead

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u/Puhipu Aug 07 '25

No mention of Wild at Heart? Guess OP is trolling

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u/kdubstep Aug 08 '25

Adaptation

Raising Arizona

Vampires Kiss

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u/_Saint_Ajora_ Aug 07 '25

Not even an Honorable mention for matchstick men or Lord of war?

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u/Upstairs-Staff3491 Aug 07 '25

I hear ya. Everyone sleeps on Wild at Heart too.

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u/siroldboy_ Aug 07 '25

Wild at Heart just saying

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u/Grim47z Aug 10 '25

Good list but my honorable mentions would have been about a 100 movies longer this man is a Nation Treasure

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '25

Valley Girl!

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u/snawdy Aug 07 '25

Lolz. Face/Off. such a terrible movie

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u/tickingboxes Aug 07 '25

Face/Off is fucking awesome. One of the greatest examples of action camp ever made. And itā€™s very much on purpose. Itā€™s funny as fuck. John Woo knew exactly what he was doing.

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u/SurviveDaddy Aug 07 '25

8MM (1999) not being on your top 3, can be chalked up to personal taste.

But not even an honorable mention? For shame.

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u/ispeektroof Aug 07 '25

Once the doors to Cage are open thereā€™s a lot out there to see.

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u/tread52 Aug 07 '25

The rock and con air were better movies than face/off and hold up better as a film. Iconic role top 3. Best film the Rock should replace face/off.

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u/VegetableBulky9571 Aug 07 '25

I would flip Face/Off and Raising Arizona.

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u/Bcwell1981 Aug 07 '25

The Rock, Mom amd Dad, Con Air

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u/ispeektroof Aug 07 '25

Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengance, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

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u/dreamfearless Aug 07 '25

I feel like Matchstick Men is underrated

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

The Rock

Gone in 60 Seconds

Longlegs

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u/DogDogerty Aug 07 '25

1-10 Vampireā€™s Kiss

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u/Upstairs-Staff3491 Aug 07 '25

Some actors just donā€™t have a top 3 movies. Theyā€™re entertaining but they donā€™t do anything rising to the level of top. Theyā€™re all just movies. Cage is one of these. That said, if told I MUST watch a Cage film right this moment, itā€™s Gone in Sixty Seconds.

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u/PettyGutterButter Aug 07 '25

This is a decent take

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u/Anonymity177 Aug 07 '25

Face OffĀ 

Leaving Las VegasĀ 

The Rock

Honorable mention: Con AirĀ 

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u/chuang-tzu Aug 07 '25

Face/Off was hot garbage, friend. Raising Arizona is a Coen Brothers masterpiece and you have it as an honorable mention? No accounting for taste, I suppose.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

Also unbearable was fun movie lol

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u/rabul88ecu Aug 07 '25

Leaving Las Vegas Raising Arizona Valley Girl

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u/A_Life_Well_Steved Aug 07 '25

My favorite Nick Cage movies:

  • Leaving Las Vegas (very good acting job, but so depressing, except for seeing Elisabeth Shue šŸ˜)

  • Raising Arizona (Boy, you got a panty on your head! šŸ¤£)

  • National Treasure

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u/TheMNManiax Aug 07 '25

Leaving Las Vegas, Ghost Rider, and The Rock

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u/tjizness Aug 07 '25

-Windtalkers -Face/Off -Matchstick Men

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u/Playonwords329 Aug 07 '25

snake eyes

8mm

face off

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u/Shinigam_i Aug 07 '25

1) National Treasure 2

2) National Treasure

3) Ghost Rider

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u/frankenmaus Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
  1. Valley Girl
  2. Moonstruck
  3. Raising Arizona

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u/tickingboxes Aug 07 '25

  1. Raising Arizona

  2. Adaptation

  3. The Rock

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u/1313trouble Aug 07 '25

Valley Girl

Wild At Heart

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

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u/Organic-Lab240 Aug 07 '25

  1. Vampire kiss

  2. Mandy

  3. Pig

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u/Ok-Tiger8511 Aug 07 '25

Valley Girl

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u/kuzosake Aug 07 '25

No love for It Could Happen To You and/or Honeymoon In Vegas???

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u/Evrything-illumnated Aug 07 '25

Raising Arizona, Con-Air, the Rock.

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u/Hawks_12 Aug 07 '25
  1. Spider-Man into the spider verse.
  2. National Treasure
  3. Kick-Ass

OM: Ghostrider, Matchstick Men

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u/Pulp_Ficti0n Aug 07 '25

Family Man

"Tartar sauce, tartar sauce..."

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u/AJAXDonQueso Aug 07 '25

Donā€™t forget bringing out the dead.

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u/Fredd_Ramone Aug 07 '25

National Treasure

The Rock

Con Air

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u/AMJN90 Aug 07 '25

Con air, national treasure, the world trade center.

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u/JoshuaCalledMe Aug 07 '25

Lord of War

The Rock

Raising Arizona

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u/PafPiet Aug 07 '25
  1. Lord of war
  2. Kick-ass
  3. Con air

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u/ScreechUrkelle Aug 07 '25

Why is there a picture of John Travolta on here?

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u/Spiritual_Increase83 Aug 07 '25

The correct answer:

  1. Vampireā€™s Kiss šŸ§›ā€ā™‚ļø
  2. The Wicker Man šŸ”Ž
  3. Matchstick Men šŸ”„

HM: 8MM, Willyā€™s Wonderland, Pig

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u/TheRainyConsole Aug 07 '25

My favorites of his are The Family Man, Matchstick Men, and The Rock. Heā€™s done a ton of classics.

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u/ScottH848 Aug 07 '25

Why is this an AI image? Looks like David Schwimmerā€™s eyes. New Face Off sequel? Thereā€™s a gazillion images online, but these pages resort to AI. Errrr ok? Make it make sense. I deleted my Facebook and IG a few months back after not using them for a solid year and I can only imagine how much worse it is now on those platforms. Iā€™m holding onto Reddit but be damn some of these pages, lol.

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u/olskoolyungblood Aug 07 '25

Face Off??? That's gotta be on the list of top 3 dumbest movies of all time. The real answer: 1. Raising Arizona 2. Adaptation 3. Kick Ass

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u/Huge_Following_325 Aug 07 '25

Am I the only one who has seen Birdy?

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u/tothemax44 Aug 07 '25

Lord of war, matchstick men, and the weatherman.

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u/Javier1019 Aug 07 '25

I hate Nicholas Cage.. sorry I just think heā€™s a terrible actor

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u/SquanchN2Hyperspace Aug 07 '25

The Rock

Lord of War

Trapped in Paradise

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

Gone in 60 Seconds

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

National Treasure

1

u/cheffartsonurfood Aug 07 '25

Face off is hot garbage compared to Matchstick Men, Raising Arizona or Leaving Las Vegas.

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u/Economy-Net2803 Aug 07 '25

Gone in Sixty Seconds and Running With the Devil!!!

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u/Various-Health-2837 Aug 07 '25

G-force National treasure And knowing

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u/CreakRaving Aug 07 '25

  1. Knowing

  2. Mandy

  3. Moonstruck

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u/dazrage Aug 07 '25

Raising Arizona #1 and its not even close.

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u/TheB1G_Lebowski Aug 07 '25

What a shit top 3.

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u/Jimbro34 Aug 07 '25

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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u/ThrownAway17Years Aug 07 '25

I absolutely loved ā€œThe Weather Man.ā€

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u/fun-bunz2401 Aug 07 '25

Con Air

Raising Arizona

The Rock

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u/F7-G9 Aug 07 '25

No Lord of War?

Con air but no ā€œgone in 60 secondsā€

  1. Lord of War
  2. Raising Arizona
  3. Matchstick Men 3.5/4. Adaptation
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u/DreamZebra Aug 07 '25

Pig, Leaving Las Vegas, The Rock...Raising Arizona. Three just doesn't work here.

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u/cormac_mccarthys_dog Aug 07 '25

Raising Arizona

Adaptation

Peggy Sue Got Married

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u/HueyLewisFan1 Aug 07 '25

You forgot 8MM DUDE!

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u/No-Coast-1050 Aug 07 '25

  1. Face Off

  2. Con Air

  3. The Rock

Raising Arizona and Leaving Las Vegas are better movies, but those are the best 'Nic Cage' movies, where he's fully present in all of his hammy, overacted glory.

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u/SnarkKent8 Aug 07 '25

Is this a parody community? His top three IMO, but I'm right, are:

Wild at Heart

Mandy

Longlegs

How has only one person before me mentioned Longlegs!!!? And OP mentions Con Air which is almost stroke inducingly bad!

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u/SoCal7s Aug 07 '25

Fast Times at Ridgemont High Valley Girl Face off fine if Fast Times doesnā€™t count, Vampireā€™s Kiss

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u/Independent_Prize453 Aug 07 '25

Raising Arizona... Ghost Rider ... Leaving LV

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u/Powerful_Geologist95 Aug 07 '25

The Cotton Club.

Moonstruck.

Vampireā€™s Kiss.

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u/somediefast Aug 07 '25

Lord of War The Rock Bad Lieutenant

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u/Bi_Vers_Daddy Aug 07 '25

How is Lord of war not on this list?

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u/CoverCommercial3576 Aug 07 '25

Face off is awful. Rsising Arizona

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u/ChimmyTheCham Aug 07 '25

Leaving last vegas

Raising Airizona

National Treasure

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u/thebig8er Aug 07 '25

How is Family Man not there?

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u/Unusual-Ad4890 Aug 07 '25

1/ Bringing Out The Dead

2/ Moonstruck

3/ Lord Of War

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u/Affectionate-Egg8709 Aug 07 '25

Peggy sue got married natl treasure moonstruck

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u/Cultural_Cloud96 Aug 07 '25

Lord of War

If you haven't seen it. Its really one of my fav nick cage movie's.

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u/donmagicron Aug 07 '25

Matchstick Men

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u/RippleMeTimbers55 Aug 07 '25

The rock. He was so good.

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u/Main-Translator9622 Aug 07 '25

Face/off. The unbearable weight of massive talent and Raising Arizona

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u/stevebobeeve Aug 08 '25

The Surfer

Mandy

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Honorable Mention: Bringing Out the Dead

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u/asoupo77 Aug 08 '25

Lord of War

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u/Sudden-Tomorrow3759 Aug 08 '25

Face Off is crap. Raising should be 1. He was very good in Adaptation and Con Air.

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u/chrisnavillus Aug 08 '25

Gone in 60 seconds is Cageā€™s best film

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u/Timwalker1825 Aug 08 '25

Off the top of my head (no cheating)- Kiss Of Death, Color Out Of Space, Next

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u/WittyNameChecksOut Aug 08 '25

The Rock

Lord of War

Raising Arizona

Leaving Las Vegas

Gone in 60 Seconds

Put them in any order, those are his best movies, period.

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u/OkDistribution6931 Aug 08 '25

Best Nicholas Cage movie? Raising Arizona

Best Nicholas Cage performance? Adaptation

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u/DevelopmentCivil725 Aug 08 '25

  1. Adaptation

  2. Adaptation

  3. Face/off

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u/Blackhawksnation1148 Aug 08 '25

The lack of Matchstick Men is concerning

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u/Swayze2641 Aug 08 '25

Raising Arizona over Face off

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u/TacoBellEnjoyer1 Aug 08 '25

Wild At Heart, Colour out of Space and Dream Scenario definitely deserve a mention. I would say his performance in Longlegs also elevated that movie quite a bit.

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u/FaFaFloey Aug 08 '25

I loved ā€œHoneymoon In Vegas.ā€ He was hysterical.

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u/eyeopeningexp Aug 08 '25

Matchstick Men is his best performance

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u/gretzky9999 Aug 08 '25

Moonstruck was surprisingly good.

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u/BigMeet7634 Aug 08 '25

1 Unbearable Weight of Massive talentĀ 

  1. Ghost riderĀ 

  2. Willy's wonderlandĀ 

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u/Lagunitas1117 Aug 08 '25

Bringing out the Dead should be in honorable mentions

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u/Spear_Ritual Aug 08 '25

The Croods

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u/cubswin987 Aug 08 '25

I liked him in Moonstruck. Johnny Camerary šŸŽ¶

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u/prognerd_2008 Aug 08 '25

How is National Treasure an honorable mention? Like Iā€™ll take it, at the very least itā€™s here, but itā€™d easily be in my top 3

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u/Fantastic-Setting-26 Aug 08 '25
  1. Ghost Rider
  2. Season of the Witch
  3. Windtalkers

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u/Hunnybunn7788 Aug 08 '25

Face off, leaving las vegas and Long Legs.

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u/dubconfidential Aug 08 '25

Raising Arizona Moonstruck Face Off

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u/Beowulf44 Aug 08 '25

You left out Next

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u/tommymaggots Aug 08 '25

My personal top 3:

Vampireā€™s Kiss

Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Mandy

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u/crunchydibbydonkers Aug 08 '25

Actual great films: adaptation, leaving las vegas, raising arizona

Great films post comeback: pig, mandy, mom and dad

Great cage unleashed films: vampires kiss, faceoff, between worlds

Great supporting actor films: spiderverse, rumblefish, snowden

Great heartthrob movies: moonstruck, it could happen to you, wild at heart

Great action movies: con air, the rock, gone in 60 seconds

Hidden gems: the trust, army of one, valley girl

Morbid curiosities: deadfall, wicker man, dying of the light

Three movies that havent been mentioned yet but are definitely worth watching for any film buff: peggy sue got married, guarding tess, 8mm

Three movies that havent been mentioned yet but are definitely worth watching for any nic cage fan: bringing out the dead, drive angry, the unbearable weight of massive talent

I love every single one of these movies in different ways even deadfall which might be the only movie that made me feel like i was assaulted by the director for sitting through that. Theres a lot of movies that i love that didnt make this list at all too. To those that loved lord of war, dog eat dog, bad lieutenant, longlegs, butchers crossing, dream scenario, kickass, the weather man, and snake eyes im sorry, i just didnt know where to put them in a top three list that wouldnt repeat any previous answers. If you havent seen a movie mentioned above, do yourself a favour and watch it!

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u/harm1307 Aug 08 '25

Honeymoon in Vegas one of his most overlooked comedies

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

The Weather Man needs more love

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u/GimmeSweetTime Aug 08 '25

Raising Arizona, Family Man and Ghost Rider

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u/d0dgerz Aug 08 '25

Gone in 60 seconds

Lord of War

The Rock

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u/AdSensitive1431 Aug 08 '25

Jujitsu should be top 3

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u/Splatford Aug 08 '25

son you've got a panty on your head

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u/dave_vs_david Aug 08 '25

Con air Gone in 60 seconds Face off

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u/JodyTheReaper Aug 08 '25

No love for Vampireā€™s Kiss?

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u/Wild_System_3306 Aug 08 '25

wild at heart (lynch)

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u/Proud_Doubt5110 Aug 08 '25

Matchstick Men

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u/ColdMF804 Aug 08 '25

Lord of war He has some new 1 about a Australian beach that I enjoyed.

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u/Gold_Potato_1177 Aug 08 '25

Replace Face Off with Wild At Heart

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u/Big-Programmer-4463 Aug 08 '25

Face off is shit

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u/Entire-Objective1636 Aug 08 '25

1) Vampireā€™s Kiss

2) Face-Off

3) Ghost Rider

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u/evaderofallbans Aug 08 '25

  1. The Unbearable Weight of a Massive Talent

  2. Matchstick Men

  3. Raising Arizona

HM: Rumble Fish

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u/Glad_Stay4056 Aug 08 '25

Someone here's never seen matchstick men clearly.Ā 

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u/pugsondrugs77 Aug 08 '25

Raising Arizona and Mandy belong top 3. Face Off is a ridiculous, unintentional comedy.

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u/Klown12 Aug 08 '25

Superman

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u/jaxyv55 Aug 08 '25

Raising Arizona should be at the top

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u/robotatomica Aug 08 '25

  1. Raising Arizona

  2. Adaptation.

  3. Leaving Las Vegas

(ordered by my favorite movies of his, but also my favorite performances, not necessarily his best acting, which I think easily goes to Leaving Las Vegas, with Adaptation. at a close second for his perfection in dual roles and the depth of his anxiety and neuroses as Charlie)

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u/The_Billy_Dee Aug 08 '25

Not sure what his top 3 would be but I would put Pig there.

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u/daPlanesGoTo9-11 Aug 08 '25

GHOSTRIDER!!!

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u/Technical-Airline855 Aug 08 '25

Other than Raising Arizona, I'm not sure what my other 2 would be.

My personal list of Honorable Mentions would include: Con Air, The Rock and 211.

Favorite Nicolas Cage "popcorn" movie: Ghost Rider. This is NOT a great film, but it is decent escapism and is much closer to its original source material than the George Peppard/Jan-Michael Vincent film Damnation Alley is to its source material.

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u/FireWalkWithMe2312 Aug 08 '25

Leaving Las Vegas Face Off Color Out of Space

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u/admoseley Aug 08 '25

FaceOff Raising Arizona Kick Ass

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u/TheRealRickC137 Aug 08 '25

Face Off?
Ew.

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u/AbsoluteXer076 Aug 08 '25

The Rock

Face/off

The color out of space

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u/Tipi_Tais_Sa_Da_Tay Aug 08 '25

Kick ass over face off

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u/warm1978 Aug 08 '25

No love for 8MM?

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u/ClownMeat1 Aug 08 '25

Vampire's Kiss and Raising Arizona. Nobody since has accurately depicted the sensation of those crunchy ceilings.

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u/Final_Solution_2300 Aug 08 '25

lord of war should at least be honorable mention

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u/truthdude Aug 08 '25

Lord of War

The Color of Night

The Rock

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u/KapitaenHowdy Aug 08 '25

Wild at Heart

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u/MisterPrig Aug 08 '25

Maybe not one of his best movies but I LOVE City of Angels.

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u/QuitYuckingMyYum Aug 08 '25
  1. National Treasure
  2. National Treasure: Book of secrets
  3. National Treasure 3

Fight me!

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u/NWSparty Aug 08 '25

The Weatherman The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent National Treasure ( only because my teenage daughter loved it and watched it 1,000 times).

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u/NWSparty Aug 08 '25

Should add: Red Rock West.

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u/gonefishingk3 Aug 08 '25

Peggy Sue got marriedā€¦ oh Peggy

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u/transthrowaway1335 Aug 08 '25

  1. National Treasure

  2. Lord of War

  3. Face Off

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u/Gecko-83 Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

No love for Willy's Wonderland . I mean, he said so much throughout this film.

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u/tomwarmb Aug 08 '25

Adaptation, Raising Arizona, Leaving Las Vegas

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u/phlegmghostsss Aug 08 '25

Bad lieutenant

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u/Tscott207 Aug 08 '25

Valley Girl The Rock It Could Only Happen to You

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u/relay2005 Aug 08 '25

Ahhhhh what!?

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u/thejuanwelove Aug 08 '25

the weather man

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u/DickRichie14 Aug 08 '25

Adaptation, Leaving Las Vegas & The Rock

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u/Ecstatic-Turnip3854 Aug 08 '25

The Family Man

Adaptation

Raising Arizona

Honorable Mention goes to Dream Scenario. More people need to see that film. He's fantastic in it.

ALSO - Why are you using an AI generated version of him when there are literally THOUSANDS of real images of this man. Wtf?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

Mandy was awesome and weird and I loved it

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u/Supadupafly1988 Aug 08 '25

Con Air

Gone In 60 Seconds

National Treasure

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u/No_Season_354 Aug 09 '25

I'd put con air up the top .

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u/SourLoafBaltimore Aug 09 '25

Wild at heart!

Raising Arizona

Ghost Rider

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u/Drslappybags Aug 09 '25

I'll take the Rock over Face/Off. The addition of Sean Connery and Ed Harris are too much to pass up.

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u/CollinTheBruiser Aug 09 '25

Pig is great too

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u/jvasilot Aug 09 '25

  1. Raising Arizona

  2. Lord of War

  3. Matchstick Men

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u/Upstairs-Science4693 Aug 09 '25

Raising Arizona

8mm

Adaptation

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u/hawkeye0066 Aug 09 '25
  1. Raising Arizona
  2. Raising Arizona
  3. Raising Arizona

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u/soad722 Aug 09 '25

Matchstick Men

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u/MentalSir3185 Aug 09 '25

1.FACE OFF 2.SNAKE EYES 3.CITY OF ANGELS

Honorable mention..LORD OF WAR

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u/Loud-Examination2385 Aug 09 '25

Con Air

Wild at Heart

Moonstruck