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Raising Arizona by miles for me

It's a toss up between Con Air's bonkers accent and Drive Angry's William Fitchner.

Next (2007) was quite good actually.

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."

Not one single mention for Gone in Sixty Seconds?

Lemmings... do I have bad taste?

Wild at Heart

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_(film)

It was weird and sometimes I like a good weird

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.

Bringing out the Dead, because I feel his tortured quest for sleep

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.

Con Air, hooray for the sounds of fucking silence!

The Color Out of Space, I think he does really well in that and it's scary as fuck.

The Wicker Man, because of the scene with the bees is priceless.

And of course, Mandy. I will not elaborate further, just watch it.

Lord of War

Here's the intro to Lord of War. I love the little smirk he pulls off at about 45s.

The Rock. I'll be taking no further questions.

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⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

How in the actual fuck has no one said Face/Off?

Matchstick Men anyone, or just me?

I laughed my arse off at 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'. A classic farce like you don't get much these days.

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."

Adaptation.

It's got twice as many Nick's, and the Tiger King getting Maryl Streep addicted to drugs

Raising Arizona, why? Just watch it!

Pig, amazing film with a very subtle performance. The scene at the restaurant is absolutely brutal yet without any violence.

"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.

Wallys wonderland Her did speak a single word but cage beat the living crap out of some robots.

Raising Arizona

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.

Another vote for Raising Arizona, although it is a close tie with Wild at Heart.

Superman.

Wait...

I love "Matchstick Men." Great plot. Fun characters. Chef's kiss Cage freak-out towards the end.

Mandy. It’s a balls to the wall thrill ride of psychedelic mayhem. Oh and amazing soundtrack.

Does Kickass count?

Depends on my mood. Either Color Out of Space, or The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

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.