Nick Cage. That guy has had a pretty great career! Discuss!

What are your favorite movies?

National Treasure (2004) .... Ben Gates
Matchstick Men (2003) .... Roy Waller
Adaptation. (2002) .... Charlie Kaufman/Donald Kaufman
Windtalkers (2002) .... Sgt. Joe Enders
Family Man, The (2000) .... Jack Campbell
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) .... Randall 'Memphis' Raines
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) .... Frank Pierce
8MM (1999) .... Tom Welles
Snake Eyes (1998) .... Rick Santoro
City of Angels (1998) .... Seth
Face/Off (1997) .... Castor Troy/Sean Archer
Con Air (1997) .... Cameron Poe
Rock, The (1996) .... Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) .... Ben Sanderson
It Could Happen to You (1994) .... Charlie Lang
Guarding Tess (1994) .... Doug Chesnic
Amos & Andrew (1993) .... Amos Odell
Red Rock West (1992) .... Michael Williams
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) .... Jack Singer
Wild at Heart (1990) .... Sailor Ripley
Fire Birds (1990) .... Jake Preston
Vampire's Kiss (1989) .... Peter Loew
Moonstruck (1987) .... Ronny Cammareri
Raising Arizona (1987) .... H.I. McDunnough
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) .... Charlie Bodell
Boy in Blue, The (1986) .... Ned Hanlan
Birdy (1984) .... Sergeant Al Columbato
Cotton Club, The (1984) .... Vincent Dwyer
Racing with the Moon (1984) .... Nicky/Bud
Rumble Fish (1983) .... Smokey
Valley Girl (1983) .... Randy
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) (as Nicolas Coppola) .... Brad's Bud

entertaining yes.. scary .. yes.

favorite has to be 'the rock' though I think 'leaving lost vegas' is probably his best work.

There's a boatload of clunkers in there...

I think Raising Arizona or Adaptation is his best performance.

Remember, I asked - Which of these movies is your favorite - I bet you some people will go for his action clunkers.

To each their own.

You don't need to school me on the obvious, thanks.

My favourite would be Raising Arizona closely followed by Red Rock West and Wild At Heart. I also admit to having a bit of a soft spot for his fluffy feel good flicks like Guarding Tess, Peggy Sue Got Married and The Family Man. On the other end of the spectrum, I've never been a fan of his action roles, and Adaptation's one of my least liked films of the last decade.

I agree on Red Rock West that I almost brought it up into the main group but then I didn't think alot of people who known about that movie.

Matchstick Men (2003) & Face/off

Two diferent movies, two great performances by nicholas cage 8)

Con Air and Raising Arizona. I like Con Air for the same reasons some people like Armageddon.

i dont like him!!
he is a great actor, but something about him, i just dont like! :?

Nicolas Cage's best performance: Leaving Las Vegas
My favorite actual Nicolas Cage movie: Matchstick Men

This guy is one of my favorite actors. He's not necessary the best actor, but he picks damn good roles and has some kick-ass movies. My favorite from him is Face/Off, and some other favorites include Con Air, Gone in Sixty Seconds, and The Rock.

I agree. He keeps making these loud stupid action adventure films which make him a lot of money but sure don't show off his acting skills.

I hated the Rock by the way. But hey, to each his own.

People like slamming Cage for his action film because he doesn't have to show off his acting abilities. I disagree with that. Compare his performances in Face/Off, The Rock, etc. with people like Vin Diesel, Van Damme, Segal, etc. Cage's action performances suddenly improve a lot. And I'm not a big fan of his. I think he's at his best playing bizarre characters like in Adaptation and Raising Arizona.

Adaptation, I never liked Cage but he gives one hell of a performance here.

The Rock and Leaving Las Vegas are my favs. But the rock tops over Vegas.

adaptation