Nicolas Cage’s Best Movies
Moonstruck (1987)
In this romantic comedy, Loretta (Cher) gets engaged but then falls in love with her fiancé’s younger brother (Cage). Moonstruck was nominated for six Academy Awards and took home three.
Raising Arizona (1987)
Cage portrays a bumbling small-time robber who marries a former cop (HollyHunter) in this Coen brothers romp. When they find out they can’t have children of their own, they kidnap a baby—one of a set of quintuplets they saw on TV.
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
He received an Oscar for his role as a Hollywood screenwriter who heads to Las Vegas to drink himself to death after losing his job, family and friends. But can a prostitute (ElisabethShue) redeem him?
The Rock (1996)
This thriller from director MichaelBay has Cage sharing the bang-bang with SeanConnery and EdHarris, playing an FBI biochemist on a mission to disarm stolen warheads.
Con Air (1997)
Cage sported shoulder-length hair and a whole lotta muscle as a former Army Ranger and ex-con returning home to his family, swinging into action mode when the plane that’s carrying him is hijacked.
Face/Off (1997)
Cage and JohnTravolta are pitted against each another as they swap faces for an epic game of cat-and-mouse.
Adaptation (2002)
Cage received an Oscar nom for taking on the role of two identical twins, an L.A. screenwriter and his polar-opposite brother, Donald. “It was probably the most acrobatic challenge as a thespian I’ve ever had, and I’m not even sure I could do it again,” he’s noted.
Matchstick Men (2003)
His obsessive-compulsive con artist meets his teenage daughter for the first time and shows her the slippery ropes of the family business.
NationalTreasure (2004)
He stars as a historian on a race to find a rumored bounty before his former colleague gets there. This Walt Disney Pictures family-friendly film earned Cage a sequel with National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), and many fans are clamoring for a third installment.
Pig (2021)
He’s received rave reviews for his portrayal of a loner truffle hunter on a high-stakes search to find his stolen foraging swine. “She was really only interested in food, which is natural. And so that’s how we bonded—I kept getting her carrots and petting her and she liked me,” says Cage of working with his animal co-star. Next, The Nicolas Cage Drama Pig Is One of the Best Films of 2021
