Gimme 5: Your Five Favorite Nic Cage Films!
July 16, 2010 42 Comments
OK, so today marks the release of one of the year’s most anticipated films and I know many (including myself) that are going to see it this weekend. So for this week’s “Gimme 5,” we’ll focus on THAT OTHER film being released today…that’s right — The Sorcerer’s Apprentice starring the one and only Nicolas Cage! Now the trailer for this didn’t look all that bad and I will most likely catch it when it is released on DVD. An Oscar-winner, Mr. Cage has a long and impressive resume (despite films like Ghost Rider, The Wicker Man and a few others) dating back to his feature-film debut in 1982 in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
So for this week, I am asking you movie-lovers to:
GIMME YOUR 5 FAVORITE NIC CAGE MOVIES! 
I will start…
5. Face/Off
4. Adaptation
3. Wild at Heart
2. Leaving Las Vegas
1. Matchstick Men
(this was actually much tougher than I thought it would be…)
Favourites
1. Adaptation
2. Kick-Ass
3. Matchstick Men
4. Bringing Out the Dead
5. National Treasure
Least Favourites
1. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2. 8mm
3. Knowing
4. Con Air
5. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Adaptation & Matchstick are good calls. Gonna watch Kick-Ass tonight actually. I love 8MM!!! And yes, I was disappointed with Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant, but didn’t think it was THAT terrible…never bothered to see Knowing…
I thought Bad Lieutenant was just boring. And the title was misleading. It was more like Quite Bad But He Has a Bad Back So We Can Let Him Off Lieutenant.
Maybe I’m being a little harsh with 8mm, though. You’re right.
Haha, I know what you mean. I prefer Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant anyway. Yeah, I thought 8MM was pretty gritty. I enjoyed that one. I think he’s done much worse — see The Wicker Man!!!
God, yeah. That was a peculiar little venture. I’ll never understand how actors and filmmakers claim to be huge fans of movies and then set about remaking them. Badly.
Actually I dont think that the first wickerman (1973) was so good to begin with. Sure they should have skipped the family connection in the remake but otherwise it was a shot by shot remake. Can’t really blame Cage for that and I actually think he was quite ok in that one.
National Treasure
Face Off
Conair
Family Man
Gone in 60 seconds
Yes, I have a soft spot fro Family Man. Love Face/Off! You’re on your own with 60 Seconds and Con Air!
1. Matchstick Men
2. Lord of War
3. National Treasure
4. Leaving Las Vegas
5. The Rock
can’t really argue with any of these picks. Nice choices. Matchstick is my favorite as well…The Rock is good fun.
OK so I haven’t seen a movie this decade – this is what I got.
1. Raising Arizona
2. Peggy Sue
3. Moonstruck
4. City of Angels
5. Leaving Las Vegas
I’m surprised you’ve seen this many! Great Coen Brothers comedy to put at the top. I love Leaving Las Vegas…my kinda shit!
Ha! On our fan page I asked for everyones least favorite Nic Cage flicks!
I have a love/hate with the dude.
But my favorite go like this:
1. Leaving Las Vegas
2. Adaptation
3. 8MM
4. Matchstick Men
5. Con Air
Least Favorite
1. Ghostrider
2. Next
3. National Treasure 2
4. Bangkok Dangerous
5. Knowing
terrific lists, Heather. I absolutely love your favorites #1-4. 8MM is terrific! And yes, the man does make as many clunkers as he does decent films.
hm.. cant say i’ve seen enough movies by him to make a top 5 list, but
i thought he was absolutely amazing in Kick-Ass
I have to see that one — will do so when it comes out on DVD. Thanks for commenting, man!
5. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
4. Matchstick Men
3. 8MM
2. The Rock
1. Raising Arizona
Next time do his worst (except make it 10).
that’s actually a great idea – there are a number of them. Ha! Looking at his resume, I was surprised at the man good films. I love 8MM — would be my #6 for sure. I also enjoy The Rock and you know how much I love Matchstick Men.
Gotta love Sir Cage…
1. Adaptation
2. The Family Man
3. Raising Arizona
4. Moonstruck
5. National Treasure
Sir Nic! He’s no Mel Gibson, but he is still a well-honed Thespian.
Ha!! He’s the man.
this is hilarious. Love it!!!
1. Raising Arizona
2. Adaptation
3. The Weather Man
4. Wild at Heart
5. Cona Air
*5. Con Air
I love The Weather Man. he’s great in that one. Nice choices, though I have yet to see Con-Air all the way through. Didn’t like what I was seeing.
Face/Off (obviously)
Adaptation
The Family Man
The Rock
Matchstick Men
Wow, ours are very similar. Love The Rock…went with Lynch instead….good choices!
1. Ghost rider
2. the family man
3.Bad Lieutenant
4Matchstick Men
5.The Weather Man
I was so disappointed in Bad Lieutenant, but it got great write-ups. Loved the original. Weather Man is a terrific film and I strongly considered it. Few give it the resopect it deserves.
Wow, this is pretty much my Top 5 List…only I’ll swap out your Ghost Rider for The Rock.
I like your ‘Gimme’ post series, Peter. Funny, I was just at dinner earlier and was talking about Moonstruck with a girlfriend. I haven’t seen it but she LOVED it and raved about it. I’m really curious about it now.
Anyway, here’s my top five (in random order):
• Face/Off
• The Rock
• Family Man
• It Could Happen To You
• Con Air
Thank you, so much. I think it’s a nice weekly series…Raul Duke came up with the idea for me! Good choices here. Let me know what you think of Moonstruck. It may seem a bit dated now, but still a very good, funny, sweet film.
1. Raising Arizona
2. Leaving Las Vegas
3. The Family Man
4. The Rock
5. National Treasure
Can’t go wrong with the Coen Brothers, that’s for sure. Nice pics. Still have yet to see the National Treasure flicks….
1. Adaptation
2. Leaving Las Vegas
3. Wild at Heart
4. Face Off
5. Con Air
We are pretty close in our choices here. Adaptation is a great #1 choice. Had to go with matchstick for that spot.
I love Nicholas cage!!! In no order…
1. National treasure
2. Con Air
3. The Rock
4. Family Man
5. Face/Off
yea, Donna! I love Family man…guilty pleasure! Great pics! Face/Off is awesome too!
Good Choice this week, I like Nic he’s a weirdo.
1) Moonstruck
2) Peggy Sue Got Married
3) The Rock
4) Raising Arizona
5) National Treasure
Nice pics. You picked 5 different ones than me, yet all still good ones.
Good choice for your #1 with Matchstick Men. However, I have to go with Coen Brothers whenever possible.
1. Raising Arizona
2. Matchstick Men
3. Adaptation
4. Wild at Heart
5. Leaving Las Vegas
Ours are pretty close. Yeah, love Raising Arizona and was debating it. I have no qualms there!