Adored by many and harshly criticized by others, Nicolas Cage is one of the most appreciated actors of recent times. Known for his versatility and intensity, Cage always awakens emotions in the audience with his performances.
The actor has a prolific career, with a filmography that includes cult and prestigious films, as well as several works of questionable quality. Nicolas Cage has participated in a variety of productions, from arthouse works and dense dramas to action films and mainstream productions.
With ups and downs in his career, Cage had a peak period, symbolized by an Oscar for Best Actor.
How about exploring the actor’s career further? Below, we list 10 notable films starring Nicolas Cage.
Nicolas Cage: The 10 Best Movies
Directed by John Woo (“Double Target,” “The Killer”), “The Other Face” was a box office success and is considered one of the best action films of the 1990s.
Nicolas Cage stars opposite John Travolta in an intriguing premise. An FBI agent (Travolta), through a revolutionary surgical procedure, swaps faces with a comatose terrorist (Cage) to discover the location of a bomb. However, the criminal awakens from his coma and assumes the agent’s identity.
Directed by Brian De Palma, the thriller “Serpent Eyes” is revered by viewers and critics for its formal care.
Nicolas Cage plays a corrupt cop who goes to a big boxing match and witnesses from afar the assassination of a politician by a sniper. While investigating the case, the police officer finds himself embroiled in a massive conspiracy.
In the crime drama “Frenetic Addiction,” Nicolas Cage plays a detective who is promoted to lieutenant after saving a prisoner’s life during Hurricane Katrina. As a result, he injures his back and becomes addicted to painkillers. Some time later, he becomes addicted and becomes involved in the world of corruption.
Directed by Werner Herzog, “Vício Frenético” is a remake of the 1992 film of the same name, directed by Abel Ferrara. The cast also includes Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer and Jennifer Coolidge.
One of Nicolas Cage’s first notable works in film was the comedy directed by the Coen brothers (“No Country for Old Men”), “Arizona Never Again”.
Cage plays an ex-con who marries a police officer (Holly Hunter). However, they can’t have children. After being rejected by several adoption agencies, they decide to kidnap one of the quintuplets of an Arizona business magnate.
Based on the novel by Barry Gifford, “Wild at Heart” is a crime film with surrealist elements, written and directed by David Lynch. Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern play a couple of lovers who go on a road trip.
However, the girl’s controlling mother (Diane Ladd), who doesn’t approve of the relationship, hires an assassin to hunt them down. The cast also includes Willem Dafoe, Crispin Glover, Isabella Rossellini and Harry Dean Stanton.
For his performance in “Goodbye to Las Vegas”, Nicolas Cage received an Oscar for best actor. Directed by Mike Figgis, the film is based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by John O’Brien.
Cage plays an alcoholic screenwriter who has lost everything to drinking. After receiving a severance check, he decides to go to Las Vegas and drink himself to death. However, he ends up having an affair with a prostitute (Elisabeth Shue).
Based on the short story of the same name by HP Lovecraft, “The Color That Fell from Space” is a science fiction horror film directed by Richard Stanley. The plot follows the Gardner family, who moves to the countryside. However, one night, a glowing meteorite crashes into their backyard.
However, this fall brings with it an alien organism that infects everything around it. Nicolas Cage plays the father of the Gardner family.
A critical and commercial success, “Feitiço da Lua” is a romantic comedy directed by Norman Jewison. Cher stars in the film as an Italian-American woman who falls in love with her boyfriend’s brother (Danny Aiello).
The brother is played by Nicolas Cage, in one of his first major film roles.
This horror-comedy film follows an unknown wave that drives mothers and fathers to want to kill their children.
Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair play parents who terrorize their children. The film is directed by Brian Taylor.
Nicolas Cage reunites with John Woo in the film “Codes of War”. The film is based on the true story of the Navajo who were used as code talkers by the United States during World War II.
The U.S. military used the Navajo language to create a code that the Japanese could not break. In the film, Cage plays a sergeant assigned to protect a Navajo Navy codebreaker (Adam Beach).
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