Lord of War

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

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."

"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.

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

Raising Arizona

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?

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

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.

Superman.

Wait...

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

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

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

Raising Arizona by miles for me

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.

Does Kickass count?

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.

Which: Moonstruck

Why: Mostly this scene.

Not one single mention for Gone in Sixty Seconds?

Lemmings... do I have bad taste?

Con Air and Con Air

Adaptation.

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

The Rock and National Treasure

Vampire’s Kiss

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

Next (2007) was quite good actually.

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.

Matchstick Men anyone, or just me?

Raising Arizona, why? Just watch it!

Leaving Las Vegas.

…just kidding. That movie was depressing as fuck.

Raising Arizona was his best movie.

Leaving Las Vegas. It's beautiful and heartbreaking.

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

It was weird and sometimes I like a good weird

Pig. It was INCREDIBLY emotionally effective and made me cry SO HARD FOR LIKE 20 MINUTES. Holy shit what a good movie.

Raising Arizona or Wild At Heart

Raising Arizona. It's just a wild ride start to finish. Also like Con Air.

Wild at Heart

Con Air, hooray for the sounds of fucking silence!

Ghost rider, for the mayhem and lots of fire everywhere!

Adaptation, because it’s more Nic Cage!

Pig! It's just a great movie.

Moonstruck

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent was pretty damn good.

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."

Fire Birds

“Shoot ‘em, blast ‘em, nab ‘em, grab em, dang gum, bang em, cook em, clean em, hose em, boil em, kick em, nab em, twist em, fry em, ALL GONE BYE BYE!”

Birdie

Yes.

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

Wallys wonderland

He did not speak a single word, but cage beat the living crap out of some robots.

Easily 'The Rock'. Nick Cage AND the final (non canon) 007 story all in one? YES PLEASE!