Nicolas Cage Movie Rankings
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 3.1371 out of 4 stars for Adaptation.
3.1371
An account of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's (Cage) attempt to adapt Susan Orlean's (Streep) non-fiction book The Orchid Thief, which is the story of John Laroche (Cooper), a plant dealer who clones rare orchids then sells them to collectors. ... more about Adaptation.
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor in a Leading Role
Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Visual Effects Society Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 3.0474 out of 4 stars for Rumble Fish
3.0474
Rusty James is the leader of a small, dying gang in an industrial town. He lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother -- The Motorcycle Boy. ... more about Rumble Fish
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 3.0194 out of 4 stars for Face/Off
3.0194
Travolta plays an undercover agent who takes the physical appearance of an assumed dead terrorist (Cage). The terrorist was only in a coma, and he takes the form of Travolta. ... more about Face/Off
Actor Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Action/Adventure
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.9988 out of 4 stars for Leaving Las Vegas
2.9988
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter whom lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera. ... more about Leaving Las Vegas
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Actor
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Chlotrudis Awards - Best Actor
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.9843 out of 4 stars for Rock
2.9843
A group of renegade marine commandos seizes a stockpile of chemical weapons and takes over Alcatraz, with 81 tourists as hostages. Their leader, a former highly-decorated U. S. ... more about Rock
Actor Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Action/Adventure
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.9592 out of 4 stars for Raising Arizona
2.9592
A petty crook falls in love with the woman cop who always arrests him, but when they find out she can't bear children, they steal one, hit the road, and lots of mayhem ensues. ... more about Raising Arizona
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.9588 out of 4 stars for World Trade Center
2.9588
In the aftermath of the World Trade Center disaster, hope is still alive. Refusing to bow down to terrorism, rescuers and family of the victims press forward. ... more about World Trade Center
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.9424 out of 4 stars for Red Rock West
2.9424
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. ... more about Red Rock West
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.9407 out of 4 stars for Matchstick Men
2.9407
Meet Roy and Frank, a couple of professional small-time con artists. ... more about Matchstick Men
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.9272 out of 4 stars for Moonstruck
2.9272
A levelheaded young woman falls in love with her fiance's brother in a Brooklyn Italian-American neighborhood. ... more about Moonstruck
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.9222 out of 4 stars for Bringing Out the Dead
2.9222
An Easter story. Frank is a Manhattan medic, working graveyard in a two-man ambulance team. He's burned out, exhausted, seeing ghosts, especially a young woman he failed to save six months' before, and no longer able to save people: he brings in the dead. ... more about Bringing Out the Dead
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.9039 out of 4 stars for Wild at Heart
2.9039
Lula's psychopathic mother goes crazy at the thought of Lula being with Sailor, who just got free from jail. Ignoring Sailor's probation, they set out for California. However their mother hires a killer to hunt down Sailor. ... more about Wild at Heart
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.8822 out of 4 stars for Valley Girl
2.8822
While at a party, valley girl Julie meets Randy, a punk from "Holly-weird." Having recently broken up with her boyfriend she starts dating Randy. Her friends feel Julie is dating well below her class and try to set her back up with her ex. ... more about Valley Girl
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.8474 out of 4 stars for Vampire's Kiss
2.8474
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction. ... more about Vampire's Kiss
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.8403 out of 4 stars for City of Angels
2.8403
Inspired by the modern classic, Wings of Desire, City involves an angel (Cage) who is spotted by a doctor in an operating room. Franz plays Cage's buddy who somehow knows a lot about angels. ... more about City of Angels
Actor Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Drama/Romance
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.8206 out of 4 stars for Lord of War
2.8206
This film charts the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov, from his early days in the early 1980s in Little Odessa, selling guns to mobsters in his local neighbourhood, through to his ascension through the decade of excess and indulgence into the early 90s, where ... more about Lord of War
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.8032 out of 4 stars for Con Air
2.8032
Cameron Poe, a highly decorated US ranger, is convicted of manslaughter after protecting his wife in a drunken brawl. Finally, after eight years, he's being paroled and going home to his wife and daughter. ... more about Con Air
Actor Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Action/Adventure
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.7712 out of 4 stars for Birdy
2.7712
Two friends arrive back from Vietnam, scarred in different ways. One has physical injuries, the other has mental problems that make him yearn to be a bird, a subject he has always been fascinated with. ... more about Birdy
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.7608 out of 4 stars for Weather Man
2.7608
Dave Spritz is a local weatherman in his home town of Chicago, where his career is going well while his personal life -- his relationship with his perfectionist writer father, his neurotic ex-wife, and his now-separated children -- is spiraling downward. ... more about Weather Man
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.7188 out of 4 stars for Ant Bully
2.7188
New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle has been taking out his frustration on the innocent ant hill in his yard. But one day the ants retaliate. ... more about Ant Bully
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.7041 out of 4 stars for Snake Eyes
2.7041
Ricky Santoro is a flamboyant and corrupt Atlantic City cop with a dream: become so well connected that he can become mayor. In lieu of that, he'll settle for keeping his comfortable lifestyle. ... more about Snake Eyes
Actor Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Suspense
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.6850 out of 4 stars for National Treasure
2.6850
Benjamin Franklin Gates descends from a family of treasure-seekers who've all hunted for the same thing: a war chest hidden by the Founding Fathers after the Revolutionary War. ... more about National Treasure
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.6674 out of 4 stars for Cotton Club
2.6674
The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem. The story follows the people that visited the club, those that ran it, and is peppered with the Jazz music that made it so famous. ... more about Cotton Club
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.6487 out of 4 stars for Family Man
2.6487
A modern-day Frank Capra story. Jack Campbell, a successful and talented businessman, is happily living his single life. He has everything, or so he thinks. One day he wakes up in a new life where he didn't leave his college girlfriend for a London trip. ... more about Family Man
Actor Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Comedy/Romance
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.6479 out of 4 stars for Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2.6479
In 1941, Italy allies with Germany and ruthlessly conquers the much weaker country of Greece. On a remote Greek island, an Italian artillery garrison is established to maintain order. ... more about Captain Corelli's Mandolin
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.6337 out of 4 stars for Kiss of Death
2.6337
Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because his so called friend's life is threatened. The job is for Little Junior Brown, a violent and powerful villain. ... more about Kiss of Death
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.6225 out of 4 stars for Honeymoon in Vegas
2.6225
On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. ... more about Honeymoon in Vegas
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.6179 out of 4 stars for It Could Happen to You
2.6179
Charlie and Muriel Lang have led simple lives - for most of their existance. That's until they win $4 million on the lottery! There is a problem, however. Prior to winning the lottery, Charlie had eaten at a cafe and hadn't been able to tip the waitress. ... more about It Could Happen to You
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.6090 out of 4 stars for Windtalkers
2.6090
WWII. Joe Enders, a decorated Marine who is by-the-book to a fault, is just coming back on duty (by cheating on his medical tests). ... more about Windtalkers
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.5730 out of 4 stars for Gone in Sixty Seconds
2.5730
Car theft in Long Beach went down 47% when Randall "Memphis" Raines walked away from the life. ... more about Gone in Sixty Seconds
Actor Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Action
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.4997 out of 4 stars for 8MM
2.4997
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) down an increasingly dark and frightening path. ... more about 8MM
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.4256 out of 4 stars for Astro Boy
2.4256
Osamu Tezuka's classic character finds a home on the silver screen with this CG-animated film. Freddie Highmore (THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES) voices Astro Boy, a robot who is a disappointment to the man who created him to replace his dead son. ... more about Astro Boy
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.4181 out of 4 stars for Racing with the Moon
2.4181
Henry and Nicky are small town pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be wealthy. ... more about Racing with the Moon
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.4173 out of 4 stars for Guarding Tess
2.4173
Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle, widow of a former U.S. President, and close personal friend of the President. ... more about Guarding Tess
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.2884 out of 4 stars for Amos & Andrew
2.2884
When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. ... more about Amos & Andrew
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.2646 out of 4 stars for National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2.2646
While Ben is presenting new information about John Wilkes Booth and the 18 pages missing from Booth's diary, one man stands up and presents a missing page of John Wilkes Booth's diary. Thomas Gates, Ben's great-grandfather, is mentioned in the page. ... more about National Treasure: Book of Secrets
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.1023 out of 4 stars for Next
2.1023
When the government is alerted to a possible terrorist attack in Los Angeles, they seek out Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage), a Las Vegas magician that has the ability to see two minutes into the future. ... more about Next
Actor Awards
Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.0667 out of 4 stars for Ghost Rider
2.0667
Stunt performer Johnny Blaze agrees to sell his soul to the underworld to save the man who was like a father to him. In exchange he is forced to walk the night as Ghost Rider, an agent of vengeance and justice. ... more about Ghost Rider
Actor Awards
Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 2.0295 out of 4 stars for Sonny
2.0295
New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. ... more about Sonny
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 1.9839 out of 4 stars for Welcome to Hollywood
1.9839
A film director (Adam Rifkin) decides to chart the course of a young actor (Tony Markes) as he tries to make it in Hollywood. Attempts to get him noticed and placed in roles meet with failure. ... more about Welcome to Hollywood
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 1.9478 out of 4 stars for Peggy Sue Got Married
1.9478
A 43 year old mother and housewife that's facing divorce is thrust back in time when she tries to plan a high-school reunion. Given the chance to change the course of her life she finds herself making many of the same choices. ... more about Peggy Sue Got Married
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 1.9274 out of 4 stars for G-Force
1.9274
The story is about a team of trained secret agent guinea pigs that takes on a mission for the US government. A specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire, who plans to taking over the world with household appliances. ... more about G-Force
Not Available on DVD
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 1.8654 out of 4 stars for Christmas Carol: The Movie
1.8654
The film begins with a live-action sequence set in Boston in 1857, the site of a live reading by renowned novelist Dickens (Simon Callow). ... more about Christmas Carol: The Movie
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 1.8137 out of 4 stars for Knowing
1.8137
A single father and chairman of his town's historical society is summoned when a time capsule buried behind an elementary school in 1958 is prematurely unearthed because of a water-main break. ... more about Knowing
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 1.7733 out of 4 stars for Trapped in Paradise
1.7733
Bill Firpo has managed to stay honest, but can't help but be dragged into things by his larcenous brothers, the clever Dave and the kleptomaniac Alvin. ... more about Trapped in Paradise
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 1.7634 out of 4 stars for Boy in Blue
1.7634
Based on the life of Ned Hanlan, the late-19th century Canadian sculler and world champion. ... more about Boy in Blue
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 1.7632 out of 4 stars for Wicker Man
1.7632
In Neil LaBute's remake of the 1973 horror classic, Nicolas Cage stars as a sheriff investigating a young girl's disappearance from an isolated, mysterious island off the coast of Maine. ... more about Wicker Man
Actor Awards
Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 1.6712 out of 4 stars for Deadfall
1.6712
After he accidentally kills his father, Mike, during a sting, Joe tries to carry out Mike's dying wish by recovering valuables that Mike's twin brother Lou stole from him years earlier. ... more about Deadfall
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 1.5783 out of 4 stars for Fire Birds
1.5783
The U.S. Government is willing to help any country that requires help in ridding themselves of drugs with support from the Army. ... more about Fire Birds
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 1.4995 out of 4 stars for Zandalee
1.4995
Bored with her marriage to burnt out poet turned corporate executive Thierry (Judge Reinhold), Zandalee (Erika Anderson) falls prey to an old friend of her husband, the manipulative and egotistical Johhny (Nicolas Cage) and becomes enmeshed in a sensual, ... more about Zandalee
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 1.3601 out of 4 stars for Bangkok Dangerous
1.3601
A cold-blooded hit man heads to Bangkok to pull off four jobs, and winds up falling in love with a local girl and bonding with his errand boy. ... more about Bangkok Dangerous
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Italian Soldiers
0.0001
Italian Soldiers (Spaghetti Requiem) is a portrait of a youthful and exceptional adventure which unfolds during an unforgettable summer. ... more about Italian Soldiers
Not Available on DVD
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Junket Whore
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Not Available on DVD
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Nicolas Cage scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Tempo di uccidere
0.0001
1936, Italian army is invading Ethiopia. Lieutenant Silvestri suffering toothache decides to reach the nearest camp hospital. But the lorry has an accident and stop near a rock, so Silvestri continues by walk. ... more about Tempo di uccidere
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Nicolas Cage
Birthdate:
January 7, 1964

Nicolas Cage

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1980s
10
total ranking of 2.9076  2.9076
1990s
22
total ranking of 3.0154  3.0154
2000s
23
total ranking of 2.8970  2.8970
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
3.5224
Nicolas Cage is ranked overall as 3.5224 of of 4 stars
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