
NICOLAS CAGE MOVIE SUPERLATIVES
ROUND 2 MOVIES
Movies watched in 2021
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BEST SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Smoking crack in front of Xzibit, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Runners Up:
Scheduled beer breaks during animatronic murder, Willy's Wonderland
Getting high and wandering the streets of Pakistan, Army Of One
Pill-popping paramedic, Bringing Out The Dead
CREEPIEST MOMENT
Nic Cage dirty talking to a woman while trying to shake down a couple in a parking lot, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Runners Up:
Willem Dafoe telling Laura Dern he wants to "jump all around that hole," Wild At Heart
Nic Cage hiding in the shower at a house party while people use the bathroom, Valley Girl
Nic Cage ranting about anal beads to his children, Mom And Dad
The entire premise of Nic Cage's character having a romance with Wendi McLendon-Covey, Army of One
BEST KIDNAPPING
Kidnapping the president of the United States, National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Runners Up:
Kidnapping a baby, Raising Arizona
Kidnapping a former first lady, Guarding Tess
BEST NIC CAGE SIDEKICK
Elijah Wood, The Trust
Runners Up:
Gary Sinise, Snake Eyes
Ving Rhames, Bringing Out The Dead
John Goodman, Raising Arizona
Incel Boy, The Sorcerer's Apprentice
MOST HAREBRAINED SCHEME
Committing numerous felonies to prove your ancestors weren't involved in the Lincoln assassination, National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Runners Up:
Assassinating Osama Bin Laden, Army of One
Burglarizing the cartel, The Trust
Kidnapping a baby, Raising Arizona
BEST LOVE INTEREST
Bad haircut Carla Gugino, Snake Eyes
Runners Up:
The pinball machine in Willy's Wonderland
Prostitute Eva Mendes, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Murdering mommy Selma Blair, Mom And Dad
BEST NIC CAGE VIOLENCE
Chasing his son around the house with a Sawzall while making dog noises, Mom And Dad
Runners Up:
Threatening to murder an old lady via oxygen tank deprivation, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Killing animatronic characters, Willy's Wonderland
Fighting Osama Bin Laden in a cave with a samurai sword, Army of One
Setting degenerates on fire, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
LEAST LIKABLE CHARACTER
We have a two-way tie!
Tess, Guarding Tess
Everyone, Valley Girl
Runners Up:
Patricia Arquette, Bringing Out The Dead
Willem Dafoe, Wild At Heart
Everyone, Willy's Wonderland
MOST INSANE NIC CAGE CHARACTER
Gary Faulkner, Army Of One
Runners Up:
The bad lieutenant, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Murder dad, Mom And Dad
The janitor, Willy's Wonderland
MOST CONFUSING MOMENT
We have a two-way tie!
Lizard Cam, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Laura Dern's mom covering her entire face and body with red lipstick, Wild At Heart
Runners Up:
Peanut butter sushi and guacamole pie, Valley Girl
Pinball dance montage, Willy's Wonderland
Nic Cage's hairstyle noticeably changing in between every scene, The Sorcerer's Apprentice
MOST UNCOMFORTABLE ROMANCE
Nic Cage and Wendi McLendon-Covey, Army Of One
Runners Up:
Nic Cage and Laura Dern, Wild At Heart
Nic Cage and a pinball machine, Willy's Wonderland
Nic Cage and Patricia Arquette, Bringing Out The Dead
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ROUND 1 MOVIES
Movies watched in 2020
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BEST MISOGYNY
Drive Angry
Runners Up:
Season Of The Witch
The Wicker Man
Bangkok Dangerous
MOST UNREALISTIC NIC CAGE LOVE INTEREST
We have a two-way tie!
Diane Kruger, National Treasure
Eva Mendes, Ghost Rider
Runners Up:
Jessica Biel, Next
Angelina Jolie, Gone In 60 Seconds
Tea Leoni, The Family Man
BEST NIC CAGE QUOTE
"I'M A VAMPIRE! I'M A VAMPIRE! I'M A VAMPIRE!" ~ Vampire's Kiss
Runners Up:​
​"Suck my tongue!" ~ Face/Off
"The bees! Not the bees!" ~ The Wicker Man
"Bring me the big knife! I want to cut my throat!" ~ Moonstruck
On his dad wardrobe: "This is...this is...sub-par." ~ The Family Man
BEST NIC CAGE SIDEKICK
Sean Connery, The Rock
Runners Up:
Samuel L. Jackson, Amos & Andrew
Hayden Christensen, Outcast
Ron Perlman, Season Of The Witch
Amber Heard, Drive Angry
BEST NIC CAGE FOE
John Travolta, Face/Off
Runners Up:
John Malkovich, Con Air
Ed Harris, The Rock
Don Cheadle, The Family Man
Sean Bean, National Treasure
BEST NIC CAGE FREAKOUT
Apartment trashing, Vampire's Kiss
Runners Up:
Bathroom vodka chugging, Mandy
Yelling in a manic voice and thrashing around in a hotel room after learning his boss wanted him dead, Deadfall
"Not the bees!" freakout, The Wicker Man
"Bring me the big knife!" suicide threats, Moonstruck
Unloading on his wife about how awful his life is in the middle of a department store, The Family Man
MOST BAFFLING PLOT
Jiu Jitsu
Runners Up:
Deadfall
Mandy
Next
Bangkok Dangerous
BEST FIGHT SCENE
Mid-coitus shootout, Drive Angry
Runners Up:
Chainsaw battle, Mandy
Cage as Travolta vs. Travolta as Cage (including self facial mutilation and death by spear gun), Face/Off
Nic Cage's face vs. a deep fryer, Deadfall
Fighting a jiu jitsu-wielding alien, Jiu Jitsu
BEST WANTON DESTRUCTION
Fire truck wreaking havoc on the Vegas strip, Con Air
Runners Up:
Destroying half of downtown San Francisco during a car chase, The Rock
Nic Cage. vs. his apartment furniture, Vampire's Kiss
Caramelizing the Declaration of Independence, National Treasure
BEST/WORST COSTUMING CHOICE
We have a two-way tie!
Eye squint + topknot, Outcast
​Inexplicable prosthetic nose + horrible wig, Deadfall and Arsenal
Runners Up:
Tiger shirt + manties, Mandy
Plastic vampire teeth + 80's business suit, Vampire's Kiss
BEST/WORST CHOICE OF ACCENT
Donald Trump meets Valley Girl, Vampire's Kiss
Runners Up:
Speaking without opening his mouth, Deadfall and Arsenal
Country-fried goodness, Con Air
Gruff, bastardized British, Outcast
BEST/WORST LOVE SCENE
Mid-coitus gun battle, Drive Angry
Runners Up:
Nic Cage fetishizing a deaf Asian woman during the most awkward dinner ever, Bangkok Dangerous
Nic and Angelina getting down in a car while being voyeurs, Gone In 60 Seconds
Banging his brother's fiancee all the live-long day, Moonstruck
Predatory lovemaking with Jessica Biel, Next
BEST DRUG AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
We have a two-way tie!
Whole cast is drunk during filming, Ghost Rider
​Nic Cage is likely ON cocaine, Vampire's Kiss
Runners Up:
Nic Cage chugging half a bottle of vodka on the toilet, Mandy
Nic Cage snorting cocaine off a knife, Mandy
HOTTEST ITERATION OF NIC CAGE
Butterface tank top + acid washed jeans, Con Air
​Runners Up:
Thicc thighs in manties, Mandy
Baking that bread with one hand, Moonstruck
Potentially CGI'd old man abs, Ghost Rider
Singing opera in manties, The Family Man
I refuse.
BEST NIC CAGE HAIRSTYLE
"My hair is a bird" meme source material, Next
Runners Up:
Grease mullet, Con Air
Top knot, Outcast
Dollar store bob wig, Deadfall and Arsenal
Bedhead/electrocution hair, Moonstruck
MOVIE WITH MOST MISGUIDED PREMISE
We have a tie!
Being a suburban dad in a dead-end tire sales job with a bipolar wife and creepy children is better than being a Wall Street executive with a penthouse apartment having lots of casual sex ~ The Family Man
The audience being asked to root for an exotic animals trader as he's up against an assassin and the loose animals that are killing a bunch of characters we don't care about ~ Primal
Runners Up:
A bunch of personality disordered people are unfaithful to each other, but it all works out in the end ~ Moonstruck
Drug-addled, cultural appropriating white saviors defeat a cruel Chinese emperor ~ Outcast
The entire concept of the rapture ~ Left Behind
WORST SUPPORTING CAST
We have a two-way tie!
Protagonists you couldn't care less about, Arsenal
Racist white people neighborhood ~Amos & Andrew
Runners Up:
Personality disordered, stereotypical NYC Italians ~ Moonstruck
Creepy wife and creepy cult members ~Mandy
Who are these people and what are they trying to accomplish again? ~ Jiu Jitsu
DEADLIEST NIC CAGE CHARACTER
Milton, Drive Angry
Runners Up:
Castor Troy, Face/Off
Red Miller, Mandy
Joe, Bangkok Dangerous
Johnny Blaze, Ghost Rider