Ten overlooked films by Nicolas Cage that are fun to watch

In the crazy world of Hollywood, Nicola Gabbia it stands as a beacon of pure and unbridled talent. With a career spanning over four decades, Cage has delivered countless iconic performances, many of which are beautifully insane, and have left audiences amused and wanting more.

But, while his blockbuster hits like National treasure, The rockand Air conditioning are well known and loved by fans, there are many underrated hidden gems in his filmography that often go overlooked. Here are ten of Cage’s lesser-known and overlooked films that every fan needs to see:

Wild Heart (1990): This surreal comedy and bizarre love story from director David Lynch follows Cage and Laura Dern as they embark on a wild adventure filled with twisted sex, Elvis impersonations and fiery violence.

After serving prison time for a self-defense murder, Sailor Ripley (Nicolas Cage) is reunited with girlfriend Lula Fortune (Laura Dern). Lula’s mother Marietta (Diane Ladd), desperate to keep them apart, hires a hit man to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of problems when he and Bobby Peru (Willem Dafoe), an old friend who is also out to catch Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor is thrown back in prison, the young lovers appear further than ever from the shared life they crave.

valley girl (1983): In this charmingly nostalgic 80s romantic comedy, Cage plays a punk rocker who falls in love with a rich valley girl, played by Deborah Foreman, and must fight his way through uncharted territory.

Adorable teenager Julie Richman (Deborah Foreman) is immersed in the excessive pink-clad culture of the San Fernando Valley, complete with her narcissistic boyfriend, Tommy (Michael Bowen). At a party, however, Julie falls for a Hollywood hoodlum named Randy (Nicolas Cage), and the two strike up an unlikely romance. Torn between fitting in with her shallow friends and adopting a more maverick lifestyle, Julie must ultimately decide to stay with Tommy or take a risk with Randy.

The Vampire’s Kiss (1988) – In this dark comedy, Cage plays a literary agent who believes he has been turned into a vampire. As he struggles with his new identity, Cage’s character becomes increasingly insane, even wearing fangs and drinking fake blood.

White-collar New Yorker Peter (Nicolas Cage)’s life seems to revolve solely around making as much money and sleeping with as many women as possible. After a typical night of scouring hip bars for action, Peter manages to bring home sexy Rachel (Jennifer Beals), who bites him on the neck while they’re in bed. The next day, Peter is certain he is now a vampire. Though no one shares his point of view and he hasn’t physically changed, he wears fake fangs and starts stalking women.

Red Rock West (1993) – In this neo-noir thriller, Cage plays Michael Williams, a man who is mistaken for a hit man and is hired to kill the wife of a bar owner, so Michael plays along for the money.

When out-of-work ex-Marine Michael Williams (Nicolas Cage) stumbles upon a bar in Red Rock, Wyo., the owner, Wayne (JT Walsh), mistakes him for a hit man and offers him $10,000 to kill his wife, Suzanne. (Lara Flynn). Boyle). Michael plays along, taking half the money up front, then tells Suzanne what her husband is planning. She seduces Michael and offers him to kill her husband instead. As she weighs his options, the real killer (Dennis Hopper) shows up looking for his money.

Taking out the dead (1999): In this intense and unflinching drama from director Martin Scorsese, Cage plays a burnt-out paramedic who is haunted by the ghosts of the people he failed to save.

After a daunting and haunting career wears him out, New York City paramedic Frank Pierce (Nicolas Cage) begins to break down under the strain of saving lives and assisting dead. Over the course of a few nights, three co-workers (John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore) accompany Pierce as he seeks sanity and pushes to get fired. Before Pierce falls off the edge, he has one more hope when he forms a friendship with the daughter of a victim (Patricia Arquette).

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) – In this wacky thriller, Cage plays a corrupt, drug-addicted police detective who is tasked with solving a series of murders. As he delves deeper into the case, Cage’s character becomes more and more deranged.

Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) is not doing very well. He has a nasty addiction to painkillers, courtesy of an injury he sustained while rescuing a prisoner during Hurricane Katrina. Plus, there’s his alcoholic father (Tom Bower), his drunk wife (Jennifer Coolidge), and his prostitute girlfriend (Eva Mendes). And he’s just been given a rookie partner (Shawn Hatosy). Now Terrence must pull himself back from the brink of insanity to investigate a string of murders that is taking a toll on the city.

Match men (2003): In this con man caper directed by Ridley Scott, Cage plays a neurotic, obsessive-compulsive con man who must team up with his estranged teenage daughter to pull off a grand heist.

Roy (Nicolas Cage), a depressed con man with OCD, and Frank (Sam Rockwell), his partner, find their jobs complicated by the arrival of Roy’s teenage daughter, Angela (Alison Lohman). Angela brings some spirit back into Roy’s life and some of his disturbing symptoms seem to disappear. But when Angela wants to learn about the family business and Roy allows her to witness a big scam involving a businessman (Bruce McGill), she reconsiders her parenting techniques.

The weatherman (2005): In this dark comedic drama directed by Gore Verbinski, Cage plays a struggling meteorologist who must deal with his personal and professional failures as he tries to reconnect with his family.

David Spritz (Nicolas Cage) is a Chicago meteorologist who, despite his success at his job, is deeply unhappy. Eclipsed by his father, Robert (Michael Caine), a celebrated writer, and licking his wounds following the breakdown of his marriage to Noreen (Hope Davis), David decides to put his life in order by applying for a job high profile in New York. Citizen talk show. But with his personal life in shambles, David must decide between accelerating his career and repairing his rapidly deteriorating family life.

Joe (2014): In this gritty and powerful independent drama, Cage gives a gritty and powerful performance as an alcoholic ex-con who befriends a troubled boy and tries to protect him from his abusive father.

The rough-and-tumble leader (Nicolas Cage) of a lumber crew lands in trouble when he steps in to protect his crew’s youngest member (Tye Sheridan) from an abusive father.

Mum and dad (2017) – In this crazy film, Cage plays a father living in a suburban community, where moms and dads feel mysteriously the irresistible urge to attack and kill their offspring.

A teenage girl and her little brother try to survive 24 wild hours during which mass hysteria of unknown origin causes parents to turn on their children violently.

Nicolas Cage has acted in many films throughout his career. These are just a few that I felt overlooked, but they all feature great, funny and interesting performances from the actor. Looking back on some of these older films, Cage always had that crazy spark in his eyes, which is why it’s hard not to enjoy the films he makes!