# The best Nicolas Cage movies

From his Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas to Mandy, Pig and Face/Off: the Nicolas Cage films at the top of SensaCine's top 10 and Rotten Tomatoes' ranking.

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## Top 15

1. **Leaving Las Vegas (1995)** (12 · ▲13 ▼1) — Mike Figgis: an alcoholic screenwriter goes to Las Vegas to drink himself to death; his Oscar.
2. **Pig (2021)** (12 · ▲13 ▼1) — Michael Sarnoski: a hermit searches Portland for his stolen truffle pig.
3. **Adaptation (2002)** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — Spike Jonze: the Kaufman twins, screenwriters with writer's block.
4. **Dream Scenario (2023)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Kristoffer Borgli: a dull professor starts appearing in everyone's dreams.
5. **Red Rock West (1993)** (8 · ▲11 ▼3) — John Dahl: a drifter mistaken for a hitman in a Wyoming town.
6. **Bringing Out the Dead (1999)** (8 · ▲11 ▼3) — Martin Scorsese: a burnt-out paramedic in New York's nights.
7. **Face/Off (1997)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — John Woo: an FBI agent and a terrorist swap faces, with John Travolta.
8. **Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Werner Herzog: an addicted cop in post-Katrina New Orleans.
9. **Mandy (2018)** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — Panos Cosmatos: a psychedelic revenge and the peak of unhinged Cage.
10. **Raising Arizona (1987)** (5 · ▲9 ▼4) — The Coens: an ex-con and a cop steal a baby.
11. **Wild at Heart (1990)** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — David Lynch: Sailor and Lula on the run across the American South; Palme d'Or.
12. **Snake Eyes (1998)** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — Brian De Palma: a corrupt cop and a murder during a boxing match.
13. **Moonstruck (1987)** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Norman Jewison: the baker who falls for Cher.
14. **Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — The voice of Spider-Man Noir.
15. **The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)** (2 · ▲5 ▼3) — Nicolas Cage plays himself, with Pedro Pascal.
16. **Joe (2013)** (-1 · ▲3 ▼4) — David Gordon Green: an ex-con protects a teenage boy in Texas.

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