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This list was originally published on September 19, 2017, but Nicolas Cages prolific career didnt slow down.
This list has been updated to include additional movies.
Then he was hit with another, and another.
Byhis own admission, Cage owed the U.S. government something close to $14 million.
In the past 15 years, hes appeared in a whopping 62 movies.
But there are countless more Nic Cage movies that never even attracted the internets derision.
Some of them are good; most of them are bad.
These are their stories.
His co-star is Nicole Kidman!
(A pre-renaissance Nicole Kidman, but as the trailer helpfully reminds us, still an Oscar winner.)
The director isnt somebodys nephew, but Joel Schumacher, whos made real movies!
And the baddie isBloodlines own Ben Mendelsohn!
He takes the deal.
Joness character is cool with it.
Only the lack of questionable facial hair keeps it from achieving perfect Caginess.
Even Matt Damons doing it these days!
Fans of Nicolae Carpathia will be disappointed to learn he does not appear in this version.
The Runner(2015)
Were you aware the Nic Cage had his ownTreme?
It does not go well for them.
Indianapoliswas sunk by a Japanese submarine … and only 316 came out.
Indianapolis: Men of Courageis the movie for you.
Its the rare war thriller turned shark movie turned legal drama.
In his Vulture review, David Edelstein called itexuberantly tacky.That means he liked it!
(Thats Cage, wearing fake nose and a mustache than can only be described as limp.)
Upon its release, theL.A.Timeswas confident enough to dubArsenala contender for the worst movie of 2017.
It came out the first week of January.
Inconceivable(2017)
No, its not a behind-the-scenes retelling of the production ofThe Princess Bride.
Cage and Gina Gershon play a loving couple who want one more child.
Luckily, their nanny (Nicky Whelan, who replaced Lindsay Lohan) volunteers to act as a surrogate.
Unluckily, shes a murderer!
The longer the hair, the theory goes, the worse the movie.
Sporting the longest mane weve seen on him yet, Cage plays what else?
A jiujitsu master who has to help defeat an alien invasion.
Dont worry about it.
It takes place in a postapocalyptic Japan that has blended Japanese feudal aesthetics with that of the American West.
