The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (
2022) | IMDb:
7
Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.
Starring:
Nicolas Cage
,
Pedro Pascal
,
Sharon Horgan
,
Ike Barinholtz
,
Alessandra Mastronardi
,
Jacob Scipio
A Thousand Words (
2012) | IMDb:
5.8
Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he’s got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he’s a goner.
Starring:
Eddie Murphy
,
Kerry Washington
,
Cliff Curtis
,
Clark Duke
,
Allison Janney
,
Emanuel Ragsdale
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (
2010) | IMDb:
6.1
Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.
Starring:
Nicolas Cage
,
Jay Baruchel
,
Alfred Molina
,
Teresa Palmer
,
Toby Kebbell
,
Omar Benson Miller
Bangkok Dangerous (
2008) | IMDb:
5.3
When carrying out a hit, assassin Joe always makes use of the knowledge of the local population. On arriving in Bangkok, Joe meets street kid Kong and he becomes his primary aide. But when Kong is nearly killed, he asks Joe to train him up in the deadly arts and unwittingly becomes a target of a band of killers.
Starring:
Nicolas Cage
,
Shahkrit Yamnarm
,
Charlie Yeung
,
Panward Hemmanee
,
Nirattisai Kaljaruek
,
Dom Hetrakul
Next (
2007) | IMDb:
6.2
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low under an assumed name in Vegas, performing cheap tricks and living off small-time gambling "winnings." But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris must use all her wiles to capture Cris and convince him to help her stop the cataclysm.
Starring:
Nicolas Cage
,
Julianne Moore
,
Jessica Biel
,
Thomas Kretschmann
,
Jim Beaver
,
Tory Kittles
The Wicker Man (
2006) | IMDb:
3.8
A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
Starring:
Nicolas Cage
,
Ellen Burstyn
,
Kate Beahan
,
Frances Conroy
,
Molly Parker
,
Leelee Sobieski
Lord of War (
2005) | IMDb:
7.6
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.
The Life of David Gale (
2003) | IMDb:
7.5
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.