Richard Ranks

Nicolas Cage is the greatest actor of all time , or at least the most entertaining. Sometimes he is so over-the-top and gives an unconventional yet fascinating performance that no other living actor could hope to achieve. Other times, he shows nuance and acting skills where you truly forget this is Nicolas Cage and become fully immersed in the role. No matter the character, Cage’s unique acting methods make (almost) every film he has been in worth watching at least for him. To frame it differently, I have seen some movies starring Nicolas Cage that were not great, but I have never seen a movie where Nicolas Cage did not elevate the film in some way with his unique and unconventional acting or his charisma.    As such, I have watched every released Nicolas Cage movie.  I first did this in 2013, when there were far fewer movies. After I finished my “year of Cage," I ranked the at-the-time less than 60 films. Since then, I have rewatched many of those movies and have also watched eac