Nicolas Cage is back in theaters as the horror-comedy Renfield released Friday, April 14. Cage stars alongside Nicholas Hoult as the latter tries to rebel against his undead boss for better working conditions. It has received mixed reviews overall — it sits at 62 percent on Rotten Tomatoes — but one thing has been unanimous: it’s Cage at his peak Cage.
As Cage said in an IGN interview as part of the Renfield press tour, “I think you’re going to get ‘Full Cage’ on this.”
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Full Cage is all that you could ever want from the 59-year-old actor. There’s no one that does unhinged yelling about bees or stuffed animals or swapping faces than Nicolas Cage, so let’s take a look at his most Full Cage movies.
This is a very scientific ranking (read: I did it on a whim and based on my feelings), so please treat it as such.
WARNING: Some of these clips may have language that is NSFW.