Nicolas Cage: five best moments

Love him or hate him, Nicolas Cage's career now spans over thirty years. Not all of his roles are as wholesome as in recent animation, The Croods (you can read our review by Peter Bradshaw here). The actor has racked up an admirable amount of parts in his time, many of which lean towards high-speed action and darker themes (there's even a handy vid covering most of the Cage Rage).

Here are some of the most memorable Cage roles, as recommended by several of our @guardianfilm Twitter followers - @WilliamConboy, @CurtMilner, @SteelsReels, @fidel_casserole and @hopedickle.

What would you add to the list?

Raising Arizona

A Coen brothers classic. Cage stars as a sensitive ex-con, married to an ex-cop (Holly Hunter) who steals a baby when the couple realise they can't have children. His lawless years are behind him, his child-rearing years are ahead. If only they could lose that mean old biker ...

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Werner Herzog's shake-up of the 1992 cult original resulted in a starring role for Cage as drug-addled moral black hole, Terence McDonagh.

Leaving Las Vegas

More addiction, less mania. Cage earned a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for playing suicidal alcoholic screenwriter Ben Sanderson in this sombre drama by director Mike Figgis

Face/Off

Sing Hallelujah! Here's Cage on full beam, grouping choir girls and tearing his face off in John Woo's ludicrously enjoyable action thriller. John Travolta's on hand as the hero cop who Cage's handsy villain (literally) swaps identities with.

Moonstruck

Here'sa Cage-a doing a Italian as the kerrazy moon makes him fall hard for Cher in Norman Jewison's romantic comedy. She's loves him ma. She loves him awful. Mamma mia!