Not The Bees

Nicolas Cage shaved his head for the film, which is the first time for Cage to be bald in a movie.

Butcher's Crossing (2022)

"An Ivy League drop-out travels to the Colorado wilderness, where he joins a team of buffalo hunters on a journey that puts his life and sanity at risk. Based on the highly acclaimed novel by John Williams."

There is rumored to be an eight-hour bootleg cut of this film.

Rumble Fish (1983)

"Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare." (Synopsis via IMDB)

Dwight Yoakam brought his own pistol for his role as the Truck Driver. His hit single, A Thousand Miles From Nowhere, is used during the film's closing credits

Red Rock West (1993)

"Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter is mistaken for a hitman, but when the real hitman arrives, complications ensue." (Synopsis via IMDB)

"Men cannot know God's will, and when they pretend to, it ends in blood."

Outcast (2014)

"A mysterious warrior teams up with the daughter and son of a deposed Chinese Emperor to defeat their cruel brother, who seeks their deaths." (Synopsis via IMDB)

"You've got about as much style as a bowl of turnips."

The Cotton Club"Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem." (Synopsis via IMDB)

Nicolas Cage wanted to retire after shooting this movie. He believed that his "meta trilogy" that consists of Pig (2021), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022), and Dream Scenario (2023) was the perfect way to end his career.

Dream Scenario

"An ordinary family man finds his life turned upside down when strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams." (Synopsis via IMDB)

"Only Cage’s most diehard cultists will want to go to bat for this performance, and they could easily struggle to accentuate the positive. It’s manic, confounding, and gaspingly funny, too (for a moment), but boy, howdy, so what?" - RogerEbert.com

Gunslingers (2025)

When the most wanted man in America surfaces in a small Kentucky town, his violent history -- and a blood-thirsty mob seeking vengeance and a king's ransom -- soon follow. As brothers face off against one another and bullets tear the town to shreds, this lightning-fast gunslinger makes his enemies pay the ultimate price for their greed. Academy Award-winner Nicolas Cage, Stephen Dorff, and Heather Graham star in an action-packed Western thriller about true justice in the wild west. (Synopsis via Rotten Tomatoes)

Nicolas Cage originally wanted to shave his head and sport a full tattoo on his cranium. He was talked out of this.

Drive Angry (2011)

"A vengeful father escapes from hell and chases after the men who killed his daughter and kidnapped his granddaughter." (Synopsis via IMDB)

Our second entry with John Cusak.

The Frozen Ground (2013)

"An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events." (Synopsis via IMDB)

Richard Stanley's favorite movie of Nicolas Cage is Vampire's Kiss (1988). He asked Cage to use the same style of performance. And Cage does the accent.

Color Out of Space (2019)

"A secluded farm is struck by a strange meteorite which has apocalyptic consequences for the family living there and possibly the world." (Synopsis via IMDB)