Soo qaado magacyada filimada majaajilada ah ee uu Cage ku jilay. Ku kala saar dhibic.
Context:Cage wuxuu markii ugu horreysay ka soo muuqday filimka 1981 ee telefishanka The Best of Times, kaas oo aan marnaba laga soo qaadin ABC. Filimkiisii ugu horreeyay ee filimka wuxuu raacay 1982, isagoo door yar ka ciyaaray isagoo ah saaxiib aan la magacaabin oo ka mid ah jilaaga Judge Reinhold ee filimka soo socda ee 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High', oo markii hore u tijaabiyay qaybta Reinhold. Khibradiisa filimka waxaa ka muuqday xubno ka tirsan jilayaasha oo si aan dhammaad lahayn u soo xiganaya filimada adeerkiis, taas oo ku dhiirrigelisay inuu magaciisa beddelo. Cage doorkiisii ugu horreeyay ee jilaa wuxuu ka soo horjeeday Deborah Foreman ee majaajillada jaceylka ah ee 'Valley Girl' (1983), kaas oo uu ku ciyaaray nin punk ah oo jacayl ku qaba gabadha wabiga ah, oo ah sheeko si dabacsan u dhiirrigelisay Romeo iyo Juliet. Filimku wuxuu ahaa guul aad u yar oo xafiiska sanduuqa ah waxaana loo calaamadeeyay mid caan ah. Waxa uu u tagay doorka Dallas Winston ee filimka adeerkiis ee The Outsiders, oo ku saleysan sheekada SE Hinton, laakiin waxaa laga badiyay Matt Dillon. Si kastaba ha noqotee, Cage, wuxuu ka qeyb qaadan lahaa Coppola qaabeynta buug kale oo Hinton ah, Rumble Fish, isla sanadkaas.  Sanadkii 1984, Cage wuxuu ka soo muuqday saddex filim oo taariikhi ah, oo midkoodna uusan si fiican uga soo bixin sanduuqa. Riwaayaddii Racing with the Moon (1984), Cage wuxuu soo bandhigay Sean Penn oo ka soo horjeeda asxaabtiisa oo sugaya in loo diro Ciidanka Badda Mareykanka. Filimka Coppola ee dambiyada The Cotton Club wuxuu ku ciyaaray nooc khiyaali ah oo ka mid ah gacan ku dhiiglaha Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, isagoo ku kasbaday ammaan naqdiyaha Paul Attanasio "si macquul ah [u isticmaalaya] daqiiqadihiisa yar si uu u sawirto nin xoog leh, rabshad leh". Soo saaristiisii ugu dambeysay ee sanadka waxay ahayd Alan Parker's drama Birdy, kaas oo uu ku jilayay Matthew Modine oo ah laba saaxiibo dhow ah iyo dhaawacooda ay soo gaarsiiyeen iyagoo u adeegaya Dagaalkii Vietnam. Cage wuxuu lumiyay miisaankiisa doorka wuxuuna laba ka mid ah ilkaha hore ka soo saaray si uu u muuqdo mid qalloocan. In kasta oo si weyn hoos ugu dhacday xafiiska sanduuqa, filimka, iyo waxqabadka Cage iyo Modine, waxay heleen dib u eegisyo togan, iyadoo naqdiyaha The New York Times Janet Maslin uu qoray, "Mr. Cage wuxuu si naxariis leh u qabsadaa degdegga Al iyo jahwareerka. wadajir, jilaayaashan waxay ka shaqeeyaan waxyaabo cajiib ah oo laga yaabo in aan la ciyaari karin".  Sanadkii 1986, Cage wuxuu ka soo muuqday riwaayadda isboortiga ee Kanada ee yar ee la daawaday ee The Boy in Blue iyo majaajilada khiyaaliga ah ee adeerkiis Peggy Sue Got Married (1987) isagoo ah ninka Kathleen Turner dabeecaddeeda, oo dib ugu soo laabtay waqtigii maalmahooda dugsiga sare. Kadib wuxuu ka soo muuqday riwaayadda dambi ee walaalaha Coen ee Raising Arizona (1987) isagoo ah ex-con. Cage guushiisii ugu weyneyd waxay ku timid 1987 majaajillada jaceylka ah ee loo yaqaan 'Moonstruck', kaas oo uu ku soo bandhigay Cher isagoo ah roogaha kulul ee jaceylka ku dhaca arooska walaalkiis. Filimku wuxuu ku guuleystey naqdiyaasha iyo dhagaystayaashaba, isagoo ku kasbaday Cage magacaabista Golden Globe ee Jilaaga ugu Fiican <unk> Motion Picture Musical ama Comedy Dib u eegistiisa dib u eegista, Roger Ebert wuxuu qoray inuu dareemay in waxqabadka Cage uu u qalmay Oscar.
Gabadha Dooxada, Peggy Sue ayaa guursatay, Arizona korinta, Moonstruck