Best of Times (1981)

Remember what is was like being a teenager? Best of Times (starring Crispin Glover) has an innocent approach to adolescence, showing the daily lives of teenagers in a small town. All of the characters are living their daily lives doing what they enjoy. Some of the kids are working jobs, while others are trying to pick up chicks (as is life). Occasionally, all of the kids will stop what they're doing and start dancing to whatever music is being played (a fiddle, hitting random objects in a convenience store, or the new Talking Heads album). As an actual teenager, I can say this happens just about every day.

More importantly, one of these kids is Nicolas Cage, or as he was called at the time "Nicolas Coppola". He plays the creatively named character Nic who is the big muscle head best friend of Crispin (Crispin Glover's creatively named character). In the majority of the scenes you will see Nic working out on the beach wearing only jorts and giving advice to his much smaller and awkward friend on how to pick up women. Towards the end of the film Nic has a monologue about going into the military. He wasn't fond of the idea of having to go to El Salvador, and would have preferred to have a war somewhere more pleasant.

Pros: Nic Cage has plenty of stage time and shows off his hot bod
Cons: The actual films was pretty incorrect on the idea of being a teenager in the 80's, and the writing was horribly cheesy

Overall, Nic Cage's first film was very dated, very incorrect, and very funny.