Nicolas Cage as Ghost Rider

The days when Nicolas Cage was considered a respectable actor (he did win an Oscar) with the ability to do action movies (silly ones, but Con Air is still awesome). And his movie appearances as Ghost Rider also stand as a testament to that, as do his other movies.

The first Ghost Rider movie was released in 2007, when Spider-Man, X-Men, and Christopher Nolan's first Batman revitalized the comic book movie genre. And this could have been one of the best movies during a decade in which superhero movies began to flower. After all, it was about a demonic biker with a flaming skull and a flaming bike.

Given the character's backstory, Ghost Rider should have hit the right spot with the audience.

Cage is a comic book fan himself, but he was never meant for the role of Johnny Blaze, a young, blonde stuntman. But he did get the role. The movie added nothing new to the genre, but there was a sequel in 2012 that was even more atrocious.