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81 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 12, 2026 · last updated Oct 17, 2026 · How this works
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Matchstick Men is a 2003 comedy drama crime film, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell and Alison Lohman.
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- posts span Aug 17, 2023 to Oct 12, 2026
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60 of 81 · most liked firstflip.it/yQecWm Con artists usually make easy marks. Watch the movie Matchstick Men.
neutral · AI labelView post →My #LastFourWatched films: Naked Ambition (2023) Strange Brew (1983) Matchstick Men (2003) Zodiac (2007) #filmsky #letterboxd #LetterboxdFriday
neutral · AI labelView post →Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old My favorite movie about fatherhood, MATCHSTICK MEN
positive · AI labelView post →Good point. Matchstick Men ( a minor masterpiece of a film, 4/4 stars) with Nic Cage and Alison Lohman is the perfect version of this. He, the master con man, gets redemption by being conned by Lohman.
positive · AI labelView post →#GnomonTV "Matchstick Men in Black" Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, Sam Rockwell, and Will Smith Directors: Barry Sonnenfeld and Ridley Scott Science fiction action comedy film
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite movie that he’s in is Into the Spider-Verse, but my favorite Nicolas Cage movie is Matchstick Men. Great flick with a gut punch of a twist.
positive · AI labelView post →I like the last 20 minutes of that movie but the last one of his I was fully sold on was Matchstick Men
positive · AI labelView post →Nic Cage has some great movies, like Matchstick Men and National Treasure, but as for my favorite, I would probably have to say G-Force, the 2009 live action guinea pig spy movie in which Nic Cage voices a mole.
positive · AI labelView post →I’m doing a drawing for every Nicolas Cage film I watch and review as part of the morbidlybeautiful.com Cage Match series. This is an ode to his performance in the Ridley Scott gem “Matchstick Men”. See more at bloodygooddesign.com/project-cage/. #nicolascage #illustration #bloodygooddesign
neutral · AI labelView post →New @tfsbside.bsky.social episode with Maria Lewis on Ridley Scott! We go long on LEGEND, MATCHSTICK MEN, EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS, and THE LAST DUEL. We talk GLADIATOR 2 and the Ridler's legacy. Very fun! thefilmstage.com/the-b-side-r...
neutral · AI labelView post →LISTENER CHOICE TIME!! January will be The Scott Brothers Month. You will choose the films we talk about. Week 2 of January will be a Ridley Scott film. Comment below with your choice!! #Filmsky #FilmCommunity #Movie 🎥📽️🎬 1. Alien 2. Thelma and Louise 3. American Gangster 4. Matchstick Men
neutral · AI labelView post →#Filmsky First watch of Matchstick Men. Another great Nicholas Cage performance, a con man with a guilty conscience exhibiting OCD, twitches and jerks. It’s always a pleasure to find a Ridley Scott film that reminds me of how good he is as a director. 8/10
positive · AI labelView post →Pillloried at Thanksgiving when my godson asked me if I’d seen Gladiator II, I rightly noted the first one is a boring mess & one of the one of the worst Best Picture winners & that Scott probably hasn’t made a good movie since Matchstick Men. (I forgot about The Martian in the heat of the moment.)
positive · AI labelView post →Since the Tyson/Paul fight didn’t work on Netflix, I opened Tubi. The first film to appear was 2003’s Matchstick Men. I haven’t seen it in years, but it features fantastic performances from both Cage and Rockwell.
positive · AI labelView post →In light of Nic Cage reminding everyone how fucking cool he is today, what’s your favorite Nic Cage movie? I’ll start: Matchstick Men
positive · AI labelView post →What's your favorite movie from each decade of your life? 80s - Paris, Texas 90s - The Big Lebowski 00s - Matchstick Men 10s - Parasite 20s - Aftersun
positive · AI labelView post →Whenever people talk grand conspiracy it makes me think about the movie "Matchstick Men." The "conspiracy" he ends up on the wrong side of is to make like $200k. There's no possible way that's enough money to keep *all those people* from snitching.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tony never made a film as amazing as Alien / Blade Runner / Gladiator / Kingdom of Heaven, or launched a franchise, but tony never made a film as dull as Someone to watch over me, or as bad as Matchstick Men. Tony was a lot more dependable, reliable & always entertaining & interesting. miss him.
negative · AI labelView post →This week we review Matchstick Men! We discuss the colorful characters and the emotional beats. We also reflect on the experience of watching this 2003 film in 2025 and pitch a sequel to continue this story. moviesanduspod.podbean.com?utm_source=b... #moviesandus #matchstickmen #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →@chrisvfeil.bsky.social @joereid.bsky.social Heard LAWN DOGS mentioned on the MATCHSTICK MEN episode of "This Had Oscar Buzz" and felt obliged to remind potentially interested parties that Sam Rockwell has a full-frontal nude scene within his fine performance in that film
neutral · AI labelView post →I know I'm late but I wanted to put a plug in for the phenomenally fun "Nine Queens" from Argentina, and Ridley Scott's delightful random heist movie he made in between two massive historical epics, "Matchstick Men" - both are sensational.
positive · AI labelView post →Cage is great when the director is good. E.g. ‘Matchstick Men’ and ‘Leaving Las Vegas’. And of course ‘Vampire's Kiss’ is Cage dialing up his style to the max. However, if Cage is the best thing about the film and the film is not ‘Vampire's Kiss’, things are gonna be tough.
neutral · AI labelView post →I used to redesign part of my website around a different film I would see each week, which is why, otherwise inexplicably, I had a Matchstick Men themed website at one point.
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 The Top 4 Thriller Movies Released on September 12! What's your fave? 1. The Game 2. Matchstick Men 3. The Long Walk 4. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 35 #Thriller movies released today: https://todayinmovies.com/genres/sep-12#thriller #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →A-hah!! Haha, how did I forget that!!?? Dang. Hmmm, yeah, my theory NEEDS work... Is Scott big on Director's Cuts these days? (Just been looking through his filmography and I really need to go and give Matchstick Men another watch, love that film)
positive · AI labelView post →Ridley Scott's best film is Matchstick Men. Your opinion (whatever it is) is wrong on this.
positive · AI labelView post →Along those same lines, whenever they show a preview for a Ridley Scott film, a find it hilarious when the put in the obligatory “from the director of…” and list 3 of his films. Cousin, his directing choices could not be more random Blade Runner American Gangster Matchstick Men? Same guy.
neutral · AI labelView post →I started with Matchstick Men, my favorite of the post-9/11, pre-World Trade Center set. I fucking love this movie. Ridley Scott nailed it here. Alison Lohman is a treasure, Cage and Rockwell play beautifully off of each other. Solid Cage Freakout at the pharmacy.
positive · AI labelView post →His performance in Matchstick Men was so fucking good. I love that movie
positive · AI labelView post →But I really liked his Matchstick Men movie, which was on a really small scale for someone like him.
positive · AI labelView post →I think they get "best film" mixed up with "favorite film." My fave Nic Cage film is Matchstick Men. Is it his best? IHNI
positive · AI labelView post →My all time favorite Nic Cage movie is Raising Arizona. Matchstick Men, Lord of War, and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent because it felt like they took his Nicolas Cage-ness and cranked it up to 11. But he was also good in a very accessible way in Gone in 60 seconds and in National Treasure.
neutral · AI labelView post →Matchstick Men is an okay film, but Nic Cage absolutely shines. It's the perfect vehicle for him to do all of the Nic Cage things that we've come to know and love. moviesanduspod.podbean.com?utm_source=b... #moviesandus #matchstickmen #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Matchstick Men for me. Which is also probably my favourite Sam Rockwell film
positive · AI labelView post →flip.it/GR9nvp REMINDS ME OF THE MOVIE MATCHSTICK MEN, WHERE ONE GREAT CON MAN GETS CONNED BY A NEW COMER.
neutral · AI labelView post →64. Matchstick Men is a severely underrated Nicolas Cage movie/role
positive · AI labelView post →Matchstick Men (2003) an under appreciated Ridley Scott film! We have disagreements on the ending, but we talk about what makes someone a bad person, parenting, and if Nic Cage has been good in the last decade! open.spotify.com/episode/5T7J...
neutral · AI labelView post →Obviously the only things on the inflight entertainment are three episodes of Sex and The City and the critically acclaimed movie Matchstick Men starring Nic Cage, Sam Rockwell and Alison Lohman.
neutral · AI labelView post →Kudos for Matchstick Men! Amazing movie and an absolute fav of ours 🤩
positive · AI labelView post →I did find a colour TOTP film of Matchstick Men and it looked more like trousers or loon pants (I think they were called).
neutral · AI labelView post →MATCHSTICK MEN (2003) was the most unexpected movie of the bunch for me. i went in knowing absolutely nothing about it and was so so moved Cage’s performance as a con artist crippled by OCD who reconnects with a long lost daughter is absolutely astounding. i hesitate to say any more: SEE IT!
positive · AI labelView post →She's astute. Near the beginning of This is Spinal Tap, where b+w film shows them as a generic psychedelic band, is a dead ringer for Pictures of Matchstick Men.
neutral · AI labelView post →I was trying to think of the last Ridley Scott movie that I really liked and I think I'll have to go with Matchstick Men. letterboxd.com/film/matchst...
positive · AI labelView post →We review #GladiatorII discuss Paul Mescal as a movie star and I pick Ridley Scott's best film.....it's Matchstick Men. open.spotify.com/episode/4rOq...
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched Matchstick Men for the first time the other night. It's rare that I get to watch a movie that I know nothing about (except that I like the actors) and get totally taken by surprise. What a great movie!
positive · AI labelView post →Anyone who would answer The Croods has never seen another Nicolas Cage film. Like, you can pick Face/Off, Matchstick Men, Mandy, Con Air, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Raising Arizona, or Colour Out Of Space... and that's not even half of the right answers!
neutral · AI labelView post →He's also good in a film called 'Matchstick Men', whose director - Ridley Scott - ruthlessly stopped him from hamming it up, perhaps with a stun-gun. But that was twenty years ago.
neutral · AI labelView post →I like quiet Nic Cage. I like him in Matchstick Men. I like him in Guarding Tess. Hell, I even like him in Bringing Out The Dead even though that movie is piss boring.
positive · AI labelView post →Thank you, this helps! (I was thinking of the OCD portrayed in the movie "Matchstick Men" which didn't really line up with the how things worked for a family member with OCD, once I got to understand more about it.)
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyone remember the movie Matchstick Men With Nicolas Cage and Sam Rockwell?
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 The Top 4 Comedy Movies Released on September 12! What's your fave? 1. Code 3 2. Matchstick Men 3. The Freshmen 4. Burn After Reading 45 #Comedy movies released today: https://todayinmovies.com/genres/sep-12#comedy #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →The Beekeeper because every con artist / scam artist in that movie seems to be the worst person alive Also, Matchstick Men does not make it seem like a fun job either
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Matchstick Men 1080p (Prime)(US) $4.99 (Comedy) (iMDB) 7.4 Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce Altman, Bruce McGill, Jenny O'Hara
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Matchstick Men 1080p (Prime)(US) $4.99 (Comedy) (iMDB) 7.4 Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce Altman, Bruce McGill, Jenny O'Hara
neutral · AI labelView post →Unrelated - but Matchstick Men (2003) is a hidden gem of a film.
positive · AI labelView post →#14 Matchstick Men Nicolas Cage in a low key heist movie as a father struggling to understand that responsibility. A really watchable bittersweet drama.
positive · AI labelView post →I don't remember if they ever explained the title in the course of the film or not but I only just now understood what "Matchstick Men" means, while holding a bunch of matches in my hand and thinking "oh hey you could make little men out of these"
neutral · AI labelView post →Movies Better Than “There Will Be Blood”: Hunger Games Harry Potters Matchstick Men Hero House of Flying Daggers Green Mile Usual Suspects I’m trying to think of a normal film… Adaptation Spy Kids 2 Attack on Precinct 13 3000 Miles to Graceland Citizen Kane Casino Oceans 13 Movies Worse: Moonlight
neutral · AI labelView post →2Girls on Film Miss Emilys Picture Photograph and Me Pictures of Matchstick Men Moving Pictures Every Picture Tells A Story Pictures at an Exhibition The Big Picture The Rocky Horror Picture Show
neutral · AI labelView post →You get what you give and (hopefully)... redemption I've heard good things about Ridley Scott's "Matchstick Men", released in 2003, but was reluctant to give it a try since it was about two con-men. It's hard, after all, to care about the outcome of a story if its main characters are swindling scumbags who make their living by ripping others off. Let 'em be wiped off the face of the planet for all I care. But everyone universally praised the film and said it had a good ending that catches the…
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