30 Tom Cruise Movies to Watch, From Drama to High-Stakes Action
A Tom Cruise movie list spanning action franchises, courtroom drama, sci-fi, romance, sports, and career-defining performances. Browse ratings, trailers, cast details, and provider links.
Rank 1Movie
Risky Business
Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.
Runner-up picks
2Movie
Top Gun
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
3Movie
Rain Man
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
More rankings
4MovieBorn on the Fourth of July
1989★ 7.0
5MovieDays of Thunder
1990★ 6.4
6MovieFar and Away
1992★ 6.8
7MovieA Few Good Men
1992★ 7.6
8MovieThe Firm
1993★ 6.7
9MovieInterview with the Vampire
1994★ 7.4
10MovieMission: Impossible
1996★ 7.0
11MovieJerry Maguire
1996★ 7.0
12MovieEyes Wide Shut
1999★ 7.5
13MovieMagnolia
1999★ 7.7
14MovieMission: Impossible II
2000★ 6.1
15MovieVanilla Sky
2001★ 6.8
16MovieMinority Report
2002★ 7.4
17MovieThe Last Samurai
2003★ 7.6
18MovieCollateral
2004★ 7.2
19MovieWar of the Worlds
2005★ 6.6
20MovieMission: Impossible III
2006★ 6.8
21MovieValkyrie
2008★ 7.0
22MovieKnight and Day
2010★ 6.2
23MovieMission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011★ 7.1
24MovieJack Reacher
2012★ 6.7
25MovieOblivion
2013★ 6.7
26MovieEdge of Tomorrow
2014★ 7.6
27MovieMission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2015★ 7.2
28MovieMission: Impossible - Fallout
2018★ 7.5
29MovieTop Gun: Maverick
2022★ 8.2
30MovieMission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023★ 7.5
About this list
A Tom Cruise movie list spanning action franchises, courtroom drama, sci-fi, romance, sports, and career-defining performances. Browse ratings, trailers, cast details, and provider links.
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