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Tom Cruise Movies

Jump To Tom Cruise Links: 1. Box Office 2. Oscar Movies 3. Reviews 4. Trailers 5. Trivia 6. UMR Table

Tom Cruise (1962-) has been one of the biggest movie stars for almost forty years. He first started appearing in supporting roles in the early 1980s in movies like Endless Love, Taps and The Outsiders. After appearing in those supporting roles, he got the chance to star in 1983’s surprise hit …..Risky Business.  After Risky Business it has been a string of hit movie after hit movie.

His IMDB page shows over 50 acting credits since 1981. This page will rank Tom Cruise movies from Best to Worst in seven different sortable columns of information. The only movies not included in the rankings are the ones that have not yet been released in theaters and his Austin Power’s cameo.

Tom Cruise in his latest movie Edge of Tomorrow
Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow

Tom Cruise Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Year Movie (Year) Rating S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1988 Rain Man (1988)
AA Best Picture Win
2022 Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
AA Best Picture Nom
1989 Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
1996 Jerry Maguire (1996)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
2002 Minority Report (2002)
2023 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
1992 A Few Good Men (1992)
AA Best Picture Nom
2018 Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
2015 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
2004 Collateral (2004)
1983 Risky Business (1983)
1986 The Color of Money (1986)
2008 Tropic Thunder (2008)
2005 War of the Worlds (2005)
2025 Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
2003 The Last Samurai (2003)
1993 The Firm (1993)
2006 Mission: Impossible III (2006)
1994 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
2014 Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
1996 Mission: Impossible (1996)
1986 Top Gun (1986)
2000 Mission: Impossible II (2000)
1999 Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
1990 Days of Thunder (1990)
2001 Vanilla Sky (2001)
1981 Taps (1981)
1992 Far and Away (1992)
2008 Valkyrie (2008)
2013 Oblivion (2013)
2012 Jack Reacher (2012)
1999 Magnolia (1999)
AA Best Supp Actor Nom
2017 American Made (2017)
2010 Knight and Day (2010)
1983 The Outsiders (1983)
1988 Cocktail (1988)
1983 All the Right Moves (1983)
2016 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
1981 Endless Love (1981)
2017 The Mummy (2017)
2012 Rock of Ages (2012)
1985 Legend (1985)
2007 Lions for Lambs (2007)
1983 Losin' It (1983)

Tom Cruise Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Tom Cruise movies by his co-stars
  • Sort Tom Cruise movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Tom Cruise movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Tom Cruise movies by how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Tom Cruise movie received.
  • Sort Tom Cruise movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) B.O. Rank by Year Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score S
1 Rain Man (1988)
AA Best Picture Win
Dustin Hoffman 177.80 540.8 1,094.40 1 79 08 / 04 99.8
2 Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
AA Best Picture Nom
Val Kilmer &
Ed Harris
718.70 853.2 1,772.90 1 91 06 / 01 99.6
3 Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
Directed by Oliver Stone 70.00 220.4 506.90 17 82 08 / 02 99.3
4 Jerry Maguire (1996)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
Cuba Gooding Jr. 154.00 435.4 773.60 4 82 05 / 01 99.1
5 Minority Report (2002) Directed by Steven Spielberg 132.10 284.6 772.40 17 88 01 / 00 98.6
6 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) Simon Pegg 172.10 187.6 618.60 13 88 02 / 00 98.3
7 A Few Good Men (1992)
AA Best Picture Nom
Jack Nicholson 141.30 425.7 732.70 5 76 04 / 00 98.2
8 Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) Alec Baldwin &
Angela Bassett
220.20 300.4 1,079.60 8 85 00 / 00 98.1
9 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) Simon Pegg &
Jeremy Renner
209.40 330.1 1,095.10 7 86 00 / 00 98.0
10 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) Simon Pegg &
Jeremy Renner
195.00 289.2 1,012.30 11 84 00 / 00 98.0
12 Collateral (2004) Jamie Foxx 101.00 203.3 438.30 23 81 02 / 00 97.8
11 Risky Business (1983) Curtis Armstrong 63.50 252.1 252.10 11 83 00 / 00 97.5
14 The Color of Money (1986) Paul Newman 52.30 176.2 176.20 13 82 04 / 01 96.8
15 Tropic Thunder (2008) Ben Stiller &
Robert Downey Jr.
110.50 192.4 327.40 24 78 01 / 00 96.5
13 War of the Worlds (2005) Directed by Steven Spielberg 234.30 457.6 1,155.80 4 73 03 / 00 96.3
16 Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Simon Pegg &
Ving Rhames
197.40 197.4 597.90 12 73 00 / 00 95.2
16 The Last Samurai (2003) Ken Watanabe 111.10 230.4 946.80 20 68 04 / 00 95.0
17 The Firm (1993) Gene Hackman 158.30 478.1 816.00 4 69 02 / 00 95.0
18 Mission: Impossible III (2006) Philip Seymour Hoffman 134.00 254.6 755.80 15 71 00 / 00 94.9
19 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) Brad Pitt 105.30 322.5 685.20 11 67 02 / 00 94.3
20 Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Emily Blunt 100.20 153.3 566.90 34 84 00 / 00 94.3
21 Mission: Impossible (1996) Jon Voight 181.00 511.8 1,294.40 3 65 00 / 00 92.9
22 Top Gun (1986) Directed by Tony Scott 176.80 595.6 1,192.10 1 56 04 / 01 91.6
23 Mission: Impossible II (2000) Anthony Hopkins 215.40 499.6 1,267.10 3 60 00 / 00 91.4
26 Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Nicole Kidman &
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
55.70 137.6 400.40 42 75 00 / 00 89.7
24 Days of Thunder (1990) Robert Duvall 82.70 244.3 466.70 13 54 01 / 00 89.3
25 Vanilla Sky (2001) Cameron Diaz &
Kurt Russell
100.60 222.6 450.00 20 53 01 / 00 89.1
27 Taps (1981) George C. Scott &
Sean Penn
35.90 161.2 161.20 16 67 00 / 00 88.8
28 Far and Away (1992) Nicole Kidman &
Directed by Ron Howard
58.90 177.4 415.00 21 56 00 / 00 86.7
29 Valkyrie (2008) Bill Nighy 83.10 144.6 348.70 36 65 00 / 00 86.3
30 Oblivion (2013) Morgan Freeman 89.10 137.0 440.00 41 64 00 / 00 85.4
32 Jack Reacher (2012) Robert Duvall 80.10 125.7 340.10 38 64 00 / 00 83.6
31 Magnolia (1999)
AA Best Supp Actor Nom
Philip Seymour Hoffman &
Julianne Moore
22.50 55.5 119.70 80 83 03 / 00 83.5
34 American Made (2017) Domhnall Gleeson 51.30 71.5 187.90 54 75 00 / 00 81.1
35 Knight and Day (2010) Cameron Diaz 76.40 121.1 415.00 45 56 00 / 00 78.5
37 The Outsiders (1983) Emilio Estevez &
Matt Dillon
25.70 102.0 102.00 27 59 00 / 00 77.1
36 Cocktail (1988) Elizabeth Shue 78.20 237.9 521.60 9 27 00 / 00 76.2
38 All the Right Moves (1983) Chris Penn 23.10 91.8 91.80 30 60 00 / 00 75.0
39 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) Cobie Smulders 58.70 84.8 234.30 57 54 00 / 00 66.5
40 Endless Love (1981) Brooke Shields 31.20 140.2 140.20 25 32 01 / 00 62.7
41 The Mummy (2017) Russell Crowe 80.10 111.6 568.30 40 38 00 / 00 56.9
42 Rock of Ages (2012) Alec Baldwin 38.50 60.5 93.30 81 52 00 / 00 53.2
43 Legend (1985) Directed by Ridley Scott 15.50 54.6 54.60 55 48 01 / 00 46.5
44 Lions for Lambs (2007) Robert Redford &
Meryl Streep
15.00 27.3 114.90 123 47 00 / 00 22.0
45 Losin' It (1983) Shelley Long 1.20 4.9 4.90 131 42 00 / 00 6.3

Tom Cruise Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses 

Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
AA Best Picture Nom
Val Kilmer &
Ed Harris
1,772.90
Mission: Impossible (1996) Jon Voight 1,294.40
Mission: Impossible II (2000) Anthony Hopkins 1,267.10
Top Gun (1986) Directed by Tony Scott 1,192.10
War of the Worlds (2005) Directed by Steven Spielberg 1,155.80
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) Simon Pegg &
Jeremy Renner
1,095.10
Rain Man (1988)
AA Best Picture Win
Dustin Hoffman 1,094.40
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) Alec Baldwin &
Angela Bassett
1,079.60
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) Simon Pegg &
Jeremy Renner
1,012.30
The Last Samurai (2003) Ken Watanabe 946.80
The Firm (1993) Gene Hackman 816.00
Jerry Maguire (1996)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
Cuba Gooding Jr. 773.60
Minority Report (2002) Directed by Steven Spielberg 772.40
Mission: Impossible III (2006) Philip Seymour Hoffman 755.80
A Few Good Men (1992)
AA Best Picture Nom
Jack Nicholson 732.70
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) Brad Pitt 685.20
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) Simon Pegg 618.60
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Simon Pegg &
Ving Rhames
597.90
The Mummy (2017) Russell Crowe 568.30
Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Emily Blunt 566.90
Cocktail (1988) Elizabeth Shue 521.60
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
Directed by Oliver Stone 506.90
Days of Thunder (1990) Robert Duvall 466.70
Vanilla Sky (2001) Cameron Diaz &
Kurt Russell
450.00
Oblivion (2013) Morgan Freeman 440.00
Collateral (2004) Jamie Foxx 438.30
Far and Away (1992) Nicole Kidman &
Directed by Ron Howard
415.00
Knight and Day (2010) Cameron Diaz 415.00
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Nicole Kidman &
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
400.40
Valkyrie (2008) Bill Nighy 348.70
Jack Reacher (2012) Robert Duvall 340.10
Tropic Thunder (2008) Ben Stiller &
Robert Downey Jr.
327.40
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) Cobie Smulders 234.30
American Made (2017) Domhnall Gleeson 187.90
Magnolia (1999)
AA Best Supp Actor Nom
Philip Seymour Hoffman &
Julianne Moore
119.70
Lions for Lambs (2007) Robert Redford &
Meryl Streep
114.90
Rock of Ages (2012) Alec Baldwin 93.30

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  1. Caroline Chicago says:
    April 21, 2015 at 8:09 am

    I’m not a huge Tom Cruise fan at all. As some one else posted, I’ve like him less and less as his career goes on. But I have to say, you have written a fantastic hub! Well organized, great charts, photos. Fantastic job of grabbing the readers attention–great job!

    As for Tom, it’s a matter of me trying to separate Cruise the actor from Cruise the PR nightmare, I think. I loved Risky Business because I was a young teen when that came out. I also liked Jerry McGuire and Rain Man, but that’s about it.

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    1. Cogerson says:
      April 21, 2015 at 8:13 am

      Thanks for the great compliment CarolineChicago. I am in the same boat about Tom Cruise….I liked the three movies you mentioned and Minority Report….but the rest have been OK at best. I wonder how many got turned off by him and the jumping couch thing on Oprah. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

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  2. Real Housewife says:
    April 21, 2015 at 8:08 am

    I didn’t even realize he had been in so many movies even though I’ve hears of them all or seen them.I liked him in Risky Business when I was in high school and he was superb in Rain Man! I’ll have to revisit some haven’t seen.

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    1. Cogerson says:
      April 21, 2015 at 8:10 am

      Thank you Realhousewife…..I was in high school as well when Risky Business came out….it was very popular with my high school back then….he has two new movies coming out soon…Mission Impossible 4(I have no interest in that one)….but he also has a movie called Rock of Ages(sounds interesting)…thanks for reading and the compliment.

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  3. Sunshine says:
    April 21, 2015 at 8:08 am

    Well done!!! My favorite Tom Cruise role is when he was jumping up and down on Oprah’s couch….It’s not on your list??? Hmmmmm. I’m a big time Outsiders fan and he played a good supporting role in that movie. Other than that not a fan. UP!!!

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    1. Cogerson says:
      April 21, 2015 at 8:10 am

      Thanks Sunshine….your comment is greatly appreciated

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  4. Boomer Flicks says:
    April 21, 2015 at 8:07 am

    Your page has provoked a lot of discussion in our household. It turns out that Tom Cruise is the number one star in our DVD collection here, but he isn’t anyone’s favorite actor. We’re still trying to figure out how that happened. As usual, another great movie page.

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    1. Cogerson says:
      April 21, 2015 at 8:10 am

      Hey BoomerFlicks…..interesting dilemma you have….I would say you have so many Cruise movies….is because all his movies were “event” movies(at least before 2006)..I know I bought Mission Impossible 3….only because it was a great price it’s first week in release….but the DVD was everywhere on sale….you could not miss it even if you wanted to…Cruise is not my favorite either….this is my 51st page….and I finally got around to him….but looking at my DVD collection I have 19 of his movies….he is like a virus…lol….thanks for reading

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  5. Steve Lensman says:
    April 21, 2015 at 8:07 am

    Hmmm [glances at list] none of his films are in my top 20 or top 50 for that matter, gosh I sound snobby. 🙂

    Top Gun was fun, 4th of July was depressing. I did enjoy A Few Good Men but Nicholson had more to do with that than Tom or Demi Moore. Of his recent films I liked Minority Report and War of the Worlds. He does a lot of running in his films and he grins a lot. He made me laugh in Tropic Thunder. I wasn’t impressed with Knight & Day. But I did like the epic Last Samurai…

    Wow what a rambling post… but you did miss one interesting titbit Cogerson, Tom’s real name – Thomas Mapother IV. I wonder how far he would have got with that name? 🙂

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    1. Cogerson says:
      April 21, 2015 at 8:09 am

      Hey Steve….yep I do not think Thomas Cruise Mapother IV is a name for the movie marquees…in reading your comments …it sounds like you Mr. Cruise more than you want to admit…it’s ok….he is a very popular actor….lol……I agree with you that Minority Report is a very good movie….to me…much better than War of the Worlds….thanks for reading and commenting

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      1. Steve Lensman says:
        April 21, 2015 at 8:11 am

        “Attica!” “Attica!”

        “You still picking your feet in poughkeepsie?”

        Oh yes! 🙂

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        1. Cogerson says:
          April 21, 2015 at 8:11 am

          I got the Dog Day Afternoon reference….I had top cheat and look up the French Connection quote…Al and Gene will be done soon…..did you know they made a movie together? It was called Scarecrow…..not the happiest ending a movie has ever had….

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          1. Steve Lensman says:
            April 21, 2015 at 8:11 am

            Cogerconanson, I saw Scarecrow, not one of my favourites.

            I was thinking (I do that sometimes) Tom Cruise appeared with a lot of big stars in his movies, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Duvall, Jack Nicholson, Jon Voight, Paul Newman, Brad Pitt (wink). But he missed two of the biggest, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. He still has time…

          2. Cogerson says:
            April 21, 2015 at 8:12 am

            Cruise had better find a movie for them quick…Pacino is 71 and De Niro is 67 about to be 68…..I always find it sad to realize that actors are nearing the end….like I do not think there will be anymore Gene Hackman movies…what a shame.

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