Best Tom Cruise Movies List: Top 5

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Tom Cruise has lived one of the most interesting lives a film actor could imagine. He is at the same time one of the more iconic leading men ever in movies and also one of the most controversial for some of his personal beliefs and public commentary. Despite the polarization, the best Tom Cruise movies list is loaded with classics and hits

The best Tom Cruise movies list includes a broad array of film genres spanning nearly 30 years. Cruise films include action flicks, comedies, romantic comedies, dramas, science fiction, and more.

In order to be included in this top Tom Cruise movies list, each film must have been critically or commercially successful, impacting with long lasting appeal, and Cruise must have played a starring role. Author’s discretion is used to make final distinctions on the top 5 list of Tom Cruise movies.

Top 5 Best Tom Cruise Movies List

5. A Few Good Men (1992) – Cruise takes on a giant (Jack Nicholson) and wins as Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee in this powerful story about corruption within the military ranks. Demi Moore also co-stars.

4. Risky Business (1983) – Featuring one of the most memorable scenes in any of the top Tom Cruise movies, Risky Business tells the story about Joel Goodsen, a Chicago teen who finds more fun they he can handle when his parents leave town.

3. Rain Man (1988) – Dustin Hoffman’s portray of an autistic savant is more memorable, but Cruise is brilliant as his caretaker brother.

2. Jerry Maguire (1996) – Still the same Tom Cruise arrogance, but a nice blend of vulnerability sealed the deal in making this romantic comedy a winner on the best Tom Cruise movies list.

1. Top Gun (1986) – In a career that featured many iconic films, no role resonates more than Maverick and his cocky and charming persona that Cruise has projected throughout his acting career.

Other top Tom Cruise films considered for this list: Knight and Day (2010), Valkyrie (2008), Tropic Thunder (2008), War of the Worlds (2005), The Last Samurai (2003), Vanilla Sky (2001), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Mission: Impossible (1996), Interview with the Vampire (1994), The Firm (1993), Cocktail (1988), Far and Away (1992), Days of Thunder (1990), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), All the Right Moves (1983), The Outsiders (1983), Taps (1981)

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