Every Tom Cruise Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best
by
Julia Hays, for Metacritic
– June 6, 2017
Updated July 5, 2023 to add Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Daredevil actor Tom Cruise is willing to risk his life with real-life stunts and has starred in big budget blockbusters for three decades. He has played soldiers, secret agents and vampires.
Below, we rank all of Cruise's films, from worst to best, by Metascore.
Additional content by Jason Dietz.
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photo by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
George C. Scott and Timothy Hutton star in this drama, also featuring Cruise, about a group of military school students who take over their school to save it from closing. This was Cruise's second film (and first decent-sized role) after his brief debut appearance in Endless Love.
“Taps labors at an unbearably slow pace to an inevitable, depressing conclusion.” —Variety
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