Every Tom Cruise Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best
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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 Warner Home Video
A retired American soldier becomes an adviser for the Japanese army in this Academy Award-nominated epic historical film. Cruise and costar Ken Watanabe were praised for their work and received Golden Globe nominations.
“There are pleasures to be had in the handsome, heroic The Last Samurai. But they're all on the surface.” —David Ansen, Newsweek
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