Every Tom Cruise Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best
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.
Based (loosely) on a true story, this comedic 2017 action-thriller re-paired Cruise with his Edge of Tomorrow director, Doug Liman. Here, Cruise plays Barry Seal, a commerical airline pilot who is recruited by the CIA to conduct secret reconnaissance missions in Central America. The film performed relatively modestly at the box office, and some critics felt it an inadequate portrayal of Seal's real-life adventures, but it was another solid showcase for its star, whose stuntwork included flying a small plane.
“Featuring one of Tom Cruise's best performances in recent years, American Made is a darkly funny, dizzying crime film that nevertheless ultimately feels inconsequential and overly familiar.” —Jim Vejvoda, IGN