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 MGM Home Entertainment
The road-trip movie, also starring Dustin Hoffman, earned numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. A self-absorbed yuppie (Cruise) and his autistic brother (Hoffman) travel cross-country in the highest-grossing blockbuster of 1988.
“It's a mature assignment for Cruise and he's at his best in the darker scenes.” —Variety
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