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.
Ethan Hunt is called back to duty to confront a madman arms dealer (Philip Seymour Hoffman) in another action-packed edition of the franchise. This was J.J. Abrams' directorial debut on a feature film and he had a $150 million budget to work with, reportedly the highest ever for a first-time director.
“A gratifyingly clever, booby-trapped thriller that has enough fun and imagination and dash to more than justify its existence.” —Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly