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Total Recall: Tom Cruise's Ten Best Films

by Jeff Giles | December 24, 2008

Summary

Over the last 25 years, he's completed three impossible missions, learned about Wapner time, and driven the highway to the danger zone -- but Tom Cruise has never been the subject of a Total Recall, so in honor of the about-to-reach-theaters Valkyrie, we're here to look back at the best-reviewed films of his career. Back to Article

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Dec 24 2008 06:11 PM

This list is wrong.

TOP GUN is what made Cruise from a star to a Superstar.

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Dec 24 2008 06:29 PM

I understand Top Gun has a 0 - 2 fresh to rotten rating. I also recall that I fell asleep during the film.

That said, it was THE film of the summer. Most people liked it a great deal. It had a soundtrack of such that were top listening for over a year.

It isn't right not to mention Top Gun when it comes to Tom Cruise. If you were to ask a panel of people around 35-40 years old what film epitomizes Tom Cruise, odds are TOP GUN would be number one.

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Egan C. writes:
on Dec 24 2008 06:43 PM

This particular list has nothing to do with Tom Cruise and his start of stardom... this list has all to do with the exact title which is "Tom Cruise's Ten Best Films." Top Gun isn't one of his best films because
#1 You answered my first point with your second post by saying that Top Gun got terrible reviews
#2 Top Gun had terrible acting, an un-original plot and terrible dialogue
#3 All of these films in this list have a rating of � or higher.

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ledawg1138 writes:
on Dec 24 2008 06:45 PM

Top Gun was terrible. Can't stand Cruise, at least in "Tropic Thunder" he did something new. Otherwise he's always the same unlikable guy.

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ARTaylor writes:
on Dec 24 2008 06:46 PM

Why exactly do so many people love Cruise in Tropic Thunder? It was a painful part of a good movie. I fast forward through his scenes. Dancing in a fat suit while swearing was not good acting. Alpa Chino and even Sandusky were better than Grossman. Maybe it's funny for those on the inside of the business but I felt that did not translate well to the audience. Could've done with a fourth of his screen time.

And Minority Report at Number 2? I like Spielberg but that could have, and should have, been a lot better. Like they should have kept the original ending where he was just captured and not released. It was ok but not so high.

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TombstoneLawDog writes:
on Dec 24 2008 06:55 PM

This is a decent list and while I firmly believe you can't really discuss Cruise without discussing Top Gun (which I loved as a kid), It is both self-evident AND has already been explained why it's not on this list.

Quite frankly, I wasn't aware Cruise had THIS many movies that were certified fresh... ...then again, he has bee around a long time, by now (which depresses me because I was there at the beginning--albeit too young to go see 'Risky Business.')

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Tyler D. writes:
on Dec 24 2008 08:34 PM

I liked Collateral a lot, easily his best for me.

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Dec 24 2008 09:16 PM

. . . I will say another thing, and don't be cruel.

Top Gun came out in '84, and everyone still knows about it. It's lasted forever.

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Sulaco2k writes:
on Dec 24 2008 09:43 PM

Cruise is such an underrated actor and it's ashame b/c too many people want to blur his personal life with his professional life. Like Brad Pitt he's a pretty boy that really dedicated himself to becoming a very capable actor. I'd also say he's one of the most overlooked actors when it comes to the Oscars, his one nomination for Jerry Maquire was undeserved compared to some of his other roles such as A Few Good Men, Rain Man, Born on the Fourth of July, and Magnolia. He may be a weird dude but I usually enjoy any film he's in and I'm looking forward to seeing Valkyrie.

And where's Legend on this list? I kid, I kid =)

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Joey T. writes:
on Dec 24 2008 09:53 PM

how the hell is Minority Report up that high? I could understand if it was 10th, but to put it as his 2nd best movie..how is The Firm not up there, or at least Mission Impossible? Either way, it's good that he's getting credit because he is a very good actor..Tropic Thunder was badass.

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martinhovi writes:
on Dec 24 2008 09:59 PM

In reply to this comment (#2202724)
Uhh...you do realize this is just a ranking of his tomatometer scores right?

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mightysourdough writes:
on Dec 24 2008 10:44 PM

What about The Last Samurai?

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CalvinandHobbes23 writes:
on Dec 25 2008 01:03 AM

hey where's mission impossible 3?
i thought that one was decent

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BaronVonBullsht writes:
on Dec 25 2008 01:28 AM

In reply to this comment (#2202682)
Top Gun was released in the summer of 1986 not 84. Even if it was in 84 being known 24 years later isn't "lasting forever" You want lasting forever go with something like Lawrence of Arabia, Gone With The Wind, or even early James Bond stuff. When people still know Top Gun almost 50 years after its release you can say it's "lasted forever".

Since Risky Business came out 3 years before Top Gun and after its release Tom Cruise was a household name I would say that your point of Top Gun putting him into stardom is a moot point anyway.

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Beatlesfan135 writes:
on Dec 25 2008 01:33 AM

In reply to this comment (#2202718)
Actually, in addition to his nomination for Jerry Maguire, Cruise did receive nominations for his roles in Magnolia and Born on the Fourth of July. So, he hasn't been as overlooked as you might think.

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RidleyFox writes:
on Dec 25 2008 04:43 AM

I thought Interview With the Vampire would have made this list. He surprised a lot of critics, including myself, for his portrayal of Lestat. I thought he nailed it.

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Dec 25 2008 09:06 AM

I hate all of you for proving me wrong!

=(

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TakeMeAway writes:
on Dec 25 2008 11:00 AM

Minority Report was amazing. His performance in that movie blew me away.

Magnolia should be higher imo.

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NyCkoS PiCkoS writes:
on Dec 25 2008 01:11 PM

I'm really not a fan of Tom Cruise, but I must admit I really liked him in Eyes Wide Shut. Weird that it's not on the list.

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sapien 0101 writes:
on Dec 25 2008 01:44 PM

Interview with a Vampire should be on this list. And Magnolia should be at least in the top 3.

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dizzel007 writes:
on Dec 25 2008 02:11 PM

Minority Report is number 2??? I enjoyed Top gun, Interview With a Vampire, and Mission Impossible better.

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dizzel007 writes:
on Dec 25 2008 02:12 PM

Minority Report is number 2??? I enjoyed Top gun, Interview With a Vampire, and Mission Impossible better.

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dizzel007 writes:
on Dec 25 2008 02:21 PM

Minority Report is number 2??? I enjoyed Top gun, Interview With a Vampire, and Mission Impossible better.

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BatsInTheBelfry writes:
on Dec 25 2008 06:22 PM

I really like Tom Cruise (though I choose to ignore what he does in his private life), he picks good movies and acts well in them. I think he has a lot of great movies to his name, from Taps in '81 all the way to the just released Valkyrie (which was quite good). As for the Risky Business/Top Gun argument, Risky Business made him a star, but a lot of people have one hit movie before disappearing into obscurity. When Top Gun came out, it cemented Cruise as a bonafide A-lister.

During the early part of the '90's he had 5 $100 million grossing movies in a row (before it was common to make that much.) He was considered a guarantee of huge box office. For those who are curious, the movies were A Few Good Men, The Firm, Interview With the Vampire, Mission: Impossible and Jerry Maguire.

Hopefully, Cruise can come out of his mid-life crisis, put the brakes on his personal behavior and recapture his image. For those of us like me who grew up idolizing this guy it's been hard to stay with him, but you just have to remember you idolized the actor, not the man. And he's still a great actor.

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danrice56 writes:
on Dec 25 2008 06:44 PM

Magnolia sucked, in my opinion, and I agree with the one poster, where is The Firm or Mission Impossible?

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steve s. writes:
on Dec 25 2008 07:47 PM

top gun and mission impossible not in his top ten?... proof positive that a lot of film critics don't know their *** from a hole in the ground.

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indiefilmfan2 writes:
on Dec 25 2008 09:44 PM

Tom Cruise the actor does not get the respect he deserves. Vanilla Sky is one of my all-time favorites, but it's one of those films that benefits substantially from repeat viewings. I also thought Lions for Lambs was pretty underrated. It raises some interesting questions, and the acting was good from Cruise, Redford, and Streep.
My top 5 Cruise films:
1)Vanilla Sky
2)Last Samurai
3)Born on the 4th of July
4)Rain Man
5)Collateral

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choicesmakeu writes:
on Dec 26 2008 03:37 AM

the list is a RANKING! it is the opinion of everyone who votes. Damn people get dumb this time of the year. Go celebrate something.

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indiephantom writes:
on Dec 26 2008 10:21 AM

Tomatometer is useless for these lists. RISKY BUSINESS only has 100% because there are only a handful of critic's reviews available. As the years pass, reviews drop out of RT and it is only with the most recent films that the tomatometer is trustworthy. So this list is pointless.

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Rodolfo A writes:
on Dec 26 2008 10:21 AM

My list would have been:

1. Top gun
2. Rain man
3. Risky business
4. Jerry Mcguire
5. Interview with the vampire
6. Cocktail
7. The color of money
8. The Outsiders
9. Legend
10. Minority Report

I think that this are the films that have made a star out of Tom Cruise I respect his work in more serious productions but for that there are far better actors than him.

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rt_hire_me writes:
on Dec 26 2008 10:29 AM

I was hoping for a bare-knuckle debate about Tom's acting, and all I get is debate over the list. Come on, Tom haters, let's hear you! (cause you're wrong)

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rt_hire_me writes:
on Dec 26 2008 10:32 AM

That crack about Legend was pretty funny though. Remember the sweeping Ron Howard epic with Kidman? Wow. Not Tom's fault.

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Eric S. writes:
on Dec 26 2008 11:10 AM

Cruise needs a top 20. Last Samurai? The Firm? Mission Impossible? War of the Worlds? The Outsiders? Interview with a Vampire? Eyes Wide Shut? C'mon now...

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Dec 26 2008 11:32 AM

It's a lame ranking that unfairly favors the most current of films. How many reviews were there of top gun? It was either 2 or 3. If given 100 reviews of each of his films, Top Gun would be firmly entrenched in the Top 10.

And again, I didn't even like Top Gun.

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zetabosio writes:
on Dec 26 2008 11:39 AM

I may agree with Eric S. that Tom must of needed a top 20 instead of a top 10. But also, it's difficult to bend the rules for one, because, once you do it, probably you'll be forced to do it again for somebody else.

I think Tom is one of the few actors out there who are more consistent with their work and it's almost a guarantee that you'll enjoy a film, just maybe as consistent as strong actors like Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet and Daniel Day-Lewis. (Before I get slayed, remember Mery Streep's She-Devil... not even she is free of guilt.)

What I sometimes don't understand are the sort of complaints of other users up there who criticize the list, as if someone in RT decided which ones and in which order. Can't they realize that it's simply ranked according to the tomatometer??? It doesn't matter a single opinion, it's about the opinion of EVERYBODY. And that's the interesting thing of the list. It's not the top 10 of a weird critic in NYC or LA, but the sum of all the major critics out there. Now, even though I don't understand how anyone in this planetncan find Risky Business an interesting movie at all, I have to acknowledge that not even Wall-E achieved a 100% at the meter, so that's something I got to pay attention to. And I think many others should also.

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yves d. writes:
on Dec 26 2008 11:55 AM

Most of the movies today, watch once, I just don't want to watch them again. But many Tom's movies, I can watch them again and again with enjoyment, like "A Few Good Men". Though my personal favorite is "Interview with Vampire", most of his movies are well made, and I find it difficult to rank them.

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Pamela F. writes:
on Dec 26 2008 04:16 PM

I would like to thank the critics for agreeing with me regarding Risky Business. Although I get a lot of slack for this opinion, it is my favorite movie ever made. I think it tends to get overlooked because Tome Cruise is thought to be a pretty boy or even crazy, but anyone who takes the time to watch this movie again will be shocked at the quality of the writing, the music and the acting. It's hilarious and sweet and has the best sex scene ever.

Props to Cruise and all involved!

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Dec 26 2008 04:52 PM

heh heh

What about THE OUTSIDERS?

(Seriously, I saw this as a kid, liked it. Saw the NEW extended version, and it just pissed me off. Males just never act that way in real life.)

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willpower writes:
on Dec 26 2008 06:36 PM

People can say what they want. Cruise is a great actor that has time and again made amazing films. I can't think of another person who has been so consistant for so long with such a high level of quality work.

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Hans W. writes:
on Dec 26 2008 08:35 PM

Cruise is my absolute favorite actor. People can have a shallow dislike for him, but the man has produced far more quality work over the span of many years than the vast majority of A rank actors. And it's not just that he's in great movies, but that he is actually GREAT at acting because he actually is able to become quite a wide range of characters. Even some of the best actors out there tend to play fairly derivative roles of their usual.

Despite the fact that I use RT before I go out and see some movies, sometimes a handful of critics really aren't to be trusted. Just look at the ratings for Mission Impossible or Last Samurai. Sure they aren't masterpieces, but it's a joke to have them rated that lowly.

In fact, these lists are an absolute joke. Who the hell cares about a list based off of the Tomato Meter? Can one of the people who works for this site take a good 10 minutes and put some thought into a list? I'm sure half the people commenting here could produce something better with little effort.

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jayphayes writes:
on Dec 26 2008 08:48 PM

Bear in mind, this is not a list of top 10 movies that were good for Tom Cruise. It's debatable whether it should be inferred as top 10 Cruise roles or top 10 movies in which Tom Cruise was involved.

TOP GUN is, in spite of its blockbuster status, by no means a legendary movie in terms of overall quality. This list has it exactly right, for the most part, though "Interview with the Vampire" is absent.

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screwhead100 writes:
on Dec 26 2008 10:32 PM

i think they should have made a top 15 list because he has been in soo many movies that are well above average...........

mission impossible 3

The Last Samurai

Interview With the Vampire..........all 3 of those deserve to be in the top 10 IMO.......TLS and IWTV being higher and MI3 being towards the bottom tier, but i still think MI3 was the best out of the 3 and highly underrated......

i would also like to add that Valkyrie should be in the top 10 as well.....not the upper tier but like 8 or 9........definitely a memorable performance even though he doesnt use a german accent.......

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Shahid N. writes:
on Dec 27 2008 01:06 AM

no top tom cruise movie list is complete without Top Gun, whether u like the movie or not!

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joekayone writes:
on Dec 27 2008 07:53 AM

In reply to this comment (#2202330)
This is Rotten Tomatoes. All their "best" lists are based on the their ratings (percentages). So of course Top Gun wasn't in the top 10.

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Francis R. writes:
on Dec 27 2008 08:02 AM

I agree with sapien 0101. I am not a huge Tom Cruise fan but if I had to choose a few favorites, Interview with the Vampire would be at the top.

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bro2044 writes:
on Dec 27 2008 08:05 AM

Tropic Thunder MADE THIS LIST!?!?!?!?!

ahahahahaAHhahAHhahahahHAHAHAHAHAAAHhahahahaha now I know I cant take this list seriously.

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smi1ey writes:
on Dec 27 2008 01:17 PM

Great list! Glad to see something that proves Tom Cruise is actually a good actor. Makes me sick how much people put into his personal life and beliefs. The man makes good movies.

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whestes writes:
on Dec 27 2008 01:31 PM

a) Top Gun is a classic so whoever thinks its "terrible" and "fell asleep through it" is a miserable person and should not be posting comments on rotten-tomatoes.

b) Top Gun should definitely be on the list of top ten, and personally I think it should be on the top five. It's an iconic 80s film (that people still talk and make references about) that skyrocketed Cruise's movie career.

c) I second that Interview with the Vampire should be on the list because Cruise's performance as Le Stat was excellent and I would have never recast his role for another actor.

d) Rotten-Tomatoes created this list according to their own tomato meter so therefore it is slightly skewed and some movies that should be on the list are not. This should be purely about Cruise's performance in the movies, not about the movies themselves and how critics (whether they are even legitimate or not) rated them.

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Islander writes:
on Dec 27 2008 09:36 PM

I'm sad to see that "Eyes Wide Shut" didn't make the list--it's by far the best movie of the 90's, easily the best movie of both Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's career, and just about equal to Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange", which is my favorite film of all time. But EWS was too ahead of the curve for audiences and critics to appreciate it as much as they should have.

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Dec 27 2008 10:54 PM

I also liked Eyes Wide Shut.

And yah, I fell asleep through Top Gun. I was about 12. Probably not into all that "Take my breath away" and romance angle. . .

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MikeBasch writes:
on Dec 27 2008 11:05 PM

Minority Report really!!! NO top gun...not days of thunder...this is pretty sad. I dont know how tropic thunder is in there either....His part was great but he was maybe the 6th main actor and the movie was horrid. revamp this damn list.

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starlett2005 writes:
on Dec 28 2008 09:06 AM

I'm not a big fan of Tom Cruise, but I liked him in Interview with a Vampire and his recent film Valkyrie.

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Dec 28 2008 09:26 AM

I didn't like the part in Valkyrie where he jumped up and down on that sofa next to Hitler's chair. Hitler was like "Hey! What are you doing! you crazy! You stop that!"

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reavus4983 writes:
on Dec 28 2008 09:53 AM

Eyes Wide Shut is a great Kubrick movie. No lesser than any of his others in my opinion. It still had that unique, Kubrick-mesmerizing feel, and I've watched it numerous times since I bought it.

Valkyrie, btw, was pretty good. It was a solid suspense/adventure movie with a great historical backdrop that was utilized very well. The scenes with Hitler were especially well directed. Cruise, as always, was good in it too. All my Cruise-fan friends liked it too.

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Eat.Before.We.Eat.You writes:
on Dec 28 2008 12:53 PM

In reply to this comment (#2208255)
Okay, Whestes, you're being absolutely ridiculous, so I guess I can at least thank you for a good laugh. I am always amused by people who get so defensive of their (wrong) opinions that they lash out, in this case making the claim that everyone who doesn't slavishly defer to his opinion shouldn't be posting on RT. Thanks for brightening my day, Whestes.

Also, as has been mentioned by a few people, this list is purely based on the numbers. It goes by the tomatometer. It's okay to be surprised at what the numbers say, but complaining about a movie not making the list just makes you sound stupid.

Lastly, in response to the poster who asked how many reviews Top Gun has on here, it's 28, not 2 or 3. Unless you were referring to the top critics section, in which case it is 2.

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Samuel Vimes writes:
on Dec 28 2008 04:37 PM

This is more like "Tom Cruise's 7 Best Films" since
A Few Good Men was was a Nicholson movie
Rain Man was a Hoffman movie
and The Color of Money was a Newman movie

Also, Top Gun was a stupid, macho, and stupid movie, and it deserves to be shot.

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pokthecat writes:
on Dec 28 2008 06:28 PM

I am sorry, I thought Tom Cruise was the worst thing about Interview with a Vampire and made a horrible Lestat. He is the reason I have only seen that movie once!

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wolfpack2013 writes:
on Dec 28 2008 08:07 PM

I think Collateral should have been higher. I don't think Risky Business was that great. On the other hand, Minority Report is an excellent film.

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rodge d. writes:
on Dec 29 2008 06:36 AM

as other's have pointed out, the "tomato" meter is fatally flawed when trying to rank films older than 10 years. top gun not being mentioned in a top 10 tom cruise list is blatant proof of this. browsing through the top rated films on this site, i have come across many movies undeserving of their high ranking. more evidence comes, when i try to find justification for such high praise, only to discover the reviews are not available, or more than likely never existed. hindsight critical praise, or lack their of, definitley needs to be taken with a grain of salt. much of the time it is mostly, if not fully dependent on the reputation the film has acquired that earns it the approval or disapproval of present day critical consensus. top gun is an easy target for modern critics, most of which were barely old enough to drive at the time of it's release.

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Panduka S. writes:
on Dec 29 2008 10:34 AM

What ever Tom Cruise does in private life, how biazzare he seems to act (less recently) I couldnt but help watching his films. Valkyrie will be another one. And I would not wait for the DVD it will be the big screen. I have no idea why....DAMN. And loved his turn in Tropic Thunder.

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Randall J. writes:
on Dec 29 2008 05:40 PM

Am I in the twilight zone??? This is really weird. THIS list has NOTHING to do with how much everyone loves Tom Cruise. I like him too... the movies are fun and some of the best popcorn fodder that exists. See if you can follow where I'm going with this. The following actors have something in common: Marlon Brando, Laurence Olivier, Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Daniel Day Lewis... no, it's not awards or where they fall in any list. It's what they have that anyone who has an understanding of what acting is that is important. I don't like every actor in that list, but I can picture each of them in many roles and doing a convincing job whether on the screen or on stage. Tom Cruise is a fun and passionate Hollywood icon and for lack of a better word - an 'actor'. But he is, for the most part acting as himself and when he walks outside of that (i.e., nobody wants to remember when he attempted that trainwreck on an accent in 'Far and Away'). Please don't get me wrong... I immensely enjoy Tom Cruise movies. I just appreciate the difference between acting and acting.

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TruSake5 writes:
on Dec 29 2008 09:51 PM

Replace Magnolia, Color of Money and Minority Report with Interview with a Vampire, Top Gun, and Mission Impossible (the first one) and you got yourself the REAL top 10

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TheRaelWorld writes:
on Dec 30 2008 12:49 AM

Born on the Fourth of July was his best acting, hands down.

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Wheaton J. writes:
on Dec 30 2008 01:02 AM

Top Gun was not great, but it was better than several of the films on this "top ten". Minority Report, Magnolia, please. Cruise was good in Magnolia, one of his better acting jobs, unlike his poor work in A Few Good Men. Minority Report was all style and very little substance. Also the Outsiders is a much better film than most on this list. Yes, he had a small part. Yes, it was early in his career. He was very good, in a very good film with a great cast. A very underrated film. I'm not a big fan of his work as an actor, I think the only trully outstanding work he's done as a ACTOR was in Color Of Money, where he was fantastic, in a great film. Newman, , Mastrantonio, Whittaker, Turturro. A great film, great performances. Cruise held his own with Newman (a much underrated actor).

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Endless River writes:
on Dec 30 2008 11:01 AM

Eyes Wide Shut and Magnolia are Cruise's two best films. No question.

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Chris R. writes:
on Dec 31 2008 09:56 AM

I didn't think TG was *horrible*, but it was better than Minority Report, which has no place on this list! How the hell do you ruin a 14-page short story -- oh wait, cast Cruise. I always think of him as Cocktail/Top Gun/Days of Thunder ... smug guy, hot chick, gets girl, girl leaves him, he gets girl again. To his credit, I did not realize that he had so many "serious" films. To clarify what someone else said, Risky Business put him on the map, TG made Cruise into the A-list star that he is now. Also, I see several on the list that are great movies, but I don't necessarily think *Cruise* was that good (See: Color of Money -- pretty bland!).

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Bradley D. writes:
on Jan 01 2009 11:26 PM

Tom impresses in Eyes Wide Shut, though the real genius here is in the direction.

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Bradley D. writes:
on Jan 01 2009 11:35 PM

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rich g. writes:
on Jan 03 2009 02:19 PM

Meh, I only like Eyes Wide Shut because of Kubrick's directing.
Top Gun was a good movie when I was younger than ten, but now I watch it for the memories and for the music. Yes, I liked the music.
Ah, I wish Last Samurai had a higher rating. Although I was concerned that it would be highly farcical it was a rather good relation of Japan's dying samurai class, and Tom Cruise took his role quite seriously. The Outsiders is a wonderful movie, but not for the talents of Tom Cruise.

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brovold writes:
on Jan 04 2009 08:03 PM

In reply to this comment (#2205320)
That's good, except that Cocktails is REALLY unwatchable and dated.

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brovold writes:
on Jan 04 2009 08:09 PM

In reply to this comment (#2206574)
This list seems to be "Highest rated movies in which Tom Cruise is somehow featured" and not "best, most important, or most iconic Tom Cruise performances or roles"... but people commenting here seem to be so used to the latter sort of list that they're neglecting the apparent methodology of the ranking system. Maybe VH1 has dumbed us down a bit.

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Charith K. writes:
on Feb 08 2009 06:35 PM

I actually thought the list was spot on, it wasn't really based on Tom Cruises rise to fame, just his 10 best films. Makes you think, as much as you love to hate the guy, he has been in some really good and entertaining films.

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