# The best Tom Cruise movies

Stunts, sprints and a few surprises: Tom Cruise's best films, ordered by Rotten Tomatoes scores and the rankings of Fandango and MovieWeb.

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## Top 10

1. **Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)** (226 · ▲244 ▼18) — The helicopter chase and the HALO jump: his best-reviewed film.
2. **Top Gun: Maverick (2022)** (194 · ▲211 ▼17) — Maverick trains a new generation of pilots, 36 years later.
3. **Edge of Tomorrow (2014)** (174 · ▲195 ▼21) — The same alien battle, lived again and again.
4. **Collateral (2004)** (138 · ▲164 ▼26) — A grey-haired hitman in Michael Mann's night-time Los Angeles.
5. **Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)** (126 · ▲152 ▼26) — Hanging off an A400M on take-off.
6. **Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)** (116 · ▲142 ▼26) — Climbing the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
7. **Minority Report (2002)** (112 · ▲147 ▼35) — Pre-crime police for Spielberg.
8. **Rain Man (1988)** (98 · ▲123 ▼25) — Road trip with his autistic brother, Dustin Hoffman.
9. **A Few Good Men (1992)** (89 · ▲116 ▼27) — The navy lawyer facing Jack Nicholson in court.
10. **Risky Business (1983)** (81 · ▲101 ▼20) — The underwear dance that made him a star.
11. **Jerry Maguire (1996)** (78 · ▲106 ▼28) — The sports agent who starts over: 'Show me the money!'
12. **Magnolia (1999)** (76 · ▲105 ▼29) — The self-help guru Frank T.J. Mackey for Paul Thomas Anderson.
13. **Top Gun (1986)** (67 · ▲100 ▼33) — Maverick, Goose and Danger Zone.
14. **Mission: Impossible (1996)** (67 · ▲95 ▼28) — The CIA vault heist hanging from a wire.
15. **Born on the Fourth of July (1989)** (47 · ▲83 ▼36) — Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic, for Oliver Stone.

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