This article is dedicated to Tom Cruise movies list and best movies. Tom Cruise is a renowned Hollywood actor known for his dynamic and versatile performances in numerous blockbuster films. He has been in the industry for over three decades, delivering iconic roles and cementing his place as one of the most successful actors.
He began his acting career in the early 80s, starting with small roles in films such as “Taps” and “The Outsiders”. He got his big break in the 1983 film “Risky Business”, playing the lead role of Joel Goodsen. This performance established Cruise as a leading man and opened doors for him to take on larger, more challenging roles. Throughout his career, he has starred in numerous box office hits, including the “Mission Impossible” franchise, “Top Gun”, “Jerry Maguire”, and “Edge of Tomorrow”.
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Tom Cruise Movies List All
| Name | Movie Language | Character Played | Release Date | Genre | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Corden’s Top Gun Training with Tom Cruise | English | Self | 2022-06-01 | Action, Comedy, Documentary | 27 (in Minutes) |
| Top Gun: Maverick | English | Capt. Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell | 2022-05-24 | Action, Drama | 131 (in Minutes) |
| Val | English | Self (archive footage) | 2021-07-23 | Documentary | 109 (in Minutes) |
| Donald Trump Is President and You’re Not: A Portrait of Donald J. Trump | English | Self (archival footage) | 2020-10-28 | Documentary, Comedy | 67 (in Minutes) |
| Kubrick by Kubrick | French | Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-22 | Documentary | 73 (in Minutes) |
| Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth | English | Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-05 | Documentary | 53 (in Minutes) |
| The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder | English | Self (archive footage) | 2020-09-30 | Documentary | 25 (in Minutes) |
| On Your Six: Thirty Years of Top Gun | English | Self | 2020-05-19 | Documentary | 30 (in Minutes) |
| Mission: Impossible – Fallout | English | Ethan Hunt | 2018-07-13 | Action, Adventure | 147 (in Minutes) |
| Spielberg | English | Self | 2017-10-05 | Documentary, TV Movie | 147 (in Minutes) |
| Diana: The Day Britain Cried | English | Self (archive footage) | 2017-08-29 | Documentary | 58 (in Minutes) |
| American Made | English | Barry Seal | 2017-08-18 | Action, Crime, Comedy | 115 (in Minutes) |
| The Mummy | English | Nick Morton | 2017-06-06 | Fantasy, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror | 110 (in Minutes) |
| Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | English | Jack Reacher | 2016-10-19 | Action, Thriller | 118 (in Minutes) |
| My Scientology Movie | English | Self (archive footage) | 2016-05-05 | Documentary | 99 (in Minutes) |
| Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | English | Ethan Hunt | 2015-07-23 | Action, Adventure | 131 (in Minutes) |
| Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman | English | Self | 2015-05-08 | Documentary | 83 (in Minutes) |
| Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | English | Self (archive footage) | 2015-01-25 | Documentary | 119 (in Minutes) |
| Edge of Tomorrow | English | Maj. William ‘Bill’ Cage | 2014-05-27 | Action, Science Fiction | 114 (in Minutes) |
| And the Oscar Goes To… | English | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 | Documentary, TV Movie | 100 (in Minutes) |
| Scientologists at War | English | Self (archive footage) | 2013-06-17 | Documentary | 60 (in Minutes) |
| Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around | English | Self | 2013-05-07 | Documentary | 27 (in Minutes) |
| Oblivion | English | Jack | 2013-04-10 | Action, Science Fiction, Adventure, Mystery | 124 (in Minutes) |
| Jack Reacher | English | Jack Reacher | 2012-12-20 | Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action | 130 (in Minutes) |
| Rock of Ages | English | Stacee Jaxx | 2012-06-13 | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance | 123 (in Minutes) |
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | English | Ethan Hunt | 2011-12-07 | Action, Thriller, Adventure | 133 (in Minutes) |
| Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible | English | Narrator (voice) | 2010-11-12 | Documentary, TV Movie | 60 (in Minutes) |
| Knight and Day | English | Roy Miller | 2010-06-15 | Action, Comedy | 109 (in Minutes) |
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | English | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 | Documentary, Horror | 240 (in Minutes) |
| Waking Sleeping Beauty | English | Vincent Lauria (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 | Documentary | 86 (in Minutes) |
| Together: The Hendrick Motorsports Story | English | Narrator | 2009-05-18 | Documentary | 90 (in Minutes) |
| Valkyrie | English | Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg | 2008-12-25 | Drama, Thriller, History, War | 121 (in Minutes) |
| Valkyrie: The Plot to Kill Hitler | English | 2008-11-24 | Documentary, History, War | 144 (in Minutes) | |
| Religulous | English | Self (archive footage) | 2008-10-01 | Documentary, Comedy | 101 (in Minutes) |
| The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business | English | 2008-09-16 | Documentary | 29 (in Minutes) | |
| Tropic Thunder | English | Les Grossmann | 2008-08-09 | Action, Comedy, Adventure, War | 107 (in Minutes) |
| Lions for Lambs | English | Senator Jasper Irving | 2007-10-22 | Action, Adventure, Drama, History | 92 (in Minutes) |
| Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau… | French | Self (archive footage) | 2007-04-04 | Documentary | |
| Mission: Impossible III | English | Ethan Hunt | 2006-04-25 | Adventure, Action, Thriller | 126 (in Minutes) |
| War of the Worlds | English | Ray Ferrier | 2005-06-28 | Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction | 117 (in Minutes) |
| City of Night: The Making of ‘Collateral’ | English | Self | 2004-12-14 | 41 (in Minutes) | |
| Collateral | English | Vincent | 2004-08-04 | Drama, Crime, Thriller | 120 (in Minutes) |
| Special Delivery: Michael Mann on Making ‘Collateral’ | English | Self | 2004-06-07 | 24 (in Minutes) | |
| Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun | English | Self | 2004-05-10 | Documentary | 148 (in Minutes) |
| The Last Samurai | English | Nathan Algren | 2003-12-05 | Drama, Action, War | 154 (in Minutes) |
| Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. | English | Self | 2002-11-26 | Music, Documentary | 180 (in Minutes) |
| Austin Powers in Goldmember | English | Tom Cruise / Famous Austin (‘Austinpussy’) | 2002-07-26 | Comedy, Crime, Science Fiction | 93 (in Minutes) |
| Minority Report | English | Chief John Anderton | 2002-06-20 | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery | 145 (in Minutes) |
| The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies | English | Self | 2002-06-01 | Documentary | 96 (in Minutes) |
| Hitting it Hard | English | 2002-05-21 | Documentary | 10 (in Minutes) | |
| Space Station 3D | English | Narrator | 2002-04-17 | Documentary | 47 (in Minutes) |
| America: A Tribute to Heroes | English | 2001-09-21 | Music, Documentary | 120 (in Minutes) | |
| Mission: Improbable | English | Self | 2001-06-02 | Documentary | 7 (in Minutes) |
| Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | English | Self – Narrator | 2001-05-02 | Documentary | 141 (in Minutes) |
| Vanilla Sky | English | David Aames | 2001-01-22 | Mystery, Science Fiction, Drama, Romance, Fantasy, Thriller | 136 (in Minutes) |
| Mission: Impossible II | English | Ethan Hunt | 2000-05-24 | Adventure, Action, Thriller | 123 (in Minutes) |
| Magnolia | English | Frank T.J. Mackey | 1999-12-10 | Drama | 189 (in Minutes) |
| Cruise on Kubrick | English | 1999-11-19 | Documentary, Documentary | 20 (in Minutes) | |
| The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ | English | Self | 1999-09-05 | Documentary | 43 (in Minutes) |
| Eyes Wide Shut | English | Dr. William Harford | 1999-07-16 | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | 159 (in Minutes) |
| Remembering Stanley Kubrick | English | Self | 1999-01-01 | Documentary | 35 (in Minutes) |
| Junket Whore | English | Self | 1998-10-12 | Documentary | 55 (in Minutes) |
| Jerry Maguire | English | Jerry Maguire | 1996-12-13 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 138 (in Minutes) |
| Mission: Impossible | English | Ethan Hunt | 1996-05-22 | Adventure, Action, Thriller | 110 (in Minutes) |
| Interview with the Vampire | English | Lestat de Lioncourt | 1994-11-11 | Horror, Drama, Fantasy | 123 (in Minutes) |
| The Firm | English | Mitch McDeere | 1993-06-30 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 155 (in Minutes) |
| A Few Good Men | English | Lt. Daniel Kaffee | 1992-12-11 | Drama | 138 (in Minutes) |
| Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You | English | Self | 1992-09-10 | Comedy, Documentary, Music | 42 (in Minutes) |
| Far and Away | English | Joseph Donnelly | 1992-05-22 | Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western | 140 (in Minutes) |
| MTV’s 10th Anniversary Special | English | Self | 1991-06-06 | Music, Documentary, TV Movie | 60 (in Minutes) |
| Days of Thunder | English | Cole Trickle | 1990-06-27 | Adventure, Action, Drama | 107 (in Minutes) |
| Born on the Fourth of July | English | Ron Kovic | 1989-12-20 | Drama, War | 145 (in Minutes) |
| Rain Man | English | Charlie Babbitt | 1988-12-11 | Drama | 134 (in Minutes) |
| Cocktail | English | Brian Flanagan | 1988-07-29 | Romance, Drama, Comedy | 104 (in Minutes) |
| Young Guns | English | Soldier Who Gets Shot (uncredited) | 1988-02-17 | Western, Crime, Action, Adventure | 107 (in Minutes) |
| The Color of Money | English | Vincent Lauria | 1986-10-17 | Drama | 119 (in Minutes) |
| Top Gun | English | Lt. Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell | 1986-05-16 | Action, Drama | 110 (in Minutes) |
| Legend | English | Jack | 1985-08-28 | Adventure, Fantasy | 94 (in Minutes) |
| All the Right Moves | English | Stefen Djordjevic | 1983-10-21 | Romance, Drama | 91 (in Minutes) |
| Risky Business | English | Joel Goodson | 1983-08-05 | Comedy, Romance, Drama | 98 (in Minutes) |
| The Outsiders | English | Steve Randle | 1983-03-25 | Crime, Drama | 91 (in Minutes) |
| Losin’ It | English | Woody | 1982-08-20 | Comedy | 100 (in Minutes) |
| Taps | English | Cadet Captain David Shawn | 1981-12-20 | War, Drama | 126 (in Minutes) |
| Endless Love | English | Billy | 1981-07-17 | Romance, Drama | 116 (in Minutes) |
Upcoming Movies of Tom Cruise
| Name | Movie Language | Character Played | Release Date | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two | English | Ethan Hunt | 2024-06-26 | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | English | Ethan Hunt | 2023-07-12 | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
| Live Die Repeat and Repeat | English | Maj. William “Bill” Cage | Action, Science Fiction | |
| Luna Park | English | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller | ||
| Untitled Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie Musical | English | Music | ||
| Untitled Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie Action Film | English | Action | ||
| Untitled Les Grossmann Project | English | Les Grossmann | Comedy |
Tom Cruise Best Movies | Hit Movies
Top Gun: Maverick
Released Year: 2022
Released Date: 27 May 2022
Genre: Action, Drama
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Actors: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller
Language: English
Awards: 29 wins & 105 nominations
Top Gun
Released Year: 1986
Released Date: 16 May 1986
Genre: Action, Drama
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis
Language: English
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 5 nominations total
Jack Reacher
Released Year: 2012
Released Date: 21 Dec 2012
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Actors: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins
Language: English
Awards: 1 win & 6 nominations
Mission Impossible – Fallout
Released Year: 2018
Released Date: 27 Jul 2018
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Actors: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames
Language: English, French
Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award25 wins & 41 nominations total
Jack Reacher Never Go Back
Released Year: 2016
Released Date: 21 Oct 2016
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Edward Zwick
Actors: Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge
Language: English, Ukrainian
Awards: 1 win
Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation
Released Year: 2015
Released Date: 31 Jul 2015
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Actors: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner
Language: English, Swedish, German, Russian
Awards: 6 wins & 26 nominations
Edge of Tomorrow
Released Year: 2014
Released Date: 06 Jun 2014
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director: Doug Liman
Actors: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton
Language: English
Awards: 11 wins & 38 nominations
Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Released Year: 2011
Released Date: 21 Dec 2011
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director: Brad Bird
Actors: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg
Language: English, Russian, French, Arabic, Swedish
Awards: 5 wins & 30 nominations
War of the Worlds
Released Year: 2005
Released Date: 29 Jun 2005
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins
Language: English
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 16 wins & 49 nominations total
Valkyrie
Released Year: 2008
Released Date: 25 Dec 2008
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Bryan Singer
Actors: Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Carice van Houten
Language: English, German
Awards: 3 wins & 11 nominations
Minority Report
Released Year: 2002
Released Date: 21 Jun 2002
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton
Language: English, Swedish
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 20 wins & 91 nominations total
Mission Impossible
Released Year: 1996
Released Date: 22 May 1996
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart
Language: English, French, Czech
Awards: 3 wins & 17 nominations
A Few Good Men
Released Year: 1992
Released Date: 11 Dec 1992
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director: Rob Reiner
Actors: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore
Language: English, French
Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. 10 wins & 30 nominations total
Collateral
Released Year: 2004
Released Date: 06 Aug 2004
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Michael Mann
Actors: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith
Language: English, Spanish, French, Korean
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 22 wins & 73 nominations total