Portrait of Tom Cruise

Acting

Tom Cruise

Career

Active from 1981 to 2028, busiest in 1983 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
46
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 64 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Tom Cruise Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Cringe Humor
    1.3, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.3, average 2.0
  • Melancholy
    4.1, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Ensemble Cast 4
  • Visually Stunning Set Pieces 3
  • Blockbuster Entertainment 3
  • Star-Crossed Lovers 2
  • Haunting Orchestral Score 2
  • Emotional Catharsis 2
  • High-Octane Espionage 2
  • Iconic Franchise Continuation 2
  • Pop Culture Iconography 2
  • Visually Stunning Dogfights 2
  • Blockbuster Spectacle 2
  • Tom Cruise Star Vehicle 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

76
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

5 titles
This Is Scientology: An Overview of the World's Fastest Growing Religion
This Is Scientology: An Overview of the World's Fastest Growing Religion
GoodWatch score 30

as Man at H.E.L.P. Hollywood (Uncredited)

Untitled Tropic Thunder Les Grossman Spin-off
Untitled Tropic Thunder Les Grossman Spin-off

as Les Grossman

Top Gun 3
Top Gun 3

as Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell

Deeper
Deeper

Producer

Broadsword
Broadsword

Producer

2020s

9 titles · average score 75
Days of Thunder 2
Days of Thunder 2 (2028)

as Cole Trickle

Digger
Digger (2026)
GoodWatch score 62

as Rockwell

The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann Story
The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann Story (2026)

as Frank T.J. Mackey (Magnolia archive footage)

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
GoodWatch score 73

as Ethan Hunt

Thelma
Thelma (2024)
GoodWatch score 80

Thanks

Getting LOST
Getting LOST (2024)
GoodWatch score 68

as (archive footage)

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
GoodWatch score 83

as Ethan Hunt

Alex Hoover Boundless
Alex Hoover Boundless (2023)

TV show · as Alex Hoover

Top Gun: Maverick
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
GoodWatch score 86

as Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell

2010s

13 titles · average score 67
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
GoodWatch score 86

as Ethan Hunt

The Mummy
The Mummy (2017)
GoodWatch score 35

as Nick Morton

American Made
American Made (2017)
GoodWatch score 73

as Barry Seal

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
GoodWatch score 48

as Jack Reacher

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
GoodWatch score 80

as Ethan Hunt

Edge of Tomorrow
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
GoodWatch score 80

as Cage

Oblivion
Oblivion (2013)
GoodWatch score 59

as Jack

Jack Reacher
Jack Reacher (2012)
GoodWatch score 61

as Jack Reacher

Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages (2012)
GoodWatch score 51

as Stacee Jaxx

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
GoodWatch score 79

as Ethan Hunt

Knight and Day
Knight and Day (2010)
GoodWatch score 53

as Roy Miller

Running Man
Running Man (2010)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show

2000s

23 titles · average score 64
Valkyrie
Valkyrie (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

as Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Lions for Lambs
Lions for Lambs (2007)
GoodWatch score 46

as Senator Jasper Irving

Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ethan Hunt

War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds (2005)
GoodWatch score 68

as Ray

Collateral
Collateral (2004)
GoodWatch score 78

as Vincent

The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai (2003)
GoodWatch score 69

as Nathan Algren

Shattered Glass
Shattered Glass (2003)
GoodWatch score 77

Executive Producer

Minority Report
Minority Report (2002)
GoodWatch score 80

as Chief John Anderton

Vanilla Sky
Vanilla Sky (2001)
GoodWatch score 56

as David Aames

The Others
The Others (2001)
GoodWatch score 78

Executive Producer

Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
GoodWatch score 56

as Ethan Hunt

Mission: Improbable
Mission: Improbable (2000)
GoodWatch score 76

as Tom Cruise

1990s

12 titles · average score 67
Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
GoodWatch score 74

as Dr. William Harford

Magnolia
Magnolia (1999)
GoodWatch score 81

as Frank T.J. Mackey

Remembering Stanley Kubrick
Remembering Stanley Kubrick (1999)

Thanks

Without Limits
Without Limits (1998)
GoodWatch score 66

Producer

Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible (1996)
GoodWatch score 66

as Ethan Hunt

Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire (1996)
GoodWatch score 77

as Jerry Maguire

Interview with the Vampire
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
GoodWatch score 70

as Lestat

The Firm
The Firm (1993)
GoodWatch score 68

as Mitch McDeere

A Few Good Men
A Few Good Men (1992)
GoodWatch score 77

as Lt. Daniel Kaffee

Far and Away
Far and Away (1992)
GoodWatch score 58

as Joseph Donnelly

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show · as Self - Guest

Days of Thunder
Days of Thunder (1990)
GoodWatch score 56

as Cole Trickle

1980s

14 titles · average score 60
Born on the Fourth of July
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
GoodWatch score 76

as Ron Kovic

Rain Man
Rain Man (1988)
GoodWatch score 78

as Charlie Babbitt

Cocktail
Cocktail (1988)
GoodWatch score 35

as Brian Flanagan

Young Guns
Young Guns (1988)
GoodWatch score 58

as Henchman Shot off of Roof (uncredited)

Top Gun
Top Gun (1986)
GoodWatch score 63

as Maverick

The Color of Money
The Color of Money (1986)
GoodWatch score 77

as Vincent Lauria

Legend
Legend (1985)
GoodWatch score 49

as Jack

Risky Business
Risky Business (1983)
GoodWatch score 76

as Joel Goodson

All the Right Moves
All the Right Moves (1983)
GoodWatch score 60

as Stefen Djordjevic

The Outsiders
The Outsiders (1983)
GoodWatch score 65

as Steve Randle

Losin' It
Losin' It (1983)
GoodWatch score 39

as Woody

Taps
Taps (1981)
GoodWatch score 63

as Cadet Captain David Shawn