The Best Tom Cruise Movies, Ranked
66 credits from 1983 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) comes out on top with a score of 86. The biggest box office hit is Top Gun: Maverick (2022) with $1.5B worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Tom Cruise Movies
The 6 highest-rated films Tom Cruise is credited on. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) leads with 86, followed by Top Gun: Maverick (2022) at 83. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 86 Mission: Impossible – Fallout 2018 · Action -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 83 Top Gun: Maverick 2022 · Action -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning 2025 · Action -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 American Made 2017 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 2023 · Action -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 39 The Mummy 2017 · Action
Biggest Tom Cruise Box Office Hits
Tom Cruise's films have made $12.5B worldwide in total. Top Gun: Maverick (2022) is the biggest hit at $1.5B, ahead of Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) ($824M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Top Gun: Maverick 2022 · Action $1.5B $719M dom.
- 2 Mission: Impossible – Fallout 2018 · Action $824M $220M dom.
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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015 · Action $711M $195M dom. - 4
War of the Worlds 2005 · Action $604M $234M dom. - 5 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning 2025 · Action $599M $197M dom.
- 6 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 2023 · Action $571M $173M dom.
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Mission: Impossible II 2000 · Action $546M $215M dom. - 8
Mission: Impossible 1996 · Action $458M $181M dom. - 9
The Last Samurai 2003 · Action $455M $111M dom. - 10 The Mummy 2017 · Action $409M $80.2M dom.
The Best Tom Cruise Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Tom Cruise has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Action leads with 21 films, and Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) is the pick of them.
The Best Tom Cruise Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Tom Cruise's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
Most Awarded Tom Cruise Movies
Tom Cruise's films with wins at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database, the most decorated first. Top Gun: Maverick (2022) leads with 6 wins from 25 nominations.
- Awards: 6 wins Top Gun: Maverick 2022 · 25 nominations
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Awards: 6 wins Jerry Maguire 1996 · 15 nominations -
Awards: 5 wins Born on the Fourth of July 1989 · 8 nominations -
Awards: 4 wins Rain Man 1988 · 15 nominations -
Awards: 3 wins Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles 1994 · 11 nominations - Awards: 2 wins War of the Worlds 2005 · 6 nominations
- Awards: 2 wins Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 2023 · 11 nominations
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Awards: 2 wins Minority Report 2002 · 6 nominations - Awards: 2 wins Mission: Impossible – Fallout 2018 · 11 nominations
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Awards: 1 win Collateral 2004 · 14 nominations -
Awards: 1 win Magnolia 1999 · 8 nominations -
Awards: 1 win Vanilla Sky 2001 · 8 nominations -
Awards: 1 win The Color of Money 1986 · 6 nominations -
Awards: 1 win Edge of Tomorrow 2014 · 5 nominations -
Awards: 1 win Top Gun 1986 · 6 nominations
The Latest Tom Cruise Movies
The most recent films Tom Cruise is credited on, newest first — starting with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning 2025 · Ethan Hunt
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 2023 · Ethan Hunt
- Top Gun: Maverick 2022 · Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
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Au Revoir, Chris Hemsworth 2020 · Team Member - Mission: Impossible – Fallout 2018 · Ethan Hunt
- American Made 2017 · Barry Seal
- The Mummy 2017 · Action
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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 2016 · Action - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015 · Action
- Edge of Tomorrow 2014 · Action
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Oblivion 2013 · Action -
Jack Reacher 2012 · Action
The Best Tom Cruise Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Tom Cruise films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Tom Cruise movie?
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) is the best-rated Tom Cruise film, with a Movie Echo Score of 86, ahead of Top Gun: Maverick (2022) (83) and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) (75). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Mission: Impossible – Fallout: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Tom Cruise movie?
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) made the most at the box office, with $1.5B worldwide, followed by Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) with $824M. Together, Tom Cruise's films with box office figures have made $12.5B.
Which Tom Cruise movie won the most awards?
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) is the most decorated Tom Cruise film, with 6 wins from 25 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Tom Cruise action movie?
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) is the best-rated of Tom Cruise's action films, with a score of 86. In other genres: Rain Man (drama), Cocktail (comedy) and Far and Away (adventure).
What is the newest Tom Cruise movie?
The newest film on Tom Cruise's filmography is Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025), with Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt.
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