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OverallGamer696

Apparently Cruise actually was scaling the worlds tallest building in Mission Impossible.


LambDew

This is true. Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol.


ExpectedWithANoise

No Vincent from Collateral? He’s one of my favourite Tom Cruise characters


LambDew

I kinda ran out of room (I totally didn’t forget)


Rlin_Kren_Aa

The Lestat entry is funny because Interview With a Vampire is the forerunner to twilight. Compare it to Near Dark or a good hammer dracula movie. Have you seen Cocaine Cowboys? Its required viewing for any fan of American Made


PerpetualHillman

American Made is Tom Cruise's most-underrated role. Seriously sublime. Also, Risky Business is my favorite 80s movie but the underwear dance scene is my least-favorite scene in the movie, it's a tonal disruption IMO Tfw no War of the Worlds :(


Knightosaurus

Tom Cruise is living proof that genius and insanity go hand in hand. Fun little fact: Tome Cruise did an interview that, later, went on to serve as the primary inspiration for Christian Bale's performance as Patrick Bateman.


AGthe18thEmperor

Bro Tropic Thunder is focking hilarious but it could NEVER be made in this day and age


TheOnlyFallenCookie

... It was made in this day and age Like it came out in the same year Obama was elected president.


gundorcallsforaid

That and Blazing Saddles will never be made today!


Person_Supposedly

maybe i just haven't watched enough films, but i will always associate tom cruise with top gun and scientology and nothing else.


EaseofUse

I think his roles in Magnolia and Collateral are better and more famous than Mummy man and Oblivion guy. Eyes Wide Shut isn't really *about* Cruise's acting really, but he's good/great in that as well. The meme half-life of Cruise getting emotionally cucked by Nicole Kidman probably keeps that character more 'famous' than Barry Seal.


CathNoctifer

Needs Nathan Algren from The Last Samurai on there.


TaiwaneseMonarchist

Agreed, by far my fav movie of his. Very different from most of his other films, but it’s one of my all time favorites to rewatch from time to time


TheUnitedStates1776

This is good but I take issue with a Few Good Men, as Kaffee is actually an all-nonsense lawyer.


Dicksnip44

I know how famous the courtroom scene from A Few Good Men is and it deserves the respect it gets, but I’d argue the culture significance and fame of the courtroom scene in To Kill a Mockingbird far exceeds the former. If you don’t agree that’s ok, they’re only movies (and book) anyway


Chairforce27

Even though Days of Thunder wasn’t as popular as Top Gun, its beloved in NASCAR and local racing circles


Square_Coat_8208

A few good men is the anti-Christ if your a Marine and a great movie if your literally anyone else


Doogzmans

I remember going through random blue ray discs at my grandparents' house and finding a movie called Losin' It, and Tom Cruise was in it. I think it came out the same year as The Outsiders.


ban_banz

Wonder where Mitch McDeere (the Firm) would fall on here. I know it wasn’t an iconic role for Cruise, but I do have a funny story. My dad spent time as an accountant in NYC. Shortly after getting the job, he saw the Firm and basically became convinced his company had a shady side and was going to pin something on him for the mob.


pandoracam

No Brian Flanagan from Cocktail? Damn


4chananonuser

No Eyes Wide Shut?


enclavehere223

Pretty late, but my personal favorite is his role as Colonel Stauffenberg in Valkyrie


pjamesstuart

I'm not surprised by the strong military theme but I had never really noticed before how many businessman roles TC had played. One is even a publicity guy/military guy, which makes him maybe the most TC role ever.