Best Movies of Tom Cruise: A Cinematic Legacy
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Explore the career and highest-rated films of Tom Cruise. Ranked by audience popularity and critical acclaim.

Best Movies of Tom Cruise: A Cinematic Legacy

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Edge of Tomorrow

High Octane2014

Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

Oblivion

High Octane2013

Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.

Top Gun: Maverick

High Octane2022

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

High Octane2011

Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.

Mission: Impossible

High Octane1996

When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

High Octane2015

Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF.

Minority Report

High Octane2002

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.

Top Gun

High Octane1986

For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.

War of the Worlds

Mind-Bending2005

Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

High Octane2018

When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

The Mummy

Dark & Gritty2017

Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.

Jack Reacher

High Octane2012

One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military sniper who is quickly brought into custody. The interrogation yields one written note: 'Get Jack Reacher!'. Reacher, an enigmatic ex-Army investigator, believes the authorities have the right man but agrees to help the sniper's defense attorney. However, the more Reacher delves into the case, the less clear-cut it appears. So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.

Mission: Impossible III

High Octane2006

Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.

Mission: Impossible II

High Octane2000

With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.

The Last Samurai

High Octane2003

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.

The Others

Dark & Gritty2001

Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

Rain Man

Must Watch1988

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

Eyes Wide Shut

Must Watch1999

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

Tropic Thunder

Pure Comedy2008

A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.

Interview with the Vampire

Dark & Gritty1994

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

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Collateral
7.2

Collateral

Must Watch2004

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

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The Lego Batman Movie
7.2

The Lego Batman Movie

Family Friendly2017

A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with the usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted a teenage orphan who wishes to become his sidekick.

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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
6.0

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

High Octane2016

Years after resigning command of an elite military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher is drawn back into the life he left behind when his friend and successor, Major Susan Turner is framed for espionage. Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to expose the real perpetrators behind the killings of his former soldiers.

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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
7.5

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

High Octane2023

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world's fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most.

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American Made
6.9

American Made

Pure Comedy2017

The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.

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Knight and Day
6.2

Knight and Day

Pure Comedy2010

A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.

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Vanilla Sky
6.8

Vanilla Sky

Mind-Bending2001

David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.

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A Few Good Men
7.5

A Few Good Men

Must Watch1992

When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.

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Valkyrie
7.0

Valkyrie

Must Watch2008

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.

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Magnolia
7.7

Magnolia

Must Watch1999

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.

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Jerry Maguire
7.0

Jerry Maguire

Pure Comedy1996

Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.

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Austin Powers in Goldmember
6.0

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Pure Comedy2002

The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—'70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world domination, Austin gets help from his dad and an old girlfriend.

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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
7.2

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

High Octane2025

Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

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The Firm
6.7

The Firm

Must Watch1993

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...

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Born on the Fourth of July
7.0

Born on the Fourth of July

Must Watch1989

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

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Days of Thunder
6.3

Days of Thunder

High Octane1990

Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars. But with the help of his doctor, Cole just might overcome his injuries-- and his fear.

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Cocktail
6.1

Cocktail

Pure Comedy1988

After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.

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The Outsiders
7.2

The Outsiders

Must Watch1983

In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival and redemption exposes the fragile innocence and enduring bonds of youth on the wrong side of town.

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The Color of Money
6.9

The Color of Money

Must Watch1986

Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.

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Risky Business
6.6

Risky Business

Pure Comedy1983

Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.

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Legend
6.2

Legend

Must Watch1985

Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lili and defeat the demonic Lord of Darkness, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age.

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Rock of Ages
6.2

Rock of Ages

Pure Comedy2012

A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

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Far and Away
6.8

Far and Away

Must Watch1992

A young free-spirited Irish woman from an affluent Protestant family spontaneously befriends a street-smart commoner cheated by her family’s hostile land takeovers. They escape to America, ready to take advantage of the 19th century Oklahoma land rush.

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Elizabethtown
6.2

Elizabethtown

Pure Comedy2005

Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when he returns to his family's small Kentucky hometown after his father dies. Along the way, he meets a flight attendant with whom he falls in love.

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Young Guns
6.7

Young Guns

High Octane1988

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.

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Lions for Lambs
6.0

Lions for Lambs

High Octane2007

Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.

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Narc
6.8

Narc

Must Watch2002

Narcotics Sergeant Nick Tellis, on leave after a trauma, is called back to investigate the murder of fellow undercover operative Michael Calvess, joined by the victim's unpredictable and brutal ex-partner, Henry Oak. Working together in the back alleys of Detroit, Tellis and Oak delve into a dark investigation that leads them to uncover shocking secrets and question the corruption and morality within the department, encountering unorthodox methods and a brutal truth about Calvess's death.

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Shattered Glass
7.0

Shattered Glass

Must Watch2003

The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at The New Republic for three years. Looking for a short cut to fame, Glass concocted sources, quotes and even entire stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed forever, and eventually, his world came crumbling down.

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Thelma
6.9

Thelma

Pure Comedy2024

When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.

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Suspect Zero
5.6

Suspect Zero

Must Watch2004

A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.

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Spielberg
7.6

Spielberg

Must Watch2017

A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

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My Scientology Movie
6.6

My Scientology Movie

Must Watch2016

After being denied access to the Church of Scientology's headquarters, documentarian Louis Theroux teams up with ex-Scientology official Marty Rathbun to stage re-enactments of alleged abuses within the organization. Theroux soon discovers that the church is watching his every move.

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Taps
6.8

Taps

Must Watch1981

Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.

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All the Right Moves
5.8

All the Right Moves

Must Watch1983

Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.

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Endless Love
5.7

Endless Love

Must Watch1981

As their romance unfolds, Jade and David's growing love for one another becomes the scorn of Jade's father. However, when Jade's grades begin to drop, her father forbids the young couple from seeing each other for 30 days. Driven insane with frustration and desire, David attempts to reverse the decision, with catastrophic results.

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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
7.4

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Must Watch2001

With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films. Director Jan Harlan, Kubrick's brother-in-law and sometime collaborator, interviews heavyweights like Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen and Sydney Pollack, who explain the influence of Kubrick classics like "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001: A Space Odyssey," and how he absorbed visual clues from disposable culture such as television commercials.

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Ask the Dust
5.4

Ask the Dust

Must Watch2006

Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.

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Losin' It
4.9

Losin' It

Pure Comedy1983

In 1965, four Los Angeles school friends -- Woody, Dave, Spider and Wendell -- go on a series of misadventures when they head to Tijuana, Mexico, for a night of cruisin', causing trouble, and to lose their virginity.

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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
7.5

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Must Watch2012

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.

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Without Limits
6.6

Without Limits

Must Watch1998

The life of renowned runner Steve Prefontaine and his relationship with legendary coach Bill Bowerman.

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Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
6.8

Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness

Pure Comedy2008

A behind-the-scenes mockumentary of Tropic Thunder.

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BRATS
6.0

BRATS

Must Watch2024

In the 1980s, Andrew McCarthy was part of a young generation of actors who were set to take over Hollywood after a string of successful teen movies. However, when the New York magazine cover story in 1985 dubs them the Brat Pack, stars in the making suddenly find themselves losing control over the trajectory of their careers. Now, almost forty years later, McCarthy looks to reconnect with peers and co-stars so that together they can reflect on their respective legacies.

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Kubrick by Kubrick
7.5

Kubrick by Kubrick

Must Watch2020

American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), one of the greatest in history, but also one of the most reserved, gave few interviews throughout his long career, and none of them were filmed. A first-person journey through his life and work, based on a recorded conversation with French film critic Michel Climent.

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Space Station 3D
6.5

Space Station 3D

Must Watch2002

Some 220 miles above Earth lies the International Space Station, a one-of-a-kind outer space laboratory that 16 nations came together to build. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this extraordinary structure in this spectacular IMAX film. Viewers will blast off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Russia for this incredible journey -- IMAX's first-ever space film. Tom Cruise narrates.

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The Final: Attack on Wembley
6.4

The Final: Attack on Wembley

Must Watch2024

As England reach the final of the Euros at last, 6,000 ticketless football fans storm Wembley stadium, leaving destruction in their wake.

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Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
7.6

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman

Must Watch2015

The world knows Paul Newman as an Academy Award winning actor with a fifty-plus year career as one of the most prolific and revered actors in American Cinema. He was also well known for his philanthropy; Newman's Own has given more than four hundred and thirty million dollars to charities around the world. Yet few know the gasoline-fueled passion that became so important in this complex, multifaceted man's makeup. Newman’s deep-seated passion for racing was so intense it nearly sidelined his acting career. His racing career spanned thirty-five years; Newman won four national championships as a driver and eight championships as an owner. Not bad for a guy who didn't even start racing until he was forty-seven years old.

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Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth
6.6

Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth

Must Watch2020

After 40 years, Tom Cruise continues to push the envelope in film. Exposing one's heart to the world through their work is not only risky business, as far as Cruise is concerned, it is the only way to achieve an end that feels complete.

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Mission: Improbable
7.5

Mission: Improbable

Pure Comedy2001

A behind the scenes look at the stunt work of "Mission: Impossible 2", told through one stunt man who looks like a certain superstar, who's got his looks, but certainly not his smarts.

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James Corden's Top Gun Training with Tom Cruise
6.1

James Corden's Top Gun Training with Tom Cruise

Pure Comedy2022

When "Top Gun: Maverick" star Tom Cruise calls you up to hang out for the day, you say yes. And for James Corden, that meant having Tom pilot you in two different fighter planes, pushing the limits of gravity and James's stomach.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
5.6

Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony

Family Friendly2024

Like an indelible memory, this Olympic closing ceremony will be marked by audacity, fraternity and emotion. In the heart of the Stade de France, athletes from all over the world will represent their countries one last time in an incredible moment of celebration and sharing. With their eyes riveted to the flame, the emotion will be immense as we close the great Olympic book of Paris 2024.

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Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
7.6

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

Must Watch2023

Nicole Kidman has worked with a host of top directors in a varied career including Gus Van Sant, Jane Campion, Stanley Kubrick, Lars von Trier and Sofia Coppola. A portrait of a fascinatingly ambivalent actress who shines in Hollywood blockbusters as well as auteur cinema, determined to explore, role after role, the female condition.

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The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
5.9

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

Must Watch2002

Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, this in-depth documentary offers viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the history of the martial arts film -- from the genre's rebellious beginnings to high-flying modern epics. Jackson takes you through the best moments of 100 movies, including Charlie's Angels and Oscar winner Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Interviews with martial arts film veterans Sammo Hung, John Woo and Ang Lee round out the video.

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Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star
7.0

Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star

Must Watch2023

Tom Cruise - actor, producer, daredevil. The face of Hollywood in the 1980s, after a mid-career meltdown, his future looked in doubt. But through a single-minded commitment to entertaining audiences worldwide, he has risked life and limb and fought his way back to the very top. In an entertainment world dominated by superheroes and fantasy franchises, he stands alone… the last movie star.

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Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
4.9

Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You

Pure Comedy1992

Join stars Paula Abdul, Luke Perry, Sinbad, Pauly Shore, Jaleel White and many, many more as they take an entertaining, music-filled and honest look at HIV and AIDS. You'll get all the latest facts, important dos and don'ts, and you'll meet some wonderful people. Co-hosts Arsenio Hall and Earvin "Magic" Johnson even hit the court for a little one-on-one, and then take "time out" for an informative heart-to-heart! For people who already know about HIV and AIDS, and for those who don't, TIME OUT is a video you can't afford to miss.

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Junket Whore
5.0

Junket Whore

Must Watch1998

A documentary film that explores the relationship between publicists and journalists in Hollywood.

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Hitting It Hard
7.0

Hitting It Hard

Must Watch2002

The press tour to promote the film Vanilla Sky (2001) does quite a number on its stars. We see how tired an actor can get after answering the same questions over and over again at various press junkets and premieres.

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Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action
6.0

Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action

Must Watch2022

Having just turned 60, Tom Cruise is still one of the leading names in Hollywood. A prolific actor with a career spanning over 40 years, he is continually building a giant legacy within the film industry. His ability seems to know no limits.

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Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
8.0

Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun

Must Watch2004

A comprehensive 6-part documentary on the making of "Top Gun" featuring all-new interviews with the cast and crew. Available on Disc 2 of the "Top Gun" 2-Disc Special Collector's Edition DVD.

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The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
5.5

The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business

Must Watch2008

Set against the landscape of 80s teen culture and the dawn of yuppiedom, this documentary relishes 'Risky Business' for having the brains to break from convention, while celebrating the film's cultural impact.

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Tom Cruise : la dernière légende d'Hollywood
7.0

Tom Cruise : la dernière légende d'Hollywood

Must Watch2025

Tom Cruise is one of the last remaining superstars of world cinema. A portrait of one of the most powerful, but also most secretive, men in Hollywood.

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In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
6.0

In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire

Must Watch2000

A behind-the-scenes documentary of the 1994 film, Interview with the Vampire.

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Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
9.0

Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'

Must Watch2005

Join director Francis Coppola and his remarkable cast as they reminisce about their experiences shooting "The Outsiders" in 1982 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott
0.0

Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott

Must Watch2025

"Boo-Yah" traces Stuart's journey from local television in North Carolina to becoming one of ESPN's most influential voices. At a time when hip-hop and popular culture were often marginalized in mainstream media and few Black anchors held national prominence, Stuart brought both unapologetically to "SportsCenter," blending sharp analysis, pop culture and swagger in a way that spoke to a new generation of fans.

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Ghost Protocol: Impossible Missions
0.0

Ghost Protocol: Impossible Missions

Must Watch2012

A documentary that explores the making of 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'. It focuses on Brad Bird's transition from directing animation to directing live-action, and how the film's biggest set pieces were brought to life.

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Ghost Protocol: Mission Accepted
0.0

Ghost Protocol: Mission Accepted

Must Watch2012

A documentary that explores the making of 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'. It focuses on what the film's team went through while shooting in Prague, Dubai, and Vancouver.

86
The Gauntlet
0.0

The Gauntlet

High Octane

Detective Shockley must transport a witness to testify against a mobster. Betrayed by corrupt cops, they hijack a bus and reinforce it, attempting to reach the court while being pursued by armed officers.

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Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
0.0

Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special

Must Watch2025

10 News First takes you behind the scenes on the making of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Angela Bishop chats with Tom Cruise for all the inside info.

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Deeper
0.0

Deeper

Dark & Gritty

A deep-sea dive turns into an unexpected psychological exploration for a former astronaut who signed up for the mission.

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Broadsword
0.0

Broadsword

Must Watch

A Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.) mission in World War II goes badly and leaves a Royal Marine Captain stranded in France as the sole survivor. Against all odds, he must complete his mission amidst the chaos of war.

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Digger
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Digger

Pure Comedy2026

The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's saviour before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.

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Untitled Top Gun 3
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Untitled Top Gun 3

High Octane

The third installment in the franchise. Plot TBA.

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Tom Cruise: Impossible Missions
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Tom Cruise: Impossible Missions

Must Watch2023

The stories behind the most memorable stunts from the film franchise, from the genre-defining Langley Heist to the jaw-dropping Plane Hang

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Remembering Stanley Kubrick
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Remembering Stanley Kubrick

Must Watch1999

Interviews with Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Steven Spielberg about Stanley Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut.

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Commitment to Life
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Commitment to Life

Must Watch2023

Against a rich Hollywood backdrop, "Commitment to Life" documents the true story of the fight against HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles - and how an intrepid group of people living with HIV/AIDS, doctors, movie stars, studio moguls and activists changed the course of the epidemic.

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