Tom Cruise's best role or movie ?

That entire cast (The Firm) was great. A nice mix.


Jon

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Tom Cruise’s best role is in the movie ‘Born on the Fourth of July’. It was released in 1989. He portrayed a paralyzed person and he was completely engrossed in this character. It was incredible to see his performance in the film. This also earned him his first Oscar nomination.

Hated that movie with a white hot passion.

Tom's best movies are behind him.

His Top 10 movies in chronological order are:

All The Right Moves (1983)
Top Gun (1986)
The Color of Money (1986)
Rain Man (1988)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
A Few Good Men (1992)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Magnolia (1999)
Collateral (2004)

As you can see, I'm not a fan of any of his Mission: Impossible films or any of his other action films. I find them to be beneath his acting abilities.

He should be making the same quality films that Tom Hanks is making, but I guess the 'action star' thing is bringing him big bucks. So for Tom, it's obvious he prefers quick and easy cash over artistic integrity.

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i would have to guess it could be The firm , or a few good men

Top Gun and Cocktail!

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Les Grossman by a mile.

He has been in loads of great stuff, but I believe he was legendary as Vincent in Collateral, maybe the last good movie by my favourite director Micheal Mann. He really put the effort into the gunplay, becoming basically just as fast as a spec forces operative.

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Collateral

Tropic Thunder for me.

Very good movie, very good performance. I love the club scene. It equals if not just below the club scene in the original terminator.

I really liked Collateral

Mark Ruffalo impressed me in that – I didn't recognise him at first .

Think it was basically his breakout role.