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Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise
Born 3 July, 1962, in Syracuse, New York, Thomas Cruise Mapother IV is a megaton movie missile.

Phase 1: the pre-flight years, spent in the care of nomadic parents, prepping for the priesthood. Phase 2: lift-off, as the acting bug bites and Tom goes Brat Pack in The Outsiders, and kit-off in the likes of Risky Business and All The Right Moves.

Phase 3: jet-propelled in the seat of the Top Gun fighter plane and the young-sexy-cock(tail)y roles of the late 80s, alongside a marriage to Mimi Rogers. Phase 4: Cruise-control achieved during the 90s through actorly turns and big-budget blockbusters (most of which are sheer box-office gold), and exchanging Rogers for Nicole Kidman.

Phase 5: into orbit, as Nicole exits, and Tom punches clean through the stratosphere with Spielberg’s Minority Report, The Last Samurai and Collateral. And now, Phase 6: out of this world, off the planet, into deep space, etc… with War Of The Worlds, MI3, Katie Holmes as Wife #3, and an increasingly outspoken devotion to Scientology.

<b>Wise words:</b> "I have cooked turkeys in my day, but when Mom's around I let her do it."


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Tom Cruise - news / articles


  • Cruise the fashion critic - 8 October 2009
    -Katie Holmes has hailed husband Tom Cruise her favourite fashion critic, because he can criticize the actress' clothing choices without hurting her feelings.- -Holmes insists the pair shares a passion for fashion and almost always agree on her costume picks, and, e


  • Pitt's battle cry against Cruise's Valkyrie - 22 August 2009
    -Brad Pitt has declared battle against Tom Cruise for the title of best World War II movie - branding the Hollywood actor's recent film Valkyrie "ridiculous".- -Pitt teamed up with director Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds, which was released this month (A


  • Downey Jr to take on Cruise's vampire role - 18 August 2009
    -Robert Downey Jr is in talks to replace Tom Cruise as bloodsucker Lestat in a prequel to 1994 movie Interview With The Vampire.- -Studio bosses want to capitalise on the popularity of vampire-themed Twilight and TV hit True Blood and reincarnate author Anne Rice's

Tom Cruise - what members say


  • Rain Man
  • Rain Man review by from Liverpool, UK
    Rated - 4 stars simply very good 9 May 2005
    ...I never believed Tom Cruise could act before seeing this film. Dustin Hoffman portrays an autistic savant convincingly. The USP of this movie is that it doesnt go over...  
  • Top Gun
  • Top Gun review by A customer from Gillingham, Kent
    Rated - 5 stars Best feel good film Ever! 13 June 2005
    ...films you will ever have the opportunity to see and enjoy. It has a great cast, Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skeritt.....and the list goes on!. ...  
  • A Few Good Men
  • A Few Good Men review by from Haywards Heath
    Rated - 5 stars One of my all time faves 11 February 2004
    ...id nothing wrong, they were following a code of honour. The defence Council (Tom Cruise) thinks otherwise as he begins to suspect that the Base Commander may have been...  

Tom Cruise - filmography


  • Lions for Lambs on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Robert Redford,  Meryl Streep,  Tom Cruise
    Director: Robert Redford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two determined students as a West Coast University, Arian (Derek Luke) and Ernest (Michael Pena), follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley (Robert Redford), and attempt to do something important with their lives. But when the two make the bold decision to join the battle in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 19,733 members
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  • War Of The Worlds on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Justin Chatwin,  Dakota Fanning
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    While Martian war machines appear across the globe, the horror of the assault is depicted through the eyes of one American family who refuse to give up the fight for survival. Steven Spielberg retells H. G. Wells' seminal science fiction classic.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 92,978 members
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  • Elizabethtown on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Orlando Bloom,  Kirsten Dunst,  Susan Sarandon
    Director: Cameron Crowe
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Though it revolves around death, Cameron Crowe's hotly anticipated follow-up to 'Vanilla Sky' is optimistic overall, beaming with the same life-affirming mood as the crowd-pleasers 'Jerry Maguire and 'Almost Famous'. Promising young shoe-designer Drew Baylor quickly learns how failure feels when ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 27,264 members
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  • Collateral on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jamie Foxx,  Jada Pinkett
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Jamie Foxx plays Max, a Los Angeles cab driver who has a pretty wild night in this thriller from Michael Mann (HEAT, THE INSIDER). First, Max picks up, flirts with, and gets the number of Annie (Jada Pinkett Smith), an attractive District attorney. Next, Vincent (Tom Cruise) climbs into his cab. He ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 97,393 members
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  • The Last Samurai on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Ken Watanabe,  Timothy Spall
    Director: Edward Zwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Captain Nathan Algren served in the American Civil War where he risked his life for his country. He served out his career in the West where the battle was with Indians and it was here that he became disillusioned and lost... In a far-off land a celebrated Samurai warrior, Katsumoto, is learning ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 71,861 members
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  • Minority Report on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Samantha Morton,  Colin Farrell
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The science-fiction thriller MINORITY REPORT, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, is based on a short story by renowned writer Philip K. Dick. In the year 2054, in Washington, D.C., murder has been eliminated thanks to Precrime, a program that uses the visions of three psychics, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 43,772 members
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  • Vanilla Sky on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz
    Director: Cameron Crowe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Director Cameron Crowe (JERRY MAGUIRE, ALMOST FAMOUS) teams up with Tom Cruise once again in an adaptation of Alejandro Amenabar's 1997 Spanish film OPEN YOUR EYES. Cruise plays David Aames, a playboy publisher leading a seemingly charmed life. His most recent playmate is his "friend" Julie Gianni (..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 18,751 members
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  • Magnolia on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Jeremy Blackman,  Tom Cruise,  Melinda Dillon
    Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In a single day in Los Angeles, a number of interconnected lives are changed forever. A lonely police officer (John C. Reilly) falls in love with a disturbed cocaine addict (Melora Walters). Her father (Philip Baker Hall), the host of the game show "What Do Kids Know
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 20,662 members
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  • Magnolia - BLU-RAY Version (1999)
    Starring: Jeremy Blackman,  Tom Cruise,  Melinda Dillon
    Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In a single day in Los Angeles, a number of interconnected lives are changed forever. A lonely police officer (John C. Reilly) falls in love with a disturbed cocaine addict (Melora Walters). Her father (Philip Baker Hall), the host of the game show "What Do Kids Know
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 16 members
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  • Mission: Impossible - BLU-RAY Version (1996)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jean Reno,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, leader of a crack squad of intelligence operatives, in this labyrinthine action-thriller based on the hit 1960s-'70s television series. When a dangerous mission in Prague goes inexplicably wrong, Hunt finds himself out in the cold. A mole has infiltrated the CIA, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,648 member
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  • Mission: Impossible on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jean Reno,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: £2.49
    Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, leader of a crack squad of intelligence operatives, in this labyrinthine action-thriller based on the hit 1960s-'70s television series. When a dangerous mission in Prague goes inexplicably wrong, Hunt finds himself out in the cold. A mole has infiltrated the CIA, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 33,532 members
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  • Mission: Impossible - HD DVD Version (1996)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jean Reno,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, leader of a crack squad of intelligence operatives, in this labyrinthine action-thriller based on the hit 1960s-'70s television series. When a dangerous mission in Prague goes inexplicably wrong, Hunt finds himself out in the cold. A mole has infiltrated the CIA, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 296 members
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  • Interview With The Vampire on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Brad Pitt,  Kirsten Dunst
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Horror author Anne Rice penned the screenplay for this full-blooded adaptation of her novel, which chronicles the life of 18th-century nobleman Louis (Brad Pitt) after he is bitten by powerful, charismatic vampire Lestat (Tom Cruise). Though enthralled with the undead lifestyle at first, Louis is ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 15,412 members
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  • The Firm on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jeanne Tripplehorn,  Ed Harris
    Director: Sydney Pollack
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sydney Pollack directs Tom Cruise in this legal thriller based on John Grisham's best-seller. Cruise plays Mitch McDeere, an ambitious young lawyer who accepts an unmatchable offer from a Memphis law firm only to discover that the deal was too good to be true. As he becomes tangled in a web of ..read more »
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  • Firm, The - BLU-RAY Version (1993)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jeanne Tripplehorn,  Ed Harris
    Director: Sydney Pollack
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sydney Pollack directs Tom Cruise in this legal thriller based on John Grisham's best-seller. Cruise plays Mitch McDeere, an ambitious young lawyer who accepts an unmatchable offer from a Memphis law firm only to discover that the deal was too good to be true. As he becomes tangled in a web of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 19 members
    Due for release on 29th March 2010
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  • A Few Good Men on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Tom Cruise,  Demi Moore
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When two marines are charged with murdering a member of their platoon during an unsanctioned disciplinary action in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the armed forces hire a lieutenant they believe is a lightweight defense attorney. Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) prides himself in having successfully ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 16,283 members
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  • Days Of Thunder on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Nicole Kidman,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) is a young, cocky hotshot with little stock car driving experience and a lot of raw talent. Trickle's uncanny ability to make all the right moves on the racetrack wins him the backing of Tim Dolan (Randy Quaid), who wants to put him in a car. Eventually he wins the support ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 8,118 members
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  • Rain Man on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Dustin Hoffman,  Valeria Golino
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Callous hustler Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) is busy working on his next deal when he receives word that his estranged father has died. After travelling back to Ohio from Los Angeles for the funeral, Charlie is miffed to find that although he will receive a vintage Buick from his father's estate, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 35,621 members
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  • Cocktail on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Bryan Brown,  Elisabeth Shue
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two bartenders (Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown) at a busy Manhattan watering hole dream of someday owning their own bars. Their lives consist of elaborate drink-mixing performances and sleeping with many of the female customers, until a fight over a woman causes the younger bartender, Brian (Cruise), ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 11,766 members
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  • Top Gun - HD DVD Version (1986)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Kelly McGillis,  Anthony Edwards
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Cocky, undisciplined Maverick (Tom Cruise) flies by instinct and breaks all of the rules at the Navy fighter pilot academy with his best friend and co-pilot Goose (Anthony Edwards). Along the way, Maverick romances the civilian astrophysics instructor (Kelly McGillis) who is initially put off by ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 547 members
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  • Top Gun on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Kelly McGillis,  Anthony Edwards
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Cocky, undisciplined Maverick (Tom Cruise) flies by instinct and breaks all of the rules at the Navy fighter pilot academy with his best friend and co-pilot Goose (Anthony Edwards). Along the way, Maverick romances the civilian astrophysics instructor (Kelly McGillis) who is initially put off by ..read more »
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  • Legend on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Tim Curry,  Mia Sara
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Director Ridley Scott's lush fantasy film stars the young Tom Cruise as Jack, a peasant who lives in an enchanted forest with his beloved Lili (Mia Sara). One day, while quietly gamboling in a glade, the pair is distracted by the appearance of trolls, minions of the evil Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry)..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 7,971 members
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  • T.A.P.S. on DVD (1981)
    Starring: George C. Scott,  Timothy Hutton,  Tom Cruise
    Director: Harold Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Upon hearing that Bunker Hill Military Academy will be demolished to make way for a housing development, the cadets barricade themselves inside. Cadet Major Moreland (Timothy Hutton) leads the group which include the young Tom Cruise and Sean Penn as cadet sergeants Shawn and Dwyer. With a full ..read more »
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Tom Cruise - watch online


  • Collateral to Watch Now (2004)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jamie Foxx,  Jada Pinkett Smith
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 120 minutes
    A taxi driver is unexpectedly taken on the ride of his life in this stylish thriller from acclaimed director Michael Mann. Max (Jamie Foxx) is a cab driver who hopes to some day open his own limo company; one night behind the wheel begins promisingly when he picks up Annie (Jada Pinkett Smith), an ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 106 members
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  • Vanilla Sky to Watch Now (2001)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Penélope Cruz,  Cameron Diaz
    Director: Cameron Crowe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 136 minutes
    The tale of a young New York City publishing magnate who finds himself on an unexpected roller-coaster ride of romance, comedy, suspicion, love, sex and dreams in a mind-bending search for his soul.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 85 members
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  • Mission Impossible to Watch Now (1996)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jon Voight,  Emmanuelle Béart
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 110 minutes
    Tom Cruise ignites the screen in this runaway smash hit that "holds you on the edge of your seat before blasting you out of it." (Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times). Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, a secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team. Fleeing from government assassins, breaking ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 105 members
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Tom Cruise facts

5 most recent films

Valkyrie - 3.5 stars
Valkyrie - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Lions for Lambs - 3.0 stars
Mission Impossible 3 - 3.5 stars
Mission Impossible 3 - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Last Samurai, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Interview with the Vampire - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Last Samurai, The - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Top Gun - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Top Gun - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Ultimate 80s Collection - Vol. 2 - 1.5 stars
Firm, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Magnolia - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
All The Right Moves - 2.5 stars
America: A Tribute To Heroes - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ving Rhames - 10 times - show films
Nicole Kidman - 7 times - show films
Timothy Spall - 7 times - show films
Tim Robbins - 6 times - show films
John Stockwell - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Tony Scott - 8 times - show films
Cameron Crowe - 5 times - show films
Edward Zwick - 5 times - show films
Brian De Palma - 4 times - show films
J.J. Abrams - 3 times - show films