All the Right Moves 1983  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Chapman
Cast: Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn, Charles Cioffi, Paul Carafotes, Sandy Faison, Leon, Gary Graham, Mel Winkler, Dick Miller, James A. Baffico, Jonas Chaka, Keith Diamond
Tom Cruise stars as Pennsylvania mill town high-school football star Stefen Djordjevic who wants a scholarship to gain a better life. A good story that highlights the conflicts he has between his dreams with his coach (Craig T. Nelson) and his relationship with his girlfriend Lisa (Lea Thompson).
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Born on the Fourth of July 1989  R, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Kyra Sedgwick, Jerry Levine, Bryan Larkin, Frank Whaley, Stephen Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Dale Dye, Josh Evans, Jamie Talisman, Anne Bobby, Samantha Larkin, Richard Panebianco
Based on Vietnam Veteran Ron Kovic's best selling book, Tom Cruise plays the lead in this story that relates Kovic's experiences from all-American football hero to paraplegic, anti-war activist. Oliver Stone won the Best Director Academy Award, and nominations were received for Best Actor (Cruise) and Picture.
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 Cocktail 1988  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes, Laurence Luckinbill, Kelly Lynch, Ron Dean, Gina Gershon, Paul Benedict, Ellen Foley, Robert Donley, Andrea Morse, Chris Owens, Justin Louis, Allan Wasserman
Recently discharged from the Army, young Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) sets out to make a good life for himself in Manhattan. He signs up for business courses and gets a job tending bar. The Aussie barkeeper Doug Couglin (Bryan Brown) takes Brian on as his protege, and they put together an act in which they dance while mixing drinks. They become very popular but then have a falling out. Brian leaves for Jamaica where he meets and falls in love with vacationing New York City waitress Jordan Mooney (Elizabeth Shue). Then, Brian meets New York executive Bonnie (Lisa Banes) who wants Brian for herself, and he becomes her lover. Will Brian wake up in time to make the right decision about who he should spend the rest of his life with?
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 Collateral 2004 R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Bruce McGill, Irma P. Hall, Barry Shabaka Henley, Richard T. Jones, Bodhi Elfman, Debi Mazar, Javier Bardem, Klea Scott, Emilio Rivera, Jamie McBride
Taxi driver Max (Jamie Foxx) dislikes the heavy daily L.A. traffic, so he drives at night when there is far less pressure–until he picks up Vincent (Tom Cruise). Max soon catches on that Vincent is a contract killer (the first victim is thrown out a window and lands on top of the taxi). Max is supposed to play the chauffeur on Vincent's rounds, which involves killing five people that night. Two Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Supporting Actor (Jamie Foxx)
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 The Color of Money 1986  R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, John Turturro, Bill Cobbs, Keith McCready, Bruce A. Young, Ron Dean, Randall Arney, Lisa Dodson, Forest Whitaker, Vito D'Ambrosio, Robert Agins, Alvin Anastasia
This film is a sequel to "The Hustler." The aging pool champion Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) has a protege, Vincent Lauria (Tom Cruise), to join him in profits available through pool games. But, Vincent's manipulative girlfriend Carmen (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) wants in on the action, and a power struggle ensues leading to a match between Fast Eddie and Vincent in Atlantic City. The dirty, snow-covered city and smoky pool halls reflect the lives of the characters. Paul Newman won an Academy Award for Best Actor.
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 Days of Thunder 1990  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Nicole Kidman, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes, Michael Rooker, John C. Reilly, Don Simpson, Donna W. Scott, Fred Dalton Thompson, J.C. Quinn, Caroline Williams, Chris Ellis, Peter Appel, Stephen Michael Ayers
"Top Gun" (Tom Cruise) tactics have moved from the air to the racetrack in this fast-paced film about a young rookie who tries to unseat the champion. Cole Trickle (Cruise) is discovered by businessman Tim Daland (Randy Quaid) who commissions former stock-car racer Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall) to build a car and then hires Cole to drive it. Cole wins the respect of Hogge who teaches him the intricacies of winning on the stock car circuit. But, a crash lands Cole in the hospital with his rival Rowdy Burns (Michael Rooker), and Cole and Rowdy now become friends after Rowdy's injuries force him to bow out of racing. At the same time, Cole is attracted to his doctor, Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman), who gives him the courage to race again.
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Endless Love 1981 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight, Don Murray, Tom Cruise, Robert Moore, Richard Kiley, Beatrice Straight, James Spader, Penelope Milford, Jami Gertz, Jan Miner, Salem Ludwig, Jeff Marcus
Seventeen-year-old David (Martin Hewitt) and 15-year-old Jade (Brooke Shields) fall in love, but Jade's father has had enough of David and bans him from their house. David's solution to his problem: burn down their house, rescue the family, and become a hero. David does carry out the arson but is caught and sent to a reformatory where he remains obsessed with reuniting with Jade. "Endless Love" marks the film debut of Tom Cruise, and the title song was nominated for an Oscar for Best song.
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Eyes Wide Shut 1999 R, 160 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson, Rade Serbedzija, Todd Field, Vinessa Shaw, Alan Cumming, Leelee Sobieski, Fay Masterson
One evening, Dr. William Harford's (Tom Cruise) wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), confessed that she once fantasized about a young naval officer and had almost been unfaithful to their marriage vows. That revelation shatters Bill's belief in the stability of their marriage, and he leaves their home to visit one of his patients. Instead of returning home, Bill wanders the streets into a sexual underworld where he is hit head-on with sexual and moral discoveries.
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Fallen Angels, Volume 1 1993 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Cruise
Cast: Isabella Rossellini, Laura Dern, Alan Rickman, Diane Lane, James Woods, Tim Matheson, Peter Gallagher, Gary Busey
This is the first part of a two-part anthology series based on 1940s literature. All three stories are set in Los Angeles during the World War II era of tough, hard-living characters. In this part of the series, Tom Cruise makes his directorial debut in "The Fighting Frammis." Other stories are "Since I Don't Have You" and "Murder Obliquely."
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Far and Away 1992 PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson, Robert Prosky, Barbara Babcock, Colm Meaney, Rance Howard, Clint Howard, Cyril Cusack, Michelle Johnson, Eileen Pollock, Douglas Gillison, Wayne Grace, Niall Toibin, Jared Harris
Spectacular scenery of Ireland forms the early backdrop of this film about Irish immigrants who come to America in the late 1800s in search of land. Tenant farmer Joseph Donnelly (Tom Cruise) is working in western Ireland when his father is killed during a protest against ruthless landowner Daniel Christie (Robert Prosky). Joseph seeks vengeance, but Daniel's daughter Shannon (Nicole Kidman) stabs Joseph. While he is recovering, Shannon convinces Joseph to join her on a trip to America to acquire land during the Oklahoma land rush. Shannon and Joseph set out on the voyage but encounter obstacles along the way. They finally arrive in Oklahoma and have fallen in love, but Shannon's father is now following them with plans to take Shannon back home to Ireland.
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 A Few Good Men 1992 R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, James Marshall, J.T. Walsh, Christopher Guest, Matt Craven, J.A. Preston, Wolfgang Bodison, Xander Berkeley, John M. Jackson, Noah Wyle
A young U.S. Navy attorney, Ltjg. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise), has virtually no courtroom experience, but he is about to learn that there is more to the legal system than plea-bargaining when he is assigned a murder case at the Marine Corps base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. LCdr. JoAnne Galloway (Demi Moore) is assigned as co-counsel, and she urges Kaffee to look at the law as an exciting field in which to discover truth. Kaffee's case involves two Marines–Pfc. Downey (James Marshall) and Cpl. Dawson (Wolfgang Bodison)–who are accused of murdering a fellow Marine. Kaffee follows Galloway's instructions to look for the truth, and, under questioning, Downey and Dawson reveal that the murder was ordered by Lt. Kendrick (Kiefer Sutherland). Kendrick's senior officer Col. Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson) denies any knowledge of Kendrick issuing the order and wants the investigation stopped. Now, Kaffee is determined to find the proof behind the allegations even if it means going head-to-head with tough Col. Jessup. The film received four Academy Award nominations including Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson) and Best Picture.
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The Firm 1993 R, 154 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook, Holly Hunter, Terry Kinney, Wilford Brimley, Ed Harris, David Strathairn, Gary Busey, Steven Hill, Tobin Bell, Barbara Garrick, Jerry Hardin, Paul Calderon
Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) moves his schoolteacher wife Abby (Jeanne Tripplehorn) to Memphis after his graduation from Harvard Law School. His choice of the prestigious, but small, law firm in Memphis turns out to be an unwise choice as Mitch begins to suspect that the firm is involved in murder and the mob. Based on John Grisham's novel.
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 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles 1994  R, 122 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater, Stephen Rea, Thandie Newton, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Lyla Hay Owen, Monte Monague, Nathalie Bloch-Laine, Helen McCrory, George Kelly, Rory Edwards, Marcel Iures
Based on Anna Rice's "Vampire" stories, this movie begins with reporter Daniel Malloy (Christian Slater) interviewing the vampire, Louis (Brad Pitt), who relates how Lestat (Tom Cruise) enlisted him and Claudia (Kirsten Dunst) into the world of vampires. Louis and Lestat become the loves of each other's lives. Later, Louis and Claudia join up with the Theatre des Vampires whose leader, Armand (Antonio Banderas), participates in some weird sacrificial orgies with them.
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 Jerry Maguire 1996 R, 138 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Cameron Crowe
Cast: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renee Zellweger, Kelly Preston, Jerry O'Connell, Jay Mohr, Bonnie Hunt, Regina King, Jonathan Lipnicki, Todd Louiso, Mark Pellington, Jeremy Suarez, Susan Norfleet, Jared Jussim, Benjamin Kimball Smith
Sports agent Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) suddenly loses his job and his friends. The film's plot is about how he stumbles into a new life and finds that there is room for decency in his new lifestyle. Cuba Gooding Jr. won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in his role as the football star, and the film received four nominations, including Best Picture and Actor (Cruise).
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 The Last Samurai 2003 R, 144 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Edward Zwick
Cast: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Timothy Spall, Tony Goldwyn, Koyuki, Sosuke Ikematsu, Aoi Minato, Masato Harada, Masashi Odate, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg, John Koyama, Togo Igawa, Shichinosuke Nakamura
In 1876, Civil War veteran-turned-drifter Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) takes on the task of training the Japanese Imperial Army in the use of modern weapons of the West. With this new expertise, the Emperor plans to modernize Japan by sending his army into battle against the last of the feudal, militaristic samurais. Algren leads the troops into battle but is captured by samurai leader Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe) from whom he learns meditative, instead of violent, ways to deal with life. Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor (Ken Watanabe).
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 Legend 1985 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert, Peter O'Farrell, Kiran Shah, Annabelle Lanyon
In this fairy tale, Jack (Tom Cruise) takes Princess Lili (Mia Sara) on a journey to show her the unicorns whose existence is being threatened by Darkness (Tim Curry).
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 Lions for Lambs 2007 R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Redford
Cast: Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Michael Pena, Andrew Garfield, Peter Berg, Kevin Dunn, Derek Luke, Larry Bates, Christopher May, David Pease, Heidi Janson, George Back, Kristy Wu
This film cuts to three different locations as it targets politicians, journalists, scholars, and the American public. In Washington, D.C., journalist Janine Roth (Meryl Streep) interviews Sen. Jasper Irving (Tom Cruise) on a planned offensive in the war in a northern Afghan province. The film inter-cuts to a California university where Professor Stephen Malley (Robert Redford) tries to encourage his student, Todd (Andrew Garfield), by telling him about two former students–Ernest Rodriguez (Michael Pena) and Arian Finch (Derek Luke)–who are part of that military offensive discussed by Irving. Now the story moves to the mountains of Afghanistan where Rodriguez and Finch are stranded because of the policy shift discussed by Irving and may never be able to return home to their loved ones.
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Losin' It 1983 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jackie Earle Haley, John Stockwell, Shelley Long, John P. Navin Jr., Henry Darrow, James Victor, Rick Rossovich, Joe Spinell, Hector Elias
Three teenage boys (Tom Cruise, Jackie Earle Haley, and John Stockwell) head for Tijuana for fun and first-time sex. Just like the Little Red Hen, they meet a number of characters along the way.
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Magnolia 1999 R, 185 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Philip Baker Hall, Melora Walters, Melinda Dillon, Michael Bowen
This film represents a finely tuned ensemble of quality acting. Set in the San Fernando Valley, the story draws parallels between its characters whose lives intertwine for brief periods. Tom Cruise's performance is a highlight, and he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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 Minority Report 2002  PG-13, 145 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Kathryn Morris, Tim Blake Nelson, Peter Stormare, Lois Smith, Steve Harris, Mike Binder, Neal McDonough, Patrick Kilpatrick, Jessica Capshaw, Richard Coca
Based on one of Philip K. Dick's great short stories, the plot adopts the premise that investigators can find and arrest killers before they commit murders. In a twist of fate, Detective John Adderton (Tom Cruise), who heads up the department in charge of predicting murders, is identified as a future killer. Now, he must uncover the circumstances to clear his name.
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 Mission: Impossible 1996 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Beart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Vanessa Redgrave, Dale Dye, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Marcel Iures, Ion Caramitru, Valentina Yakunina, Marek Vasut, Nathan Osgood
Tom Cruise stars as government agent Ethan Hunt whose mission is to find a stolen, top-secret computer disk that lists spies and their whereabouts. The evidence has pointed to Hunt as the one responsible for the theft, but he sets out to clear his name. Off he heads with his group of special agents from Eastern Europe to CIA headquarters–always on guard against terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and searching for the mole.
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Mission: Impossible 2 2000 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh, Anthony Hopkins, John Polson, Brendan Gleeson, Rade Serbedzija, William Mapother, Dominic Purcell, Nicholas Bell, Kee Chan, Kim Fleming, Mathew Wilkinson
Tom Cruise again stars as government agent Ethan Hunt who sets out on another impossible mission. This time, he is recruited by the new IMF chief Commander Swanbeck (Anthony Hopkins) to destroy a deadly virus that has been hijacked by the evil IMF agent, Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott). Hunt recruits Ambrose's ex-lover Nyah Nordoff-Hall (Thandie Newton) to help infiltrate Ambrose's terrorist group. Complications ensue–especially after Hunt falls in love with Nyah.
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 Mission: Impossible III 2006 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg, Eddie Marsan, Laurence Fishburne, Bahar Soomekh, Jeff Chase, Carla Gallo
In this third entry of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise, super-spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has retired from active duty, is training new Impossible Mission Force agents, and is engaged to Julia (Michelle Monaghan) who knows nothing about his perilous past. But dangers escalate when Hunt is called on to assemble a team–Luther Strickell (Ving Rhames), Declan (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), and Zhen (Maggie Q)–whose mission is to track down evil international weapons provider Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and, in the process, rescue Hunt's prize pupil, Lindsey (Keri Russell).
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 The Outsiders 1983  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, C. Thomas Howell, Diane Lane, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Leif Garrett, Gailard Sartain, Glenn Withrow, Darren Dalton, Michelle Meyrink, Tom Waits, William Smith
This story, set in the 1960s, deals with teenage gangs in Oklahoma. The two gangs consist of the Socs who are kids with money and the Greasers who are kids from the wrong side of the tracks. Greasers Ponyboy Curtis (C. Thomas Howell) and his friend Johnny Cade (Ralph Macchio) make friends with rich Cherry (Diane Lane) and Marcia (Michelle Meyrink), and the Socs beat them up. This action leads to murder and sets off a chain of events that goes beyond any control. 2 User Reviews
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| | Amazing movie. Full of drama, action, and rays of hope. | Sahara 03/18/2007 | | The Outsiders is a movie full of everything you would want to see in one. This movie is about Boys that are young and reckless. These boys grew up in the Outside of society. They are rebels classified/labeled under Greasers. They weren't looking for a fight with the Socs. Boys who live on the west-side of town, rich cold kids. They were looking to belong. The main characters are Ponyboy , a boy who dreams another world where he would me normal and happy as well as Johnny his best buddy. Then there is Dally Winston who looks at the world with much hatred, and the rest of the gang, Two-Bit, Steve,Sodapop, and Darry. |
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 Rain Man 1988 R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen, Lucinda Jenney, Bonnie Hunt, Beth Grant, Michael D. Roberts, Jack Murdock, Ralph Seymour, Kim Robillard, Ray Baker, Barry Levinson, Loretta Wendt Jolivette, Elizabeth Lower
This film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in its depiction of autistic savant Raymond Babbitt (Dustin Hoffman) whose brother Charlie (Tom Cruise) wants part of a huge inheritance from which he has been omitted. To this end, Charlie takes his brother on a trip while he threatens the guardian with a court fight for half of the inheritance. Barry Levinson also won an Oscar for Best Director, as did Hoffman for Best Actor.
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 Risky Business 1983 R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Brickman
Cast: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Bronson Pinchot, Nicholas Pryor, Curtis Armstrong, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Masur, Bruce A. Young, Shera Danese, Raphael Sbarge, Janet Carroll, Scott Harlan, Kevin Anderson, Sarah Partridge, Nathan Davis
When his parents leave on vacation, a teenager Joel Goodsen (Tom Cruise) goes off the deep end, and his troubles begin to multiply. After letting hooker Lana (Rebecca De Mornay) move into the family home, he goes one step further and turns the house into a bordello for one night.
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures 2001 N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Jan Harlan
Cast: Tom Cruise
Narrated by Tom Cruise, this film documents the life of acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Kubrick from his early childhood to life's end. Often shrouded in controversy, he was a very private man who gets an in-depth treatment in this film, mainly through interviews with actors, fellow filmmakers and technicians, friends, and family.
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Taps 1981 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Cox, Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, Giancarlo Esposito, John P. Navin Jr., Earl Hindman, James Handy, Brendan Ward, Billy Van Zandt
When the 150-year-old Bunker Hill Military Academy is threatened with demolition, its cadets seize the school and refuse to move out of their fortress. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 01/28/2007 | | this movie was so good all the acters were realy good. |
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 Top Gun 1986 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Action / Romance
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, John Stockwell, Rick Rossovich, Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Barry Tubb, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Whip Hubley, James Tolkan, Adrian Pasdar
Tom Cruise plays Navy pilot Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell at the Fighter Weapons School at Miramar, California, where jet pilots compete for the title of "Top Gun." While at school, he falls in love with one of the instructors, Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood (Kelly McGillis), leading to complications in the classroom. A Best Song Academy Award was won for "Take My Breath Away," and the film was nominated for three addtional Oscars.
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Tropic Thunder 2008 R, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Ben Stiller
Cast: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Nick Nolte, Steve Coogan, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Brandon Soo Hoo, Reggie Lee, Tom Cruise, Matthew McConaughey, Trieu Tran, David Pressman
In this satire on Hollywood filmmaking, Oscar-winning actor Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) just doesn't fit in with the other actors–Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel), and Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black)–on the set. Bickering fills the air, and after director Kamien Cockburn (Steve Coogan) is threatened with being fired by the film's producer Les Grossman (Tom Cruise), he sends the cast by helicopter to the jungles of Southeast Asia where filming is to be done by hidden cameras. Meanwhile, the film is axed, and the actors find themselves in a real war, lost in the jungle where they are hunted down by a Burmese drug ring, led by twelve-year-old Tran (Brandon Soo Hoo), that believes the actors are soldiers. Now, their acting skills really come into play. Robert Downey Jr. received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Valkrie 2008 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Thomas Kretschmann, Terence Stamp, Eddie Izzard, Kevin McNally, Tom Hollander, David Schofield, Kenneth Cranham, Christian Berkel, David Bamber, Ian McNeice
During World War II, Col. Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) was serving in the German army in Tunisia where he lost his left eye, right hand, and fingers of his left hand as a result of the Allied bombing. Claus has had enough of the Nazi regime and joins a movement plotting to kill Hitler (David Bamber) but still win the war. Now, he conspires with the military and government bigwigs (Kenneth Branagh, Terence Stamp, Bill Nighy, and Eddie Izzard) in smoke filled rooms to plot Hitler's demise.
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Vanilla Sky 2001 R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Cameron Crowe
Cast: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee, Noah Taylor, Timothy Spall, Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, Delaina Mitchell, Shalom Harlow, Oona Hart, Ivana Milicevic, Johnny Galecki, Jhaemi Willens
After spoiled playboy David's (Tom Cruise) girlfriend Julie (Cameron Diaz) finds him with Sofia (Penelope Cruz), she purposefully steers their car off a bridge, kills herself, and disfigures David. For the rest of the story, David wears a mask and is under the care of a psychologist, Dr. Curtis McCabe (Kurt Russell), who tries to get the facts of a murder David has been accused of–maybe Julia's, maybe Sofia's. But was there really a murder, or was it all in David's head?
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 War of the Worlds 2005 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, David Alan Basche, Yul Vazquez, Rick Gonzalez, Lenny Venito, Lisa Ann Walter, Daniel Franzese, Gene Barry
Adapted from H.G. Wells' 1898 novel, this story involves a deadbeat father, Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise), trying to regain a relationship with his children–Robbie (Justin Chatwin) and Rachel (Dakota Fanning)–when a three-legged alien that attacks humans appears on the scene. Will Ray be able to save his kids? Three Academy Award nominations were received (Best Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects).
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| 1. All the Right Moves (1983)
2. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
3. Cocktail (1988)
4. Collateral (2004)
5. The Color of Money (1986)
6. Days of Thunder (1990)
7. Endless Love (1981)
8. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
9. Fallen Angels, Volume 1 (1993)
10. Far and Away (1992)
11. A Few Good Men (1992)
12. The Firm (1993)
13. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
14. Jerry Maguire (1996)
15. The Last Samurai (2003)
16. Legend (1985)
17. Lions for Lambs (2007)
18. Losin' It (1983)
19. Magnolia (1999)
20. Minority Report (2002)
21. Mission: Impossible (1996)
22. Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
23. Mission: Impossible III (2006)
24. The Outsiders (1983)
25. Rain Man (1988)
26. Risky Business (1983)
27. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
28. Taps (1981)
29. Top Gun (1986)
30. Tropic Thunder (2008)
31. Valkrie (2008)
32. Vanilla Sky (2001)
33. War of the Worlds (2005)
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