Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

26 movies reviewed by Now Playing Podcast

Tom Cruise appeared in 26 movies reviewed by Now Playing Podcast and has been discussed in Tom Cruise '80s Star, Mission: Impossible, Individual Movie Reviews and others retrospective series. See all Series with movies featuring Tom Cruise →

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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

The Enemy of The Entity Is My Friend

Reviewed Oct 21, 2025
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. Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Kids, the story of how I met your mother includes a drift...

Reviewed May 30, 2025
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. Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Jack Reacher

He's an expert at finding a parking spot in Pittsburgh. W...

Reviewed May 27, 2025
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. Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Because it’s a global crisis when Tom Cruise loses his ...

Reviewed Jul 18, 2023
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. Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Rain Man

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Reviewed May 15, 2020
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. Genres: Drama

The Color of Money

This ain’t pool. This is for bangers.

Reviewed May 1, 2020
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. Genres: Drama
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Risky Business

Sometimes you gotta say, “What the heck” and support ...

Reviewed Mar 27, 2020
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. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Cruise certainly hits a high point in this series -- 144 ...

Reviewed Jul 28, 2015
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. Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller