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Your three favorite Tom Cruise performances


Collateral 2004
Born On The Fourth Of July 1989
A Few Good Men 1992

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Jerry Maquire
Vanilla Sky
Tropic Thunder

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Vanilla Sky made my head hurt

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Me too

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Just 3:

Tropic Thunder
Born on the 4th of July
A Few Good Men

*several others too, I love this dude no matter how weird he acts in public

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Collateral
Magnolia
Risky Business

Honorable mention to Interview with the Vampire.

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The Last Samurai
A Few Good Men
Jerry Maguire

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The Last Samurai was certainly excellent...not sure anyone could learn to be a martial artist and katana fighter so quickly but what the hell...very good movie!

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None! I can't stand Tom Cruise.

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He is annoying with the Scientology stuff but he has had some good roles.

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His public personality is indeed very strange...the scientology thing, does he marry ladies to not appear gay..?
He is an odd guy but great on screen in my opinion
I like him as a movie star

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Magnolia 1999
Born on the Fourth of July 1989
Jerry Maguire 1996

HM: Rain Man 1988

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Ugh, I just can't stand him.

I guess they have to be movies in which he plays a character with an arrogant streak, like Rain Man or The Firm or A Few Good Men. Like himself, basically.

He just doesn't have enough depth or charisma for his bad guy roles in Magnolia or Collateral.

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He does arrogant characters very well
Top Gun
The Color of Money
Days of Thunder...he plays a great 'hot shot' type of jackass dude
I really like his movies

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It’s weird, I like almost all of his movies but no specific performance stands out for me.

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I tend to like his earlier stuff.

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