![]() Here is the list of top Tom Cruise movies that you must see. He went totally against his image portraying Frank Mackey in Magnolia (1999) as a womanizing conqueror, and now in his fifties does his own stunts in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015). Two years later he was the best thing in Rain Man (1988) but again watched as his co-star won an Oscar. That said I include Risky Business (1983) on the list as opposed to The Color of Money (1986) as I believe the performance suggested the talent he had. Though his breakthrough as a major actor was Risky Business (1983), the first time he really shone as an actor was opposite Paul Newman in The Color of Money (1986), which won Newman an Oscar and should have earned Cruise a nomination. What I admire about Cruise is that he will throw himself into anything with abandon and do a good, sometimes a great job. Again, Cruise might give a notable performance here, but the movie’s legacy remains complicated.If there is any major star who does not get enough credit for being a fine actor it is without question Tom Cruise. The man has given an array of terrific performances through the course of his career, and managed to be a major movie star at the same time. It may not portray the autistic character in a “bad” light, but it certainly reiterated harmful stereotypes, shaping how generations see autistic people. “Released 30 years ago… Rain Man begins when self-centered hustler Charlie Babbitt (Cruise) discovers he has an older brother, Raymond (Hoffman) - an autistic savant who has inherited all of their father’s $3 million fortune,” The Guardian notes of the movie’s plot.Īs you might imagine, Rain Man - which did well at the box office, won Oscars and became a widely discussed pop cultural reference - has an aftermath that’s damaging to autism awareness. Hoffman’s character marks one of the first on-screen depictions of an autistic person. On a similar note, we have Rain Man, the 1988 Oscar-winning film that stars Cruise and Dustin Hoffman as estranged brothers. Photo Courtesy: United Artists/Everett Collection ![]() Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise in Rain Man. ![]() Not to mention, having an able-bodied actor playing the lead role in a film about a disabled character isn’t great. While a character experiencing internalized ableism should certainly have their story told on screen, this one doesn’t seem to realize the harm it’s feeding into. Often described by critics as an exploration of what it means to have one’s “manhood taken away”, there’s no denying the inherently ableist stance there. Directed by Oliver Stone ( Platoon), the film tells the story of Ron Kovic, a soldier eager to fight in the Vietnam War and who becomes paralyzed from the waist down as a result of the fighting. At the same time, it deals with internalized ableism in a way that’s not really given too nuanced a look. Photo Courtesy: Universal Pictures/Everett Collectionīorn on the Fourth of July is a movie that’s hard to critique it’s based on someone’s lived experiences, after all. Rain Man (1988) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July.
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