Best Tom Cruise Movie of This Decade (So Far)

[SenorSpielbergo]

Now that Collateral's out, what does everyone think is the best Tom Cruise movie of the decade so far? Here are my thoughts...

1.The Last Samurai - 9/10
2.Minority Report - 9/10
3.Collateral - 8/10
4.Vanilla Sky - 8/10
5.Mission: Impossible II - 6/10

[one_crow_sorrow]

I chose The Last Samurai, but I'm seeing Collateral next week. Maybe I should have waited to vote. Well, I certainly am a dumbass.

[Rick-James]

Damn.. Mr. Cruise has had a great decade, and it's only 4 years into it.


1. Collateral - 10/10
2. Minority Report - 9/10
3. Vanilla Sky - 9/10
4. The Last Samurai - 8/10
5. Mission: Impossible II - 6/10

[jmcpher_007]

I voted Minority Report the overall best as I felt it was a rather strong showing for its genre, but I really did like The Last Samurai. It would have easily been my top choice had the ending been more to my liking. Vanilla Sky was also a fine film in many respects. Overall, I'd say Cruise is having a good decade (or 4 years, lol).

MI:2 was crap, but ya gotta pay the bills, I suppose.

I have not seen Collateral yet.

[Sigur509]

Mission: Impossible II (2000) - 8/10
Vanilla Sky (2001) - 9.5/10
Minority Report (2002) - 9.5/10
The Last Samurai (2003)
Collateral (2004)

From what I've seen, Vanilla Sky

[HHH123007]

1. Collateral - ***1/2
2. The Last Samurai - ***
3. Vanilla Sky - ***
4. Minority Report - **1/2
5. MI:2 - (Can't remember rating, know it's at the bottom though)

[Hucksta G]

Vanilla Sky (10/10)
The Last Samurai (9/10)
Minority Report (8/10)

[brodeurnumber1]

Only have seen three of them:

Collateral- 8.5/10
The Last Samurai- 9/10
Minority Report- 9.5/10

[rushmore beauty]

1. Vanilla Sky (9/10)
2. Collateral (8/10)
3. Minority Report (8/10)
4. Mission: Impossible II (7/10)
5. The Last Samurai (6/10)

I loved Vanilla Sky and thought that Collateral was just totally solid, and I think i'd enjoy it even more a second time around, like Mann's Heat...

[fevers]

1. Collateral - 8/10
2. Minority Report - 6/10
3. The Last Samurai - 4/10
4. Vanilla Sky - 4/10
5. Mission: Impossible II - 2/10

[A.J. Hakari]

One of last year's best films, THE LAST SAMURAI (9/10).

[Raging Bull080]

I never have been a huge Cruise fan, even though he has always been a good actor and hollywood's biggest money maker. However that is changing in a hurry. In 3 years he has made 3 excellant films, first Minority Report, then The Last Samurai, and now Collateral. The later being as good, and unique as any thriller I have seen in the last five years. Collateral is not only my favorite of these movies, It is along with Born on the Fourth of July, the best film of his career.


Collateral 9/10
The Last Samurai 8/10
Minority Report 8/10
Vinilla Sky 6/10
Mission Impossible 2 5/10

[screamer581]

1.Vanilla Sky-9.5/10
2.Minority Report-9/10
3.The Last Samurai-8/10
4.Mission: Impossible II-8/10
5.Collateral-N/A

Tom Cruise rules.

[Ted Pikul]

No matter how many films the Cruiser makes he will never ever top dancing around in his jockey shorts in Risky Business.

He'll probably never top boffing Rebecca De Mornay in real life either.

[Hannibal21]

http://us.ent4.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/dreamworks_skg/collateral/tom_cruise/collateral4.jpg

1. Collateral - 8/10
2. The Last Samurai - 7.5/10
3. Minority Report - 7.5/10
4. Vanilla Sky - 7/10
5. Mission: Impossible II - 2/10

[Heavenley]

Of the ones I've seen I'll say ..


Vanilla Sky

[Jyrka]

I haven't seen Vanilla Sky or Collateral, which both are supposed to be good but of the one's I've seen it would have to be Minority Report(9/10).

btw TOM IS PRETTY!

[QUENTIN]

Great topic, I was just having a conversation with someone about how Cruise has lately been like Oliver Stone in the 80's. He just makes one great film after another.

1.) Vanilla Sky -9/10 (the best film of 2001)
2.) The Last Samurai -9/10
3.) Collateral -8/10
4.) Minority Report -8/10
5.) Mission Impossible II -5/10

It's of note that one year before this decade started, he starred in TWO of the best films of the year, Magnolia and Eyes Wide Shut, and deserved the Oscar for the former. Not to mention he's produced some of the best films of the past few years, being behind Narc, Shattered Glass, and Jo's favorite, The Others.

[Tayzlor]

Mission: Impossible II - 2/10
Vanilla Sky - 4/10
Minority Report - 8/10
The Last Samurai - 4/10
Collateral: N/A

To me he's only starred in one good film, and Collateral is looking good. He did have a brilliant 1999, I can give him that.

[Kidsilk]

Definitely Collateral.

[ilovemovies]

1. Minority Report - 9/10
2. The Last Samurai - 9/10
3. Mission Impossible III - 8/10
4. Collateral - 7/10
5. War of the Worlds - 7/10
6. Mission Impossible II - 7/10
7. Lions for Lambs - 6/10

[Gone in 60sec]

1.Collateral- 10/10
2.The Last Samurai- 10/10
3.Minority Report- 10/10
4.Mission Impossible 2- 6/10
5.Vanilla Sky- N/A

TOM CRUISE ROCKS!!!

[Ripper1888]

Minority Report and Collateral are both 8/10 imo I gave my vote to the latter though because I like Mann more than Spielberg as for the rest

Vanilla Sky 6/10-A decent flick but one of Cameron Crow's weaker films.

The Last Samurai 5/10-A so so movie

Mission Impossible 2 1/10-Just a bad bad movie.

[Greenaway]

Only Minority Report and Collateral stand up, though the latter had Cruise acting instead of giving in for usual stereotyped idiosyncrasies.

[Avid_Fan]

Minority Report 9/10 <----
The Last Samurai 8/10
Collateral 7/10
Vanilla Sky 6/10
Mission Impossible 2 6/10

[Cronos]

Last Samurai - 10/10
Minority Report - 10/10
Mission Impossible 2 - 9/10
Vanilla Sky - 8/10

[Scarface98.9]

The Last Samurai is my favorite of the bunch.

The Last Samurai: 9.5/10

Collateral: 9/10

Minority Report: 8/10

Vanilla Sky: 6/10

Mission Impossible 2: 5/10

[darchangel]

i just watched Collateral, and i can say with authority that this movie rocked some ass...


Cruise was bomb in it!



Rockin' like Dokken

~darchangel~

[Backstabba]

Tom! Give us a chance to keep up! Stop taking our money!

Collateral - 10/10
The Last Samurai- 9\10
Vanilla Sky- 8/10
Minority Report - 6/10
Mission Impossible 2- 6/10

He keeps getting better and better.

[Moviefan1234]

The Last Samurai - 9/10
Collateral - 8.5/10
Mission: Impossible II - 8/10
Vanilla Sky - 7/10
Minority Report - 7/10

[Indy in IN]

I loved Minority Report. I haven't seen Collateral yet though.

[Strider]

1. The Last Samurai - 9/10 or ****1/2/***** stars

2. Collateral - 8/10 or ****/***** stars

3. Minority Report - 8/10 or ****/***** stars

4. Mission Impossible 2 - 7/10 or ***1/2/***** stars

5. Vanilla Sky - 6/10 or ***/***** stars

[krazy drako]

Of the movies I have seen of him it would have to be The Last Samurai. :D

[iDLEWiLD_fan]

out of wot i've seen it would have to be Vanilla Sky...what a damn film!

[dannywalker17]

1. Minority Report (9/10)
2. The Last Samurai (8/10)
3. Mission Impossible 2 (7/10)
4. Vanilla Sky (6/10)


Seeing Collateral tonight. Will it be the 10 or the 5?:)

[Haddonfield]

I was very impressed with Collateral so it gets my vote.

[ColinM]

http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/gallery/1113879/MinorityReport-photo_10_hires.jpg

1) Minority Report (9/10)
2) Collateral (8.5/10)
3) The Last Samurai (8/10)
4) Vanilla Sky (7/10)
5) Mission: Impossible II (5/10)

Despite a rocky start, it has been a great decade for the man so far.

[bigred760]

Last Samurai

[Puck Bond]

The Last Samurai-10/10
Minority Report-10/10
Vanilla Sky-9/10
Collateral-8/10
Mission: Impossible 2-7/10

[Shockwave]

Did he remind any one else a little of Clint Eastwood in Collateral?:cool:


I chose The Last Samuri, but its close, hes done alot of good ones.

[RogueSpear]

Vanilla Sky (6/10)

I haven't seen The Last Samurai or Collateral, yet.

[bluesbrother965]

The Last Samurai: 9.5/10
Collateral: 8.5/10
Minority Report: 8/10
Mission Impossible 2: 5.5/10
I haven't seen Vanilla Sky yet.

I think Tom Cruise is a fairly underrated actor. Somehow I get the feeling from most people that he goes under the same category as Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, etc., but I've never seen him in a bad performance. I don't think he's one of the greatest actors ever, but probably one of the best of the nineties (although he doesn't hold a candle to Tom Hanks or Kevin Spacey).

[Tony_Montana]

Collateral hasn't come out in the UK yet, so I'll go with The Last Samurai.

[Pvt. Joker]

Haven't seen Colateral, I always wait forr movies to come out on video because I'm cheap. However I seen the other movies and must say The Last Samurai 9.5/10.

[kdawg]

Vanilla Sky-10/10
The Last Samurai-8.5/10
Collateral-8/10
Minority Report-8/10
MI2-8/10

Well V. Sky=best film ever made hands down. But all of his movies are good except for A Few Good Men. zzzzzzzzzzzz
Why is everyone dissing MI2 it was a solid action film and with some good acting and a good plot.

[athf1980]

I voted for Collateral because Cruise rules as the Villian

[fooknasty]

Wow, loved Minority Report, but it was really a struggle to pick between The Last Samurai and Collateral.

I had to settle with Collateral, as I think he kinda went above and beyond his norm.

[fooknasty]

I think Tom Cruise is a fairly underrated actor. Somehow I get the feeling from most people that he goes under the same category as Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, etc., but I've never seen him in a bad performance. I don't think he's one of the greatest actors ever, but probably one of the best of the nineties (although he doesn't hold a candle to Tom Hanks or Kevin Spacey).

He is WAY underrated as far as his acting ability goes. Everyone sees the religious Tom Cruise but never the Tom Cruise that is without a doubt one of the best actors of our generation. (and arguably of all time)

[GeneralZod81]

Top 3:

1. Collateral
2. Minority Report
3. War of the Worlds

[Le_Big_Mac]

Collateral, containing one of the few great performances of his.

[Tweek]

Tie between Minority Report and Collateral for me.

[DrJellyfingers]

1. Minority Report (8/10)
2. Collateral (7/10)
3. The Last Samurai (7/10)
4. MI 2 (6/10)
5. Vanilla Sky (6/10)

lot of old thread getting resurected lately

[X-Nightcrawler]

Although this man never does bad or even mediocre movies because he's fucking awesome, "Minority Report" is love.

All in that list kick ass, though. And yes, I even loved "War of the Worlds" and "Mission: Impossible III" is to this day one of my all time favorite action movies.

Spielberg + Anyone = Tits.
Anyone + Tom Cruise = Tits.
Spielberg + Tom Cruise = Well, you do the sexy math.

[the_sneaker]

I couldn't figure out why there were so many movies missing off of this list...then I looked at the OP date: 2004. :D

Well, my favorite Tom Cruise film from 2000 - 2004 (and actually, so far this decade) is Collateral, followed very, very closely by The Last Samurai.

[Drewza89]

Collateral is one of my favorite movies ever, so naturally I voted for it. MI3 and The Last Samurai are also great movies. War of the Worlds and Minority Report are both solid. I was disappointed by MI2, but it's not too bad. I haven't seen Vanilla Sky or Lions for Lambs yet.

[DarkKnight81]

Vanilla Sky then Minority Report

[Rawlin67]

The Last Samurai. One of the few movies that if i had any heart or soul whatsoever, i would have cried.

but i dont, so its ok.