Come for the masked orgies, stay for one of the actor’s most simmering performances.

6.Risky Business(1983)

A star is born.

He doesn’t need the spotlight to shine.

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MINORITY REPORT, Tom Cruise, 2002, TM & Copyright Twentieth Century Fox and DreamWorks L.L.C.

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EYES WIDE SHUT, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, 1999

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EDGE OF TOMORROW, Tom Cruise, 2014. ©Warner Bros. Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection

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RAIN MAN, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, 1988. (c) United Artists/ Courtesy: Everett Collection.

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MAGNOLIA, Tom Cruise, Jason Robards Jr., 1999

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BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, Tom Cruise, 1989, (c)Universal/courtesy Everett Collection

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