← Apex Mountain

Tom Cruise ▲

Apex — War of the Worlds (2005)
28,380 feet (The Summit)
1st highest of 108

A $600m spectacle opened worldwide on his name alone. His 1996, when Jerry Maguire and Mission: Impossible made him a star-producer, is the year the lattice actually wants.

The career, climbed — every film on the shared Everest scale; hover for detail

Summit · 28,000Death Zone · 26,247Camp III · 23,500Camp II · 20,5001980818283841985868788891990919293941995969798992000010203042005060708092010111213142015161718192020212223242025

Filmography

FilmYearElevation
War of the Worlds ▲ apex200524,134 ft
Top Gun: Maverick202224,028 ft
Top Gun198623,866 ft
Rain Man198823,785 ft
The Last Samurai200323,571 ft
Born on the Fourth of July198923,433 ft
Minority Report200223,413 ft
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation201523,334 ft
Cocktail198823,320 ft
Mission: Impossible II200023,304 ft
Mission: Impossible - Fallout201823,253 ft
A Few Good Men199223,249 ft
The Firm199323,192 ft
Mission: Impossible199623,187 ft
Collateral200423,059 ft
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One202323,031 ft
Vanilla Sky200123,026 ft
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning202522,955 ft
Edge of Tomorrow201422,934 ft
Mission: Impossible III200622,918 ft
Days of Thunder199022,917 ft
Jerry Maguire199622,900 ft
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol201122,872 ft
Far and Away199222,867 ft
Oblivion201322,824 ft
Eyes Wide Shut199922,751 ft
Risky Business198322,739 ft
Interview with the Vampire199422,715 ft
Valkyrie200822,656 ft
Jack Reacher201222,646 ft
The Mummy201722,620 ft
Knight and Day201022,561 ft
American Made201722,553 ft
The Color of Money198622,516 ft
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back201622,507 ft
Legend198522,491 ft
All the Right Moves198322,364 ft
Magnolia199922,357 ft
Losin' It198322,215 ft
Lions for Lambs200722,051 ft
Tropic Thunder200821,832 ft
Rock of Ages201221,726 ft
Taps198121,674 ft
The Outsiders198321,609 ft
Austin Powers in Goldmember200221,594 ft
Young Guns198821,588 ft
Without Limits199821,586 ft
Elizabethtown200521,581 ft
Endless Love198121,576 ft
Ask the Dust200621,571 ft