Best Tom Cruise movies to watch on OTT: ‘Mission: Impossible franchise’, ‘Oblivion’ and more

Tom Cruise balances pumped-up action with dramatic performance in his movies. For over four decades, he has dominated the big screen. If you’re looking to dive into his most compelling work on OTT, this list brings together films that showcase not just his action-hero persona, but also his versatility as a performer.
Here are the best Tom Cruise films available on OTT.

Directed by Joseph Kosinski, this 2022 action drama follows Tom Cruise as Captain Pete "Maverick," who goes to the Top Gun naval flying school to train a new generation of elite pilots for a dangerous, specialized mission. The film focuses on themes of aging, legacy, and the triumph of human instinct over drone technology
Watch on: Netflix, JioHotstar, Z5

The Mission: Impossible franchise, expanding from 1996 to 2025, follows Tom Cruise as IMF agent Ethan Hunt and his team as they tackle high-stakes espionage, evolving from stopping rogue agents to combating "The Entity," a sentient, malicious AI threatening global digital infrastructure. The series is renowned for its death-defying, practical stunts executed by Cruise.
Available on: JioHotstar

In the 2013 sci-fi film Oblivion, Tom Cruise plays Jack Harper, a drone repairman and pilot stationed on a post-apocalyptic Earth in 2077. He lives on a desolate Earth, believing humanity won a war against aliens but must evacuate to Titan. He discovers the aliens, or "Scavs," are actually human survivors and he is one of thousands of clones created by an alien to strip Earth's resources.
Available on: JioHotstar, Z5

In the 2012 Jack Reacher film, Tom Cruise plays a drifter ex-military investigator drawn into a case where a trained sniper is accused of killing five people.The movie is noted for its straightforward action-thriller plot, focusing on Reacher's intellect, combat skills, and his role as an outsider dispensing justice.Watch on: Netflix, Prime Video, JioHotstar