# Movies where Tom Cruise is killed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481 "2009-01-09T03:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/21 "2009-01-09T16:46:16Z")
I think he dies in “Taps”. It’s a little-known movie. You may want to check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/22 "2009-01-09T17:10:59Z")
He dies in “Top Gun”. Oh wait, I mean “Taps”. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/23 "2009-01-09T17:17:16Z")
Oh God, the new Rio is born. I remember cheering during the preview for Mission Impossible 3 where he gets blown up and flung into a car. Didn’t need to see the movie, that was enough for me! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/24 "2009-01-09T17:40:20Z")
Tom Cruise died on Oprah. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/25 "2009-01-09T17:42:19Z")
Tom Cruise died in your arms tonight. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/26 "2009-01-09T17:45:50Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > He dies in “Top Gun”. While Maverick does not die, his heterosexuality goes down in flames. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/27 "2009-01-09T17:53:56Z")
Tom Cruise died for your sins. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/28 "2009-01-09T18:48:42Z")
> [@kasuo](#): > > Tom Cruise died in your arms tonight. It must have been something I said. He should have walked away. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/29 "2009-01-09T19:39:45Z")
He dies in _Far and Away_, but only he only stays dead breifly. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/30 "2009-01-09T19:47:23Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Tom Cruise does not die in Vanilla Sky. Technically, no. But that’s because he’s already dead and his consciousness is in a limbo maintained by a cryogenic facility. He’s eventually brought back to life at the very end of the movie based on his decision to get the hell out of his dream-state, since apparently it’s possible to cure suicide in the future… or something like that. Actually, now that I think of it, Vanilla Sky is the exact opposite of what the OP is asking for. Ack. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/31 "2009-01-09T19:49:41Z")
Yes, he dies in Taps… His last words were something like “It’s beautiful man!” I liked that show…yea I’m weird. He does not die in the Last Samurai…though he is swiss cheezed. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/32 "2009-01-09T19:59:09Z")
He dies in MI:3 (but then he gets better). ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/33 "2009-01-09T20:02:11Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > He dies in “Top Gun”. Someone takes his breath away. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/34 "2009-01-09T20:43:11Z")
> [@Jester](#): > > Someone takes his breath away. Nah - he just loses that lovin’ feelin’. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/35 "2009-01-09T20:45:27Z")
I think he died cuz he couldn’t handle the truth. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/36 "2009-01-09T20:49:33Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > He dies in _Far and Away_, but only he only stays dead breifly. No, no- he’s only _mostly_ dead. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/37 "2009-01-09T20:52:22Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Nah - he just loses that lovin’ feelin’. I hate it when he does that! ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/38 "2009-01-09T22:41:44Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Holy crap, your right. Had a vivid memory of him going down with the other samuari, but checked wikipeida and apparently I’m full of it. Sorry. Not full of it, just mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/39 "2009-01-09T22:47:57Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > He dies in “Top Gun”. It was a flesh wound. ---
**Author:** ![Skipper\_Too](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Skipper\_Too](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skipper_Too)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481/40 "2009-01-09T23:17:51Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Nah - he just loses that lovin’ feelin’. But he did loose his “great balls of fire” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-tom-cruise-is-killed/480481.md?page=3)