# Tom Cruising **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221 "2014-01-19T20:17:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/1 "2014-01-19T20:17:10Z")
The knowledge that Tom Cruise runs in almost every movie he makes is well-known. However, i am wondering if anyone has watched EVERY movie he’s made and come up with a list of movies he hasn’t made a dash for it. So I ask you dopers… Do you have any movie names that Tom Cruise hasn’t cruised? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/2 "2014-01-19T20:21:24Z")
Lions for Lambs Valkyrie Tropic Thunder ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/3 "2014-01-19T21:26:06Z")
I don’t think he runs in Rock of Ages ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/4 "2014-01-19T21:34:54Z")
Born on the Fourth of July 😉 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/5 "2014-01-19T22:07:28Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > Born on the Fourth of July 😉 He’s not doing handstands or going to 3D movies in _Valkyrie_, either. _Family Guy_ of course justifies his running by trying to escape his gay thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/6 "2014-01-19T22:16:44Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > Born on the Fourth of July 😉 I’m pretty sure he runs in flashback sequences. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/7 "2014-01-19T22:17:46Z")
Jerry McGuire, maybe. Cocktail (haven’t actually seen it). ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/8 "2014-01-19T22:32:42Z")
I don’t remember any running in _Magnolia_. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/9 "2014-01-19T22:44:44Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I’m pretty sure he runs in flashback sequences. I think he runs at the beginning to the dance to see Kyra Sedgwick. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/10 "2014-01-19T22:48:14Z")
Howabout Rain Man? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/11 "2014-01-19T22:49:46Z")
We need one where Tom Cruise doesn’t run and Sean Bean lives. What a movie that would be. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/12 "2014-01-20T05:01:57Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > Born on the Fourth of July 😉 > [@Sateryn76](#): > > I think he runs at the beginning to the dance to see Kyra Sedgwick. This is correct. He runs through the rain to get to the dance to dance with Sedgwick. I am also pretty sure he runs in both Cocktail and Jerry McGuire, but I’m going to have to think about both movies to come up with the scenes. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/13 "2014-01-20T05:07:16Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > This is correct. He runs through the rain to get to the dance to dance with Sedgwick. > > I am also pretty sure he runs in both Cocktail and Jerry McGuire, but I’m going to have to think about both movies to come up with the scenes. I got Jerry M. Missed the edit. He runs at the beginning of the movie, when he runs to the copy center in the rain. He also runs through an airport scene. And he runs down to the field, I believe, when Cuba Gooding is hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/14 "2014-01-20T05:08:40Z")
I don’t remember any running in _Risky Business._ ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/15 "2014-01-20T22:35:22Z")
There are just some times when a man has to [ RUN!!!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtXdKETotbc)\* (\*from “Minority Report”) ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/16 "2014-01-20T23:39:15Z")
> [@Mr\_Downtown](#): > > I don’t remember any running in _Risky Business._ He probably ran a bit to jump into that powerslide on the hardwood floor. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/17 "2014-01-20T23:59:38Z")
> [@Mr\_Downtown](#): > > I don’t remember any running in _Risky Business._ He ran to catch the glass egg that Joey Pants throws across his lawn. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/18 "2014-01-21T00:53:19Z")
_Interview with a Vampire_, believe it or not. (You’d barely recognize him, actually) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/19 "2014-01-21T01:16:00Z")
This guy seems to have collected every example, though his **Interview** example is a stretch. > **[Paul T Layland](https://www.youtube.com/user/PlasticPictures?app=desktop)** > > Hey! This is the personal channel of Paul T. Layland, featuring some of my shorts films and other fun stuff. I hope you enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221/20 "2014-01-21T01:16:03Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Howabout Rain Man? [Here ya go!](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x18e1mv_tom-cruise-running-1988-rain-man_fun) According to the same link, he does run in Rock of Ages and Interview With AVampire. It’s sketchy though, because he only sprints briefly. Not his usual 100 yard dash through the rain. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruising/679221.md?page=2)