This Martin Scorsese Movie Features Tom Cruise's Most Underrated Performance

Tom Cruise has delivered so many iconic performances in so many revered movies that it’s really hard to keep track. But one performance that seems to be underappreciated is in The Color of Money from 1986, where the young movie star goes toe-to-toe with the legendary Paul Newman (in his Oscar-winning role) and holds his own thanks to his megawatt charisma and cockiness that Cruise did so well in the '80s and '90s. The film itself was a solid hit commercially and critically, but Newman’s star power and Martin Scorsese’s direction took the bulk of the praise (even co-star Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio got a Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nomination). Plus, the fact that Top Gun was still in the top ten films at the box office when The Color of Money opened probably didn’t help anything. Either way, Cruise is amazing in the movie, and watching him work with Newman and Scorsese is a highlight in a career filled with them.