Anyway, the movie just alluded to is Digger, which feels like a movie Tom Cruise is using to finally win an Oscar. Given how many good movies he’s been in, and how good he’s been in so many of them, it feels a bit surprising that Tom Cruise does not yet have a competitive Academy Award. 3 'Tropic Thunder' (2008)Tom Cruise with a bald head and hairy chest as Les Grossman dancing in Tropic Thunder. 1 'Magnolia' (1999)Image via New Line CinemaWith Eyes Wide Shut, it’s like, okay, Tom Cruise wasn’t nominated. Him winning a second one for The Cider House Rules when Tom Cruise in Magnolia was right there is honestly baffling.