When you think of Tom Cruise, what pops up in your mind? Flybys, death-defying parkour, and a jawline carved by Zeus himself. The man is basically a Mission: Impossible
franchise with legs. But there were also moments when Cruise did not just flirt with danger; he stripped down and served in. Not once, twice, but thrice, he delivered underwear scenes so iconic, they practically live rent-free in every psyche. These were not the run-of-the-mill Calvin Klein moments.
Instead, these were jaw-dropping, pause-the-VHS, did-he-really-just-? kind of scenes. So, those who want to relive Cruise’s cheekiest cinematic scenes, we present the top 3 Tom Cruise underwear moments you simply cannot unsee.
Risky Business (1983)
Risky
Business
is a coming-of-age comedy flick starring Tom Cruise as Joel Goodsen, a high-school student who gets in over his head when his parents leave him alone in their house while they are away on a trip. Thanks to a friendly intervention that turns the night rogue, on the first night, Joel raids his father’s liquor cabinet, tunes into the stereo loudly, and unknowingly serves a scene that etches into pop culture’s memory.
RISKY BUSINESS is an Excellent Film pic.twitter.com/m6RXVgo1aN
— Cinema Connoisseur (@MovieEndorser) May 20, 2025
In his brief and button-down shirt, Cruise dances around and sings along to ‘Old Time Rock and Roll.’
While Cruise may have opted for the old school tight-whities, when the frenzy was built, even the new-schoolers were not exempted from the woo-factor.
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Another movie scene where Tom Cruise left the fans’ eyes wide open was in Eyes Wide Shut.
Eyes Wide Shut
is an e—– mystery psychological drama starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, based on Arthur Schnitzler’s 1926 novella Dream Story. The film centers on a doctor who is shocked to learn that his wife contemplated cheating on him the previous summer, leading him on a night-long escapade in which he infiltrates a masked swingers’ party of a secret society.
Tom Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut, 1999 pic.twitter.com/JdwdEdYZ39
— cinesthetic. (@TheCinesthetic) October 26, 2024
In one of the most revealing scenes, Cruise sits mutely in his black trunks across a stoned Kidman, whose confessions clearly disturb him
. While he may have remained tight-lipped, serious jaws were dropped without a doubt.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
Tom Cruise has aged with Mission: Impossible
, a franchise turned into a legacy. But to be fair, it does not matter when Cruise slips into the undies—80s, 90s, 2020s—because as long as he does, it is hard to keep a straight face. While rave reviews fly in and Cruise gears up for a Top
Gun
flyby
, in one of The Final Reckoning
scenes, he is ambushed on a treadmill, while he is still, well, in his underwear.
A behind-the-scenes look at Tom Cruise prepping for an underwater stunt in #MissionImpossible: The Final Reckoning. pic.twitter.com/qpbMUbBHZ3
— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) May 5, 2025
Later, during infiltrating the Sevastopol wreck, he strips down again underwater, and safe to say, it was not only him scrambling for a savior.
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