30 Years Ago, Tom Cruise's 10/10 Spy-Thriller Launched an Unstoppable Franchise. Now It's Free to Stream.

It's strange to look back on now, considering the image he has chosen to project into the world for the last two decades or so, but it's true: Tom Cruise used to specialize in playing jerks. Not unlikable jerks, and certainly not losers, but definitely guys who rode their extreme cockiness a bit too…