Is ‘Digger’ the Tom Cruise Movie We’ve Been Waiting For? Plus: Our Top 10 Tom Cruise Performances.
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October 2, 2026 · Digger (2026) · Comedy · Drama · 1:54:12 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins
Chapters
Top picks: Tom Cruise Performances
Amanda Dobbins
- 1. Jerry Maguire▶ 1:49:47
- 2. Born on the Fourth of July▶ 1:43:46
- 3. Magnolia▶ 1:47:26
- 4. A Few Good Men▶ 1:44:50
- 5. Top Gun▶ 1:40:33
- 6. Collateral▶ 1:33:25
- 7. Top Gun: Maverick▶ 1:31:55
- 8. The Color of Money▶ 1:30:10
- 9. Mission: Impossible - Fallout▶ 1:28:40
- 10. Risky Business▶ 1:27:46
Honorable mentions: Eyes Wide Shut
Movies Referenced (47)
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Directors Referenced (7)
5 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Royal Tenenbaums, Isle of Dogs▶ 27:49IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire, Vanilla Sky▶ 1:11:55IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Gravity, Children of Men, Y Tu Mamá También▶ 59:08IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Schindler's List, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Saving Private Ryan▶ 59:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for X-Men, The Usual Suspects▶ 1:21:01IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Punch-Drunk Love, Licorice Pizza, There Will Be Blood▶ 1:49:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for The Martian, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise▶ 1:07:36IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Actors Referenced (55)
63 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Top Gun, Mission: Impossible II, Minority Report▶ 0:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗
7 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Bugonia, Game Night, The Irishman▶ 5:41IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for The Long Goodbye, Dolemite▶ 30:09IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Twilight, The Batman, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse▶ 1:13:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Pillow Talk▶ 1:19:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Chinatown, As Good as It Gets, The Departed▶ 30:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for In the Line of Fire, Being John Malkovich, Burn After Reading▶ 1:16:43IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Good Will Hunting, The Martian, The Departed▶ 1:13:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Hustler, Road to Perdition, The Verdict▶ 1:10:58IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for All of Us Strangers, Spectre▶ 1:16:43IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Writers Referenced (8)
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for A Few Good Men, The Trial of the Chicago 7▶ 27:14IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio▶ 59:08IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Don't Look Up, The Other Guys, Vice▶ 52:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), The Revenant▶ 5:23IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for It Ends with Us, Regretting You, Verity▶ 1:55:35IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Biutiful, The Revenant▶ 5:23IMDb ↗Lb ↗