
When one of the biggest movie stars of our time opens his mouth and begins preaching science fiction as fact and lectures Matt Lauer on the dangers of modern psychiatry (Ironically, Philologist Allen Upward used the word “scientology” in his 1901 book The New Word as a synonym for “pseudoscience,” long before L Ron Hubbard founded the “religion” in 1952), I lose value in the celluloid he passes off as entertainment. Now that I’ve got that out my system, Original UnOriginal proudly presents the Top 10 Movies Ruined by Scientology:
10. Tie! Mission: Impossible & Vanilla Sky
First they kill off one of the most elegantly understated and brilliant actors of our time, Emilio Estevez, in the first ten minutes of the film. Combine that with Tom Cruise, explosive chewing gum and you find your movie in the number ten spot on our list.

What a beautiful piece of work that almost didn’t make the list because Tom was horribly disfigured and/or wearing a mask throughout most of the film. Cameron Crowe should go with another JC figure next time he thinks about hiring Tom Cruise – John Cusack.
9. Cocktail

Upon further reflection, it turns out Scientology didn’t really ruin this movie – the story did.
8. Days of Thunder

I can’t tell you how much I loved this film. I watched it so many times that I had to come up with new and inventive ways to experience it. I remember playing a drinking game with my cousin that every time we saw a car, we had to do a shot of whiskey. Today it’s possible that I’ll throw up quicker with seven minutes of Tom Cruise than seven shots of Evan Williams Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
7. Jerry Maguire

Oh…Jerry Maguire, you almost had me at hello. First off, you don’t show us two of Scientology’s most iconic images (Kelly Preston’s tits) and you name your protagonist Jerry Maguire. Jerry Maguire is a name that better personifies an obese, down-on-his-luck drunkard fresh off the boat from that island that brings us U2, leprechauns, and potatoes. Cameron, we hate to repeat ourselves here, but you are the only writer/director to make our list twice. Please remember these two words: John Cusack.
6. A Few Good Men

Aaron Sorkin’s play turned movie would have ended much better if Jack Nicholson would have ordered Kiefer Sutherland and a battalion of Marines perform a Code Red on Tom Cruise.
5. Born on the Fourth of July

Fellow wackjob Oliver Stone directs one of his best with the moving story of activist and Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic. The movie gains major points by having Cruise shot a few times, but then ruins a great thing by having Tom survive and be thrust into his Academy Award-nominated wheelchair.
4. The Color of Money

The Color of Money is the sequel to the 1961 classic, The Hustler, directed by one of America’s finest directors – The Scorsese. Combine a brilliant education plot with Paul Newman, Martin Scorsese, music by Robbie Robertson, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, smoky pool halls, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio’s tits and Tom Cruise…and your movie is ruined.
3. Risky Business
This movie gets major points for showing Rebecca De Mornay’s bush, but loses more than it gains by not having Guido “The Killer Pimp,” at the very least gently shove that fucking crystal egg up Tom Cruise’s ass – without lubrication.
2. Top Gun
Who didn’t love Top Gun back in ’86? With its memorable quotes, intense aerial acrobatics, the oh-so-average-looking love interest, the perfect antagonist-turned-compatriot in Iceman, and the great Tom Skerritt, what’s not to love? For one, Tom Cruise not switching seats with Goose before the infamous jet wash scene.
1. Rain Man

Scientology hypocrisy at its best: Tom Cruise kidnaps his autistic brother from a mental institution to extort money from the cold, dead hands of their father. With his brother without a psychiatrist or medication, Tom Cruise blows his top nearly every minute of the film until he finds a way to exploit his brother’s disability at a blackjack table in Vegas to save his luxury car import business. Who’s glib now Tom?
Honorable Mentions: Grease, Magnolia, Pulp Fiction & Urban Cowboy.
Written by
Dignan