19 times Tom Cruise left us mind-blown with his own stunts in Hollywood

Modified Feb 03, 2025 13:16 ET

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11. Dangling from a Cliff – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Image via Paramount Pictures)

Tom Cruise rode a motorcycle off a cliff in Norway and BASE-jumped into a valley. No tricks, no green screen—just him, a bike, and a parachute. He did it six times to get the perfect shot. The stunt required a massive ramp built on the edge of a mountain, where he accelerated before launching into the air. If anything went wrong—if the bike flipped, if the parachute failed—it would have been fatal. This became one of the most daring stunts in cinema history.