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 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.

In his brief and button-down shirt, Cruise dances around and sings along to ‘Old Time Rock and Roll.’

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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. 

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.

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.

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.

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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