The Color of Money

Year: 1986

Tomatometer: 90%

Nobody was expecting Paul Newman to do a follow-up to his iconic film The Hustler, especially with director Martin Scorsese, who was in the midst of a shaggy decade delivering fun oddities like The King of Comedy and After Hours. But Newman got an Oscar for reprising his Fast Eddie character and co-star Tom Cruise got another foot in on his way to the top.