Tom Cruise was in an American drama film.
Endless Love is a 1981 American romantic drama film based on Scott Spencer 's 1979 novel of the same name . Taps is a 1981 American drama film starring George C. Scott and Timothy Hutton , with Ronny Cox , Tom Cruise , Sean Penn and Evan Handler in supporting roles . Tom Cruise . He started his career at age 19 in the film Endless Love ( 1981 ) . One of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood , Cruise starred in several more successful films in the 1980s , including the dramas The Color of Money ( 1986 ) , Cocktail ( 1988 ) , Rain Man ( 1988 ) , and Born on the Fourth of July ( 1989 ) .