19882h 14mDir. Barry Levinson

Rain Man

Name: Rain Man
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988-12-12
Duration: 2 h 14 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen, Jack Murdock

“A journey through understanding and fellowship.”

Drama

4.5 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 4.5 ★vs2nd Half: 4.5 ★

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When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

Starring:Dustin Hoffman,Tom Cruise,Valeria Golino,Gerald R. Molen,Jack Murdock

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Dustin Hoffman

Raymond Babbitt

Tom Cruise

Charlie Babbitt

Valeria Golino

Susanna

Gerald R. Molen

Dr. Bruner

Jack Murdock

John Mooney

Michael D. Roberts

Vern

Ralph Seymour

Lenny

Lucinda Jenney

Iris

Bonnie Hunt

Sally Dibbs

Kim Robillard

Small Town Doctor

Beth Grant

Mother at Farm House

Dolan Dougherty

Farm House Kid

Key Production Crew

Director

Barry Levinson

Screenplay & Writers

Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow, Barry Morrow

Cinematography

John Seale

Original Score

Hans Zimmer

Producers

Mark Johnson

Film Details

Budget$25,000,000

Box Office Revenue$354,825,435

Original Languageen

Production Studios

United ArtistsStar Partners IIThe Guber-Peters Company

Keywords & Themes

#mentally disabled#individual#loss of loved one#yuppie#autism#car dealer#egocentrism#convertible#road trip#blackjack

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

4.5

Rain Man or as I like to call it, “The Road Trip That Drove Through Your Soul”. You’ve got Dustin Hoffman playing Raymond like he’s buffering in real life but emotionally! And then Tom Cruise, the king of ’80s ego, su...

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