Rain Man

Rain Man (1988) is an American drama directed by Barry Levinson — watch online on iFILM. Tom Cruise plays Charlie Babbitt, a self-absorbed car dealer who discovers his late father left nearly the entire $3 million estate to an older brother Charlie never knew existed. Dustin Hoffman plays Raymond, who has lived in a Cincinnati care facility his whole life.

Charlie pulls Raymond out and drives him cross-country to Los Angeles. The plan is about the money. But Raymond can recite entire phone directories, count a scattered pile of toothpicks at a glance, and name every flight crash since 1987 — which explains why they're driving. The 2,000 miles from Ohio to California turns into something neither brother expected.

At the 1989 Academy Awards, the film took four Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director for Levinson, Best Actor for Hoffman, and Best Original Screenplay for Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow. Hoffman spent months with savant specialists preparing the role; the result is one of the most precisely observed performances in modern American cinema. Watch Rain Man (1988) in full online on iFILM.