Tom Hanks's best movies
The top 3 according to 104 votes from people: Cast Away (2000) · Toy Story (1995) · Saving Private Ryan (1998). (Updated Jan 26, 2021.)
Two Oscars in a row and Woody's voice: the best Tom Hanks films, ordered from Metacritic, CinemaBlend and Hulu's guide.
Top 15
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1
Cast Away (2000)
A FedEx executive stranded on an island.
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2
Toy Story (1995)
Hanks voices Woody; the first fully computer-animated feature.
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3
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Spielberg's D-Day and Captain Miller.
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4
Philadelphia (1993)
A lawyer with AIDS sues his firm; his first Oscar.
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5
Big (1988)
A boy wakes up in a grown man's body.
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6
Road to Perdition (2002)
Hanks as a Depression-era hitman.
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7
The Green Mile (1999)
A death-row guard and John Coffey.
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8
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
The FBI agent chasing Frank Abagnale.
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9
Captain Phillips (2013)
A cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates.
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10
Forrest Gump (1994)
His second Best Actor Oscar in a row.
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11
Apollo 13 (1995)
Jim Lovell and the crippled mission.
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12
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Hanks and Meg Ryan, a romance across the country.
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13
Sully (2016)
The pilot who landed on the Hudson.
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14
A League of Their Own (1992)
The manager of a women's baseball team.
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15
Bridge of Spies (2015)
A lawyer negotiates a Cold War prisoner swap.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (1)
Cast Away is the one I rewatch most, he carries the whole film alone.