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What is the best Tom Hanks movie of all time?

By YPB Team

Everyman heroes, war veterans, stranded survivors, and charming misfits — his filmography is a love letter to ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Which performance is his finest? Cast your vote!

  1. Forrest Gump (1994) — ranked #11
    Forrest Gump (1994)
    Hanks won his second consecutive Oscar playing Forrest Gump, a kind-hearted Alabama man who inadvertently shapes American history.
  2. Philadelphia (1993) — ranked #22
    Philadelphia (1993)
    Hanks won his first Oscar as a gay lawyer with AIDS who sues his firm for wrongful dismissal in this landmark courtroom drama.
  3. Saving Private Ryan (1998) — ranked #33
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    Hanks plays Captain John Miller leading a squad behind enemy lines in WWII to find and bring home a soldier whose brothers were all killed.
  4. Cast Away (2000) — ranked #44
    Cast Away (2000)
    Hanks delivers a tour de force as a FedEx executive stranded alone on a deserted island for four years after a plane crash.
  5. The Green Mile (1999) — ranked #55
    The Green Mile (1999)
    Hanks plays death row prison guard Paul Edgecomb, who discovers a gentle giant prisoner possesses miraculous healing powers.
  6. Big (1988) — ranked #66
    Big (1988)
    Hanks plays a 12-year-old boy who wakes up in an adult body, bringing childlike wonder to the corporate world in this beloved fantasy comedy.
  7. Road to Perdition (2002) — ranked #77
    Road to Perdition (2002)
    Hanks plays a stoic mob enforcer on the run with his son after a betrayal, delivering a career-best dramatic turn in this stunning neo-noir.
  8. Captain Phillips (2013) — ranked #88
    Captain Phillips (2013)
    Hanks plays the captain of a cargo ship taken hostage by Somali pirates in this gripping real-life thriller by Paul Greengrass.
  9. Catch Me If You Can (2002) — ranked #99
    Catch Me If You Can (2002)
    Hanks plays FBI agent Carl Hanratty, doggedly pursuing Leonardo DiCaprio's charming con man across years and continents.
  10. Bridge of Spies (2015) — ranked #1010
    Bridge of Spies (2015)
    Hanks plays a lawyer tasked with negotiating the release of a captured American pilot from the Soviets during the Cold War.
  11. The Terminal (2004) — ranked #1111
    The Terminal (2004)
    Hanks plays an Eastern European traveler trapped in a JFK airport terminal when his home country collapses during his flight.
  12. Sully (2016) — ranked #1212
    Sully (2016)
    Hanks plays Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger, the pilot who successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, saving all 155 on board.
  13. A League of Their Own (1992) — ranked #1313
    A League of Their Own (1992)
    Hanks plays the gruff manager of a women's professional baseball team in this warm period comedy set during World War II.
  14. Charlie Wilson's War (2007) — ranked #1414
    Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
    Hanks plays a flamboyant Texas congressman who covertly funds the Afghan Mujahideen against the Soviet invasion in the 1980s.

Comments 1

Forrest Gump won Best Picture in the year Shawshank went home with nothing, and five years later Hanks was carrying the other Darabont prison film: https://youpick.best/articles/stephen-king-ranked-many-ways

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Aug 21