Thanks Hanks: Rating Every Tom Hanks Movie I’ve Seen

For at least the past decade, Tom Hanks has become the most favourited Hollywood actor. A kind of living legend. Growing up, my family and I all loved watching his movies, and the same is true with the family my wife and I started together. I discovered that I’ve seen 34 of the 72 he’s starred in. 

• The DaVinci Code (2006)

• Angels and Demons (2009)

• Pinocchio (2022)

Dragnet

(1987)

• The Polar Express (2004)

• Road to Perdition (2002)

• A Man Called Otto (2022)

• Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

• That Thing You Do (1996)

• Sully (2016)

• Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)

• Big (1988)

• Splash (1984)

• Greyhound (2020)

• Bridge of Spies (2015)

• The Terminal (2004)

• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

Turner & Hooch

(1989)

• The Green Mile (1999)

• Captain Phillips (2013)

• The Money Pit (1986)

• The Post (2017)

• Catch Me If You Can (2002)

• Elvis (2022)

• Philadelphia (1993)

• Cast Away (2000)

• The Burbs (1989)

• Apollo 13 (1995)

• News of the World (2020)

• Toy Story (1995)

• A League of Their Own (1992)

• Forrest Gump (1994)

• Saving Private Ryan (1998)

And these would be my top 10 favourite Tom Hanks performances:

1. Fred Rogers in

2. Josh Baskin in

3. Viktor Navorski in

4. Cpt. Richard Phillips in 

5. Woody in (1-4)

6. Cpt. Kidd in

7. Chuck Noland in

8. Andrew Beckett in

9. Jimmy Dugan in

10. Forrest Gump in

Congratulations . This is your week.

Best Actress:

Scarlett Johansson as Rosie in

Best Actor: James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd in

Best Quote: “WILSON!” – Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland in

It should be noted that there are really only 2 of the movies above that I would say I didn’t like: and Yes, I even liked Pinocchio enough to watch it again (but not too many times, mind you…). So, it killed me to look at the bottom 10. I hate to see so many good movies sitting in those spots. But that’s just a testament to Hanks’ excellent run of great films.