17 Tom Hanks movies you can watch endlessly

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The best films with his favorite actor, including "Forrest Gump", "The Green Mile" and "Outcast".

Almost every Tom Hanks movie is a masterpiece. During his career, the actor received the Tom Hanks Awards / IMDb 91 awards from various film awards, including two Oscars and five Golden Globes. And, most likely, this is not the limit.

In our selection - the best films with the participation of Tom Hanks, the rating of which is not less than 7 on the IMDb website.

1. Large

• USA, 1988.
• Comedy, drama, family.
• Duration: 104 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 3.

Little boy Josh Baskin really wants to become an adult. He makes a wish, and it comes true: the next morning Josh wakes up in the body of a 30-year-old man. He runs away from home and leaves for New York, because now he has to find a job. And where will a little boy, even in the body of an adult, find a use for himself if not in the toy business? He makes a dizzying career at McMillan's Toys and even starts an affair with a colleague, but he is still a child. Josh misses home and his parents and wants to return to a carefree life.

For Big, Tom Hanks received his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Musical or Comedy.

2. Their own league

• USA, 1992.
• Comedy, drama, family.
• Duration: 128 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 3.

When the war broke out, baseball teams lost their players, so it was decided to create a women's baseball league. Women were selected all over the country and then teams were formed. One of them was coached by Jimmy Dugan, ex-Major League Baseball star. At first, he was skeptical and did not take the team seriously. But over time, he was imbued with the perseverance of the girls, and his attitude to training changed dramatically.

3. Philadelphia

• USA, 1993.
• Drama.
• Duration: 125 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 7.

The plot is based on a real story about a gay man suing his former employer.

A promising young lawyer, Andrew Beckett, is fired from a law firm under the pretext of incompetence when they learn that he is homosexual and has AIDS. Andrew knows that the real reason for the dismissal has nothing to do with his professional qualities, so he decides to sue the company. With great difficulty, he finds a lawyer who, although on the second try, agreed to take his case. Joe Miller - a homophobe who fears contracting AIDS through a handshake - changes his attitude towards Andrew during the trial and does everything possible to help win the case before the disease overcomes him.

For his participation in this film, Tom Hanks received his first Oscar for Best Actor.

4. Forrest Gump

• USA, 1994.
• Drama, melodrama.
• Duration: 142 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 8.

An inspiring and touching story about the life of the kind, sincere and selfless Forrest Gump, told in the first person. Forrest's IQ is only 75, but due to his immediacy, he becomes the best in whatever business he undertakes. Gump was a famous football player, received the title of war hero and even became a billionaire, but he always remained a disinterested and pure-hearted person.

The iconic motion picture won six Oscars, one of which was taken by Tom Hanks for Best Actor. Even today, more than 20 years after the release of the screens, the brainchild of Robert Zemeckis tops all sorts of collections of the best films and scatters into quotes.

5. Apollo 13

• USA, 1995.
• Adventure, Drama, Historical.
• Duration: 140 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 6.

The movie is based on real events. The plot revolves around the unsuccessful lunar mission of the Apollo 13 spacecraft. It has three astronauts on board whose lives are in danger due to a serious accident on a spacecraft. The mission is under threat, and NASA must develop a strategy to return the ship to Earth as soon as possible and rescue the crew.

6. Save Private Ryan

• USA, 1998.
• Drama, military.
• Duration: 169 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 6.

The film takes place during the Second World War. After another military operation, the typist draws attention to the fact that in one day the Ryan family will receive three death notices at once. Three brothers are killed, and the general decides to demobilize the fourth - the surviving Private James Ryan. The mission to find him is entrusted to Captain John Miller and his squad. And this will be one of the most difficult tasks.

The film won five Academy Awards and two Golden Globes.

7. Green mile

• USA, 1999.
• Crime, drama, fantasy.
• Duration: 189 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 6.

Paul Edgecombe works as an overseer in Block E of Cold Mountain Prison, where prisoners are electrocuted. One day, John Coffey goes to prison, convicted of rape and murder of two little girls. And from that moment on, amazing things begin to happen. It turns out that Coffey is endowed with a special gift, and his inner world does not at all correspond to the frightening appearance.

8. Outcast

• USA, 2000.
• Adventure, drama, melodrama.
• Duration: 143 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 8.

Chuck Noland is an employee of one world famous delivery service. During a flight from Memphis to Malaysia, his plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean. Chuck manages to escape and get to the nearest uninhabited island. Now he needs to learn how to survive and figure out how to return to civilization and his beloved, who is waiting for him at home.

For Outcast, Tom Hanks received a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Genre.

9. Cursed path

• USA, 2002.
• Crime, drama, thriller.
• Duration: 117 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 7.

The film is set in the 30s of the XX century. American Michael Sullivan is a good family man and a hard worker. One day, his curious son decides to hide in the back seat of a car and find out where his father leaves home every morning, and even with other men in solid suits. In fact, Michael is a gangster, he carries out various assignments of a criminal nature, and there should be no witnesses to his work. Now the life of Michael's son is in danger. Is your father ready to go against the mafia to save a loved one?

10. Catch me if you can

• USA, 2002.
• Biography, crime, drama.
• Duration: 141 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 1

The film is based on a real story. Frank Abegneil is a young fraudster who has been involved in criminal cases even before he comes of age. He masterfully forged documents and with their help obtained millions of US dollars. FBI agent Karl Hanratty pursues the criminal from the very beginning of his activity, but can not catch him in any way. It seems that the game of cat and mouse will never end.

11. Terminal

• USA, 2004.
• Comedy, drama, melodrama.
• Duration: 124 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 4.

Victor Navorski arrives in the United States and becomes hostage to the airport. The fact is that during the flight, a coup d'etat took place in his homeland, and the country simply ceased to exist. His visa has been canceled, it is not possible to go through passport control, as well as to buy return tickets - they are no longer sold. And his knowledge of English leaves much to be desired. Victor is stuck in the transit area. But time passes, and he feels at home in the terminal, makes friends and even falls in love. The only one whom Navorski could not conquer is the head of the security service, who, from the first day of his acquaintance, dreams of getting rid of an unwanted guest.

12. Cloud Atlas

• USA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, 2012.
• Action, drama, mysticism.
• Duration: 172 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 4.

The fantastic drama about the reincarnation and immortality of the soul consists of six stories that take place at different times, and introduces us to six heroes, whose fates are closely intertwined with each other.

The film is based on the novel of the same name by David Mitchell.

13. Captain Phillips

• USA, 2013.
• Biography, drama, thriller.
• Duration: 134 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 8.

The motion picture is based on real events that took place in 2009 off the coast of Africa. Captain Richard Phillips and his crew are attacked by Somali pirates. The criminals are trying to hijack the container ship, but are met with serious resistance from the crew. No one would have thought that instead of the usual working day, the crew and the captain of the ship would have a real nightmare.

14. Save Mr. Banks

• USA, UK, Australia, 2013.
• Biography, comedy, drama.
• Duration: 125 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 5.

The plot is based on a real story about the creation of the film "Mary Poppins" by Walt Disney.

Back in the 40s, Walt Disney promised his daughters that he would make a film based on their favorite book, Mary Poppins. But it turned out to be not so easy. For more than 20 years, Disney has been trying to get permission from the author of the work, Pamela Travers, to create a motion picture. Pamela was adamant. She didn't want the heroine of her fairy tale to be spoiled. Only in the early 60s, she flew to Hollywood to negotiate with Disney, but they were not crowned with success for the latter. The American cartoonist did everything in his power to convince Travers, but even a trip to Disneyland did not make the task any easier.

15. Spy Bridge

• USA, Germany, India, 2015.
• Drama, historical, thriller.
• Duration: 142 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 6.

In the early 1960s, the CIA commissioned lawyer James Donovan with an almost impossible task - to convince the USSR to release the American spy pilot and return him to the United States. The world is on the brink of war, and now only Donovan can prevent it.

16. Miracle on the Hudson

• USA, 2016.
• Biography, drama.
• Duration: 96 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 4.

The film is based on real events in 2009. Pilot Chesley Sullenberger did the impossible: he made an emergency landing on the water of the Hudson River. None of the 155 passengers and crew members on board were injured. Despite this, an investigation was launched that jeopardized the reputation of the experienced pilot.

17. Secret Dossier

• USA, UK, 2017.
• Biography, drama, historical.
• Duration: 116 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 2.

The movie is based on real events. In the early 70s, the publisher of the American newspaper The Washington Post, Catherine Graham and its editor-in-chief, Ben Bradley, came across classified Pentagon documents on the Vietnam War. To reveal the truth to the world, journalists will have to risk not only their careers, but also their freedom. The rival publication The New York Times has already published some of the materials, so you need to make a decision quickly.