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Tom Hanks has 70 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 6 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Forrest Gump.
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Just to Be Sure
2017
Drama · Comedy

The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015
Comedy · Drama

Please Stand By
2018
Comedy · Drama

Queen
2014
Comedy · Drama

Les Petits Princes
2013
Comedy · Drama

Lady Bird
2017
Drama · Comedy

The Descendants
2011
Comedy · Drama

Eighth Grade
2018
Comedy · Drama

Toy Story
1995 · Movie · Voice
Top 1%Disney+ · Included

Finch
2021 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Apple TV+ · Included

A Man Called Otto
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Hulu · Included

Toy Story 4
2019 · Movie · Voice
Top 5%Disney+ · Included

The Terminal
2004 · Movie · Actor
Top 5%Paramount+ · Included

Philadelphia
1993 · Movie · Actor
Top 5%Hulu · Included

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
Dir. Robert Zemeckis · With Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise

Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.
Dir. John Lasseter · With Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Dir. Frank Darabont · With Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Dir. Steven Spielberg · With Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Dir. Steven Spielberg · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken

On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.
Dir. Miguel Sapochnik · With Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones, Oscar Avila

Chuck Noland, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to survive in his new home.
Dir. Robert Zemeckis · With Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Dir. Paul Greengrass · With Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman

When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world upside down.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Cameron Britton

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
Dir. Steven Spielberg · With Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world, devoted to taking care of his kid—whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But after Bonnie creates a reluctant new toy called "Forky", a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends challenges everything Woody believes about loyalty, purpose, and what it truly means to be a toy.
Dir. Josh Cooley · With Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.
Dir. Steven Spielberg · With Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
Dir. Jonathan Demme · With Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards

Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
Dir. John Lee Hancock · With Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.
Dir. Lee Unkrich · With Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
Dir. Penny Marshall · With Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia

A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war.
Dir. Aaron Schneider · With Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham, Rob Morgan

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon

Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.
Dir. Sam Mendes · With Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law

As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan on their way to fame.
Dir. Penny Marshall · With Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty

What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one of the toys goes missing, the others find themselves caught up in a mysterious sequence of events that must be solved before they all suffer the same fate in this Toy Story of Terror.
Dir. Angus MacLane · With Joan Cusack, Carl Weathers, Tom Hanks

The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Dir. Baz Luhrmann · With Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge

A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very foundations of Christianity.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz Lightyear meets his match and Woody has to decide where he and his heart truly belong.
Dir. John Lasseter · With Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer

On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.
Dir. Clint Eastwood · With Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Anna Gunn
When Rex finds himself left behind in the bathroom, he puts his limbs to use by getting a bath going for a bunch of new toy friends.
Dir. Mark A. Walsh · With Wallace Shawn, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.
Dir. Tom Hanks · With Tom Hanks, Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
Dir. Susan Lacy · With Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Richard Dreyfuss

After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up on a date. Across the country, an engaged woman becomes convinced that they belong together, despite their never having met. Will their paths collide despite the odds?
Dir. Nora Ephron · With Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Ross Malinger
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