Why is Tom Hanks so famous? If you are a fan of movies and series, you have probably seen this renowned actor in many memorable films. Maybe you remember some Tom Hanks movies like Forrest Gump, Insomnia in Seattle, and The Post movie well, and others like the movie circle and the old woman killer movie, but you don’t. In this article, you will read who Tom Hanks is, and then you will get to know the best films of Tom Hanks. Stay with us.
Who is Tom Hanks?
childhood
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born on July 9, 1956, in Concord, California. His mother was originally from Portugal, and his father was an English immigrant. He was the third child in the family and lived with his parents, one sister, and two brothers until his parents divorced in 1960. Tom and his older siblings (Sandra and Larry) continued to live with their father, but the younger brother (Jim) chose to live with their mother. Their family moved a lot, so by the time Tom was ten years old; they had changed houses ten times.
education
After graduating from high school in Oakland, Tom Hanks went to Chabot College and majored in theater. Of course, after two years, he transferred to California State University. During his studies, he met Vincent Doling, the head of the Great Lake Theater Company, and offered him an internship there. This internship lasted for three years, and Tom Hanks learned to produce and perform the show to become a background for the beginning of his professional career.
Professional Activity
Young Tom acted in several works until 1988, he was nominated for an Oscar for his role in the movie “Big” and became a household name. After that, he starred in the film Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and became one of the stars of romantic comedies of his generation. However, the movie “Philadelphia” (1994) brought Tom Hanks the best actor Oscar. This happened the following year with the movie “Forrest Gump” (1995), so Tom Hanks won his second Oscar.
Although this actor starred in many brilliant films after “Forrest Gump” and won many awards, he has not yet received another Oscar. In these years, in addition to acting, he has been engaged in playwriting, directing, and producing and has had a more robust presence behind the scenes.
Hanks and Steven Spielberg developed a good relationship during the production of Saving Private Ryan, a World War II film. Tom Hanks’ Terminal movie is also the result of this good relationship. In the following, we introduce some of the best movies of Tom Hanks. We hope you enjoy watching these videos.
1. Forrest Gump
Year of production: 1994
Country of origin: America
Genre: Drama, romance
Movie duration: 142 minutes
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Main actors: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright
Rating (IMDb): 8.8
“Forrest Gump” is the narrator of love; First, the love of a mother who, with a new attitude, does not let her child’s life be limited by her disability and makes her feel different and disappointed. Second, Forrest’s love for Jenny is all about him and is so innocent that it usually brings tears to the audience, and that’s why some people put it in the category of sad movies.
2. Saving Private Ryan
Year of production: 1998
Country of manufacture: America
Genre: War, DramaDuration: 169 minutes
Director: Steven Spielberg
Main actors: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore
Rating (IMDb): 8.6
As we said, “Saving Private Ryan” was Hanks’ first work with Steven Spielberg and undoubtedly one of Tom Hanks’ best films. In the film, Hanks plays John Miller, a commander who is supposed to lead a group of soldiers to rescue James Francis Ryan (played by Matt Damon). The movie’s scenes are very natural and well depict the horror of war, while the events that happen during the story make this war movie very emotional.
3. The Green Mile
Year of production: 1999
Country of origin: America
Genre: Drama, Crime, Fantasy
Duration: 189 minutes
Director: Frank Darabont
Main actors: Tom Hanks, Michael Clark DuncanRating (IMDb): 8.6
The movie “The Green Path” is a successful adaptation of Stephen King’s book of the same name. Tom Hanks appears as a correctional officer in charge of the death row section in this film. His work is repetitive and boring until strange and supernatural events happen, and everything changes.
4. Catch Me If You Can
Year of production: 2002
Country of origin: America
Genre: Drama, crime Duration of the
film: 141 minutes
Director: Steven Spielberg
Main actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks
Score (IMDB): 8.1
Hanks’ second collaboration with Spielberg was in the movie “Catch Me If You Can.” The film is based on reality and tells the story of a professional fraudster (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) who is constantly on the run from the law and is pursued by FBI agent Carl Hannerty (played by Tom Hanks).
5. cast away
Year of production: 2000
Country of origin: America
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Duration: 143 minutes
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Main actors: Tom Hanks
Score (IMDb): 7.8
Many consider Hanks’ role in this film to be the most challenging role of his entire career. The movie “Remote” is a modern version of Robinson Crusoe, and Hanks has to act alone in 90% of the movie, playing an attractive role that does not tire the audience. Fortunately, Hanks did a great job, and this film brought him his fourth Golden Globe Award.
6. Captain Phillips
Country of origin: America
Genre: Biography, Crime
Duration: 134 minutes
Director: Paul Greengrass
Main actors: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi
Rating (IMDb): 7.8
The screenplay of “Captain Phillips” is based on the book “Captain Duties” by Richard Phillips and Stephen Talty. This film, considered biographical, tells the story of Richard Phillips (played by Hanks). Richard is the captain of the merchant ship Maersk Alabama. When the Somali pirates capture the ship, he is forced to negotiate with the pirates to save the lives of his men and goes through some tense moments.
7. Philadelphia
Year of production: 1993
Country of origin: America
Genre: Drama Duration : 125 minutesDirector: Jonathan Demme
Main actors: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington
Rating (IMDb): 7.7
Tom Hanks won his first Oscar for his role in this film. In this film, Hanks plays the role of a lawyer with AIDS who wants to hide his illness from others, but things happen, and nothing goes as expected. To play this role, Hanks lost about 12 kilograms to look sick in the eyes of the movie audience.
8. Sully
Year of production: 2016
Country of origin: America
Genre: Biography, Drama
Duration: 96 minutes
Director: Clint Eastwood
Main actors: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart
Rating (IMDb): 7.4
When we hear Clint Eastwood’s name, we usually think of his role in Western movies. However, he is also a director, and in this film, he has decided to portray the story of a hero pilot named Chesley Sally Sullenberger. After a severe technical failure of the plane, this pilot managed to land the passenger plane on the Hudson River and save the lives of his passengers.
9. The Terminal
Year of production : 2004
Country of origin: America
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Duration: 128 minutes
Director: Steven Spielberg
Main actors : Tom Hanks
Score (IMDb): 7.4
Tom Hanks’s Terminal film was his third collaboration with Spielberg. He plays the role of a man named Viktor Navorsky, who traveled to America from a fictional country called Karkozhia. Still, at the John F. Kennedy airport, he discovers a coup d’état in his country and that the United States has cut off its connection with this country. Now he has no way forward or back because he is not allowed to enter America, and there is no possibility of returning to his country. With this account, it is not surprising that the airport terminal becomes the home of this man!
Spielberg inspired the story of this film from the level of Mehran Karimi Naseri, known as Sir Alfred. He lived at Charles de Gaulle Airport in France from 1988 to 2006 (18 years) due to some problems. He returned to this airport at age 77 and died of natural causes a few weeks later, on November 12, 2022.
10. Big
Country of origin: America
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Main actors: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins
Score (IMDb): 7.3
Young Hanks’ performance in this film was so attractive that it earned him his first Oscar nomination. 12-year-old Josh, banned from the carnival because of his short height, throws a coin in the fortune-telling machine and wishes to grow up! To his surprise, this wish comes true, and the following day, 30-year-old and tall Josh (Tom Hanks) wakes up to do whatever he wants, but alas, he realizes that adulthood brings a lot of trouble and he has to learn responsibility.
11. The Post movie
Country of origin: America
Genre: Biography, Drama
Duration: 116 minutes
Director: Steven Spielberg
Main actors: Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep
Rating (IMDb): 7.2
In this Spielberg film, Katharine Graham (played by Meryl Streep ) and Benjamin C. Bradley (played by Tom Hanks) join hands to expose some secret Pentagon documents by releasing them. Unfortunately, this movie didn’t come out as it should have, and maybe it was unpopular. Some people believe that the film “All the President’s Men” portrayed this story better, and Spielberg didn’t need to make a new movie about it.
12. Sleepless in Seattle
Year of production : 1993
Country of origin: America
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Duration: 105 minutes
Director : Nora Ephron
Main actors : Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan
Score (IMDb): 6.8
In this film, Hanks plays the role of a man who has lost his wife and little son, giving him hope and motivation to continue his life. But life is full of surprises, and we never know what the world has planned for us. It is better to see the rest of the movie yourself.
you say
The number of Tom Hanks movies is much more than the movies introduced in this article. Still, due to the limitation of the article volume, it is impossible to present all the prolific Tom Hanks movies.
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