Tom Hanks Best Movie?

[BigBlueRick]

I just thought about this the other day.. Hanks is an artist, and has so many brilliant performances. Which one is his best?

For me it's gotta be Cast Away. Look at what he was surrounded by in that movie. A volleyball. That's a difficult task even for his standards, and he nails it. I know some hate it, but you can't deny the range of Tom Hanks with his dialogue with a non-human object.

 

[m080470]

Bachelor Party

 

[Willy4UK]

Shaving Ryan's Private

 

[shockdaddy19]

Pretty hard to pick between Castaway, Forrest Gump and Saving Private Ryan. BIG is awesome as well.

Perhaps my favorite non-blockbuster is Road to Perdition. Love him in that movie.

 

[Get Bucket$]

The Burbs

 

[Roe07]

Probably not his best movie (although it's still a great one), but I think his best role was Jimmy Dugan in A League of their Own.

 

[Nubb16]

Green mile

 

[domino79]

Money pit

 

[WildcatfaninOhio]

Pretty hard to pick between Castaway, Forrest Gump and Saving Private Ryan. BIG is awesome as well.

Perhaps my favorite non-blockbuster is Road to Perdition. Love him in that movie.

Love the three movies you mentioned here. My favorite not amongst those hits would be Saving Mr Banks.

 

[ukalumni00]

Forest Gump is my favorite movie but he probably did his best work in Castaway. Guy has one of the most impressive resume of movies of any actor of all time.

 

[WonderBraa]

The obvious answer here is and always will be "That Thing You Do".

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Pretty hard to pick between Castaway, Forrest Gump and Saving Private Ryan. BIG is awesome as well.

Perhaps my favorite non-blockbuster is Road to Perdition. Love him in that movie.

I would have to agree that it's between the aforementioned 3 movies for top Tom Hanks movie. Some other good movies not already mentioned by others would include "Catch me if you can", "Captain Phillips" and "Bridge of Spies".

 

[Rebelfreedomeagle]

I like pretty much everything he's done, even Philadelphia wasn't all that bad. Nice, friendly guy too.

 

[Zar_Doz]

...it's gotta be Cast Away. Look at what he was surrounded by in that movie. A volleyball.

Wrong -- Hanks was surrounded by water in Cast Away; there was only one volleyball. You make it seem like he got trapped in a Spalding warehouse.

 

[funKYcat75]

The very special two hour episode of Bosom Buddies that ended up being shown in a limited release at select major theaters. 'Buffy and Hildegard' get invited to a midsummer Mets game and make their way to the visiting Pirates locker room where they find themselves being pursued by an aging Wille Stargell. Willie, wanting one last hurrah in the Big Apple, eventually gets the 'girls' into the manager's office and has his way with Hanks' character. Scolari's Hildegard is told to stand in the corner and not watch, and we experience the sounds of raw passion and fear from Hanks through Scolari's viewpoint. The rest of the movie is spent dealing with important issues like rape, race and life in the gritty reality of early 80s New York City. Due to the unusual scenario where a TV show was also run as a film, it was eligible for neither an Emmy nor an Oscar, but most critics of both media said that Hanks deserved accolades for his sensitive and vulnerable performance. Truly groundbreaking.

 

[dgtatu01]

My favorite Hanks movies are:
1. Forrest Gump
2. Big
3. Catch Me If You Can

 

[TheKentuckyKid]

I like pretty much everything he's done, even Philadelphia wasn't all that bad. Nice, friendly guy too.

Did they ever find out if that was Tom Hanks or Bill Murray?

 

[Rebelfreedomeagle]

Did they ever find out if that was Tom Hanks or Bill Murray?

It's Bill according to the mom in the pic but it's too hard to tell. I noticed this one again when I was looking for a pic from a couple's wedding where Hanks was jogging by. He stopped and took a bunch of photos with the wedding party.

 

[Wall2Boogie]

Forest Gump is my favorite movie but he probably did his best work in Castaway. Guy has one of the most impressive resume of movies of any actor of all time.

This, and it's not even close

 

[LordEgg]

Road to perdition is up there with a perfect world as most overlooked a level movie

 

[Kooky Kats]

Road to perdition is up there with a perfect world as most overlooked a level movie

On the flip side, Forest Gump is on the most overrated movie list. A true piece of shit that everyone thinks is awesome for some reason.

 

[TruBluCatFan]

The very special two hour episode of Bosom Buddies that ended up being shown in a limited release at select major theaters. 'Buffy and Hildegard' get invited to a midsummer Mets game and make their way to the visiting Pirates locker room where they find themselves being pursued by an aging Wille Stargell. Willie, wanting one last hurrah in the Big Apple, eventually gets the 'girls' into the manager's office and has his way with Hanks' character. Scolari's Hildegard is told to stand in the corner and not watch, and we experience the sounds of raw passion and fear from Hanks through Scolari's viewpoint. The rest of the movie is spent dealing with important issues like rape, race and life in the gritty reality of early 80s New York City. Due to the unusual scenario where a TV show was also run as a film, it was eligible for neither an Emmy nor an Oscar, but most critics of both media said that Hanks deserved accolades for his sensitive and vulnerable performance. Truly groundbreaking.

You are one effed up hilariously weird dude.

 

[-BBH-]

Apollo 13 and Private Ryan have always been my favorites.

 

[UKGrad93]

The very special two hour episode of Bosom Buddies that ended up being shown in a limited release at select major theaters. 'Buffy and Hildegard' get invited to a midsummer Mets game and make their way to the visiting Pirates locker room where they find themselves being pursued by an aging Wille Stargell. Willie, wanting one last hurrah in the Big Apple, eventually gets the 'girls' into the manager's office and has his way with Hanks' character. Scolari's Hildegard is told to stand in the corner and not watch, and we experience the sounds of raw passion and fear from Hanks through Scolari's viewpoint. The rest of the movie is spent dealing with important issues like rape, race and life in the gritty reality of early 80s New York City. Due to the unusual scenario where a TV show was also run as a film, it was eligible for neither an Emmy nor an Oscar, but most critics of both media said that Hanks deserved accolades for his sensitive and vulnerable performance. Truly groundbreaking.

He was better in th TV show Perfect Strangers.

 

[BleedinBlue85]

Forest Gump no doubt. Could argue that it is the greatest movie ever made. I hear that captain Phillips is really good too but I havent seen it

 

[LordEgg]

On the flip side, Forest Gump is on the most overrated movie list. A true piece of shit that everyone thinks is awesome for some reason.

It is way overrated. I don't think it's terrible...it just wasn't intended to be anything other than a cute story that's clearly a morality tail on the level of aesops fables. I'm not sure why people treat it like it's epic.

 

[Kaizer Sosay]

Joe vs the Volcano

Pretty sure that movie won an oscar for special effects or something like that. And Hanks was nominated for best actor in his role as Joe but he got robbed and didn't win. I think somebody playing the role of a gay dude won that year instead. But it should have gone to Hanks.

 

[funKYcat75]

Joe vs the Volcano

Pretty sure that movie won an oscar for special effects or something like that. And Hanks was nominated for best actor in his role as Joe but he got robbed and didn't win. I think somebody playing the role of a gay dude won that year instead. But it should have gone to Hanks.

He was brilliant as Joe the Volcano. I heard he went full method actor on that role and threw hot microwaved twizzlers on anyone who made him mad.

 

[ymmot31]

It is way overrated. I don't think it's terrible...it just wasn't intended to be anything other than a cute story that's clearly a morality tail on the level of aesops fables. I'm not sure why people treat it like it's epic.

THIS, is a morality tail...

 

[CC_332]

Toy Story

 

[funKYcat75]

Toy Story

That was made on computers. Tom Hanks isn't a computer.

 

[CC_332]

That was made on computers. Tom Hanks isn't a computer.

Toy Story 2?

 

[funKYcat75]

Toy Story 2?

*too

 

[Ron Mehico]

The end of captain Phillips when he's basically in shock and getting examined by the female officer is one of the better examples of acting I've ever seen, I get goosebumps when I watch that. Cast Away is one of the movies where when it's on I end up watching the whole thing. Forrest Gump gets progressively worse with time.

 

[BigBlueRick]

On the flip side, Forest Gump is on the most overrated movie list. A true piece of shit that everyone thinks is awesome for some reason.

Without the hype, it's still a quality film. There are flaws with the plot, but Hanks' performance and entertainment value make up for them tenfold.

 

[BigBlueRick]

Road to perdition is up there with a perfect world as most overlooked a level movie

A Perfect World is one of my favorites, and I can't understand why no one ever mentions it. It's in my top ten easily.

 

[BigBlueRick]

Pretty hard to pick between Castaway, Forrest Gump and Saving Private Ryan. BIG is awesome as well.

Perhaps my favorite non-blockbuster is Road to Perdition. Love him in that movie.

Saving Private Ryan is probably the best film, and Hanks is perfect as John Miller.. but the acting wasn't hard to pull off. He's in the same mode throughout the movie, minus the one scene where they're in the city discussing life before the tanks come.

Cast Away and Gump required versatility on another level.

 

[Free_Salato_Blue]

 

[Glenn's take]

SPLASH.

 

[Lexie's Dad]

A Perfect World is one of my favorites, and I can't understand why no one ever mentions it. It's in my top ten easily.

Great movie. I forgot about it. Not really rewatchable.