Tom Hanks Movies

 

Want to know the best Tom Hanks movies?  How about the worst Tom Hanks movies?  Curious about Tom Hanks box office grosses or which Tom Hanks movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Tom Hanks movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Tom Hanks (1956-) has come a long way since he wanted to fight the Fonz on television’s Happy Days. He starred in the television series Busom Buddies before hitting it big in Ron Howard’s Splash (1984). Since Splash it has been one mega-hit after another. He won back to back Oscars® for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994) for Best Actor (joining Spencer Tracy as the only actors to accomplish that feat).

His IMDb page shows over 90 acting credits since 1980.  This page will rank Tom Hanks movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television roles, cameos, shorts and straight to DVD movies were not included in the rankings.

Tom Hanks in 1998's Saving Private Ryan
Tom Hanks in 1998’s Saving Private Ryan

Tom Hanks Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Tom Hanks Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Tom Hanks movies by his co-stars
  • Sort Tom Hanks movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Tom Hanks movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Tom Hanks movies by how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Tom Hanks movie received.
  • Sort Tom Hanks movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
  • Worldwide Box Office Numbers Were Not Available For All The Movies
Tom Hanks in 2013's Captain Phillips
Tom Hanks in 2013’s Captain Phillips

Possibly Interesting Facts About Tom Hanks

1. Tom Hanks has been nominated 5 times for a Best Actor Oscar®, but it has been almost fifteen years since his last nomination….2000’s Cast Away.

2. Tom Hanks was the first choice to replace Michael Keaton in his role of ‘Batman’ in the movie Batman Forever.

3. Tom Hanks has had 15 movies open number one.

4. Tom Hanks movies have grossed over 7.4 BILLION in adjusted domestic box office dollars.

5. Tom Hanks joins Spencer Tracy, Luise Rainer, Jason Robards and Katharine Hepburn as the only actors to win back to back acting Oscars®.

6. Tom Hanks collects typewriters and James Stewart is his favorite actor.

7. Tom Hanks has directed two movies 1996’s That Thing That You Do and 2011’s Larry Crowne.

8. Tom Hanks has produced and won Emmy® awards for the following television miniseries….1998’s From the Earth to the Moon, 2001’s Band of Brothers, 2008’s John Adams and 2010’s The Pacific.

9. Tom Hanks is a descendant of Abraham Lincoln. Hanks is a fourth cousin, four generations removed.

10. Check out Tom Hanks’ career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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127 thoughts on “Tom Hanks Movies”

  2. I would like to thank Tom Hanks and Ron Howard for their very funny bit on the tv show about them winning/competing for “their” trophy for their youngest generation winning a beauty contest that I saw on facebook.

    We need more laughter.

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  4. I was looking for his latest movie. Curious how far Hologram For A King will be down in the rankings. Escpeillay the critic column.

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    1. Hanks must be a very unselfish actor. He took 2nd billing to Leo DiCaprio in Catch Me if You Can and Emma Thompson in Saving Mr Banks even though he was a much bigger star than either of them when the films were made..

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      1. Hey Bob…..I think he is truly one of the good guys….he is one of my favorite actors for sure. Yep it seems he is not too concerned about billing at all….the polar opposite of McQueen.

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        1. 1 In 1999 my daughter and her husband lived in Atlanta for a year and my wife and I went over and stayed with them for two weeks.

          2 They took us on sightseeing all over the States, and we stayed in Savannah for a weekend. Of course we had to sit on the bench that has become a general tourist attraction because of Forrest Gump.

          3 Maybe Savannah is a place that attracts all the unusual but kindly characters like Gump. We were sitting in a bar there when one of the other customers seemed to take a fancy to my daughter. He kept chatting to her without really becoming a nuisance. After half an hour he left.

          4 I ordered an expensive round of drinks but the waitress would not let me pay for them. She explained “When he departs that gentleman who was sitting next to you always leaves plenty of money at the bar for the hospitality of those that he sits with.
          He’s been doing that for years and sometimes pays for whole meals We have nicknamed him The Wild Man.

          5 To this day my daughter and her husband will occasionally fondly remember The Wild Man.

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    2. Hey FG …..you are correct….I need to update this page….I will add Hologram For A King and update the entire page right after I finish wrapping up my update on my James Cagney. Hopefully by tomorrow morning I will have that done. Sorry his new movie was not on the page already. Thanks for the visit and the comment.

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  5. Great page, Batman! I prefer Tom Hanks in comedies, although I have seen most of his movies. I think it’s that Bossom Buddies that kind of set the tone….. He is a great actor, natural!

    I am glad he didn’t take the batman’s role….. Micheal Keaton was wonderful in that….. But, then again, I had watched Beatle Juice before batman!! 🙂

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    1. Hey LaThing….thanks for checking out my Tom Hanks hub. I like his comedies as well….I became a huge Hanks fan in the 1980s when he was making all of those comedies….they might not have been the best movies….but I enjoyed them…..The Burbs, Volunteers, Nothing in Common, Bachelor Party, Splash and The Money Pit…..classics….but I will admit….The Man With One Red Shoe and Dragnet are ones to avoid.

      You never know which direction Hanks career would have gone if he got the Batman role….but then again….Hanks and Keaton both work at Pixar making computer movies…lol. Thanks for the comment.

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