TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Tom Hanks.

Tom Hanks
Birthdate: July 9, 1956

Tom Hanks

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1980s
2.8437
13
total ranking of 2.8437
1990s
3.5201
14
total ranking of 3.5201
2000s
2.9750
11
total ranking of 2.9750
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Tom Hanks is ranked overall as 3.7207 of of 4 stars3.7207

Tom Hanks Movie Rankings

1
Tom Hanks starring in Toy Story
Tom Hanks scores a combined 3.7503 out of 4 stars for Toy Story3.7503
When Woody is accused of pushing Buzz Lightyear out of the window, due to toy jealousy, he must go on a rescue mission outside the confines of the bedroom. Outside the two must set aside their feelings and work together to get home. ...more about Toy Story
2
Tom Hanks starring in Saving Private Ryan
Tom Hanks scores a combined 3.6325 out of 4 stars for Saving Private Ryan3.6325
When the Army discovers three out of four brothers have been killed in battle during WWII, it becomes one unit's mission is to save the fourth brother whose last known location is far behind enemy lines. ...more about Saving Private Ryan
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Drama
  • Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
  • Empire Awards, UK - Best Actor
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • MTV Movie Awards - Best Action Sequence
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
3
Tom Hanks starring in Apollo 13
Tom Hanks scores a combined 3.5726 out of 4 stars for Apollo 133.5726
What seemed like a routine mission to the moon goes drastically wrong. The astronauts on board and the scientist on the ground are now in a race against time to get the ship home safely. ...more about Apollo 13
Actor Awards
  • Kids' Choice Awards, USA - Favorite Movie Actor
4
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 3.2853 out of 4 stars for Toy Story 23.2853
When Woody is stolen from a garage sale, Buzz and the gang set out to rescue him from a greedy, obsessive toy collector and get back before Andy returns home from summer camp. ...more about Toy Story 2
5
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 3.1105 out of 4 stars for Catch Me If You Can3.1105
Mastering the art of forgery by the age of 21, Frank W. Abagnale managed to steal millions of dollars from the government and major corporations. FBI agent Carl Hanratty has made it his mission to catch Abagnale, who always seems one-step ahead. ...more about Catch Me If You Can
6
Forrest Gump (1994)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 3.0851 out of 4 stars for Forrest Gump3.0851
The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. ...more about Forrest Gump
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actor
  • American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
  • Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
  • Chlotrudis Awards - Best Actor
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
  • Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
7
Road to Perdition (2002)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 3.0685 out of 4 stars for Road to Perdition3.0685
Mike Sullivan (Tom Hanks) works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney (Paul Newman) Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure. ...more about Road to Perdition
Actor Awards
  • Empire Awards, UK - Best Actor
  • Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
8
Big (1988)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 3.0459 out of 4 stars for Big3.0459
A young boy makes a wish at a fairground machine to be big. He wakes up the following morning to find that his wish has been granted and his body has grown older over night. But he is still the same 12 year old kid on the inside. ...more about Big
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actor
  • American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
9
Green Mile, The (1999)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 3.0443 out of 4 stars for Green Mile3.0443
Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift. ...more about Green Mile
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Drama
10
Cast Away (2000)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 3.0225 out of 4 stars for Cast Away3.0225
After FedEx systems engineer Chuck Noland is ripped out of his hasty life by the clock in a plane crash, he finds himself alone on the shores of a tropical island. ...more about Cast Away
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Drama
  • Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
11
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 3.0134 out of 4 stars for Sleepless in Seattle3.0134
Sam is a recent widower who is seeking someone new. Sam's son Jonah, is also looking for a new mother, so when Jonah puts his father on national radio, hundreds of women write to him. One of the women is Annie. ...more about Sleepless in Seattle
Actor Awards
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
12
You've Got Mail (1998)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.9865 out of 4 stars for You've Got Mail2.9865
A modern day remake of "Shop Around The Corner" with Ryan and Hanks playing people who work in rival stores, hate each other by day, but discover each other over the internet, unknowingly. ...more about You've Got Mail
Actor Awards
  • American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Comedy/Romance
13
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.9595 out of 4 stars for That Thing You Do!2.9595
A small local band rockets their way up the pop charts with there hit song "That Thing You Do!" When a major record label signs the band, they are put on tour and begin to get a taste of fame. Soon their new status begins to gnaw at their band and friendships. ...more about That Thing You Do!
14
Splash (1984)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.9556 out of 4 stars for Splash2.9556
Allen Bauer is rescued from drowning as a young boy off Cape Cod by a young mermaid. ...more about Splash
15
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.9010 out of 4 stars for Charlie Wilson's War2.9010
Charlie Wilson's War is the true story of how a playboy congressman, a renegade CIA agent and a beautiful Houston socialite joined forces to lead the largest and most successful covert operation in history. ...more about Charlie Wilson's War
Actor Awards
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
16
Polar Express, The (2004)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.8925 out of 4 stars for Polar Express2.8925
Lying awake on Christmas Eve a young boy hears a train pull up to his house. Embarking on a journey to the North Pole the boy learns that the magic of world never ceases for those that believe in its mystery. ...more about Polar Express
17
League of Their Own, A (1992)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.8455 out of 4 stars for League of Their Own2.8455
In the farm of Oregon Dottie Henson and Kit Keller are working on the farm. Sisters that do love each other, except when it comes to baseball. Kit wants to play in the league but is upset to hear that it is Dottie who is chosen to play for the AAPGL. ...more about League of Their Own
Actor Awards
  • American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
18
Philadelphia (1993)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.8195 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia2.8195
Andrew Beckett, a gay lawyer infected with AIDS, is fired from his conservative law firm in fear that they might contract AIDS from him. ...more about Philadelphia
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Berlin International Film Festival - Best Actor
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
19
Terminal, The (2004)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.8046 out of 4 stars for Terminal2.8046
An Eastern European visitor (Hanks) becomes a resident of a New York airport terminal when a war breaks out and erases his country from the map, voiding his passport. He makes friends with the airport staff and falls in love with a flight attendant. ...more about Terminal
20
Celluloid Closet, The (1995)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.7875 out of 4 stars for Celluloid Closet2.7875
A comprehensive documentary of the history of gays and lesbians in cinema, from negative to positive reflections of gay characters and the troubles of actors and actresses. ...more about Celluloid Closet
21
Ladykillers, The (2004)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.7080 out of 4 stars for Ladykillers2.7080
A remake of the 1955 comedy, the story revolves around a Southern professor who puts together a group of thieves to rob a casino. ...more about Ladykillers
22
Bachelor Party (1984)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.6941 out of 4 stars for Bachelor Party2.6941
Tom Hanks is about to marry Tawny Kitaen. Her parents hate him. Her old boyfriend hates him. They all have money and he gets a cut of the crap games on the catholic school bus he drives. ...more about Bachelor Party
23
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.6582 out of 4 stars for Joe Versus the Volcano2.6582
Joe versus the Volcano is a fable which opens with somewhat surrealistic scenes of the dehumanization of Joe Bank's job and work environment (at a company whose product rather literally screws people) with imagery that seems to have been inspired by the ...more about Joe Versus the Volcano
24
Da Vinci Code, The (2006)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.6528 out of 4 stars for Da Vinci Code2.6528
When respected American religious symbology expert Dr. ...more about Da Vinci Code
25
Man with One Red Shoe, The (1985)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.6452 out of 4 stars for Man with One Red Shoe2.6452
Cooper, the deputy director of the CIA, wants to be the director. So, he tries to smear the director into resigning or being removed. ...more about Man with One Red Shoe
26
`burbs, The (1989)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.5859 out of 4 stars for `burbs2.5859
This story takes place in a typical American neighborhood, when some new neighbors come to live in the house next to Ray Peterson. ...more about `burbs
27
Dragnet (1987)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.5706 out of 4 stars for Dragnet2.5706
Friday and Streebek are assigned to some very strange robberies, like i.e. the stealing of one bat, a 30 feet long snake and the mane of a lion from a zoo. ...more about Dragnet
28
Money Pit, The (1986)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.4862 out of 4 stars for Money Pit2.4862
Walter Fielding and Anna Crowley have to start looking for a new house- but there's not much they can afford! This soon changes when they meet a lonely old con-artist who sells them a beautiful mansion at a ridiculously low price. Only there's a catch. ...more about Money Pit
29
He Knows You're Alone (1980)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.4858 out of 4 stars for He Knows You're Alone2.4858
A reluctant bride to be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. ...more about He Knows You're Alone
30
Bonfire of the Vanities, The (1990)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.4714 out of 4 stars for Bonfire of the Vanities2.4714
Financial "Master of the Universe" Sherman McCoy sees his life unravel when his mistress Maria Ruskin hits a black boy with his car. ...more about Bonfire of the Vanities
31
Volunteers (1985)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.4518 out of 4 stars for Volunteers2.4518
Tom Hanks stars as Lawrence, a rich kid with a bad accent and a large debt. ...more about Volunteers
32
Punchline (1988)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.1751 out of 4 stars for Punchline2.1751
Steven Gold is a stand-up comedian who is flat broke and has recently dropped out of medical school. He and several others work regularly at the Gas Station, a New York comedy club. The wages are lousy and everybody hopes for the big break. ...more about Punchline
Actor Awards
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
33
Nothing in Common (1986)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 2.1023 out of 4 stars for Nothing in Common2.1023
David Basner is a successful advertising executive who has it all: Money, happiness, and women who want him. Then one day his world falls apart when his mother leaves his father. ...more about Nothing in Common
34
Turner & Hooch (1989)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 1.9344 out of 4 stars for Turner & Hooch1.9344
Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some "real" cases, not just misdemeanors. Then Amos Reed is murdered, and Scott Turner sets himself on the case. ...more about Turner & Hooch
35
Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 1.5707 out of 4 stars for Elvis Has Left the Building1.5707
Kim Basinger plays Harmony, a cosmetic saleslady who was born at an Elvis concert and finds her life linked to the legend. One day while driving, she accidentally kills some Elvis impersonators and flees the scene. ...more about Elvis Has Left the Building
36
Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)
Tom Hanks scores a combined 1.4496 out of 4 stars for Every Time We Say Goodbye1.4496
An American flyer who joined the RAF before his country was in the war is recovering from a leg injury in Jerusalem. Through an English friend he meets a quiet Jewish girl whose close-knit family originally came from Spain. ...more about Every Time We Say Goodbye
37
Cold Case, A (2008)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
38
Risk Pool, The (2007)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD