Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, Hanks is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is widely regarded as an American cultural icon.

Hanks made his breakthrough with leading roles in the comedies Splash (1984) and Big (1988). He won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for starring as a gay lawyer suffering from AIDS in Philadelphia (1993) and a young man with below-average IQ in Forrest Gump (1994). Hanks collaborated with film director Steven Spielberg on five films: Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Terminal (2004), Bridge of Spies (2015), and The Post (2017), as well as the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers, which launched him as a director, producer, and screenwriter.

Hanks’ other notable films include the romantic comedies Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and You’ve Got Mail (1998); the dramas Apollo 13 (1995), The Green Mile (1999), Cast Away (2000), Road to Perdition (2002), and Cloud Atlas (2012); and the biographical dramas Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Captain Phillips (2013), Sully (2016), and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). He has also appeared as the title character in the Robert Langdon film series, and has voiced Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story film series.

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Tom Hanks Movies

Discover the best Tom Hanks movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Tom Hanks ranked by year and score.

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Toy Story 5

Toy Story 5 (2026)

Adventure Animation Comedy
Bonnie's new Lilypad tablet is sleek, endlessly entertaining, and absolutely ruthless competition. As screen time swallows up the hours that once belonged to imaginative play, Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the...
Score -.-
2
The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme (2025)

Adventure Comedy Crime
Zsa-zsa Korda has survived ruthless competitors and worse, but his boldest move yet is naming his nun daughter as the sole heir to his vast fortune. When a new business...
Score 6.5
3
Freaky Tales

Freaky Tales (2025)

Action Comedy Crime
Oakland, 1987. Four stories, one city, and something unseen stitching them all together. Punk kids square off against Nazi skinheads claiming their streets. A rap duo pushes hard for the...
Score 6.3
4
Finch

Finch (2021)

Adventure Drama Science Fiction
Tom Hanks plays a solitary engineer named Finch, one of the last people alive after a solar event has scorched most of the planet. Knowing his time is short, he...
Score 7.8
5
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)

Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen's most notorious creation crawls back out of disgrace and returns to America, this time dragging his teenage daughter into the chaos. Shot in secret during the pandemic,...
Score 6.4
6
Greyhound

Greyhound (2020)

Action Drama War
Commander Ernest Krause has never led a ship into combat. Now he must shepherd a convoy of Allied vessels across the North Atlantic's most unforgiving stretch of ocean, a five-day...
Score 7.4
7
Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4 (2019)

Adventure Animation Comedy
Woody has spent years defining himself by his devotion to a child, first Andy, then Bonnie. When Bonnie crafts a spork named Forky and insists he is a toy, Woody...
Score 7.5
8
The Post

The Post (2017)

Drama History
Katharine Graham had never expected to run a newspaper. Then the Pentagon Papers landed on her desk. Steven Spielberg's 2017 drama follows the Washington Post's pivotal decision to publish classified...
Score 7.0
9
The Circle

The Circle (2017)

Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Mae Holland lands her dream position at The Circle, Silicon Valley's most influential tech giant, and her star rises fast. But the closer she gets to the company's inner sanctum,...
Score 5.5
10
Bridge of Spies

Bridge of Spies (2015)

Drama Thriller
James Donovan is an insurance lawyer with no business being at the center of Cold War diplomacy, yet that is exactly where he ends up. After defending Soviet spy Rudolf...
Score 7.2
11
Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips (2013)

Action Drama Thriller
When Somali pirates storm the bridge of an American cargo vessel, Captain Richard Phillips becomes an unwilling hostage in a tense standoff that transforms into a matter of life and...
Score 7.5
12
Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 (2010)

Animation Comedy Family
Andy is heading to college, and the toys he once loved have spent years gathering dust in a chest. When a mix-up sends Woody, Buzz, and the rest of the...
Score 7.8
13
The Polar Express

The Polar Express (2004)

Adventure Animation Family
On Christmas Eve, a boy who has begun to doubt the magic of the holiday finds himself boarding a massive steam locomotive bound for the North Pole. Robert Zemeckis adapts...
Score 6.7
14
The Terminal

The Terminal (2004)

Comedy Drama
Viktor Navorski lands at JFK with a suitcase and simple plans, only to discover that a coup back home has rendered his passport invalid and his country unrecognized by the...
Score 7.3
15
Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Crime Drama
Before he turned nineteen, Frank Abagnale Jr. had already posed as a Pan Am pilot, a hospital physician, and a licensed attorney, cashing fraudulent checks across the country with a...
Score 8.0
16
Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition (2002)

Crime Drama Thriller
Mike Sullivan has spent years as an enforcer for John Rooney, the Irish mob patriarch he respects like a father. When his young son accidentally witnesses a murder, that loyalty...
Score 7.4
17
Cast Away

Cast Away (2000)

Adventure Drama
A FedEx executive's routine flight becomes a nightmare when the plane plummets into the Pacific Ocean. Washed ashore on an uninhabited island, he must transform from corporate problem-solver to survivor....
Score 7.7
18
The Green Mile

The Green Mile (1999)

Crime Drama Fantasy
Death row in a Depression-era Louisiana prison is the last place anyone expects grace, yet that is precisely where Paul Edgecomb finds it. John Coffey, a towering man convicted of...
Score 8.5
19
Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2 (1999)

Animation Comedy Family
When Andy leaves for summer camp, Woody gets stolen by Al McWhiggen, a greedy collectibles dealer who sees the old cowboy as the missing piece of a priceless museum set....
Score 7.6
20
Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Drama History War
The D-Day landings are chaos and carnage. When three sons are confirmed dead, the Army's bureaucracy springs into action: find the fourth, James Ryan, before his mother receives a third...
Score 8.2
21
Toy Story

Toy Story (1995)

Adventure Animation Comedy
Woody has always been Andy's favorite, the unquestioned leader of a bedroom full of toys who spring to life the moment their owner leaves. Then a shiny new space ranger...
Score 8.0
22
Apollo 13

Apollo 13 (1995)

Drama History
In April 1970, three astronauts set out for the Moon and nearly didn't make it home. When an oxygen tank ruptures over 200,000 miles from Earth, commander Jim Lovell and...
Score 7.5
23
Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump (1994)

Comedy Drama Romance
Forrest Gump stumbles through decades of American history, not because he seeks greatness but simply because he keeps showing up. A football field, a war in Vietnam, a ping-pong table,...
Score 8.5
24
Sleepless in Seattle

Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

Comedy Drama Romance
Eight-year-old Jonah is worried about his widowed father, Sam, who barely sleeps and barely smiles anymore. So the boy does what any resourceful kid would do: he calls a late-night...
Score 6.7

Tom Hanks TV Shows

Browse the ultimate list of Tom Hanks TV shows. Find top-rated television series, critically acclaimed dramas, and hit shows starring Tom Hanks.

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World War II with Tom Hanks

World War II with Tom Hanks (2026)

Documentary
From the Wehrmacht's crossing into Poland to the blinding flash over Hiroshima, this documentary series charts the full arc of the deadliest conflict in human history. Tom Hanks guides viewers...
Score -.-

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the highest-rated movies starring Tom Hanks? +
According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Tom Hanks are Toy Story 5, The Phoenician Scheme, and Freaky Tales.
How many movies and TV shows has Tom Hanks starred in? +
Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 25 titles starring Tom Hanks, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
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Yes! The overall filmography starring Tom Hanks maintains a strong average user rating of 7.4 out of 10 across all tracked titles.