The Best Tom Hanks Movies of the Past 30 Years, Ranked
and Julia Hays, for Metacritic – October 27, 2016
Updated November 2019 to add A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
Tom Hanks’ star has burned brightly in Hollywood since the mid-1980s. From bowlegged toys to boozy baseball coaches, the Academy Award winner is the master at making flawed characters deeply lovable.
It may be difficult for you to pick your favorite Tom Hanks movie, but here's how our Metascores break it down.
As Jimmy Dugan, Hanks is a washed-up former baseball star with a drinking problem who becomes the coach of a women's baseball team during WWII. The sports film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being considered "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
“A League of Their Own is a grand-slam comic drama. Superbly written, acted and directed.” —Hal Lipper, Tampa Bay Times