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.
One of Ryan’s and Hanks' romantic-comedy collaborations, the rom-com follows a widower and father who shares his heartbreak on the radio. He later falls in love with a woman he’s never met. The film garnered two Academy Awards nominations.
“Superbly acted, beautifully photographed, and resolutely warm and fuzzy, Sleepless in Seattle is a romantic treat.” —TV Guide Magazine