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.
The third installment in the Toy Story franchise cost $200 million to make and made a whopping $1 billion worldwide. It was the highest-grossing film of 2010. It also accomplished a rare feat: being nominated for both Best Animated Feature and Best Picture Academy Awards.
Hanks and co-star Tim Allen reportedly requested that they record their lines together because they loved their characters' chemistry.
“This installment, the best of the three, is everything a movie should be: hilarious, touching, exciting and clever.” —Claudia Puig, USA Today