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Feb 28, 2010 12:45 PM
What a great actor.

AMC has the Forrest Gump marathon going strong, and A&E has "The Green Mile" playing right now.

Favorite Hanks movies or scenes?

Forrest Gump
The Green Mile
Cast Away
The Burbs
Feb 28, 2010 12:45pm
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Feb 28, 2010 12:49 PM
Forrest Gump
Green Mile
Cast Away
A League Of Their Own
Feb 28, 2010 12:49pm
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Feb 28, 2010 12:54 PM
How could you make a Tom Hanks thread, and not include Saving Private Ryan...you're slipping blue!
Feb 28, 2010 12:54pm
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Feb 28, 2010 12:57 PM
Good call Dey, my bad brotha
Feb 28, 2010 12:57pm
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Feb 28, 2010 12:59 PM
I liked Castaway better than most people, and I thought he was amazing in that movie.

Apollo 13 is another one of my favorites...
Feb 28, 2010 12:59pm
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Feb 28, 2010 1:00 PM
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Catch Me If You Can
3. Toy Story (does this count?)
4. Apollo 13

Im not sure I really like Hanks as an actor all that much when he doesnt have support, but I love him when he does. Movies when he has to carry it a little more (Terminal, Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Cast Away, etc) I find terrible. While the above list I love. Those movies had great actors alongside him though.
Feb 28, 2010 1:00pm
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Trueblue23

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Feb 28, 2010 1:04 PM
I thought Cast Away was awesome
Feb 28, 2010 1:04pm
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Feb 28, 2010 1:17 PM
Forrest Gump
Saving Private Ryan
Green Mile
Apollo 13
That Thing You Do
A League of Their Own
Feb 28, 2010 1:17pm
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Feb 28, 2010 1:22 PM
Didn't he win an Academy Award for his role in "Philadelphia?"

But to answer the question, Forrest Gump is my favorite Tom Hanks movie, although I have seen it like 20 times now.
Feb 28, 2010 1:22pm
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Feb 28, 2010 1:25 PM
BigAppleBuckeye wrote: Didn't he win an Academy Award for his role in "Philadelphia?"

But to answer the question, Forrest Gump is my favorite Tom Hanks movie, although I have seen it like 20 times now.
Yeah he did
Feb 28, 2010 1:25pm
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Feb 28, 2010 1:32 PM
Saving Private Ryan
The Money Pit
The Burbs
Feb 28, 2010 1:32pm
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Feb 28, 2010 1:40 PM
1) Saving Private Ryan
2) Forrest Gump
3) Philadelphia
4) Castaway
5) Sleepless in Seattle (goodbye man card)
Feb 28, 2010 1:40pm
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Feb 28, 2010 4:07 PM
To add to some already mentioned:

Road to Perdition
Ladykillers
Catch Me If You Can
Feb 28, 2010 4:07pm
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Feb 28, 2010 4:14 PM
Tom Hanks is great.

I will always love Big. Watched that a ton when I was young.
Feb 28, 2010 4:14pm
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Feb 28, 2010 4:25 PM
Forrest Gump
Saving Private Ryan
Cast Away

Forrest Gump is my favorite by far though.
Feb 28, 2010 4:25pm
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Feb 28, 2010 6:21 PM
Love Tom Hanks
Forest Gump is probably my favorite movie, a classic
Feb 28, 2010 6:21pm
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Feb 28, 2010 7:13 PM
He's a great actor but, Daniel Day Lewis is a hell of a lot better.
Feb 28, 2010 7:13pm
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Feb 28, 2010 7:33 PM
I enjoyed Tom Hanks before he blew up as a dramatic actor. The movie Big is one of favorite of all time. A couple of old comedies he made early in his career include Bachelor Party and Dragnet. Granted, they aren't masterpieces and they never won an Academy Award, but they were very funny movies IMO.

My favorite serious Tom Hanks movie is Castaway.
Feb 28, 2010 7:33pm
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Feb 28, 2010 10:18 PM
hard movie to watch...but Philadelphia is an acting tour-de-force.
having said that...Castaway, Forrest Gump, and Apollo 13 were the flicks that punched the Hanks card in the acting HOF.
Feb 28, 2010 10:18pm
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Feb 28, 2010 11:15 PM
Philadelphia is one of the greatest performances of all time.
Feb 28, 2010 11:15pm
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Mar 1, 2010 1:23 AM
I think it is so difficult to pick your favorite Tom Hanks movie. He is clearly one of the greatest actors of all time. Some of my personal faves are: Forrest Gump, Big, Saving Private Ryan, Castaway, Catch Me If You Can
Mar 1, 2010 1:23am