 | Forrest Gump (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $3.28 One of the most memorable film characters and a great fictional telling of Baby Boomer history through the eyes of Forrest Gump!
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 | Big
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.11 Much improved over the slew of body-switching movies, this one has heart and humor, and Hanks acting childish
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 | You've Got Mail
Buy used from: $1.49 The best pairing of Hanks and Ryan in the three romantic comedies they did together
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 | The Terminal (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.01 Hanks nails it as an Eastern European with limited knowledge of English, confined for months in the International Terminal of JFK Airport while his country resolves their revolution crisis
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 | Apollo 13 (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $7.49 / Used from: $2.72 A great film about the Apollo mission when the American public began to grow bored with the whole space mission, and the superstition among astronauts about the number 13
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 | A League of Their Own (Special Edition)
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.85 One of the best baseball-themed movies out there, Hanks is simply great. I love the scene where he sips a Coke and gives a satisfying "ahhhhhhh"--what a great advertisement for Coca-Cola!
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 | Sleepless in Seattle (10th Anniversary Edition)
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.00 A somewhat goofy romantic comedy about two people at opposite ends of the country connecting through a radio call-in show broadcast and an old movie ("An Affair to Remember")
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 | The Bonfire of the Vanities
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $0.83 Panned by critics because of disasterous filming and a miscast role for Hanks, but I still love it. Hanks is too nice to play Sherman McCoy--I thought William Hurt would've been perfect for that role
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 | The Man with One Red Shoe
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.65 This is the film that earned Tom Hanks his status as my favorite actor, because I liked how he played it serious to all the goofiness going on around him
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 | Saving Private Ryan (Special Limited Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $3.88 A difficult film for me to watch because of the violence, but a good career move on Hanks' part
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 | Philadelphia (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $3.23 Had Oscar voters known "Forrest Gump" would come out a year later, I don't think he would have won Best Actor for this role, though it was a brave career move at the time
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 | Splash (20th Anniversary Edition)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.65 One of Hanks earliest films, a unique romantic comedy about a man who falls in love with a woman who sprouts a fin when her legs get wet
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 | Volunteers
Buy new: $5.98 / Used from: $0.86 Hanks plays a rich playboy who sneaks into the Peace Corps to avoid paying a debt and gets shipped off to Thailand. This is the film in which he met the love of his life, Rita Wilson
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 | Dragnet
Buy used from: $5.73 Hanks plays it goofy to Dan Ackroyd's straight man in a film adaptation of the classic TV show
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 | That Thing You Do!
Buy used from: $15.30 Hanks' directoral debut about the meteoric rise and fall of a Beatlesque one-hit wonder band. Once you hear the song, its hard to get it out of your mind...those sneaky devils!
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 | Nothing in Common
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $1.97 Hanks plays the selfish son of a cantankerous father (played by Jackie Gleason) and how they finally learn to bond
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 | Joe Versus the Volcano
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.35 A strange film that doesn't come to life until Hanks quits his job and prepares to jump into a volcano to save a small South Pacific island from the wrath of the gods. Meg Ryan is great times three!
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 | Turner and Hooch
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $5.87 Again, Hanks makes a film that another actor did before (remember Jim Belushi in K-9?), though this film is standard buddy comedy with an ugly mutt that grows on you
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 | Bachelor Party
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $2.81 Raunchy in the mold of "Animal House" and a character in this film doesn't give my name ("Nick") a good reputation, so thanks a lot!
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 | Cast Away (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $0.29 I had a difficult time liking this film...though its probably intended this way. To be stranded on a deserted island with only a volleyball to keep you company can be a bit depressing!
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 | The Money Pit
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $5.28 A typical 80s Hanks comedy...nothing spectacular. The house falling apart coincides with the escalating relationship problems between Hanks and Shelley Long (whom I've never cared for as an actress)
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 | Punchline
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.98 A serious film about two people trying to make it as a stand-up comic...which should be funny, but its a bit too serious and slow
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 | The 'Burbs
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $5.24 This film was made during the Hollywood writer's strike of 1988 and it shows. They made this film without a script and it feels like one overlong improvisational skit with no point
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