83 Tom Hanks Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

After three of the Ryan brothers are killed in combat, Captain John Miller receives orders to find the last sibling, paratrooper James Francis Ryan, who is fighting somewhere in Normandy, and bring him back to his mother. Without knowing if he is still alive, Miller leads eight men behind enemy lines in a heroic show of courage.

Despite having a low IQ, Forrest Gump has been raised like any other children by his supportive mother. As he traverses through life, he experiences and influences some of the key events in history with a bit of luck and his childlike optimism. However, his lifelong desire to reunite with his childhood sweetheart Jenny remains elusive.

Former death-row prison officer Paul Edgecomb recounts how the lives of the guards were affected after they received as inmate an enormous black man, John Coffey, convicted of raping and murdering two white girls. They began to question the conviction as they realize that Coffey was a kind-hearted person childishly afraid of darkness and possessed supernatural gifts.

The survival drama depicts the journey of FedEx systems analyst Chuck Noland after his flight to Malaysia crashes into the Pacific Ocean. The sole survivor of the crash forms a most humane friendship with a volleyball which he names Wilson while he tries to survive on an island. Tom Hanks’ portrayal of the lead earned him an ‘Oscar’ nomination. 

A biographical crime film directed by Steven Spielberg, Catch Me If You Can follows the life of Frank Abagnale who, even before turning 19, successfully carries out cons worth millions of dollars. He has posed as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer in process. He is chased and caught by Carl Hanratty who eventually convinces him to help FBI catch other check forgers.

The movie, based on the aborted 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission, follows Jim Lovell and his team as they prepare to fly Apollo 13, NASA's third lunar landing mission. After the launch everything is fine, until an explosion in one of the oxygen tanks puts the lives of the astronauts at risk. Back at NASA, Kranz, John Aaron and Ken Mattingly struggle to bring back the astronauts safely.

Inspired by a true story, Captain Phillips is a multi-layered depiction of how merchant mariner Captain Richard Phillips ensured the safety of his crew after his unarmed container ship MV Maersk Alabama is hijacked by a group of heavily armed Somali pirates led by Abduwali Muse 145 miles off the Somali coast.

One of the first mainstream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/AIDS, homosexuality, and homophobia, Philadelphia is a gripping tale of a homosexual senior associate at a large corporate law firm who gets fired due to his sexuality, and his fight to get justice. 

This biographical drama depicts how American pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger safely landed Flight 1549 on the Hudson River after it was hit by a flock of birds, disabling both engines. Just as he is hailed as a hero by common people and the media, he faces a career-threatening investigation into claims that the accident was a pilot error.

In 1957, Russian spy Rudolf Abel is arrested in New York City and is defended by principled lawyer James B. Donovan. Meanwhile, Francis Powers’ U-2 spy plane is shot down in the USSR and he is imprisoned. Ultimately, with great risk to his own life, Donovan facilitates the exchange of Abel and Powers at the Glienicke Bridge. 

Desperately wanting to be a grown up, 12-year-old Josh Baskin wishes so at an unplugged Zoltar machine in the carnival, and is surprised to find himself into an adult body the next morning. Now he must cope with larger issues as he tackles work and a romantic relationship while trying to find a way back into his childhood.

Set in Chicago during the great depression, this crime-drama film follows a hitman working for an Irish mobster who raised him. Road to Perdition is adapted from a graphic novel of the same name.

Dottie and Kit, two Oregon farm sisters, along with other girls, are selected by the Women’s Baseball Association. Their team manager, Jimmy Dugan, who is a former star player but now an alcoholic, doesn’t take his job very seriously. However, as the girls take up all the challenges head-on, their enthusiasm and grit makes Dugan take a proud interest in his team. 

Sam cannot get over the death of his wife. On Christmas, his eight year old son Jonah, calls up the radio station and Sam is forced to speak about his feelings. The show is heard by Annie Reed, a reporter who writes to Sam, but he has started dating someone and does not show interest. However, Jonah promises to meet her on Empire State Building on Valentine's Day.

Partially inspired by a true story, The Terminal follows the predicament of an Eastern European man who gets stuck in New York's John F. Kennedy Airport terminal due to unusual circumstances. It received mixed reviews but was a commercial success. 

After promising his daughters to make a movie on their favorite book, Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers, Walt Disney unsuccessfully attempts to obtain its movie rights for two decades. However, an overprotective Travers is determined not to let him bastardize her widely-loved creation, until she runs into financial problems and risks losing her house.

Kathleen Kelly, who runs a popular local bookstore, is annoyed by arrogant Joe Fox, who opens a branch of the large Fox Books chain across the street, threatening her business. The two, despite having partners, also anonymously chat online and fall in love with each other, but after learning her true identity, Fox must assuage her hatred for him.

In the 1980s Congressman Charlie Wilson forms an unlikely partnership with American socialite and friend Joanne Herring and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos to bring an end to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. His efforts also lead to the formation of the Regan Doctrine which supported anti-communist resistance all over the world. 

The science-fiction drama intertwines six interconnected storylines spread over multiple eras of time. Cloud Atlas portrays the reincarnation of souls through time and explores the ripple effect caused by the consequences of actions and kindness through time and space. It remains one of the most expensive independent movies ever made. 

Ray Peterson, who plans to relax during a week-off, discovers peculiar things about their new strange neighbors, the Klopeks. He and two other neighbors try to investigate as they fear that the Klopeks could be ritualistic murderers. When a neighborhood old man suddenly vanishes, their suspicions are confirmed. The alarmed group sets out to save their community from the satanic cult.

A mystery thriller that explores the events that unfold after a Harvard University professor is suspected of a grisly and unusual murder, The Da Vinci Code is a fast-paced drama with a surprise ending. The film is considered controversial. 

Focusing on the life of newspaper heiress and publisher Katharine Graham, this historical political thriller film highlights the challenges she has to face after the deaths of her husband and her father. The film was chosen by the National Board of Review as the best film of 2017. 

A small boy meets a mermaid when he falls into the sea at Cape Cod. Although he is quickly pulled up, the memory lingers, jeopardizing all his later relationships. Twenty years later, he once again falls into the sea and becomes unconscious. Waking up on the beach, he sees a beautiful naked woman, who kisses him and then dives into the sea.  

Based on Dan Brown’s best-selling novel ‘Angels & Demons’, the movie sees the return of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon. The story follows him to Rome where he uncovers a secret conspiracy to murder the Pope and the truth behind the resurgence of the ancient brotherhood of the Illuminati. 

That Thing You Do! is a critically-acclaimed comedy film, which tells the story of a local Pennsylvania band which scores a one hit-wonder, after which they ride the star-making machinery for as long as they can, with help from their manager. 

One year after his father's death in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, 9-year-old Oskar Schell finds a mysterious key left behind by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt through New York City to find the lock it fits. Oskar, who has Asperger syndrome, is forced to communicate with people around him and arrives at a greater understanding of life.

Detective Turner lives a normal life until it gets disrupted by Hooch, a dog who is the sole witness to the murder of his owner. Turner eventually decides to adopt him and lets the dog help him find the killer. 

In an attempt to find her father to give her away in the forthcoming wedding, Sophie Sheridan secretly invites three men whom her mother Donna had dated years ago. Donna, a former lead singer of a band and now owner of a resort-hotel on a Greek island, is stressed to find the three men there. What ensues is a big mix-up. 

Greyhound is a historical war drama film which tells the story of US Navy Commander Ernest Krause, an inexperienced officer, who is assigned to lead an Allied convoy across the Atlantic during the Second World War. His task however proves to be difficult since the convoy is being pursued by German submarines.

Becoming upset with his mother Connie and older sister Claire, 8-year-old Max runs away from home in his wolf costume and sails aimlessly in a small boat in a pond. He lands in an island filled with large wild beasts that accept him as their king, but he soon realizes that being king is not an easy task.

Robert Langdon wakes up with amnesia in an Italian hospital and is helped by attending doctor Sienna Brooks to escape following an assassination attempt. They soon learn about eccentric billionaire Bertrand Zobrist's deadly plot to reduce global population by releasing a superweapon and must race against time to piece together clues based on Dante's Inferno.

Five years after American Civil War has ended, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd comes across a ten year old girl, who was taken by the Kiowa people years ago. He agrees to deliver her to her uncle and aunt, against her will. Therefore, they embark on a long journey, which eventually turns out to be quite difficult and dangerous.  

Attorney Walter Fielding, and his musician girlfriend Anna Crowley, are asked to vacate their apartment immediately. They use their life savings to buy a broken-down house, which is in need of major repair. As the two begin to repair the house, it causes various strains on their relationship. 

An intelligent student joins the Bristol University where he soon becomes a part of the quiz team.  He soon finds himself confused regarding his feelings for two different girls: Alice and Rebecca.  

For generations, the City of Ember used to flourish in a wonderful world of glittering lights. However, its powerful generator starts failing eventually, and the great lamps illuminating the city start to flicker. 

Shortly after being released from prison, Borat is sent on a mission to America. He is supposed to offer his teen daughter to American Vice President Mike Pence, as a bride, in order to boost the relations between Kazakhstan and America.

A gang of thieves, headed by a college professor Dorr, disguise themselves as a band and base themselves in house of an old lady Mrs. Munson. They plan to rob a casino. But their act is discovered by the sharp lady who threatens to expose them. Left with no other option, the gang decides to kill her but is it really that simple for them?

Despite his seniority and his exceptional work, Larry, a team leader at a company, is asked to leave his job due to his lack of a college degree. In order to give his life a new direction, he joins a college where he develops a crush on Mercedes, his new teacher. 

In this homage to the 50’s-60’s police drama, no-nonsense LAPD detective Sgt. Joe Friday, (namesake nephew of the original protagonist) is paired with laid-back cop Pep Streebeck, to solve mysterious ritual killings. Tracing the homicides to a sinister cult, PAGAN, they disrupt a cruel ceremony. Friday falls for the rescued near-victim Connie Swail, who helps them expose the corrupt, powerful people behind the offense.  

A failed American sales representative tries to recoup his losses, by travelling to Saudi Arabia and selling his company’s product to a wealthy monarch. He is helped by a beautiful doctor and a taxi driver. 

Joe Banks, a hypochondriac tired of his dreary job, learns that he has only few days to live. Quitting his job, he accepts an offer to jump in a Pacific Island volcano as per the superstition of the natives. Traveling aboard a yacht, he falls for Captain Patricia as they survive adversities together. But can he forget his commitment to the volcano?

After winning a Congress seat, news anchorman Evan Baxter moves with his family to Northern Virginia. Shockingly, he receives God’s instructions to build an ark to save the life from a forthcoming flood. Though Evan ignores initially, he soon starts getting deliveries of tools, materials and pairs of all sorts of animals, and also finds himself turning slowly into Noah.

Mae lands a job at a company known as The Circle, which is one of the biggest tech companies in the world. When she gets involved in an experiment that could change the world, she realizes that it will have adverse consequences on humanity. 

Based on a novel of the same name, this black comedy film tells the story of an investment banker, named Sherman McCoy who is quite wealthy and enjoys a luxurious life with his mistress Maria Ruskin. However, one day, he finds himself in a big mess when Maria accidentally kills an African-American teenager.

Woody, a pull-string cowboy doll, is the favourite of his owner Andy till the arrival of spaceman figure Buzz Lightyear. Desperate to reclaim his position, he plans to do away with Buzz Lightyear. However, things take a turn when they get lost and have to join hands to escape the cruel toy killer –Sid–and return home to their owner.

This Pixar Animation’s computer-animated comedy film is third in the Toy Story series. As Andy, prepares to leave for college, Woody, Buzz Lightyear and other toys – some new – find themselves in a day-care centre instead of the attic. They now have to devise a plan to return home before Andy leaves.

The fourth installment in Pixar's Toy Story series, the film begins with Woody being given away to a new owner and his struggle to adjust in the new surroundings and also to a new toy called Forky. The story then goes on to portray his adventures when he and his gang set on a road trip with their owner, meeting his long lost friend Bo Peep on the way. 

When greedy toy collector Al McWhiggin steals Woody to send him to a Japanese museum, Buzz Lightyear leads the rest of Andy's toys on a brave rescue mission. Woody, however, learns that he is a rare collectible from a popular television show and is introduced to other members of his team, who convince him to stay.

Due to his negligence, Homer Simpson ends up contaminating the lake of Springfield town which consequentially gets imprisoned in a large glass dome by the EPA. The angry residents attack the Simpson family who escape but return later when the EPA head decides to destroy the town. A selfish Homer, too, has a change of heart and decides to save his town from destruction.

Cars, the animated Pixar classic, tells the story of anthropomorphic talking cars. Racing rookie Lightning McQueen finds himself trapped in Radiator Springs after falling off his truck. As McQueen starts doing community service for damaging roads, he makes friends, falls in love, and ends up being trained by racing legend Hudson Hornet to discover who he truly is inside. 

A boy, skeptical of Santa Claus, is invited onboard a magical train by its mysterious conductor for an adventurous journey to meet Santa in the North Pole along with several other doubting kids. It becomes a journey of self-discovery for the boy who receives a special gift and learns a very important life lesson.

The Ant Bully is an animated adventure comedy film, which tells the story of Lucas who is being bullied a boy bigger than him. Lucas takes out his frustration on an innocent colony of ants, flooding it with his water gun.  Things take a turn when he is magically shrunken down to the size of an insect.