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Tom Hanks
Born 9 July 1956, in Corcord, California
Wise words: "I love what I do for a living, it's the greatest job in the world, but you have to survive an awful lot of attention that you don't truly deserve and you have to live up to your professional responsibilities and I'm always trying to balance that with what is really important."
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Tom Hanks - news / articles
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Scooter test drama for Hanks -
1 July 2011
-Tom Hanks had to learn to ride a scooter for his new movie Larry Crowne and admits the driving test was one of the most difficult things he has ever had to do.-Hanks plays a mature student who drives around on a scooter in the film and decided to get a proper lice
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Hanks: 'Bacon is best-smelling actor' -
30 June 2011
-Kevin Bacon is the best-smelling actor in Hollywood, according to Tom Hanks - because he always had a fresh, minty scent when they were working together on Apollo 13.-The Forrest Gump star admits he and Bacon got really close during the making of the space mission
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Tom Hanks: More Mr Nice Guy -
29 June 2011
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-“In this business, careers are based on longevity.” -
-I didn’t say that, Tom Hanks did. And he should know. He’s been a movie star since 1984 – more than a quarter of a century. That’s a long time to stay at the top
Tom Hanks - what members say
review by A customer from Glasgow, Scotland
Worthy but moving 19 May 2005
review by from Staffordshire, England
Go the whole mile!!! 21 March 2005
review by A customer from Maida Vale
A lovely movie of rare brilliance 18 November 2003
Tom Hanks - filmography
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Larry Crowne
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Taraji P. Henson
Director: Tom Hanks
Certificate: 
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Until he was downsized, affable, amiable Larry Crowne (Hanks) was a superstar team leader at the big-box company where he’s worked since his time in the Navy. Underwater on his mortgage and unclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, Larry heads to his local college to start over. There he ..read more »
 
62%
from 3,781 members
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
(2011)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman
Director: Stephen Daldry
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Oskar is convinced that his father (Hanks), who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother (Bullock) and driven by a relentlessly active mind that refuses to believe in things that ..read more »
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Larry Crowne - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Taraji P. Henson
Director: Tom Hanks
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Until he was downsized, affable, amiable Larry Crowne (Hanks) was a superstar team leader at the big-box company where he’s worked since his time in the Navy. Underwater on his mortgage and unclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, Larry heads to his local college to start over. There he ..read more »
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from 1,176 member
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Toy Story 3
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
Director: Lee Unkrich
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"Toy Story 3" welcomes Woody, Buzz and the whole gang back to the big screen as Andy prepares to depart for college and his loyal toys find themselves in daycare! These untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice, so it's all for one and one for all as plans for the great escape ..read more »
85%
from 46,573 members
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Toy Story 3 - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
Director: Lee Unkrich
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"Toy Story 3" welcomes Woody, Buzz and the whole gang back to the big screen as Andy prepares to depart for college and his loyal toys find themselves in daycare! These untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice, so it's all for one and one for all as plans for the great escape ..read more »
85%
from 11,533 members
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Toy Story 3 - 3D Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
Director: Lee Unkrich
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"Toy Story 3" welcomes Woody, Buzz and the whole gang back to the big screen as Andy prepares to depart for college and his loyal toys find themselves in daycare! These untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice, so it's all for one and one for all as plans for the great escape ..read more »
82%
from 391 members
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Toy Story - 3D Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
Director: John Lasseter
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Originally released by Walt Disney Pictures in 1995, "Toy Story" was the first feature film from Pixar Animation Studios and director John Lasseter. The film went on to receive Oscar® nominations for Best Original Score, Best Original Song, and Best Original Screenplay, and earned Lasseter a ..read more »
87%
from 179 members
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Angels and Demons - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor
Director: Ron Howard
Certificate: 
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ANGELS AND DEMONS re-teams director Ron Howard and star Tom Hanks for the sequel to their international blockbuster adaptation of Dan Brown's novel THE DA VINCI CODE. Although the book Angels and Demons was written before the novel THE DA VINCI CODE, the movie transpires after the events of the ..read more »
68%
from 12,326 members
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Toy Story in 3-D
(2009)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
Director: John Lasseter
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Originally released by Walt Disney Pictures in 1995, "Toy Story" was the first feature film from Pixar Animation Studios and director John Lasseter. The film went on to receive Oscar® nominations for Best Original Score, Best Original Song, and Best Original Screenplay, and earned Lasseter a ..read more »
84%
from 509 members
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Angels and Demons
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor
Director: Ron Howard
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Tom Hanks and Ron Howard unite for their fourth pairing with this follow-up to THE DA VINCI CODE. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.
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from 49,937 members
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The Great Buck Howard
(2008)
Starring: Tom Hanks, John Malkovich, Colin Hanks
Director: Sean McGinly
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As the career of renowned illusionist (Malkovich) continues its decline, a young man (Colin Hanks) fresh out of school becomes his new assistant. But his father (Hanks) is not enthused about his son's career choice at all.
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from 187 members
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Charlie Wilson's War - HD
(2007)
Starring: Amy Adams, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts
Director: Mike Nichols
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The first time the audience sees Texas congressman Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) in the early 1980s, he seems far from a model politician. Surrounded by strippers, a Playboy Playmate, and cocaine, the naked congressman lies in a hot tub at a party. Despite the distractions, the TV news catches Charlie'..read more »
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from 148 members
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Charlie Wilson's War
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Amy Adams, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts
Director: Mike Nichols
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A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
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from 49,354 members
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The Da Vinci Code
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen
Director: Ron Howard
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The 2005 best selling novel's big screen adaptation. A murder in the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years -- which could shake the foundations of Christianity.
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from 75,553 members
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The Da Vinci Code - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen
Director: Ron Howard
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Dan Brown's best-selling book THE DA VINCI CODE gets adapted for the big screen thanks to director Ron Howard (CINDERELLA MAN), who helms this big budget production. Veteran actor Tom Hanks stars as professor Robert Langdon, whose Parisian lecture tour on feminine symbolism gets disrupted when he's ..read more »
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from 2,778 members
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Saturday Night Live - Tom Hanks
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Tom Hanks
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Undoubtedly one of SNL's favourite hosts, Tom Hanks has starred in some of the most memorable sketches throughout the years. Grab your robe and see Hanks get inducted into the exclusive "Five Timers Club" with other legendary hosts Steve Martin, Paul Simon and Elliott Gould. From playing a string ..read more »
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from 40 members
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The Polar Express
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Leslie Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Director Robert Zemeckis revolutionised the art of animated film in 1998's WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT by dropping cartoon characters into the same frame with flesh-and-blood actors. In THE POLAR EXPRESS, live action and animation have merged seamlessly, resulting in sparkling super-realism. A landmark ..read more »
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from 35,803 members
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The Polar Express - Blu-ray
(2004)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Leslie Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Director Robert Zemeckis revolutionised the art of animated film in 1998's WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT by dropping cartoon characters into the same frame with flesh-and-blood actors. In THE POLAR EXPRESS, live action and animation have merged seamlessly, resulting in sparkling super-realism - a ..read more »
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from 1,166 member
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The Terminal
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta Jones, Stanley Tucci
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Viktor Navorksi (Tom Hanks) falls into a bureaucratic crack in the system when his plane lands at New York's JFK airport from the fictitious country of Krakozhia. Unbeknownst to Navorski, his country fell prey to a military coup while he was in flight, causing it to be wiped from the map. This ..read more »
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from 81,978 members
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The Polar Express - HD
(2004)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Leslie Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Watch now: £2.49
Director Robert Zemeckis revolutionised the art of animated film in 1998's WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT by dropping cartoon characters into the same frame with flesh-and-blood actors. In THE POLAR EXPRESS, live action and animation have merged seamlessly, resulting in sparkling super-realism - a ..read more »
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from 125 members
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The Polar Express - 3D Blu-ray
(2004)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Leslie Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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The ultimare feel good festive film is brought to life in 3D
Santa Claus does not exist. Or does he? For one doubting boy (voice of Daryl Sabara & Tom Hanks), an astonishing event occurs. Late on Christmas Eve night, he lies in bed hoping to hear the sound of reindeer bells from Santa's sleigh. ..read more »
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from 16 members
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The Ladykillers
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Irma P. Hall
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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It is always difficult to try to recreate a classic movie, so Joel and Ethan Coen took the premise of Alexander Mackendrick's beloved 1955 Ealing Studio caper comedy, THE LADYKILLERS, as the basis for coming up with their own entertaining and bizarre remake. Tom Hanks stars as Goldthwait Higginson ..read more »
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from 29,737 members
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Catch Me If You Can
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christopher Walken
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Frank W. Abagnale's autobiography CATCH ME IF YOU CAN follows the cat-and-mouse chase of Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio) and FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) as Abagnale travels the world passing forged checks and assuming false identities. Covering the time period ..read more »
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from 56,968 members
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Road To Perdition - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman
Director: Sam Mendes
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Directed by Sam Mendes and based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner, the Depression-era crime epic ROAD TO PERDITION stars Tom Hanks as Michael Sullivan, a quiet hit man who is duty bound to Mafia boss John Rooney (Paul Newman). The mobster's close bond with Sullivan,..read more »
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from 383 members
Not available for rental
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Road To Perdition
(2002)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman
Director: Sam Mendes
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Directed by Sam Mendes and based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner, the Depression-era crime epic ROAD TO PERDITION stars Tom Hanks as Michael Sullivan, a quiet hit man who is duty bound to Mafia boss John Rooney (Paul Newman). The mobster's close bond with Sullivan,..read more »
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from 31,988 members
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Cast Away
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Christopher Noth
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Tom Hanks is Chuck Noland, a man in a hurry. His job for Federal Express has him traveling the world on a moment's notice, exhorting the company's employees to speed things up--"never turn your back on the clock." When he's suddenly called away for business on Christmas night, his tolerant longtime ..read more »
69%
from 26,090 members
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Toy Story 2 - 3D Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
Director: John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich
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In this dazzling sequel to the 1995 blockbuster, Andy heads off to summer camp, leaving the toys behind to fend for themselves. In much the same way Buzz discovered he is a mass-produced product in the first instalment, Woody discovers that he is a valuable collectible spawned by a popular 1950s ..read more »
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from 186 members
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Toy Story 2
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
Director: John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich
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In this dazzling sequel to the 1995 blockbuster, Andy heads off to summer camp, leaving the toys behind to fend for themselves. In much the same way Buzz discovered he is a mass-produced product in the first installment, Woody discovers that he is a valuable collectible spawned by a popular 1950s ..read more »
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from 55,480 members
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The Green Mile - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, Gary Sinise
Director: Frank Darabont
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At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, Louisiana, the prisoners rarely make it out alive. Death Row inmate John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan)--a black man convicted of brutally raping and murdering two white girls--strikes up an unusual and profound connection with one of the security guards, Paul ..read more »
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from 2,457 members
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The Green Mile
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Cromwell
Director: Frank Darabont
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A DVD collection of three dramatic American films: THE GREEN MILE (1999, 18), PAY IT FORWARD (2000, 13), and PROOF OF LIFE (2000, 15).THE GREEN MILE: Director Frank Darabont's second adaptation of a Stephen King prison tale (the first being 1994's nearly flawless THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) is a ..read more »
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from 71,365 members
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Toy Story 2 - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
Director: John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich
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In this dazzling sequel to the 1995 blockbuster, Andy heads off to summer camp, leaving the toys behind to fend for themselves. In much the same way Buzz discovered he is a mass-produced product in the first instalment, Woody discovers that he is a valuable collectible spawned by a popular 1950s ..read more »
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from 2,384 members
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From The Earth To The Moon
(5 discs)
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Krista Adair, Mason Adams
Director: David Carson, Sally Field
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Tom Hanks, Imagine Entertainment and HBO present - From the Earth to the Moon, the dramatic story of the unforgettable Apollo missions and their heroic astronauts, from President John F. Kennedy's historic speech, through the first manned expeditions into space, to the defining moment of the space ..read more »
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from 693 members
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Saving Private Ryan - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Matt Damon
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Director Steven Spielberg's World War II tour de force chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), the unit is under orders to track down a soldier, Private Ryan (Matt Damon), so he might return home to his mother in ..read more »
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from 2,438 members
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Saving Private Ryan
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Director Steven Spielberg's World War II tour de force chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), the unit is under orders to track down a soldier, Private Ryan (Matt Damon), so he might return home to his mother in ..read more »
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from 65,481 members
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You've Got Mail
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear
Director: Nora Ephron
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Based on the classic film The Shop Around the Corner, this tale of pen-pal romance has been updated for the internet age. Hanks plays a book mega-store owner who falls in love over e-mail with the owner of a struggling children's bookstore, played by Ryan.
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from 20,074 members
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That Thing You Do!
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Ethan Embry
Director: Tom Hanks
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Set in the 1964 and steeped in Americana, this Tom Hanks's directorial debut chronicles the meteoric rise--and equally quick demise--of a music group called the Wonders. The talented musicians start out playing in neighborhood joints. However, that changes after they meet a shrewd record executive (..read more »
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from 2,660 members
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Apollo 13
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton
Director: Ron Howard
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A vividly rendered dramatisation of Apollo 13's true-life brush with disaster on the way to the Moon in 1971. This mesmerising film combines computer graphics, archive footage and seamless special effects to recreate the adrenalised odyssey of Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert who ..read more »
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Toy Story - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Annie Potts, Tim Allen
Director: John Lasseter
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Young Andy's playthings, including the sardonic Mr. Potatohead, a Slinky Dog with a southern drawl, an anxiety-ridden dinosaur, and some very gung-ho toy soldiers, are led by Woody, a pull-string cowboy doll whom Andy adores. But on his birthday, Andy receives a self-possessed, gadget-laden ..read more »
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from 2,369 members
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Apollo 13 - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton
Director: Ron Howard
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A vividly rendered dramatisation of Apollo 13's true-life brush with disaster on the way to the Moon in 1971. This mesmerising film combines computer graphics, archive footage and seamless special effects to recreate the adrenalised odyssey of Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert who ..read more »
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from 202 members
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Toy Story
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Annie Potts, Tim Allen
Director: John Lasseter
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As 6-year-old Andy's favourite toy, Woody (Tom Hanks), a take-charge, pull-string cowboy, is confident in his role as room leader. But after Andy's birthday party, newcomer Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), a flashy space ranger with laser action and pop-out wings, crash-lands into Woody's world. Buzz ..read more »
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from 70,065 members
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Forrest Gump
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Sam Anderson, Sally Field
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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The title character leads viewers through an accidental travelogue of American social history from the early 1960s through the present in this revisionist fable. Vietnam, desegregation, Watergate and more are presented from the perspective of Hanks' lovably slow-witted character as he finds himself ..read more »
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Forrest Gump - Blu-ray
(1994)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Sally Field, Gary Sinise
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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The story of Forrest Gump, an innocent and childlike man, who found himself present for many of the most memorable events in American history from the 1950s through to the 1970s. Forrest, however, was for the most part, totally oblivious to the significance of his actions... Based on the novel by ..read more »
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from 2,131 members
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Philadelphia
(1993)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards
Director: Jonathan Demme
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At the time of its release, Jonathan Demme's Philadelphia was the first big-budget Hollywood film to tackle the medical, political, and social issues of AIDS. Tom Hanks, in his first Academy Award-winning performance, plays Andrew Beckett, a talented lawyer at a stodgy Philadelphia law firm. The ..read more »
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Sleepless In Seattle
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Bill Pullman
Director: Nora Ephron
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Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) is a good father and a successful architect, but also a lonely widower. One night his precocious 8-year-old son Jonah calls a late-night radio talk show seeking a cure for his father's despondency. When Sam hesitantly takes the phone and discloses the story of his magic-..read more »
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from 23,831 members
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A League Of Their Own
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna
Director: Penny Marshall
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The All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League was founded in 1943, when most of the men of baseball-playing age were far away in Europe and Asia fighting World War II. The league flourished until after World War II, when, with the men's return, the league was consigned to oblivion. Director ..read more »
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from 4,092 members
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The Bonfire Of The Vanities
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith, Bruce Willis
Director: Brian De Palma
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Brian De Palma (SCARFACE) directed this lavish adaptation of Tom Wolfe's best-selling satirical novel, featuring Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith, and Bruce Willis. Hanks stars as Sherman McCoy, a distinctly 1980s brand of wealthy Wall Street wizard who takes a mighty fall from his glitzy lifestyle ..read more »
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from 1,699 member
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Joe Versus The Volcano
(1990)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan
Director: John Patrick Shanley
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A white collar worker in a dead end job is offered the chance of a lifetime by a wealthy eccentric, providing he takes a journey to the South Seas.....
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from 557 members
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The Burbs
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun
Director: Joe Dante
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Tom Hanks portrays suburbanite Ray Peterson, whose plans for a peaceful vacation are disturbed by a creepy new family on the block, in this outrageous suspense-comedy directed by Joe Dante.
To the disappointment of his wife Carol (Carrie Fisher), Ray decides to spend a relaxing week at home, and ..read more »
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from 7,401 members
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Punchline
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Sally Field, Tom Hanks, Kim Greist
Director: David Seltzer
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Lilah Krytsick (Sally Field) is a New Jersey housewife and mother of three who has been told all her life that she is funny. Steven Gold (Tom Hanks) is a failed medical student whose natural comedic talent has allowed him to steal the spotlight at New York comedy club the Gas Station, thus keeping ..read more »
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from 449 members
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Big
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia
Director: Penny Marshall
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More than anything else, 13-year old New Jerseyite Josh (David Moscow) wants to be big. That's the wish he makes at an odd-looking amusement pier fortunetelling machine. The next morning, Josh wakes up-only to discover that he's grown to manhood overnight! (At this point, the part is taken over by ..read more »
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from 24,480 members
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Dragnet
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Harry Morgan
Director: Tom Mankiewicz
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A seemingly squeaky-clean TV reverend and a porno magazine king are suspected of operating a crime-ridden cult. Joe Friday's nephew and his 'hip' partner are given the task of proving these allegations with 'just the facts'.
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from 5,097 members
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Every Time We Say Goodbye
(1986)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Cristina Marsillach, Benedict Taylor
Director: Moshe Mizrahi
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A romantic drama set in Jerusalem during World War II. While recuperating from a battle injury, American pilot David meets and falls in love with Sarah, a pretty Sephardic Jew. Although she shares his romantic feelings, the couple must overcome the objections of Sarah's very religious family, who ..read more »
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Nothing In Common
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint
Director: Garry Marshall
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David Basner (Tom Hanks) is on a winning streak. He's a young, successful Chicago ad executive with two lovely women (Bess Armstrong and Sela Ward) vying for his attention. But things go awry for him when his parents (Jackie Gleason and Eva Marie Saint) decide to call it quits after 35 years of ..read more »
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from 343 members
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The Money Pit
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Brian Backer
Director: Richard Benjamin
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An updating of MR BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE in which an up-and-coming entertainment lawyer takes the big step with his girlfriend and purchases a fixer-upper for a 'steal.' As it turns out, the steal is really a rip-off and everything that can go wrong, does. Some think this is one of Tom ..read more »
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from 6,995 members
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The Man With One Red Shoe
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Tom Hanks, James Belushi, Lori Singer
Director: Stan Dragoti
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The life of an eccentric violinist is turned upside down when he is mistaken for a C.I.A. agent.In the midst of an internal power struggle at the CIA, Ross (Durning), chief of one branch of the agency, plays a trick on Cooper (Coleman), chief of a rival branch. Ross picks out a random innocent--a ..read more »
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Volunteers
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson
Director: Nicholas Meyer
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In a desperate attempt to escape the bookies to whom he owes a lot of money, a playboy enlists in the Peace Corps and is sent on a mission to Thailand. Far from being an altruist, however, this capitalist is soon turning a profit and starts improving the desperate conditions around him, much to the ..read more »
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from 570 members
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Bachelor Party
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Adrian Zmed, Tawny Kitaen
Director: Neal Israel
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Rick (Hanks) is a charming but goofy young guy who is about to marry his upper-class girlfriend, whose parents disapprove of him. When his friends decide to throw a wild and crazy bachelor party, all hell breaks loose. Featuring a cocaine-snorting mule, Japanese businessmen, and a lot of hearty ..read more »
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Splash
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Daryl Hannah, Tom Hanks, Eugene Levy
Director: Ron Howard
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I'm in love with a mermaid! read the opening line of Leonard Maltin's original review for Splash. And with the delightful Darryl Hannah in the lead, who could fault Maltin for his public declaration of ardor? The story begins in 1959, when a young boy is rescued from a watery grave by an adolescent ..read more »
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Mazes And Monsters
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Wendy Crewson, David Wallace
Director: Steven H. Stern
Certificate:
For a group of college friends playing a popular fantasy game, the fine line between fantasy and reality has become hopelessly distorted. The game has become a nightmare. Made for television. AKA 'Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters' and 'Dungeons and Dragons'.
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Bosom Buddies - Series 1
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Tom Hanks
Certificate:
Kip and Henry work at an advertising agency as an artist and writer respectively. When the apartment that they were living in was condemned, they had no place to live. So Amy their co-worker, who has a crush on Henry, suggests that they stay with her but the only the problem is that it's for girls ..read more »
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from 31 members
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Apollo 13 - HD
Starring: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon
Director: Ron Howard
Certificate:
Drama based on the events of the Apollo 13 space flight which saw three American astronauts stranded in a crippled spacecraft miles from earth.
74%
from 952 members
Not currently released
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