Actor
Tom Hanks
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Discussed as the safer and more flexible co-host choice in a Cruise-or-Hanks comparison.
About 48 minA League of Their Own (1992)
Praised for an early career performance that fits his later legendary run.
About 8 minApollo 13 (1995)
Praised as the perfect lead and the core reason the movie works; called America’s dad and the essential Hanks performance.
About 0 minBig (1988)
Praised as the irreplaceable center of the movie and possibly the best performance of 1988.
About 0 minButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Cited as an example of a great pairing with a dog in Turner and Hooch and of career market correction.
About 16 minCast Away (2000)
Praised as possibly the greatest actor of his era and the engine of the movie’s emotional power.
About 0 minForrest Gump (1994)
Praised as unbelievable, iconic, and at the center of a great run of films.
About 0 minForrest Gump (1994)
Praised as the movie’s essential force and likely the only actor who could make the role work.
About 8 minHardcore (1979)
Considered a better fit for the father role in terms of making the best movie possible.
About 80 minI Am Legend (2007)
Used as a comparison for a solo survival performance and Cast Away structure.
About 8 minMargin Call (2011)
Posited as an alternate lead who could have played the role differently because audiences trust him.
About 88 minMr. Mom (1983)
Referenced as Keaton's career rival in the 1980s, with Hanks ultimately winning the matchup.
About 8 minPhiladelphia (1993)
Praised for star power and for doing more through stillness and presence than the script gives him.
About 16 minPlanes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Discussed as a casting what-if who might have worked in a later period.
About 8 minRansom (1996)
Used as a comparison point for a different kind of movie-star dominance and selectivity.
About 16 minSaving Private Ryan (1998)
Celebrated for his empathy, speechmaking, and understated Captain Miller performance, which they consider underrated.
About 8 minSleepless in Seattle (1993)
Praised as the male GOAT of rom-coms and essential to making the premise work.
About 0 minTalladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Chosen over Cruise as the hypothetical Ricky Bobby because the hosts can imagine his Southern comic performance.
About 108 minThe Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Discussed as an alternate Andy who would have worked, though Robbins is preferred.
About 64 minThe Truman Show (1998)
Posited as a plausible alternate Truman but in a different, more subtle movie.
About 96 minTin Cup (1996)
Suggested as an alternate Roy McAvoy, especially the looser, drunk, sarcastic version of Hanks.
About 112 minToy Story (1995)
Celebrated as perfect casting for Woody and discussed as having a huge year in 1995.
About 8 minTraining Day (2001)
Used as the main comparison point in the Denzel-vs-Hanks career debate.
About 8 minTwister (1996)
Referenced as someone who almost played Bill and suggested Paxton for the part.
About 16 minEVERY MATCH