Do you have a favorite Tom Hanks movie?

[red dog 1]

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ADDENDUM

If I could have had more poll slots to use, I might have included the following films:

- Sleepless in Seattle
- Turner and Hooch
- The Post
- That Thing You Do
- Road to Perdition
- Sully
- Captain Phillips
- A League of Their Own
- Bridge of Spies
- Splash
- Bachelor Party
- Nothing in Common
- The DaVinci Code
- Catch Me If You Can

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	Saving Private Ryan
	4 (14%)
	Apollo 13
	5 (18%)
	The Burbs
	1 (4%)
	Forrest Gump
	7 (25%)
	The Money Pit
	3 (11%)
	The Green Mile
	1 (4%)
	Joe Versus the Vulcano
	1 (4%)
	Big
	3 (11%)
	Philadelphia
	2 (7%)
	Cast Away
	1 (4%)
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[True Dough]

1. Saving Private Ryan is powerful

but it has a great ensemble cast.

I think one of Hanks' most underappreciated films is The Road to Perdition.

[underpants]

2. Have you thought much about luggage sir?

It is the central preoccupation of my life.

Abe Vigoda as the chief of the Fanta loving natives.

Love that movie.

[A HERETIC I AM]

19. "Do you want to marry her?

Yes

Do you want to marry him?

Yes.


You're married.



If only they could all be so simple.

[underpants]

20. Yes!

Joe's boss: No no I didn't say that. If I'd said that I'd have been wrong.

[A HERETIC I AM]

21. I loved the big valve with the " Do not touch" sign!

A completely underrated movie

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. That is like asking if I have a favorite M & M. nt

[red dog 1]

46. or like asking if you have a favorite Bob Dylan song, or Beatles song, etc.

But I thought it needed to be posted, despite the fact that you only get 10 slots to fill

[malchickiwick]

4. What about "Bachelor Party"?? ...(joke)

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. Right? Philistines!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

31. When a donkey and stripper arrived, Hanks said:"Something interesting is going to happen here."

Always the master of comedic understatement, his character's innocence predated his role in "Forest Gump."

[TlalocW]

36. If I ever get the chance

I will have Tom Hanks sign a DVD of that movie.

Also, I want Robert Downey Jr's autograph on a DVD of, "Weird Science." And I hope to ask him while he's signing it, "What have you been doing lately... movie-wise?"

TlalocW

[gratuitous]

5. An underrated and overlooked Tom Hanks movie

"Nothing in Common," co-starring Jackie Gleason (no, really!) and Eva Marie Saint as Hanks' parents. Just a thoughtful, sweet story.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Hell yes.

This one line captured the ennui of my own dysfunctional family.

At 2:09: Tomorrow I'm doing a commercial about a family that cares for each other, loves each other . . . . I'm faking it.

[Wounded Bear]

23. That is actually a good, heartwarming story...

Should be on the list.

[red dog 1]

39. I only get 10 poll choices to use

With only 10 slots to fill, it's impossible to list ALL great Tom Hanks movies.

[red dog 1]

45. It's on the list the top of the thread (addendum)

(I'm going to have to see that one)

[CTyankee]

7. What about "Sully"?

I just saw it recently and was totally immersed...

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

16. Have you seen Captain Phillips?

It gave me the same feel as Sully.

[hibbing]

17. Captain Phillips was amazing

I was going to comment on Road to Perdition, I had forgot about this one. I think one of his most powerful performances. I felt exhausted after that one, but in a good way. He really translated that character's depletion.

Peace

[Rhiannon12866]

18. I have to agree with you - that whole movie was amazing and Tom Hanks got it right...

[WePurrsevere]

9. 'A' favorite, no. Favorite's' yes...

Polar Express, Toy Story, Big, Nothing In Common (paired with Jackie Gleason, wow) as well as Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail because I love the chemistry between him and Meg Ryan.

He's excellent in anything he does but I have young grandchildren plus I tend to watch lighter movies in general to de-stress and escape for a bit.

[First Speaker]

10. Road to Perdition...

...maybe because I'm a huge fan of Max Allan Collins, who wrote the original story. Watch it if you've ever seen *The Untouchables*, because this one gives an accurate look at Frank Nitti and the Chicago Outfit...

[Paladin]

11. I love Hanks in "Road To Perdition."

And a couple of his most recent movies---""Bridge Of Spies" and "The Post"---aren't getting the appreciation they deserve. Either of them beat the hell out of several of the flicks set forth for votes, here.

[peekaloo]

22. This film is my pick.

Jude Law and Paul Newman are also excellent in it.

Made me cry at the ending, too.

[ProfessorGAC]

53. The Nitti Character

You're 100% correct on that. The version in the Untouchables was laughably wrong (although it's good action movie) and, of course, he didn't die by being thrown off a roof by Eliot Ness.

He actually shot himself to avoid going back to prison about 12 years after the events in the Untouchables.

[FakeNoose]

12. List is missing way too many of his best films

Sully, Bridge of Spies, Charlie Wilson's War, Sleepless in Seattle (way better than Joe vs the Volcano), and he's awesome as the voice of Woody in all the Toy Story movies. And I know that The DaVinci Code was controversial, but I thought Hanks played it well anyway.

It's impossible to limit Tom Hanks' best movies to just 10, but nice effort RedDog1.

[dewsgirl]

29. Add You've Got Mail, Nothing in Common, the Terminal and at least another 10.

[red dog 1]

40. See update at top of thread

[Mendocino]

13. Philadelphia

His best drama. For comedy, I'm tied between Splash and A League of Their Own.

[JonLP24]

14. Right now it is The Post

[Floyd R. Turbo]

24. A League Of Their Own

[pnwest]

32. yes. this!

[FuzzyRabbit]

56. Yes!

"There's no crying in baseball."

[Dave Starsky]

25. Splash

One of the greatest date movies of all time. Can't believe I'm the first to mention it.

[red dog 1]

44. It's on the "addendum" list

[CrispyQ]

26. Turner & Hooch

"Don't eat the car!"

I laughed so hard at that line.

[sup.pra.man]

27. Hard call

Went with Apollo instead of Saving Private Ryan.

[red dog 1]

43. Welcome to DU!

I would list Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, and The Burbs as my 3 favorite Tom hanks movies.

[sup.pra.man]

61. Thank you for the welcome

Still trying to figure out all the options
I never saw The Burbs, but I would pick the Green Mile as my third over Forest Gump

[Takket]

28. A league of their own.

I’m a huge baseball fan and this is the best baseball movie.

[dewsgirl]

30. Catch Me If You Can.

[rsdsharp]

33. I voted for "Saving Private Ryan,"

but my real favorite is "That Thing You Do."

[red dog 1]

42. I love it too!

and I've included it in the "addendum" at the top.

When I first saw it, I thought the actor playing Guy Patterson, the drummer who's father owned the appliance store, HAD to be Tom Hanks' son...he looks just like him
His name is Tom Everett Scott.
I also loved the fact that Steve Zahn was in it...I'm a huge fan of his.

[rsdsharp]

47. Hanks almost didn't cast Scott for the very reason that he felt Scott looked too much like him.

Hanks' wife, Rita Wilson, convinced him to pull the trigger and cast Scott as Guy.

[red dog 1]

50. Thanks for that

Interesting!

[rsdsharp]

55. You're welcome.

Here's Tom Everett Scott talking about it. Couldn't find the Hanks piece.

I loved the music in the movie. I thought Dance With Me was better than the title track.

I also loved the radio insider jokes. I worked in radio for 11 years. Hanks grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. One of the stations in that area is KYA. From 1965 to 1969 it had a disc jockey named Johnny Holliday who organized a station basketball team to play for charity events. The team name? the KYA-Oneders. Holliday is now the voice of the Maryland Terripans.

There really is a WJET in Erie. There was also a WCOL in Columbus, Ohio, but it was 500 watts, not 50,000. I don't know who the morning guy was in 1964, but K.O Bayley -- the biggest cootie White had every met -- had worked in the Bay area at various stations. He wasn't a cootie, though. His real name was Bob Elliot and he was an ex-marine with a very cool style on the air -- mostly at night. There really is a KMPC in LA, but it was an MOR station, not Top 40, and it was owned by Gene Autry.

[MissMillie]

34. The Terminal

sappy/sentimental.... but I love it.

[JuJuYoshida]

35. Turner and Hooch

[red dog 1]

41. I've seen it at least a dozen times, and have included it in the "Addendum" at top of thread

[oberliner]

37. Proudly voting for Money Pit

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"Two weeks? Two weeks? You sound like a parakeet there."

[ProfessorGAC]

49. That Movie Was A Hoot!

There was not much about that movie to not like.

[yardwork]

38. I loathe Forrest Gump.

[ProfessorGAC]

48. Couldn't Choose

While i really like a lot of the choices, there are those on your addendum list that i think are great. So, i got to a point where there were so many, i couldn't choose.

Interestingly, from the poll, Castaway would have been my last choice.

[ghostsinthemachine]

51. Catch Me if You Can and

The Terminal.

[catbyte]

52. I loved "Volunteers", the movie I believe where he met his wife, Rita Wilson.

It was your typical National Lampoon foolishness, and it was better than it had any right to be.

[red dog 1]

54. I'm putting it on my list

It sounds good, and I like John Candy.

[catbyte]

59. If you haven't seen it, do. It's a great way to spend 90 minutes or so.

John Candy's "Tom Tuttle from Tacoma" character is hilarious.

[catbyte]

60. "That Thing You Do!" is also a pleasant little trifle. It's based on a true story of a

"one-hit wonder" teen band in the 1960's. I think Hanks produced it, too.

[red dog 1]

62. Yeah, I own a copy of "That Thing You Do"

I didn't know it was based on a true story.

[red dog 1]

69. I sometimes hear "That Thing You Do" playing in supermarkets

[ADX]

57. "Saving Private Ryan"..

...Not only is it Hanks's best movie, it's one of the greatest movies of all time...

[red dog 1]

58. It could be the best war movie of all time, imo

I've seen it at least 15 times, and just saw it again the other night.

[ADX]

68. I agree...

...but "Apocalypse Now" was outstanding as well.

[Laffy Kat]

63. "Joe and the Volcano"

It was panned although it has a little cult following now. It is a different and sweet story.

[TeamPooka]

64. Volunteers

[frogmarch]

65. I can't pick just one.

He's one of my favorite actors, so I like all of his movies.

When someone told me that in Turner and Hootch the dog died, I didn't watch the movie, but I've seen and liked the rest.

A few years ago in a TV interview, Tom Hanks said that when he read the script for Turner and Hootch he got a bad feeling about it. He said he told the director and others that the movie would bomb if they killed the dog, and he urged them not to. In the interview he said the movie would have been a lot better if they hadn't.

[red dog 1]

67. I agree with Hanks that the movie would have been better if Hooch survived his gunshot wound

That was dumb, imo.

[zanana1]

66. I loved him in The Money Pit.

That movie was hilarious from start to finish and he was the perfect actor for that character.