If there were a movieHanks would kindly ask everyone to forget, it would beThe Bonfire of the Vanities.

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Hanks plays Paul Edgecomb, the head of the death row block of Cold Mountain Penitentiary.

Tom Hanks is shown as Captain Miller, Forrest Gump, and Woody the Cowboy.

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His grounded performance gives the film credibility in its more fantasy-driven moments, allowing the impossible to temporarily exist.

Tom Hanks and Melanie Griffith in fancy clothes and smiling in Bonfire of the Vanities.

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Joe and Patricia are attending an island ceremony in Joe Versus the Volcano.

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Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks at a counter in You’ve Got Mail.

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Mr. White talks to Guy in That Thing You Do!

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Sam and Jonah meet Annie for the first time at the top of the Empire State Building in Sleepless in Seattle.

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Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett sits with Denzel Washington as Joe Miller in court in Philadelphia.

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When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.

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Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump sits on a bench and stares ahead in Forrest Gump.

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The history of the United States from the 1950s to the ’70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75 who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

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Michael Clarke Duncan as John smiles and points upward while Tom Hanks as Paul watches in The Green Mile.

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A tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people’s ailments. When the lead guard, Paul Edgecombe, recognizes John’s gift, he tries to help stave off the condemned man’s execution.

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Woody smiling and posing while standing on Andy’s bed in Toy Story.

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A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as top toy in a boy’s bedroom.

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Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell sits in the space shuttle looking gaunt and concerned in Apollo 13.

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NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.

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