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Posted on December 11, 2016 |
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Sully (2016)
Biography | Drama
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the "Miracle on the Hudson" when Captain "Sully" Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Anna Gunn, Laura Linney, Autumn Reeser, Aaron Eckhart, Chris Bauer
Director: Clint Eastwood
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Posted on October 12, 2016 |
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Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | History
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.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ned Beatty, Emily Blunt
Director: Mike Nichols
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Tags: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Julia Roberts, Mike Nichols, Ned Beatty, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks
Posted on August 8, 2016 |
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A Hologram for the King (2016)
Comedy | Drama
A failed American businessman looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his idea to a wealthy monarch.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tom Skerritt, Sarita Choudhury, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Tracey Fairaway, Janis Ahern
Director: Tom Tykwer
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Tags: Janis Ahern, Sarita Choudhury, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Tom Hanks, Tom Skerritt, Tom Tykwer, Tracey Fairaway
Posted on July 9, 2016 |
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The Green Mile (1999)
Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery
Paul Edgecomb is the head of the block guards during the 1930's at the Cold Mountain Correctional Facility. Through his many years of watching men live and die Paul's faith and sanity has deteriorated. He is assigned to watch over John Coffey, a giant man convicted of murdering two little girls. But John acts more like a child than a cold hearted murderer. Edgecomb and other guards find themselves in a moral dilemma when they witness John accomplish healing miracles.
Starring: Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Cromwell, Michael Jeter
Director: Frank Darabont
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Posted on January 24, 2016 |
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Bridge of Spies (2015)
Biography | Drama | Thriller
An American lawyer is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Alan Alda, Mark Rylance, Billy Magnussen, Amy Ryan, Domenick Lombardozzi
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Posted on January 2, 2016 |
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Road to Perdition (2002)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Twelve-year-old Michael Sullivan Jr is curious about what his father does for a living, and one night decides to hide in his car as he goes off to work. It soon transpires that the elder Sullivan is a hitman for the mob, and when young Michael witnesses a killing carried out by the gangster boss' son Connor, it starts off a chain of events which will mark Michael's life forever.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stanley Tucci, Daniel Craig
Director: Sam Mendes
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Posted on November 12, 2015 |
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Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Short
During a post-Christmas play date, the 'Toy Story' gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It's all up to Trixie, the triceratops, if the gang hopes to return to Bonnie's room.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Kristen Schaal, Kevin McKidd, Emily Hahn, Wallace Shawn
Director: Steve Purcell
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Posted on July 16, 2015 |
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You've Got Mail (1998)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Joe Fox and Kathleen Kelly are rivals in business: he working for Fox Sons, a chain of discount bookstores; she owning a tiny bookshop of her own. However, unaware of their true identities, Kathleen and Joe have begun communicating anonymously via an e-mail chat room, building a strong and caring relationship without ever revealing their names.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton, Dave Chappelle
Director: Nora Ephron
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Tags: Dave Chappelle, Greg Kinnear, Jean Stapleton, Meg Ryan, Nora Ephron, Parker Posey, Tom Hanks
Posted on June 10, 2015 |
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Punchline / Punch Line (1988)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Field plays a housewife and mother who suddenly develops the urge to be a comedienne. Her comic instincts are on target, but her timing and delivery stinks. Tom Hanks, a stand-up comic with a few years' experience under his belt, offers to teach Field the ropes.
Starring: Sally Field, Tom Hanks, John Goodman, Mark Rydell, Kim Greist, Paul Mazursky
Director: David Seltzer
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Posted on May 23, 2015 |
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Apollo 13 (1995)
Adventure | Drama | History
It had been less than a year since man first walked on the moon, but as far as the American public was concerned, Apollo 13 was just another "routine" space flight- until these words pierced the immense void of space: "Houston, we have a problem." Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time-and the odds- to bring them home.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan
Director: Ron Howard
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Posted on August 16, 2014 |
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Toy Story of Terror (2013)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Short
What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one of the toys goes missing, the others find themselves caught up in a mysterious sequence of events that must be solved before they all suffer the same fate in this Toy Story of Terror.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Carl Weathers, Stephen Tobolowsky, Timothy Dalton
Director: Angus MacLane
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Posted on July 28, 2014 |
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He Knows You're Alone (1980)
Horror | Thriller
A young bride-to-be is being stalked upon by a serial killer. She gets help from a former lover, but will they manage to escape?
Starring: Don Scardino, Tom Hanks, Paul Gleason
Director: Armand Mastroianni
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Posted on May 30, 2014 |
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The 'Burbs / Life in the Burbs (1989)
Comedy | Horror | Mystery
An overstressed suburbanite and his paramilitaric neighbor struggle to prove their paranoid theory that the new family in town is a front for a cannibalistic cult.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Corey Feldman, Rick Ducommun, Henry Gibson
Director: Joe Dante
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Posted on May 3, 2014 |
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The Terminal (2004)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
An eastern immigrant finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Kumar Pallana, Diego Luna, Chi McBride
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Posted on March 3, 2014 |
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Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Family | History | Music
Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.
Starring: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Ruth Wilson, B.J. Novak
Director: John Lee Hancock
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Posted on February 4, 2014 |
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The Ladykillers (2004)
Comedy | Crime | Thriller
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord: a sharp old woman.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Tzi Ma, J.K. Simmons, Marlon Wayans, Ryan Hurst
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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Posted on January 10, 2014 |
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Captain Phillips (2013)
Adventure | Biography | Drama | Thriller
The Maersk Alabama became the first US cargo ship to be hijacked in 200 years when heavily armed Somalis boarded the vessel on the 8th of April 2009. As commander of the ship, Captain Richard Phillips inevitably found himself at the heart of events. Held hostage by the pirates under the command of Muse, Phillips attempts to protect both his crew and ship to the best of his ability. However, as the drama plays out and Phillips spends more time in the company of his Somali captors, he gradually comes to realise that they have a story, too. Far from the greedy, heartless thugs of pirate lore, the Somalis may well represent the forces of globalisation. Based on the real life hijacking of a US cargo ship by Somali pirates.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Max Martini, David Warshofsky, John Magaro, Chris Mulkey
Director: Paul Greengrass
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Posted on June 9, 2013 |
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Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A recently-widowed man's son calls a radio talk show in an attempt to find his father a partner.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rita Wilson, Victor Garber, Carey Lowell
Director: Nora Ephron
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Posted on May 21, 2013 |
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Killing Lincoln (2013)
Biography | Drama | History | War
Based on The New York Times best-selling novel, Killing Lincoln is the suspenseful, eye-opening story of the events surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. While some aspects of the plot to slay Lincoln and cripple the newly forming union are widely known, much more of the history unfolds in this insightful drama. As actor John Wilkes Booth becomes increasingly obsessed with removing Lincoln from office, a secret cabal forms, and ultimately empowers Booth to carry out an event that will change America forever. Narrated by Oscar® Winner Tom Hanks (Actor: Forrest Gump, 1994; Philadelphia, 1993) and produced by Tony Scott and Ridley Scott, this historical masterpiece stars Billy Campbell in a spectacular turn as President Lincoln.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Regen Wilson, Billy Campbell, Jesse Johnson, Geraldine Hughes, Graham Beckel, Benjamin Perkinson
Director: Adrian Moat
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Tags: Adrian Moat, Benjamin Perkinson, Billy Campbell, Geraldine Hughes, Graham Beckel, Jesse Johnson, Regen Wilson, Tom Hanks
Posted on April 12, 2013 |
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Turner & Hooch (1989)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A detective must adopt the dog of a dead man to help him find the murderer.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson, Reginald VelJohnson, Scott Paulin, J.C. Quinn
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
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Tags: Craig T. Nelson, J.C. Quinn, Mare Winningham, Reginald VelJohnson, Roger Spottiswoode, Scott Paulin, Tom Hanks
