{"id":80603,"date":"2022-09-28T11:41:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T11:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tom-hanks-says-hes-only-made-four-pretty-good-movies\/"},"modified":"2022-09-28T11:41:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T11:41:57","slug":"tom-hanks-says-hes-only-made-four-pretty-good-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tom-hanks-says-hes-only-made-four-pretty-good-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks says he&#8217;s only made four &#8216;pretty good&#8217; movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Though he starred in at least 85 films throughout his glittering career, Tom Hanks thinks only four of those movies are \u201cpretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two-time Oscar winner, 66, is considered one of Hollywood&#8217;s greatest actors but insists only a handful of films he&#8217;s made in the last 30 years are actually good.<\/p>\n<p>The actor made the revelation to People while promoting his debut novel \u201cThe Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece,\u201d set for release in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one knows how a movie is made \u2013 though everyone thinks they do,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve made a ton of movies, and four of them are pretty good, I think, and I&#8217;m still amazed at how films come together.  From a flicker of an idea to the flickering image onscreen, the whole process is a miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hanks did not divulge which of the four films he was referring to.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Tom Hanks starred as \u201cForrest Gump\u201d in the movie with the same namesake in 1994.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Sunset Boulevard<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Tom-hanks-philly.jpeg?resize=1024%2C671&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington sitting on a bench in the 1993 movie, &quot;Philadelphia&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-24033888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Tom-hanks-philly.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Tom-hanks-philly.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Tom-hanks-philly.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Tom-hanks-philly.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Tom Hanks sits next to actor Denzel Washington during filming of the 1993 movie \u201cPhiladelphia.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9TriStar Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The actor first emerged on the scene in the 1980s, when he landed roles in \u201cSplash!,\u201d \u201cThe &#8216;Burbs,\u201d and \u201cBig\u201d \u2013 for which he received an Oscar nomination.<\/p>\n<p>But his life changed forever after he won his first Academy Award in 1994 for \u201cPhiladelphia.\u201d  He took home another Oscar the following year for his role in \u201cForrest Gump.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tom-hanks-big.jpeg?resize=1024%2C687&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Robert Loggia and Tom Hanks in the 1988 movie, &quot;Big&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-24033887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tom-hanks-big.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tom-hanks-big.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tom-hanks-big.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tom-hanks-big.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Tom Hanks starred alongside Robert Loggia in the 1988 movie \u201cBig.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He was nominated an additional three times in later years.<\/p>\n<p>The actor&#8217;s other notable credits include two \u201cToy Story\u201d films, \u201cYou&#8217;ve Got Mail,\u201d \u201cCatch Me If You Can,\u201d \u201cThe Green Mile,\u201d \u201cSaving Private Ryan,\u201d \u201cCast Away,\u201d and \u201cRoad To Perdition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Hanks appeared in Baz Lurhmann&#8217;s \u201cElvis\u201d alongside Austin Butler.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though he starred in at least 85 films throughout his glittering career, Tom Hanks thinks only four of those movies are \u201cpretty good.\u201d The two-time Oscar winner, 66, is considered one of Hollywood&#8217;s greatest actors but insists only a handful of films he&#8217;s made in the last 30 years are actually good. The actor made &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tom-hanks-says-hes-only-made-four-pretty-good-movies\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tom Hanks says he&#8217;s only made four &#8216;pretty good&#8217; movies<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[9201,109,13722,327,3651],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":81527,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/twitter-users-say-which-4-tom-hanks-movies-are-pretty-good\/","url_meta":{"origin":80603,"position":0},"title":"Twitter users say which 4 Tom Hanks movies are &#8216;pretty good&#8217;","date":"September 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"From \u201c'Life was like a box of chocolates\u2026\u201d to \u201cYou're a toy,\u201d Tom Hanks has had several quotable characters throughout his movie career. 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