Tom Hanks
1) Big
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A 12-year-old boy's wish comes true when he asks a mechanical carnival genie to make him 'big'. He manages to land a job at a toy company where he experiences the complications of being an adult.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Marva Munson is a spry, elderly woman who is looking for a tenant for the spare room in her house. Goldthwait H. Dorr moves in and gains Munson's permission to use the basement for rehearsals with his "medieval music ensemble." Dorr is masterminding the robbery of a riverboat casino, and the fellow musicians in his ensemble are actually the crew he's assembled to pull off the job. Despite their best efforts, Munson finds out about their scheme and...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1997, c1992
Language
English
Description
A washed-up ballplayer is hired to coach in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League while the male pros are at war in 1943, and finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his team.
7) Volunteers
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A young man escapes the bookies he owes $28,000 by fleeing to Thailand with a group of Peace Corps volunteers.
8) The 'burbs
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A suspense-comedy in which Tom Hanks portrays a suburbanite whose plans for a peaceful vacation are disturbed by a creepy new family on the block.
9) Forrest Gump
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A sweet natured man with an IQ of 70 personally experiences all of the important events of three decades of American life.
10) The money pit
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
2002, c1986
Language
English
Description
Walter and Anna need to find a house in a hurry and they take the only house they can find, a country estate at a suspiciously low price which begins to fall apart as soon as they move in.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Portokalos Family is back as the original cast of the 2002 blockbuster hit reunite in this hilarious sequel. This time, Nia Vardalos (Toula) and John Corbett (Ian) are joined by new cast members, Rita Wilson and John Stamos. After spending most of their time focusing on their troubling teenage daughter, Toula and Ian are facing marital problems while also having to deal with yet another Greek wedding - this time, even bigger and fatter.
12) Splash
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999], c1984
Language
English
Description
Allen Bauer, a successful New York businessman, is knocked unconscious in a boating accident. His beautiful rescuer is the girl of his dreams. There's only one complication--Allen's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.
13) The terminal
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Viktor Navorski gets caught in bureaucratic glitches after arriving at New York's JFK airport and, unable to either return to his home country or enter the U.S., takes up temporary residence in the airport and makes the best of being stuck.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
Toula is a quiet, devoted daughter in a big, crazy Greek family. Working in her father's restaurant, she hides behind her family and keeps the world at a distance. One day at the restaurant she finds herself pouring coffee for a man who inspires her to change her life, and the way she sees the world ... forever.