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Kevin Pollak's documentary 'Misery Loves Comedy' on Amazon Prime

‘Misery Loves Comedy’ – Comedians reflect on Peacock

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“Do you have to be miserable to be funny?” That’s the question that comedian and actor Kevin Pollak poses to his fellow performers in this documentary.

Tom Hanks is on the ‘Road to Perdition’ on Netflix, Prime Video, and Paramount+

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Sam Mendes followed up his Oscar-winning ‘American Beauty’ with a dark, Depression-era gangster drama costarring Paul Newman and Jude Law.

Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, and Ed Burns in Steven Spielberg's World War II platoon drama

‘Saving Private Ryan’ – Spielberg, Hanks, and WWII on Netflix and Paramount+

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Steven Spielberg delivers a classic platoon drama with a new mission in this Oscar-winning World War II epic set during the D-Day invasion.

Steven Spielberg’s ‘Catch Me If You Can’ on Paramount+

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FBI agent Tom Hanks chases check forger Leonardo DiCaprio in Spielberg’s lively take on the true story of a con man who successfully posed as a pilot, a lawyer, and a doctor, and passed millions in forged checks, all before his 21st birthday.

Tom Hanks is ‘Larry Crowne’ on HBO Max

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Hanks also cowrites and directs this amiable, unambitious story of a downsized worker who goes back to college for a new start.

‘Toy Story 2’ – back to the toy store on Disney+

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The first sequel from animation powerhouse Pixar is actually livelier and funnier than the superb original.

‘Toy Story’ – Pixar begins on Disney+

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Tom Hanks and Tim Allen lead the voice cast of this landmark film, the first computer animated feature to get a big release and the begining of domination of CGI in animated movies.

‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ – Tom Hanks vs. the USSR on Hulu

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Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman costar in this breezy take on “the outrageous true story” of a minor congressman who secretly funded a rebellion against the Soviet Union.

Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, and others star in the film by Lana and Lilly (formerly Andy) Wachowski and Tom Tykwer

‘Cloud Atlas’ – storytelling across centuries on Netflix and HBO Max

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Lana and Lilly Wachowski collaborate with Tom Tykwer on this sprawling film that jumps between six distinctive stories in six different eras.

Tom Hanks in 'A Hologram for the King,' directed by Tom Tykwer

‘A Hologram for the King’ on Amazon Prime and Hulu

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You could call A Hologram for the King (2016) a mid-life crisis drama, which is true enough, but it is really a crisis of purpose and identity for an old-school middle-aged businessman trying to remain relevant in the modern world. Tom Hanks is former golden boy executive Alan Clay, whose reputation went down in flames […]