24 Iconic Tom Hanks Movies to Add to Your Watchlist

Hanks was praised for his acting in "The Green Mile," an adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name. In the 1930s, Warden Supervisor Paul Edgecomb (Hanks) experiences his fair share of criminals in Cold Mountain Penitentiary's death-row section. While on the job, he meets inmate John Coffey, a large, bulky man convicted of murdering two young girls. As Paul gets to know John, he realizes he is not the cold-hearted criminal everyone believes him to be and actually has a supernatural gift to heal people. The performances of Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan make for a heart-wrenching yet memorable watch.