List of Movies Casting Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan
American actor and director Thomas Jeffrey Hanks or Tom Hanks was born on 9th July 1956. He is one of the most well-known and recognisable movie stars in the world, known for both his comedic and serious roles. He is the fourth-highest-grossing actor in North America, with his films having brought in more than $4.9 billion in North America and more than $9.96 billion globally.
American actress Meg Ryan was born on 19th November 1961. In 1981 she started her acting career. Later, in 1982, she became a cast member of the CBS soap opera As the World Turns.
Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks have performed in four movies together, among them are three of the most popular romantic comedies in the pages of the history of Hollywood. They are Joe Versus the Volcano, You've got mail and Sleepless in Seattle. Joe Versus the Volcano is the most popular movie in the List of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan movies.
The 1990 American romantic comedy Joe Versus the Volcano, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, has been written and directed by John Patrick Shanley. In this movie, Hanks portrays a man who accepts a cash offer to go to a South Pacific island and jump into a volcano on behalf of the superstitious locals after learning that he has a rare sickness and is dying. He meets the woman who is taking him there along the road, and they become romantically involved.
Overall, the movie received mixed reviews, although some critics, including Roger Ebert, gave it excellent reviews, calling it "new and fresh and not shy of taking chances." It was a modest box office hit in the US. Since then, it has gained cult status.
You've Got Mail is the 2nd popular movie in the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan movie list. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are the main characters in Nora Ephron's 1998 American romantic comedy-drama "You've Got Mail". In this online romantic comedy, multiple Academy Award winner Tom Hanks reunites with his Sleepless in Seattle co-star Meg Ryan and director Nora Ephron to experience the joy of finding love at first sight. On New York's upper West Side, Stranger Fox and Kathleen Kelly are neighbours and employees. Despite being in relationships that appear to be fulfilling, Joe and Kathleen meet up secretly in an online chat room and find themselves confiding everything but their identities. However, back in the real world, their budding romance is negatively impacted by the opening of Joe's new Fox Books superstore a few streets from Kathleen's small family-run bookshop.
Sleepless in Seattle is also a popular movie in Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan movies, and is written by Jeff Arch. In 1989, Arch wrote Sleepless in Seattle as a romantic drama. His script was rejected by a number of studios since the main couple doesn't actually meet for the entire movie. After that the film Sleepless in Seattle, written and directed by Nora Ephron, as well as Hanks and Ryan's performances, received great reviews when it was released on June 25, 1993. In the 1994 ceremony the film was awarded for best original screenplay and best original song.
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In this movie, Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks), who lost his wife, relocates to Seattle with his kid Jonah (Ross Malinger). Sam reluctantly picks up the phone to voice his emotions when Jonah comes into a talk radio show to find a new wife for his father. Even though she is engaged, Meg Ryan's character, Annie Reed, a reporter in Baltimore, falls for Sam after hearing him speak. She asks Sam in a letter, not knowing where it would go, to meet her on Valentine's Day at the Empire State Building.