| 100% | WALTDISNEY | 10 | Real-life Oscar-winning animator played by Tom Hanks in a 2013 movie: 2 wds. |
| 71% | CHARLIEWILSON | 13 | Real-life congressman played by Tom Hanks in a 2007 movie: 2 wds. |
| 71% | FREDROGERS | 10 | Real-life children's entertainer played by Tom Hanks in a 2019 movie: 2 wds. |
| 71% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | Title role played by Tom Hanks in a 1994 Oscar-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| 57% | WALTDISNEY | 10 | Real-life animator and film producer played by Tom Hanks in "Saving Mr. Banks": 2 wds. |
| 56% | RONWOODROOF | 11 | The real life character played by Matthew McConaughey in the Oscar winning movie "Dallas Buyers Club": 2 wds. |
| 55% | JIMLOVELL | 9 | Real-life astronaut played by Tom Hanks in "Apollo 13": 2 wds. |
| 55% | CHARLIEWILSON | 13 | Title role played by Tom Hanks in a 2007 comedy-drama: 2 wds. |
| 55% | LARRYCROWNE | 11 | Title role played by Tom Hanks in a 2011 romantic comedy: 2 wds. |
| 53% | BENBRADLEE | 10 | Real-life newspaper editor played by Tom Hanks in "The Post": 2 wds. |
| 51% | TOMPARKER | 9 | Real-life talent manager and "Colonel" played by Tom Hanks in "Elvis": 2 wds. |
| 49% | MEHRANKARIMI | 12 | Actor Tom Hanks's character in 2004 comedy-drama "The Terminal" which was inspired by a real-life person named ___ Nasseri: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MISTERROGERS | 12 | TV host played by Tom Hanks in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | WALTDISNEY | 10 | Animation pioneer played by Tom Hanks in "Saving Mr. Banks" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | BENBRADLEE | 10 | Newspaper editor played by Tom Hanks in "The Post" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | SAVINGPRIVATE | 13 | "___ Ryan," Tom Hanks movie directed by Steven Spielberg which released in 1998: 2 wds. |
| 42% | AMYFISHER | 9 | Role played by Drew Barrymore in a 1993 TV movie based on real life |
| 42% | JAMESBDONOVAN | 13 | Actor Tom Hanks's character in 2005 historical drama "Bridge of Spies" which was inspired by a real-life lawyer named ___: 3 wds. |
| 41% | JORDANBELFORT | 13 | Real-life stock market manipulator played by Leonardo DiCaprio in 2013's "The Wolf of Wall Street": 2 wds. |
| 41% | GREGSHORT | 9 | Character played by Colin Hanks in "Life in Pieces": 2 wds. |
| 40% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | Tom Hanks' 1994 drama film based on a Winston Groom novel of the same name in which 20a plays his love interest: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THEDAVINCICODE | 14 | Tom Hanks and Ian McKellen star in this movie which is based on a Dan Brown novel and is directed by Ron Howard: 4 wds. |
| 39% | CASTAWAY | 8 | 2000 movie where Tom Hanks played a man stranded on an island: 2 wds. |
| 39% | GEORGEBAILEY | 12 | Character played by 29-Across in "It's a Wonderful Life" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | THEGRINCH | 9 | Title villain played by Jim Carrey in a 2000 Christmas movie (2 wds.) |
| 38% | CENTURYCYCLE | 12 | Series of 10 plays by 14-Across, including "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson," that chronicle life in Black America over a 100-year span: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CASTAWAY | 8 | 2000 Tom Hanks movie featuring a volleyball named Wilson: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SULLENBERGER | 12 | Actor Tom Hanks's character in an eponymously titled biographical drama inspired by a real-life airline captain named Chesley ___ |
| 37% | ROBINHOOD | 9 | Fictional archer played by Russell Crowe in a 2010 film: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ETHANHUNT | 9 | Fictional spy played by Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible" film series: 2 wds. |