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Tom Hanks is Bad at Boating

In nearly all his movies, Tom Hanks has boat-related misadventures. Name the movies based on the listed boaty misadventures.
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Last updated: December 8, 2023
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Hanks falls off a motorboat and is saved by a pretty mermaid.
Splash
Hanks is on a yacht to Waponi Woo to be a human sacrifice, but lightning sinks the boat.
Joe Versus the Volcano
A woman falls in love with Hanks because of a radio interview. She sees him on his houseboat with his sister, Suzy. A brief comical misunderstanding ensues.
Sleepless in Seattle
Hanks runs a shrimping boat aground, as he leaps overboard to greet a friend on shore.
Forrest Gump
A German soldier nicknamed "Steamboat Willie" shoots Tom Hanks. Steamboats are boats.
Saving Private Ryan
Hanks tries to escape a desert island on a life raft, but he is tossed from the raft and injures his leg on coral.
Castaway
Pirates take a shipping vessel and make hostages of the crew, including Tom Hanks.
Captain Phillips
Hanks manages to turn a plane into a boat, as he lands the plan on the Hudson River for a mostly safe emergency landing.
Sully
Nazi submarines hunt a shipping convoy, sinking a handful of shipping vessels under Hanks's protection.
Greyhound
Hanks goes out to sea in a small boat to rescue his wooden boy. He's successful, except they both get swallowed by a whale.
Pinocchio
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7 Comments
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Level 74
Dec 8, 2023
It wasn't a 747 that landed in the Hudson - neither in the movie nor in real life. Better to say only "plane". Otherwise really fun quiz.
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Level 83
Dec 8, 2023
It wasn’t a 747? I’m far less impressed now! Fixed.
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Level 71
Dec 8, 2023
Airbus A320. A big plane nonetheless. And you could have included Apollo 13. When they splashed down, they crawled out into a rubber raft.
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Level 56
Dec 11, 2023
Saving Private Ryan starts in a boat. You can say his boat was being shot at
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Level 78
May 23, 2024
I don't know anything about movies but I got the least guessed answer because I read the book it's based on lol
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Level 67
Jan 2, 2025
This is the best named quiz and so I am nominating it.
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Level 83
Jan 2, 2025
Thanks!