Forrest Gump -1994- (2024)

: Despite his intellectual disability, Forrest’s unshakable focus and innate kindness lead him to extraordinary success as a football star, war hero, and entrepreneur.

Zemeckis’s technical wizardry was the secret sauce. The film pioneered the use of CGI “digital compositing” to insert Hanks into archival footage with JFK, LBJ, and Nixon. It made a feather’s flight feel like destiny. But the real magic was Hanks’s performance. With a slight Alabama drawl and eyes wide with earnest bewilderment, he made Forrest a secular saint: the fool who speaks truth to power because he doesn’t know power exists. Forrest Gump -1994-

Forrest’s commanding officer in Vietnam who struggles with his loss of legs and purpose until Forrest helps him find peace. "Mama" Gump (Sally Field): : Despite his intellectual disability