Forrest Gump
“The world will never be the same once you've seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump.”
Robert ZemeckisCast
Tom Hanks 
Robin Wright Gary Sinise
Credits
Written by: Winston Groom
Plot
A man with a low IQ and a kind heart unwittingly takes part in major events in American history from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Sinekatalog’s take
A gentle fable that walks its hero through decades of American history. Tom Hanks makes the innocence believable, though the film's soft take on the era is a matter of taste. Warm, crowd-pleasing and endlessly quotable.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.8 / 10 (2,544,015 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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