Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: Hanks rịgoro ọzọ n'elu ọzọ site n'ihe ngosi ya nke akụkọ baseball na-asacha nke ghọrọ onye njikwa na A League of Their Own (1992). Hanks ekwuola na ihe nkiri ya n'ọrụ ndị mbụ abụghị nnukwu, mana na o mechara meziwanye. N'ajụjụ ọnụ ya na Vanity Fair, Hanks kwuru na "oge ọgbara ọhụrụ nke ime ihe nkiri... n'ihi na nchọpụta onwe onye ezuola... Ọrụ m abụzighị nke adịgboroja na nke na-enweghị isi". "Oge a nke oge a" malitere na 1993 maka Hanks, nke mbụ na Sleepless na Seattle na mgbe ahụ na Philadelphia. Nke mbụ bụ ihe nkiri na-ewu ewu banyere otu nwoke di ya nwụrụ nke chọtara ezi ịhụnanya site na redio. Richard Schickel nke TIME kpọrọ ihe o mere "ihe na-adọrọ adọrọ", ọtụtụ ndị nkatọ kwetakwara na ihe Hanks mere mere ka ọ bụrụ otu n'ime ndị isi na-eme ihe ọchị nke ọgbọ ya. Na Philadelphia, ọ rụrụ ọrụ dịka onye ọka iwu nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke nwere ọrịa AIDS nke gbara ụlọ ọrụ ya akwụkwọ maka ịkpa oke. Hanks tụfuru kilogram iri na ise ma mee ka ntutu ya dị gịrịgịrị ka o wee yie onye na-arịa ọrịa maka ọrụ ahụ. Na nyocha maka ndị mmadụ, Leah Rozen kwuru, "Karịsịa, otuto maka ihe ịga nke ọma nke Philadelphia bụ nke Hanks, onye na-ahụ na ọ na-arụ ọrụ, ọ bụghị onye nsọ. Ọ dị oke egwu, na-enye mmetụta miri emi, arụmọrụ nke ọma nke kwesịrị inweta Oscar. " Hanks nwetara ihe nrite Academy Award maka onye omee kacha mma n'afọ 1993 maka ọrụ ya na Philadelphia. N'oge okwu nnabata ya, o kpughere na onye nkuzi ihe nkiri ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị ya bụ Rawley Farnsworth na onye otu klas ya bụ John Gilkerson, mmadụ abụọ ya na ya dị nso, bụ ndị nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke. Hanks sochiri Philadelphia na 1994 hit Forrest Gump nke nwetara ngụkọta zuru ụwa ọnụ nke ihe karịrị $ 600 nde na igbe ọrụ. Hanks kwuru, sị: "Mgbe m gụrụ edemede maka Gump, ahụrụ m ya dịka otu n'ime ụdị ihe nkiri ndị ahụ dị ebube, na-enwe olileanya na ndị na-ege ntị nwere ike ịga ma nwee mmetụta... ụfọdụ olileanya maka ọdịnihu ha na ọnọdụ ha na ndụ... Anụrụ m ya n'ihe nkiri ọtụtụ narị nde ugboro mgbe m bụ nwata. M ka hụrụ ya n'anya". Hanks nwetara ihe nrite nke abụọ ya maka ọrụ ya na Forrest Gump, na-aghọ onye omee nke abụọ rụzuru...  Ajụjụ: N'afọ dị aṅaa ka oge a malitere?
Afọ 1993