Cruise or Hanks?

The hosts debate which Tom would be better as the lead actor in the movie: Cruise, or Hanks. There is an extra wrinkle which allows choosing either from any point in their careers.

This is one of the later categories, appearing first in the 'Manchester by the Sea' episode in 2024, but has since become a staple of the show.

Scoreboard

Running tally of wins across all episodes:

Cruise49

Hanks44

Cruise	Hanks
'Eddie and the Cruisers'
'L.A. Confidential'
	'The Nice Guys'
'To Live and Die in L.A.'
	'Fargo'
'Sicario'
	'Crazy, Stupid, Love'
'GoldenEye'
	'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'
'Wild Things'
'Zodiac'
	'Another 48 Hrs.'
'Just One of the Guys'
'What Lies Beneath'
	'The Sure Thing'
'Shampoo'
'Weird Science'
	'Halloween II'
	'Sneakers'
'Jeremiah Johnson'
'The Sting'
'Airplane!'
	'The Legend of Billie Jean'
	'American Gangster'
	'Witness'
'Sinners'
'Rollerball' (1975)
'RoboCop' (1987)
'Species'
	'It's Complicated'
	'After Hours'
'Die Hard With a Vengeance'
'Marathon Man'
	'Working Girl'
'Out for Justice'
	'Heaven Can Wait'
	'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
	'Death Wish'
'Star Wars: A New Hope' (part two)
	'Someone to Watch Over Me'
'Minority Report'
	'Can't Hardly Wait'
'The Saint'
'Good Will Hunting' live from Boston
	'Blue Chips'
'Days of Thunder'
	'Best in Show'
'Rocky'
'Crash'
	'Wayne's World'
	'The Blues Brothers'
'Before Sunset'
'Before Sunrise'
	The re-'Den of Thieves' live
	'Friday Night Lights'
	'Home Alone 2: Lost In New York'
'The Gambler'
'Disclosure'
	'Running Scared'
'The Replacements'
	'Meet the Parents'
	'Body Double'
'Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers'
	'Hereditary'
'The Silence of the Lambs' live from Broadway
	'Poltergeist'
	'The Blair Witch Project'
'Over The Top'
'John Wick'
	'Night Shift'
'Purple Rain'
'Rudy'
	'The Grand Budapest Hotel'
'Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'
'Pulp Fiction' (part 2)
'No Way Out'
'True Lies'
	'Twister'
	'The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'
	'The Bad News Bears'
'The Longest Yard'
	'Breaking Away'
	'Slap Shot'
	'Fast Times at Ridgemont High'
	'Back to the Future Part II'
'Jerry Maguire' live from YouTube
	'Along Came Polly'
'The Running Man'
	'Hardcore'
'Magnolia'
'The War of the Roses'
'Shot Caller'
	'Manchester by the Sea'