Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Hanks ya sake hawa zuwa saman tare da wakilcinsa na wasan kwallon kwando wanda aka wanke ya zama manajan a cikin A League of Their Own (1992). Hanks ya bayyana cewa wasan kwaikwayonsa a cikin rawar da ya gabata ba shi da kyau, amma daga baya ya inganta. A cikin wata hira da Vanity Fair, Hanks ya lura da "zamani na zamani na yin fim... saboda isasshen binciken kansa ya ci gaba... Aiki na ya zama ba na ƙarya ba kuma ba na wuce gona da iri ba". Wannan "zamani na zamani" ya fara ne a 1993 ga Hanks, da farko tare da Rashin barci a Seattle sannan kuma tare da Philadelphia. Na farko ya kasance babban nasara game da wani gwauruwa wanda ya sami ƙauna ta gaskiya a kan rediyo. Richard Schickel na TIME ya kira wasan kwaikwayonsa "mai ban sha'awa", kuma yawancin masu sukar sun yarda cewa hoton Hanks ya tabbatar masa da wani wuri a cikin manyan taurarin wasan kwaikwayo na soyayya na zamaninsa.A Philadelphia, ya taka leda lauyan gay tare da AIDS wanda ya kai karar kamfaninsa don nuna bambanci. Hanks ya rasa fam 35 kuma ya sa gashinsa ya zama mai laushi don ya zama mara lafiya don rawar. A cikin bita ga Mutane, Leah Rozen ya bayyana, "Sama da duka, yabo ga nasarar Philadelphia na hannun Hanks, wanda ke tabbatar da cewa yana taka rawa ne, ba tsarkaka ba. Ya kasance mai ban mamaki, yana ba da zurfin jin dadi, da hankali wanda ya cancanci Oscar. " Hanks ya lashe lambar yabo ta Academy Award a shekarar 1993 don mafi kyawun jarumi don rawar da ya taka a Philadelphia. A lokacin jawabinsa na karɓar, ya bayyana cewa malamin wasan kwaikwayo na makarantar sakandare Rawley Farnsworth da tsohon abokin karatun John Gilkerson, mutane biyu da yake kusa da su, 'yan luwadi ne. Hanks ya bi Philadelphia tare da 1994 hit Forrest Gump wanda ya tara jimillar duniya sama da dala miliyan 600 a ofishin akwatin. Hanks ya lura: "Lokacin da na karanta rubutun don Gump, na gan shi a matsayin ɗayan irin waɗannan manyan fina-finai masu bege waɗanda masu sauraro za su iya zuwa su ji... wasu bege ga matsayinsu da matsayinsu a rayuwa... Na ji wannan daga fina-finai sau miliyan ɗari lokacin da nake yaro. Har ila ina ƙaunarsa". Hanks ya lashe lambar yabo ta biyu ta Academy Award don rawar da ya taka a Forrest Gump, ya zama dan wasan kwaikwayo na biyu da ya kammala...  Tambaya: A wace shekara ne zamanin zamani ya fara?
Shekarar 1993