Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump recounts a life that carries him from an Alabama childhood into college football, military service, business, and encounters with public figures. Across those changes, his strongest attachment remains Jenny Curran, whose path repeatedly crosses and diverges from his own.

Seamless effects place Forrest inside archival history, while recurring running images, Alan Silvestri's theme, and Tom Hanks's unforced narration keep the episodic design coherent—the film's sentiment works through constancy rather than psychological explanation.