Head to headRon Howard against Tom Hanks Both careers by TMDB ratingRon HowardTom Hanks
Tale of the tape as a director
Ron Howard vs Tom Hanks
Ron Howard averages 6.77 across 31 rated films as a director, ahead of Tom Hanks at 6.44.
- 34 (31 rated)
- Films directed
- 2
- ◀6.77
- Average
- 6.44
- ◀6.80
- Weighted
- 6.43
- ◀A Beautiful Mind 7.9
- Best film
- That Thing You Do! 6.9
- ◀7.26, 2019 to 2025
- Peak five
- n/a
- ◀2 films
- Longest 7+ run
- None
- ◀7.26 (+0.49)
- Current form
- n/a
- ◀95.4K
- TMDB votes
Rows won
8 to 1
Ron Howard ahead
Films together
5
averaging 6.66
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
 Splash | 1984 | 6.3 | Director | as Allen Bauer |
 The 'Burbs | 1989 | 6.8 | Producer | as Ray Peterson |
 Apollo 13 | 1995 | 7.5 | Director | as Jim Lovell |
 The Da Vinci Code | 2006 | 6.7 | Producer, Director | as Robert Langdon |
 Angels & Demons | 2009 | 6.7 | Producer, Director | as Robert Langdon |
| Radioman | 2012 | · | as Self | as Self |
 Inferno | 2016 | 6.1 | Producer, Director | as Robert Langdon |
| Tom Hanks: The Nomad | 2023 | · | as Self (archive footage) | as Self (archive footage) |
 John Candy: I Like Me | 2025 | 7.9 | as Self - Director, Splash (archive footage) | as Self - Actor, Splash |
| Marty, Life Is Short | 2026 | 8.0 | Producer, as Self | as Self |