Robert Zemeckis · 1994 · global

Robert Zemeckis's film of an Alabama man with a low IQ and an extraordinary life, who keeps turning up at the hinges of American history. From a boyhood in Greenbow through college football, Vietnam, ping-pong diplomacy in China, a shrimping fortune on the Gulf, and a three-year run back and forth across the country, Forrest Gump drifts like a feather through the second half of the twentieth century, always circling back to Jenny and home.

1. 1
   Greenbow, Alabama

   A boy with leg braces and a low IQ but a pure heart grows up here with his mama and his one friend Jenny, who tells him to run.

2. 2
   University of Alabama

   His running carries him onto the football field at Alabama, where he becomes an All-American and shakes the president's hand.

3. 3
   Vietnam

   Drafted into the war, he befriends Bubba, serves under Lieutenant Dan, and carries his wounded company to safety under fire.

4. 4
   Washington DC

   Awarded the Medal of Honor, he wanders onto the Mall and into an anti-war rally, where he finds Jenny again in the crowd.

5. 5
   Beijing

   His knack for ping-pong makes him a champion, and he plays in the table-tennis matches that help thaw relations with China.

6. 6
   Bayou La Batre

   Keeping a promise to Bubba, he buys a shrimping boat, takes on Lieutenant Dan, and against all odds makes a fortune.

7. 7
   Santa Monica

   After his mama dies and Jenny leaves, he sets out one day to run, and runs clear across the country to the Pacific.

8. 8
   Marshall Point, Maine

   He turns and runs to the other ocean, the Atlantic, a crowd of followers gathering behind him with every mile.

9. 9
   Monument Valley

   For three years he crisscrosses America until, on the road below the buttes, he stops, says he is pretty tired, and goes home.

10. 10
    Greenbow, Alabama

    He comes home to Greenbow, to Jenny, and to a small boy named Forrest who is, he learns, his son.