Which Spielberg film stars Tom Hanks as a traveler stranded at JFK Airport?

The Spielberg film starring Tom Hanks as a traveler stranded at JFK Airport is The Terminal.

Released in 2004, The Terminal follows Viktor Navorski, a traveler from the fictional Eastern European country of Krakozhia. While he is flying to New York, a coup makes his government unrecognized by the United States. His passport becomes invalid, so he cannot legally enter the country or return home, leaving him trapped in the international transit area of John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The story turns an unusual immigration problem into a comedy-drama about adaptation, friendship, and bureaucracy. Viktor gradually builds a life inside the terminal, befriending airport workers and falling for a flight attendant played by Catherine Zeta-Jones. Stanley Tucci plays Frank Dixon, the airport official determined to remove Viktor from his jurisdiction.

The film is sometimes confused with Cast Away, another Tom Hanks film involving isolation. Cast Away strands Hanks’s character on a remote island; The Terminal confines him to an airport. Spielberg directed and produced the film, which earned more than $219 million worldwide.