15. The King Of Comedy
A twisted paean to the luckless trials of the small man in the tetchily affected and effortlessly hostile world of TV, DeNiro’s infamously persistent and, strangely likeable, Rupert Pupkin, paved the way for the uncomfortable, grave-black humour of the likes of Larry David and Ricky Gervais. For some unusual reason this image is rarely (if ever) used on the video and DVD re-releases.