Robert De Niro’s acting career will forever be defined by his 10 feature-length collaborations with director Martin Scorsese. De Niro might have had other career peaks outside his work with Scorsese, including his Oscar-winning performance in The Godfather Part II and his lead role in Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter. Yet no other director has been on De Niro’s wavelength quite like Scorsese. It shows throughout the movies the pair have made together, not least in their overlooked 1982 classic,The King of Comedy, in which De Niro acts out of his skin. 654s6p

Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese recalls the mixed reception that his satirical filmThe King Of Comedy received when it was initially released. Featuring a stellar cast of Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, Diahnne Abbot, and Scorsese’s frequent collaborator Robert De Niro, this movie follows Rupert Pupkin, a ionate yet unsuccessful comic who becomes obsessed with achieving fame and fortune. In hopes of becoming successful, Pupkin goes to extreme lengths, eventually stalking and kidnapping his idol Jerry Langford, a famous late-night talk show host. The King Of Comedy was met with some negative reviews upon its release in 1982, and it ended up a flop at the box office.

A-list actors are A-list because of their frequent fantastic performances, but these 15 movie performances are incredibly underrated. The best performances from many actors are often their most well-known ones, as it's why they're so famous. However, A-list actors are in all kinds of films, meaning that some performances have flown under the radar - and here are the 15 most underrated ones.

Todd Phillips’ Joker was met with positive reviews and box office success, but it’s often been criticized for being derivative of Martin Scorsese’s underrated showbiz satire The King of Comedy. Phillips’ movie borrowed a lot from the Scorsese oeuvre – from the deranged vigilantism of Taxi Driver to the uncontrollable anger of Raging Bull – but its plot and characters have the most in common with The King of Comedy. There are plenty of parallels between these two darkly comedic crime movies about the illegal antics of delusional standup comedians who get pushed to the edge.

Martin Scorsese is arguably the greatest living American film director, and since the very beginning of his decades-spanning career, he's made a habit of appearing in his films in small cameo roles. No doubt taking his cue from filmmakers like Alfred Hitchcock, who was never shy of a cameo, his onscreen roles have been legion. Sometimes they're a fully realized character, such as his chilling turn as a cab enger in Taxi Driver. Others he's more content with a blink-and-you'll-miss-it walk on role, or even a voiceover.

Director Martin Scorsese grew up on the "mean streets" of New York City's Little Italy neighborhood in the 40s and 50s. His upbringing has clearly influenced his filmmaking, as he's one of the most acclaimed gangster movie directors of all time. His mob movies ooze an authenticity that can only come from a director who's intimately familiar with the subject matter.

Director Todd Phillips has not been shy about the fact that Martin Scorsese had a significant, inspirational role in his production of Joker, but where exactly does that influence show? The movie injects an original origin story onto Batman's infamous foe, one that pits mental illness, shunning, and ive government action alongside chaos. This iteration of the Clown Prince of Crime is brought to the screen by Joaquin Phoenix, the headliner of a cast which also includes Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, s Conroy and Brett Cullen.