One of the most versatile and acclaimed actors of recent years, famous for the uncompromising method approach he brings to roles ranging from the psychotic Travis Bickle in Martin Scorsese's seminal "Taxi Driver", to the nerveless robber of Michael Mann's "Heat" and the loser in Tarantino's "Jackie Brown".

Jack Hunter (author of film studies Inside Terradome and Eros in Hell) has selected his own chronological Top Ten of Robert De Niro's most engaging or offbeat movies, roles or performances, which are analysed in illustrated, in-depth essays by some of the best cutting-edge film critics of today. The result is both an incisive overview of Robert De Niro as an actor, and an anthology of films by some of the leading cult directors of recent decades such as Martin Scorsese, Michael Mann, Quentin Tarantino, Sergio Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci and Francis Ford Coppola.

Feature films include: "Taxi Driver", "Raging Bull", "Angel Heart", "Once Upon a Time in America", "Jackie Brown", "King of Comedy", "Heat", "1900", "Cape Fear", and "Godfather II".

Movie Top Tens: A series of film studies which each focus on an individual actor/ actress, seeking to re-evaluate their screen persona and career by analysing their ten most engaging or offbeat films, roles or performances. With dozens of photographs, filmography, introduction and index.