Yet no other director has been on De Niros wavelength quite like Scorsese.

Without De Niro, these movies simply wouldnt exist.

Their funniest collaboration came a decade later, to make another classic New York movie that deserves more recognition.

The King of Comedy (1982) - Poster

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Robert De Niro (left) and Martin Scorsese (right) on the set of Taxi Driver

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