Back in 1990, when the pair first teamed up for the fractured fairy tale Edward Scissorhands, Depp was still the reluctant heartthrob of TV's 21 Jump Street. Burton rescued him by obliterating his teen-idol image, covering his face with scars and Kabuki makeup to play a fragile outcast — a type Depp would revisit countless times over the next decade. Touching and dark as a black eye, Scissorhands ensured that Depp would never have to return to the small screen. And if you're looking for a reason why Depp seems so indebted to the director, here it is: Burton saved him from becoming Lorenzo Lamas. B+
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