On this day in 1993, the wide release of director RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH’S show biz biopic, CHAPLIN, proved to the world that ROBERT DOWNEY JR. had the chops to hold his own working with any actor in the business.

Sharing the screen with an all-star cast, DOWNEY owned every scene he was in (and that was most of them). CHAPLIN is a brilliant tour de force.