The Role: Tom Daley

Why It’s The Best: Jason Miller’s adaptation of his own play paints an affecting picture of mid-life crisis, as a group of high-school basketball teammates meet up to reminisce on their glory days. Inevitably, it isn’t long before old resentments come to the surface, and tensions soon begin to flare. Sheen is excellent as the drifter with a drink problem, drawing on his own troubles with the bottle to conjure up a memorably tragic performance.

Iconic Moment: The scene in which Mitchum follows a drunken Sheen around the house, berating him for the way his life has gone off the rails. “And you,” he snarls, “stumbling and reeling through the streets like some broken thing, hearing people laugh at you… it breaks my heart. You were a gifted boy!” The expression of blank defeat on Sheen’s face is a picture.

Sheen Says: “I’ve often felt that acting was above all, good therapy!”