10 Great Movies That Break The Fourth Wall

10. Deadpool (2016)

It wouldn't be fair to talk about fourth wall breaks without mentioning Deadpool. The breaks in this superhero action-comedy are more than just a fun recurring joke, but a narrative tool used to perfection by Ryan Reynolds to make the superhero's adventures even more hilarious and engaging, guiding the story along and characterising the titular protagonist through constant narration.

Like all good fourth wall breaks, Deadpool's allows the audience to become one with the action playing out on screen, and works wonders to set itself apart from the rest of the Marvel movie catalogue.

Deadpool was a long time in the making, and for a while it looked as though it wasn't meant to be. But thanks to Reynolds' passion for the subject and his need to see it made (perhaps to redeem himself for whatever Green Lantern was), it came out to rave reviews.

Most of the praise sits on Reynolds' performance, with Deadpool being the character he was born to play, but if it wasn't for the decision to make Wade such a witty, self-aware master of pop culture references, the film might not have been as great as it was.