"Pulp Fiction" came out in '94, "Get Shorty" in '95. And while the former put Travolta's name on a movie poster for the first time since "Look Who's Talking," it was his latter performance that cemented his "comeback."

Entirely different films and characters. But Travolta was able to do something in "Get Shorty" that few actors have been able to pull off. He did justice to an Elmore Leonard character. In my opinion, Leonard was the greatest American crime novelist of all time. But his characters were very difficult to adapt for the big screen. Travolta, quite surprisingly, brought Chili Palmer to life. And in my opinion, that's the role that he owed his mid-'90s comeback to.