Henri, le Chat Noir

Henri, the brooding star of Will Braden's films Henri proved a cat video could be written, not just filmed. Will Braden's short films are a French film noir parody that casts him as a weary existentialist, gloomily enduring the spoiled and mundane life of a house cat, and the joke landed with viewers who were tired of plain cuteness. The breakthrough came in 2012, when the sequel "Paw de Deux" won the Golden Kitty at the first Internet Cat Video Festival, held at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis before a crowd of more than 10,000. Watch Henri for the moment cat videos became a genre with authors.