cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/26495994
Reservoir Dogs (1992): A crime thriller about a group of criminals whose diamond heist goes awry, leading them to suspect one of their own is an undercover cop.
Pulp Fiction (1994): A cult classic that intertwines multiple storylines involving hitmen, a boxer, and a pair of armed robbers in Los Angeles.
Jackie Brown (1997): Based on Elmore Leonard’s novel, this film follows a flight attendant caught in a money smuggling scheme, playing both sides against each other to secure her freedom.
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003): An action-packed revenge saga about “The Bride,” a former assassin seeking vengeance against her former colleagues.
Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004): The continuation of “The Bride’s” quest for revenge, exploring her backstory and relationships.
Death Proof (2007): Part of the “Grindhouse” double feature, it follows a psychopathic stuntman who uses his “death-proof” car to stalk and kill young women.
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Set during World War II, it follows a group of Jewish-American soldiers planning to assassinate Nazi leaders.
Django Unchained (2012): A Western about Django, a freed slave who teams up with a bounty hunter to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner.
The Hateful Eight (2015): Set in post-Civil War Wyoming, it follows a group of strangers seeking shelter during a blizzard, leading to a violent confrontation.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019): Set in 1969 Los Angeles, it follows a fading actor and his stunt double navigating the changing film industry.
I’m just here to say that you all need to go watch From dusk till Dawn and thank me later.
I have aphantasia and can’t remember people’s faces at all. Reservoir dogs was a bunch of similar looking dudes dressed almost identically, talking to each other in similar tones with similar vocabulary, and the story is non-linear (which I didn’t realize). I have never been so confused seeing a movie before. I’m sure it’s a wonderful movie, but I have no hope of ever understanding it.
Oh boy, that’s a question for me. I’m a huge Tarantino fan and I’ve never considered ranking his movies, so this took me a while. I can understand some may think his movies overrated, but since I’ve grown up with them, they very much defined my love for movies, so I truly believe all of them are good, if not great.
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Pulp Fiction - It’s hard to overstate how influential this film is. It is revolutionary, perfectly directed, and just so damn fun. Masterpiece in every sense of the word.
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The Hateful Eight - An amazing (almost) limited setting film with top-notch performances. This movie is very much about the atmosphere, subverting the classic western genre, with a great cast to round it off.
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Jackie Brown - This is black Pulp Fiction, taking everything great from its predecessor and composing probably the best story of all Tarantino films.
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Reservoir Dogs - I’m clearly biased, but the non-linear storytelling and the compact story, and just the overall coolness of the characters make this my favorite movie of all time.
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Inglourious Basterds - As fresh as they come, this film compelled me to look at historical movies in a completely different light. It’s also the most thrilling one.
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Django Unchained - Fun premise, great story, and just amazing performances from every single actor in the movie.
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Made mostly for an American audience, it’s thrilling and fun, but relies a lot on it’s (excellent) cast.
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Kill Bill - Tarantino considers both volumes as a single film, so I do too. Vol. 2 probably lowers the rank a lot here, but only because Vol. 1 is so exceptionally intense that it was hard to live up to.
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Death Proof - The weakest of his movies and maybe the most brutal, Death Proof leans more on the double feature gimmicks, but is still very entertaining and (dare I say) innovative.
I’m waiting for his final film, but I’m in no rush, as I would watch any of these movies again any day.
Your favorite movie of all time is fourth?
Well, I tried to rank them objectively, as I would recommend them to others 🙂
Off topic, dawg. Not Germane. This thread is specifically asking about you. How do you rank it?
Then just move Reservoir Dogs to the top and the rest are more or less the same
Thank you for your comment!
I disagree on the order, but you forgot Four Room (Penthouse – “The Man from Hollywood”).
I haven’t, but I don’t consider Four Rooms to be a Tarantino movie as he only directed a quarter of it (the best quarter though). It also isn’t in the OP’s list.
He wrote and directed that quarter of it, so it counts in my book, but I hear you on the OP’s list.
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I would probably use a 1 to 10 ranked system, with 10 being the lowest and 1 being the highest.
Unpopular opinion but I’d rank a lot of them as “overrated.”
That is, indeed an unpopular opinion.
I personally avoid calling anything “overrated” because it carries judgment against anyone who likes the thing. I will say I haven’t especially enjoyed a Tarantino since I was a teenager and I don’t know what makes him so special.
Craft, pure craft, is what makes a Tarantino movie. Especially strong when it comes to dialogue and framing it.
Tarantino is about as special as Villeneuve is special – but not in the same way. They both have their specialities where they’re extraordinary, and in other aspects they’re only rock solid.
Not liking/enjoying a movie is fine, but it doesn’t really say anything about how good the movie is, it just might not have been for you. Maybe watch a scene analysis and even if the movie still doesn’t do it for you, you can appreciate the skill with which it’s done.
Just directing? Because True Romance is better than some of these.
I disagree. I like True Romance, but it’s a mess of a movie.
By number total screen time of feet in the movie.
I’d probably use feet instead of stars. Quentin would like that.
4 Rooms
Inglorious Bastards
Jackie Brown
Hateful 8
Django
Once upon a time in Hollywood
Then all the crime and monolog stuff.
1 Pulp Fiction
2 Jackie Brown
3 Hateful 8
4 Reservoir Dogs
5 Inglorious Basterds
The rest I wouldn’t rank, I think I’ve at least tried to watch them all but got bored and/or didn’t really enjoy it and/or was too drunk or not drunk enough. Kill Bill and Once Upon… I’ve tried to get through multi times now before giving up. Death Proof I haven’t seen in years but I remember it being boring after just watching Planet Terror.
- Pulp Fiction
- Reservoir Dogs
- Jackie Brown
- The rest (not that fussed about them to decide their order)
I only watched a few of time, so personally
- Kill Bill Volume 1
- Kill Bill Volume 2
- Django Unchained
Yes, I’m that uncultured about Tarantino ha ha.
Also, I’m surprised why nobody else is sharing their real rating, that’s not how the community usually responds to this type of questions
You should watch Jackie Brown immediately. And probably Pulp Fiction.
The only one I actually liked was Kill Bill Vol. 1.
Jackie Brown
daylight
Reservoir Dogs
daylight
The rest
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I’d swap Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight and Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown as blocks.
Pulp Fiction at the time was perfectly calibrated and groundbreaking, but I don’t think it holds up as well as actual film-making and feels gimmicky re-watching it - lots of needledrop moments but not a ton of character development. Jackie Brown is better but the pacing and script aren’t very tight. Reservoir Dogs was a few setpieces and filler. On the other hand, Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained are I think much more mature, tightly written and directed, and re-watchable. The Hateful Eight I think gets a bad rap because it seems like a small scope, but it’s again tightly written and reveals/develops characters in constantly interesting ways.
Agree on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood being at the bottom, though. That’s my reaction to most Hollywood-focused movies.
