Every One of Quentin Tarantino’s Movies Ranked. (SPOILERS!!... Duh.)
10. Death Proof (2007)
Okay, I know, I'm sorry if this is someone's favorite, but this list was hard, every Tarantino movie is pretty astounding including this one. Tarantino himself said this was his worst movie so I'm not far off. This film is on the bottom for me just for the strangeness, and thats saying a lot for this list. Also this film isn't as beautifully shot as the others, in my opinion. This one is about as close as Tarantino got to making a horror film. Starring Kurt Russel as "stuntman" Mike, a crazy ex stuntman who stalks and murders girls. One day he runs into the wrong group of girls, they pretty much just kick his butt and thats that. The middle of the film gets a bit slow but all in all this one is worth watching. This movie has the funniest ending ever. I mean if you haven't seen it Youtube "Death Proof ending scene", you won't regret it.
9. Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
I mean this film has everything, crawling out of a grave, a black mamba, eye gouging, and the Exploding-Heart-Technique, its certainly intense and exciting. I don't know why it just doesn't go any higher for me on this list. I think I connect more with the story rather than cool stunts. This film finalizes Beatrix's (Uma Thurman) story, and she finally gets Bill (David Carradine). This film starts with her being buried alive, everyone knows that famous scene where she climbs out using that super cool punch technique she learned from her master. Side note: I don't know where I read this but, I heard Uma had Quentin wrapped around her finger. Somewhere I read that she said he had a foot fetish and that she would wear sandals or something and he was mush. Anyways, it ends with her finding Bill and using the Exploding-Heart-Technique on him, getting her daughter, and her happy ending.
8. Django Unchained (2012)
This film is beautifully shot, and the acting in this is just a spicy meatball. Django (Jamie Foxx) plays a slave who got separated from his wife. A dentist turned bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) seeks out Django and offers his freedom in exchange for his help finding some people Django used to know, dead or alive. Django and Schultz find and kill the marked men. Feeling obligated to Django Schultz offers to help get his wife back Broomhilda (Kerry Washington). The plantation owner of "Candyland" Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) owns Broomhilda and makes it just awful for Django and Schultz to buy her freedom. Side note: DiCaprio is absolutely insane, I mean anyone who is best friends with Tobey Maguire is just not right. In his famous negotiation scene where Candie cuts his hand DiCaprio actually cut his hand and did not break character. I mean his acting is always just the most amazing thing... he plays crazy just a little too good... right? Anyways Django gets captured but don't worry he eventually kills... basically everyone, and saves Broomhilda.
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7. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
This film once again is so so so pretty, I love how much thought goes into every detail of these films. This film staring Uma Thurman starts off really brutal, you just want her to get Bill's ass. Bill basically gets the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad to assassinate his pregnant bride (Uma)... its a strange beginning. She wakes from a coma having survived the attack, she finds that she had been raped throughout her time in a coma, with a worker at the hospital selling her body(don't worry she get their ass too). She wants to start with killing members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad which has since disband. A lot goes on but she ends up having the craziest fight scene at the House of Blue Leaves. Fighting Lucy Lu's character, O-Ren Ishii, a former member, in a beautiful scene in the snow. The bride, Beatrix (Uma), slices the top of her head off, its so sick (not sick like cool, sick like ew). This movie is really amazing and thought out. I just didn't connect with the story as much as I did the next few on the list.
6. Jackie Brown (1997)
This movie is crazy, Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is an awesome character. Jackie, a flight attendant, is working for Ordell (Samuel L. Jackson) transferring money for him from Mexico to the U.S. You find out throughout the story that Ordell kills any of his workers that get caught by authorities. Jackie gets caught soon after, she gets put in jail and Ordell soon catches up to her. He tries to kill her but instead she strikes up a deal with him to pass enough money for his retirement. Little did he know but Jackie was working with the Feds to catch Ordell the whole time. However, she had a plan to take the money and play them both. This movie has twists and turns throughout and is definitely worth a watch. AND.... don't worry she gets the cash... I put a spoiler warning in the title, don't @ me.
5. Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019)
I really really really enjoyed this film and don't know why its so low in other's eyes. I mean look at Leo dancing, come on. This movie begins in 1969, Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) a falling star, is looking for his next big hit film or show. His buddy and also stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), helps Dalton a ton, including driving him around town due to Dalton's DUI. Actress Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) moves in next door to Dalton, and Dalton thinks that getting close to Tate and her husband could help his career. This movie has a fight scene between Booth and Bruce Lee, which is both cool and funny, also Booth ends up meeting the Manson family. This movie is insane, eventually some of the members of the Mansion family decide to go and murder Tate (which actually happen). But, Dalton hears them making noise outside his house and without knowing who they were decides to intrude, telling them to get lost. The family changed their plan and decides to assassinate Dalton instead of Tate. Resulting in a classic Tarantino fight scene. Booth pretty much murders the Manson family and saves the day, and its hilarious. I mean the ending is awesome, at the end Sharon comes out and asks what was going on, to which Dalton explains the situation. I just wish that was the true outcome of the real story. Of course we all know the actual tragic outcome.
4. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
One of my favorite films of all time, Tarantino does not disappoint with this one. The story has everything, but maybe you shouldn't watch it with grandma. The film starts off with Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz), an SS officer, finding and killing a jewish family while in hiding. One of the members of the family get a away, Shosanna (Mélanie Laurent), and goes on to own a small theater. Meanwhile, Lt. Aldo Raine(Brad Pitt) is gathering a group of jewish men called the Bastards. The group was meant to instill fear into enemy soldiers, making there mark by scalping German soldiers. A German solider starring in a new propaganda film takes a liking to Shosanna and has some strings pulled to have the film premiere I her theater. All the heads of the German army will be there, including Hitler, so, Shosanna strikes up a plan to lock them all in and burn down the theater. The bastards strike up a plan as well and go undercover, resulting in them killing Hitler. This film is just pure insanity, if you haven't gotten around to seeing this one you need to.
3. The Hateful Eight (2015)
This movie has that twist ending that I love so much. How is this not in everyones top 3 Tarantino films? The film begins with Major Marquis Warren (Samual L. Jackson) and John Ruth(Kurt Russel), who is handcuffed to Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh). The two men meet out in the snowy woods, Warren asks John Ruth for a ride on his stage coach in order to transport three bodies, his bounty. Ruth is handcuffed to Domergue, his bounty, transporting her to be hung. Ruth and Warren bond over Warrens letter from Abraham Lincoln and promise each other to keep both bounties safe. The group find refuge at Minnie'sHaberdashery and finds a hispanic man working there that claims Minnie is off visiting her mother. This causes Ruth and Warren to grow suspicious right away. Inside they find a group of travelers with different backgrounds. Ruth notices that one of Minnie's Jellybean jars is missing, from then on the movie gets crazy. I mean, it turns out that Minnie hated Hispanic's, and Warren knew it so... well... everyone dies. I'll leave it at that... You got to watch it.
2. Pulp Fiction (1994)
This one is full of those catchy lines that people can't help quoting. The movie involves a bunch of stories that intertwine as the film is told in a strange order. The movie begins with Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta), two hitmen, who arrive at an apparent looking for a briefcase that belongs to their boss, Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). Where the "does he look like a bitch" scene happens. After having retrieved the briefcase they take it to Marsellus, while Marsellus is talking to a boxer, Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis), paying him to throw a match to which Coolidge agrees. Later, Marsellus ask Vega to take out his wife Mia (Uma Thurman), after purchasing some heroine Vega meets up with Mia. They have that really weird twist scene and go back to the apartment where Mia finds Vega's heroine snorts it and overdoses, don't worry Vega saves her. Meanwhile Coolidge does not throw the match but instead bets on himself taking home all the cash. Marsellus sends his henchmen after him resulting in Vega's death. Marsellus goes after Coolidge himself... resulting in Marsellus getting raped... Coolidge saves him and they are square. I mean this movie is just really cool, there's no better word to explain it really. But, really confusing to sum up in one paragraph.
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1. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Oh my gosh, I remember as a teen I had only seen the Kill Bill franchise and was like "why is everyone so obsessed with Tarantino?" Then one day I gave in to another one of his movies and oh wow. This movie is my favorite movie of all time, if you have not gotten around to this you need to... now. The film begins with a group of men who are about to steal some diamonds. To play it safe the group do not disclose their names to one another but instead uses the code names Mr. Brown(Quentin Tarantino), Mr. White(Harvey Keitel), Mr. Blonde(Michael Madsen), Mr. Blue(Edward Bunker), Mr. Orange(Tim Roth), and Mr. Pink(Steve Buscemi). After the heist the men were supposed to meet up at a warehouse. Mr. White and Mr. Orange meet up after Mr. Orange had gotten shot in the stomach. Mr Pink informs Mr. White that he thinks this job was a set up. A lot of the men are missing and White is fighting with whether he should take Mr. Orange to get help or not. Mr. Pink did get the diamonds and had hidden them nearby. The movie goes into the men's history in which you find out that Mr. Orange, actually named Freddy, was a undercover cop, still unknown to the rest of the gang. The gang gets suspicious of Mr. Orange in which Mr. White intervenes and protects him, resulting in a stand off, everyone is shot. Mr. Pink does not want to help Mr. Orange or Mr. White and instead flees with the diamonds. Mr. White, after having been shot, goes to Mr. Orange and holds him... Mr. Orange then confesses that he was the snitch the whole time... AH MY HEART... WHY DID HE HAVE TO PLAY MR. WHITE LIKE THAT MAN... COME ON MAN... Meanwhile Mr. Pink gets caught while the police storm the building. Mr. White is sobbing and holding a gun to Mr. Orange's head... and shoots... the police open fire and the movie ends...