{"id":6368,"date":"2019-04-17T18:58:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T18:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/?p=6368"},"modified":"2019-04-18T19:32:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T19:32:04","slug":"every-quentin-tarantino-movie-ranked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/every-quentin-tarantino-movie-ranked\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Quentin Tarantino Movie, Ranked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quentin Tarantino is a brand unto himself, one of the very few Hollywood directors who can open a movie simply because his name is attached to it.<\/p>\n<p>While his output is not as prolific as other directors at his level, his track record in terms of quality-over-quantity is virtually unmatched in the industry. Seriously &#8212; the guy has never made a truly bad movie. As his masterpiece\u00a0<em>Kill Bill: Vol 2<\/em> turned 15 years old this week, we&#8217;re celebrating that milestone by doing the rank and file thing on every QT movie.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>9. \u2018Death Proof\u2019 (2007)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QABR2sE0jXc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second of two movies comprising Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grindhouse <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">experiment, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Death Proof<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the better-directed entry as Tarantino delivers his nod to B-movies like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vanishing Point<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. No one loves the sound of Tarantino\u2019s dialogue more than he does, and watching him over-indulge with it to the point where he feels drunk on it hurts <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Death Proof<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s pacing more than it helps it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first half of the movie sets up one of the best villains the filmmaker has ever created, the homicidal Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell). The second half pits him against a trio of very badass ladies that end up turning the tables on their stalker. Russell steals the movie with a performance unlike any he has ever given before, and the third act is a near-constant car chase that ranks up there with <em>Mad Max:\u00a0<\/em><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fury Road<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>8. \u2018The Hateful Eight\u2019 (2015)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/69UwVX6Riv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The marketing for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hateful Eight<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> made a huge deal about how Tarantino shot the film in 70mm VistaVision &#8212; even though most of the three-hour movie takes place indoors. The confined location fails to deliver the visual splendor the film format deserves, while the \u201cMean-with-a-capital-M\u201d characters constantly hit the same one or two angry notes to the point where their antics, while well-written, dull viewers into wishing the movie would just get on with it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eight<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s caustic characters and bloated plotting keep the audience at arm\u2019s length; this is the first Tarantino movie where it feels like the filmmaker\u2019s reach fell short of his grasp.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>7. \u2018Inglourious Basterds\u2019 (2009)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/InglouriousBasterds.jpg\" width=\"1080\" height=\"675\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Credit: Universal)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basterds<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a revisionist WWII epic that plays fast and loose with the war and Hitler\u2019s fate as it tells the story of a group of commandos led by Brad Pitt on a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dirty Dozen<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-style mission to score Nazi scalps and win the war. While audiences loved the film judging by its box office success, its revisionist take on history doesn\u2019t quite hold up on subsequent viewings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does hold up, however, is Christoph Waltz\u2019s Oscar-winning turn as the methodical Nazi Hans Landa. (This would be the first of two pairings between Waltz and Tarantino that would net the actor a Best Supporting Actor Oscar; the second was <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Django Unchained<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>6. \u2018Reservoir Dogs\u2019 (1992)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vayksn4Y93A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAre you gonna bark all day, little doggy, or are you gonna bite?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Blonde\u2019s chilling line is just one of many quotable bits of dialogue from Tarantino\u2019s first feature film, a lean, time-jumping caper centered on a professional crew of thieves coming undone in the wake of a heist gone wrong. Few directors pull off as complete and accomplished a first feature as Tarantino does here; the low-budget production\u2019s rough edges are part of its charm. The memorable characters, from Mr. Pink to Blonde, drive the narrative to its bloody, hail-of-bullets conclusion. There\u2019s a reason why the film\u2019s poster adorns many a college dorm room wall &#8212; it\u2019s the least fans can do to celebrate one of the \u201890s best movies. And few people who have watched this movie have ever listened to Stealers Wheel&#8217;s &#8216;Stuck in the Middle With You&#8217; the same way again.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>4. &amp; 5. \u2018Kill Bill: Vol. 1 &amp; 2\u2019 (2003 &#8211; 2004) &#8211; TIED<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GKjr3kKK0-k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kill Bill<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was one of the first \u201cevent movies\u201d of the early 2000s; the iconic trailer\u2019s use of the tune <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Battle Without Honor or Humanity\u201d instantly carved a spot for itself in pop culture. The epic, bloody affair, released in two parts, served as QT\u2019s most commercial vehicle at the time as it blended his love for revenge tales with his passion for Shaw Brothers martial arts movies. The resulting two movies feature some of the filmmaker\u2019s best dialogue, characters, and camera work. While Tarantino\u2019s usual tendency to pay homage to other filmmakers veers into outright Xeroxing a few shots from notable films at times, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kill Bill <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is pure Tarantino. The result is that watching the two films is like mainlining his and the Shaw Brothers\u2019 greatest hits simultaneously. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>3. \u2018Jackie Brown\u2019 (1997)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J9Bd4ShuEAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tarantino\u2019s first (and, so far, only) adaptation is arguably his most underrated film. The Oscar-winner turns Elmore Leonard\u2019s crime novel <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rum Punch<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into a dense, slow-burn \u201ccrime doesn\u2019t pay\u201d drama with its roots firmly indebted to the \u201870s exploitation films, in which star Pam Grier made a name for herself. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tarantino has had a knack for resurrecting the careers of actors and finding hidden gems. Pam Grier got to headline a gritty film once again as the titular character. The impressive ensemble also includes Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forrester, Robert De Niro, and Michael Keaton, with each actor delivering career best-level work. Tarantino\u2019s dialogue and Leonard\u2019s stable of quirky mid-level criminals are perfect for each other, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jackie Brown<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a near-perfect movie.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>2. \u2018Django Unchained\u2019 (2012)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eUdM9vrCbow?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This revisionist Western embraces the genre\u2019s tropes while simultaneously flipping them on their head as Tarantino crafts a bloody, anamorphic love letter to Sergio Leone and the late \u201860s\/early \u201970s run of gunslinging guilty pleasures. The tightly-structured script clicks into place like safe tumblers, as Jamie Foxx\u2019s Django carves a bloody (and chatty) path of violence en route to save the love of his life from some very bad men. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As good as Christoph Waltz\u2019s Oscar-winning performance is as the affluent German bounty hunter working with Django, Leonardo DiCaprio was robbed of an Oscar (and a nomination) for his frightening, scene-stealing turn as the villainous slave owner Calvin Candie.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. \u2018Pulp Fiction\u2019 (1994)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s7EdQ4FqbhY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The impact of Tarantino\u2019s landmark film is still felt today, with its needle drops and clever, self-referential dialogue helping form a new cinema language that was often imitated (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two Days In the Valley<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) but never matched or surpassed. Tarantino winning the Best Original Screenplay Oscar &#8212; but losing Best Picture to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forrest Gump<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8212; is still one of the great mistakes the Academy wishes they could take back. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quentin Tarantino is a brand unto himself, one of the very few Hollywood directors who can open a movie simply because his name is attached to it. While his output is not as prolific as other directors at his level, his track record in terms of quality-over-quantity is virtually unmatched in the industry. 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