# Of Tarantino's 9 films which do you believe is the best? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 22, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496 "2023-03-22T15:16:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/1 "2023-03-22T15:16:55Z")
I am a big Tarantino fan. He has always indicated that we would only direct 10 feature films. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/1))_ He has completed the writing of what is believed to be his 10th feature film, _The Movie Critic_. It is supposedly intended to tie together the universe within which all of his other films are set. It supposedly centers around a female movie critic protagonist. He is also planning a Vol. 3 to the Kill Bill saga. He has said that he is purposefully waiting for the actors to age. Here’s how I would rank his current completed films. The Hateful Eight Pulp Fiction The Inglorious Bastards Reservoir Dogs Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Kill Bill Django Unchained Jackie Brown Death Proof ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/2 "2023-03-22T15:18:53Z")
I’ve only seen two, but still voted. For Pulp Fiction. I thought it was great. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/3 "2023-03-22T15:20:26Z")
PF is probably the best, but I voted for my favorite, Reservoir Dogs. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/4 "2023-03-22T15:20:26Z")
I’ve seen every one and without hesitation I vote for Pulp Fiction. A perfect film. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/5 "2023-03-22T15:20:38Z")
Big Brad Pitt guy here, gotta go with Once Upon a Time… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/6 "2023-03-22T15:22:08Z")
I love everything he’s done, but I’d put Pulp Fiction number one, with a four way tie for number two (Hateful Eight, Jackie Brown, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill). ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/7 "2023-03-22T15:47:01Z")
To each their own, here are my rankings (feature films or parts of, not screenplay only, as I might rank True Romance above a lot of these): 1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2. Kill Bill Vol. 2 3. Inglourious Basterds 4. Jackie Brown 5. Kill Bill Vol. 1 6. Death Proof 7. Reservoir Dogs 8. Pulp Fiction 9. Django Unchained 10. The Hateful Eight 11. The Man from Hollywood (I included his part of _Four Rooms_ as it was a quarter of the movie, but not _Sin City_ as he only directed one scene.) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/8 "2023-03-22T15:50:21Z")
I haven’t seen any of his movies since Kill Bill v2, which I really really liked. _Death Proof_ was awful. _Pulp Fiction_ was a lot of fun. I saw _Reservoir Dogs_ in the theater and it blew me away, but on second watching, I had to leave the room during the ear scene, and I never came back to the movie nor do I plan to. KBV1 was too bloody for my tastes–I know it was cartoonish, but it left me feeling gross. So for me it’s KBV2, no question. But they’re bundled together in the voting, because Tarantino is a snooty auteur who thinks a single movie can be released in two parts. So I ain’t voting. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/9 "2023-03-22T15:50:48Z")
If this man had only one chance to make a mark on our culture, Pulp Fiction was it. There isn’t another objective option. Now personal preference is totally different, and that’s what the OP asked for. Still, ‘Jackie Brown’ out of those 9? Maybe that’s the only one of the 9 he/she saw. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/10 "2023-03-22T16:00:06Z")
I like all his movies, and it’s pretty hard for me to choose one over and above all the others. If cornered into a decision, I guess I would pick Pulp Fiction. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/11 "2023-03-22T16:03:31Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > _Death Proof_ was awful. I missed the film in the theaters, but I’ve seen clips on youtube. Yes, I know - I was lacking context by not seeing the entire film. But, I gotta say, it’s a failure of the film when you start rooting for the bad guy. Those women in the Challenger were motherfucking annoying, motherfuckers! Also, you could tell it was a QT film, because every third word was motherfucker, and you couldn’t understand the other two. As for the OP, I voted for the poorly spelled Inglourious Basterds over Pulp Fiction, because I thought the tension of several scenes was through the roof, such as the opening scene and the card game in the ratcellar. PF is good, but it is marred by QT trying to act black. Cut that out and it improves immensely. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/12 "2023-03-22T16:05:57Z")
I saw _Pulp Fiction_ four times on the big screen during its initial run. I wasn’t being an obsessive fan, I just kept going with friends who hadn’t seen it yet. By a year later, its magic had kind of worn off. I think it’s still a great film, but it reeeeaalllly drags in the middle section once you know where it’s going. And the casual racism stopped seeming so edgy and just began grating (the fact that he wrote _himself_ a character who could use the phrase “dead [n-word] storage” never sat well with me). There’s brilliant stuff in it, but there are a plethora of reasons it’s low on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/13 "2023-03-22T16:06:33Z")
Here’s the Rotten Tomatoes rankings. I’m surprised that _Once Upon a Time_ only got 70% with viewers. Why didn’t people like it? 92/96 Pulp Fiction 90/94 Reservoir Dogs 87/92 Django Unchained 89/88 Inglourious Basterds 84/89 Kill Bill Vol. 2 87/85 Jackie Brown 85/81 Kill Bill Vol. 1 85/70 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 74/77 The Hateful Eight 66/71 Death Proof ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/14 "2023-03-22T16:12:16Z")
I seem to have liked **The Hateful Eight** way more than average. I would probably put it 3rd. I agree with the top 2 and have little use for **Django Unchained** which was barely watchable to me. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/15 "2023-03-22T16:18:45Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Tarantino is a snooty auteur If he were not, this thread wouldn’t exist. > [@Sitnam](#): > > Still, ‘Jackie Brown’ out of those 9? Maybe that’s the only one of the 9 he/she saw. I rate **Jackie Brown** highly due to the existance of **Rum Punch** , Elmore Leonard’s novel on which Jackie is based. It is one of Leonard’s best (and that’s really saying something). If Rum Punch did not exist, I’d rate Jackie lower. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/16 "2023-03-22T16:19:04Z")
I didn’t note. It simply isn’t possible for me to pick one. Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, and Reservoir Dogs are all outstanding. I like Pulp Fiction, but not as much as the ones I just listed. I guess if I _have_ to pick, it goes to Inglourious Basterds. So I guess I’ll go vote. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/17 "2023-03-22T16:20:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > > [@Sitnam](#): > > > > Still, ‘Jackie Brown’ out of those 9? Maybe that’s the only one of the 9 he/she saw. > > I rate **Jackie Brown** highly due to the existance of **Rum Punch** , Elmore Leonard’s novel on which Jackie is based. It is one of Leonard’s best (and that’s really saying something). If Rum Punch did not exist, I’d rate Jackie lower. Huh, never heard of it. May check it out. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/18 "2023-03-22T16:20:56Z")
Inglorius Bastereds by a mile. Fun, funny, thrilling. Great villain. It’s an amazing movie. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/19 "2023-03-22T16:31:13Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I’m surprised that _Once Upon a Time_ only got 70% with viewers. Why didn’t people like it? To be fair, I didn’t even want to see it. I’m not sure where the line is, or why, but to me there is a difference in revisionist history movies like Inglourious Basterds versus OUATIH. Maybe because Hitler was hated by everyone, and a long time ago, and we all would have been happy if he burned to death, but Jay Sebring is recent enough to be remembered, and it seems gratuitous to use him and Tate as props in a movie that serves…what purpose exactly? QT’s personal fetishes? Hollywood Oscar bait? Nope, not for me. (I never saw Kill Bill, because I’m not a fan of the movies QT is homaging, but I don’t have any problem with it, it’s just nothing I care to see.) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496/20 "2023-03-22T16:31:43Z")
I haven’t seen Death Proof. The only one I didn’t like was the second Kill Bill. Tough choice but I went with Django. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-tarantinos-9-films-which-do-you-believe-is-the-best/981496.md?page=2)