The Quentin Tarantino Connection
A list of over 500 (in the works) essential movies you have to watch to be able to carry out a conversation with Quentin Tarantino.
Sources include: References in QT's own movies, Tarantino: The Man, the Myths and His Movies, tarantinoarchives.com, myboringasslife.com, QT's annual Top 11 lists, various lists & interviews from magazines, QT's Top 20 Grindhouse, QT's Top 20 Spaghetti Westerns, his commentary on Hot Fuzz, documentaries Double Dare & Not Quite Hollywood, and programs from the QT Fests in Austin, TX. Use http://www.tarantinoarchives.com to look up movies and find out why they are on the list.
These aren't necessarily his favorite movies. There is a chance of error so let me know if I made a mistake in the comments.
Sources include: References in QT's own movies, Tarantino: The Man, the Myths and His Movies, tarantinoarchives.com, myboringasslife.com, QT's annual Top 11 lists, various lists & interviews from magazines, QT's Top 20 Grindhouse, QT's Top 20 Spaghetti Westerns, his commentary on Hot Fuzz, documentaries Double Dare & Not Quite Hollywood, and programs from the QT Fests in Austin, TX. Use http://www.tarantinoarchives.com to look up movies and find out why they are on the list.
These aren't necessarily his favorite movies. There is a chance of error so let me know if I made a mistake in the comments.
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- DirectorAram AvakianStarsCandice BergenCharles GrodinJames MasonIndependent diamond broker Howard Chesser and his girlfriend Maren Shirell attempt a heist at a major Diamond Exchange house in London.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsGlenn FordVan HeflinFelicia FarrBroke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him.
- DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsChia-Hui LiuLo LiehYue WongA school student who conspires with his teacher and others to overthrow the Qing Dynasty sees his family slaughtered at the hands of his enemies. He joins the Shaolin Temple and rigorously studies martial arts to avenge his beloved ones.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsSheng ChiangChien SunPhillip Chung-Fung KwokThe sixth and final disciple of a dying martial arts master is instructed to find the master's five former disciples, each specializing in their own unique kung fu style, and defeat any evil ones amongst them.
- DirectorsCheh ChangHsueh-Li PaoWu MaStarsDavid ChiangLung TiChen Kuan-TaiSometime during the Song Dynasty, a band of martial artists form a private army to fight corruption. After trying to recruit two wealthy kung fu masters, one is arrested and sentenced to death, and the other seeks their help for a rescue.a.k.a. 7 Blows of the Dragon
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnouk AiméeClaudia CardinaleA harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.Mentioned during El Rey's "The Director's Chair"
- DirectorsCharles BartonWalter LantzStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloLon Chaney Jr.The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloMarie WindsorTwo bumbling Americans stumble on the discovery of a lifetime when their search for a mummy leads them to a sacred medallion that holds the key to buried treasure.
- DirectorGiuseppe ColizziStarsTerence HillBud SpencerEli WallachA Greek bandit forms an unlikely alliance with two bounty hunters and an acrobat to take his revenge on the people who framed him.
- DirectorGiorgio SteganiStarsGiuliano GemmaIda GalliRoberto CamardielA cowboy attempts to clear his name by hunting the rustlers who tricked him into buying stolen cattle, and are also responsible for the rape of a young woman he is helping recuperate.
- DirectorsJames AlgarClyde GeronimiJack KinneyStarsBing CrosbyBasil RathboneEric BloreAn animated adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" followed by an adaptation of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".Only Mr. Toad was mentioned.
- DirectorsJohn EnglishWilliam WitneyStarsDon 'Red' BarryNoah BeeryTommy CookA local politician subjects the country to a reign of terror in order to secure the right of way for a contemplated railroad. Red Ryder is on hand to see that justice prevails.
- DirectorJoey SolowayStarsKathryn HahnLink RuizCesar GarciaRachel tries to spice up her marriage with a trip to a strip club. She befriends McKenna, who gave her a lapdance. McKenna moves in with Rachel's family and becomes a nanny for the son.Best (so far) of 2013
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsJohn GarfieldJohn RidgelyGig YoungThe crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
- DirectorJohn WayneStarsJohn WayneRichard WidmarkLaurence HarveyIn 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.score is used Django Unchained
says he hasn’t seen movie and knew the score from kung fu movies – Fresh Air 8/27/09 - DirectorShunji IwaiStarsHayato IchiharaShûgo OshinariAyumi ItoThe problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou-Chou's dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society.
- DirectorJoseph AnthonyStarsDean MartinShirley MacLaineCliff RobertsonTony Ryder takes over his dead uncle's media empire while trying to keep quiet the mysterious circumstances of his death in a Palm Beach hotel room.
- DirectorLewis TeagueStarsRobert ForsterRobin RikerMichael V. GazzoA pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu.
- DirectorsPaolo TavianiVittorio TavianiStarsMarcello MastroianniLea MassariMimsy FarmerA anarchist leader (Fulvio) wishes to retire, as he is old and tired. He tries to hide himself, but his friends find him and insist he carries on helping them.
- DirectorsHélène CattetBruno ForzaniStarsCassandra ForêtCharlotte Eugène GuibeaudMarie BosAs a young girl Ana was a rebellious child. She was also tormented by images of death and a shadowy, ominous figure in black. Now an adult, she is once again tormented by shadowy, other-worldly forms.
- DirectorDavid MichôdStarsJames FrechevilleGuy PearceJoel EdgertonA seventeen-year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenJason BiggsChristina RicciJerry Falk learns a lesson the hard way when he falls in love with the beautiful but flighty Amanda.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
- DirectorWolfgang ReithermanStarsPhil HarrisEva GaborSterling HollowayWith the help of a smooth talking tomcat, a family of Parisian felines set to inherit a fortune from their owner try to make it back home after a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsAnthony SteffenMarcella MichelangeliAldo SambrellFamed gunman Arizona Colt is sent by Moreno to rescue his daughter from the grips of Arizona's old enemy, Keane. But certain complications make the mission far more dangerous than expected.
