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Quentin Tarantino Cinematic Universe

by beatsavior420 • Created 1 year ago • Modified 3 months ago
Films and TV that are full-fledged inspirations of Tarantino, directly connected, loose look-alikes, and downright dirty doppelgangers.
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  • Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, and Chris Penn in Reservoir Dogs (1992)

    1. Reservoir Dogs

    19921h 39mR81Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsHarvey KeitelTim RothMichael Madsen
  • Brad Pitt, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman, Christian Slater, Dennis Hopper, and Christopher Walken in True Romance (1993)

    2. True Romance

    19931h 59mR59Metascore
    7.9 (254K)
    In Detroit, a pop-culture enthusiast steals cocaine from his new wife's pimp and tries to sell it in Hollywood, prompting the mobsters who own the drugs to pursue the couple.
    DirectorTony ScottStarsChristian SlaterPatricia ArquetteDennis Hopper
  • Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction (1994)

    3. Pulp Fiction

    19942h 34mR95Metascore
    8.8 (2.4M)
    The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. Jackson
  • Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson, Bridget Fonda, Pam Grier, Michael Keaton, and Robert Forster in Jackie Brown (1997)

    4. Jackie Brown

    19972h 34mR62Metascore
    7.5 (393K)
    A flight attendant with a criminal past gets nabbed by the ATF for smuggling. Under pressure to become an informant against the illegal arms dealer she works for, she must find a way to secure her future without getting killed.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsPam GrierSamuel L. JacksonRobert Forster
  • Antonio Banderas, Madonna, Valeria Golino, Tim Roth, Marisa Tomei, and Jennifer Beals in Four Rooms (1995)

    5. Four Rooms

    19951h 38mR
    6.7 (115K)
    Four interlocking tales that take place in a fading hotel on New Year's Eve.
    DirectorsAllison AndersAlexandre RockwellRobert RodriguezStarsTim RothAntonio BanderasSammi Davis
  • Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

    6. Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    20031h 51mR69Metascore
    8.2 (1.3M)
    After waking from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsUma ThurmanDavid CarradineDaryl Hannah
  • Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

    7. Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    20042h 17mR83Metascore
    8.0 (844K)
    The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsUma ThurmanDavid CarradineMichael Madsen
  • Uma Thurman, Vivica A. Fox, David Carradine, Shin'ichi Chiba, Michael Bowen, Julie Dreyfus, and Chiaki Kuriyama in Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006)

    8. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    20064h 7mNot Rated
    8.7 (19K)
    The Bride must kill her ex-boss and lover Bill who betrayed her at her wedding rehearsal, shot her in the head and took away her unborn daughter. But first, she must make the other four members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad suffer.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsUma ThurmanLucy LiuVivica A. Fox
  • Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

    9. Inglourious Basterds

    20092h 33mR69Metascore
    8.4 (1.7M)
    In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli Roth
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained (2012)

    10. Django Unchained

    20122h 45mR81Metascore
    8.5 (1.8M)
    With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJamie FoxxChristoph WaltzLeonardo DiCaprio
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern, Demián Bichir, and Walton Goggins in The Hateful Eight (2015)

    11. The Hateful Eight

    20152h 48mR68Metascore
    7.8 (699K)
    In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsSamuel L. JacksonKurt RussellJennifer Jason Leigh
  • Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Pacino, Quentin Tarantino, Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Damon Herriman, Timothy Olyphant, Harley Quinn Smith, Kansas Bowling, Madisen Beaty, Mike Moh, Josephine Valentina Clark, Sydney Sweeney, Michaela Sprague, Margot Robbie, Kayla Radomski, Ryan Ramirez, Margaret Qualley, and Julia Butters in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

    12. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

    20192h 41mR84Metascore
    7.6 (920K)
    As Hollywood's Golden Age is winding down during the summer of 1969, television actor Rick Dalton and his stunt double Cliff Booth endeavor to achieve lasting success in Hollywood while meeting several colorful characters along the way.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsLeonardo DiCaprioBrad PittMargot Robbie
  • Rose McGowan in Grindhouse (2007)

    13. Grindhouse

    20073h 11mR77Metascore
    7.5 (195K)
    Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's homage to exploitation double features in the '60s and '70s with two back-to-back cult films that include previews of coming attractions between them.
    DirectorsRobert RodriguezEli RothQuentin TarantinoStarsKurt RussellRose McGowanDanny Trejo
  • Death Proof (2007)

    14. Death Proof

    20072h 7mR
    7.0 (327K)
    Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsKurt RussellZoë BellRosario Dawson
  • Rose McGowan in Planet Terror (2007)

    15. Planet Terror

    20071h 45mR
    7.0 (230K)
    After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.
    DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsRose McGowanFreddy RodríguezJosh Brolin
  • George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

    16. From Dusk Till Dawn

    19961h 48mR48Metascore
    7.2 (359K)
    Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
    DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsHarvey KeitelGeorge ClooneyJuliette Lewis
  • Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis in Natural Born Killers (1994)

    17. Natural Born Killers

    19941h 59mR74Metascore
    7.2 (262K)
    Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
    DirectorOliver StoneStarsWoody HarrelsonJuliette LewisO-Lan Jones
  • El Mariachi (1992)

    18. El Mariachi

    19921h 21mR73Metascore
    6.8 (74K)
    A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.
    DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsCarlos GallardoConsuelo GómezJaime de Hoyos
  • Antonio Banderas in Desperado (1995)

    19. Desperado

    19951h 44mR55Metascore
    7.1 (205K)
    Former musician and gunslinger El Mariachi arrives at a small Mexican border town after being away for a long time. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin Bucho and his gang.
    DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsAntonio BanderasSalma HayekJoaquim de Almeida
  • Antonio Banderas, Johnny Depp, and Salma Hayek in Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

    20. Once Upon a Time in Mexico

    20031h 42mR56Metascore
    6.3 (174K)
    Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
    DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsAntonio BanderasSalma HayekJohnny Depp
  • Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Benicio Del Toro, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, and Clive Owen in Sin City (2005)

    21. Sin City

    20052h 4mR74Metascore
    8.0 (811K)
    An exploration of the dark and miserable Basin City and three of its residents, all of whom are caught up in violent corruption.
    DirectorsFrank MillerQuentin TarantinoRobert RodriguezStarsMickey RourkeClive OwenBruce Willis
  • Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Josh Brolin, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Eva Green in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

    22. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

    20141h 42mR46Metascore
    6.5 (176K)
    Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
    DirectorsFrank MillerRobert RodriguezStarsMickey RourkeJessica AlbaJosh Brolin
  • Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, and Michelle Rodriguez in Machete (2010)

    23. Machete

    20101h 45mR60Metascore
    6.6 (208K)
    After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
    DirectorsEthan ManiquisRobert RodriguezStarsDanny TrejoMichelle RodriguezRobert De Niro
  • Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen, Danny Trejo, Sofía Vergara, Demián Bichir, Michelle Rodriguez, Alexa PenaVega, Marko Zaror, Amber Heard, Lady Gaga, and Elle LaMont in Machete Kills (2013)

    24. Machete Kills

    20131h 47mR41Metascore
    5.6 (84K)
    The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space.
    DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsDanny TrejoAlexa PenaVegaMel Gibson
  • My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)

    25. My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure

    20041h 18mR
    4.5 (2.6K)
    When her surrogate father who owns the casino she works in gets murdered, Modesty Blaise takes on those that killed him and are now at the casino to rob it. It turns out she is more than just a modest worker.
    DirectorScott SpiegelStarsAlexandra StadenNikolaj Coster-WaldauRaymond Cruz

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