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Lists about the fast talking, foot worshiping visionary behind Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and other quotable favorite films.

Film Trivia

Quentin Tarantino is something of a moviemaking genius. The guy got into the business simply because he loved movies and wanted to make his own - his way. He&#39;s certainly done that over the years. Since directing his&nbsp;first film,&nbsp;Reservoir Dogs, in 1992, he&#39;s consistently released one hit after another. The man knows movies, and he&#39;s proven himself time and time again.

Whether you&#39;re a fan of just one of his flicks or all of them, odds are you know a lot about Tarantino&#39;s movies. Most of his fans have rewatched their favorites time and time again, but everybody misses something. There&#39;s a good chance there are details found in Tarantino movies you may have missed. This list features some of the more fascinating aspects of Tarantino movies from&nbsp;Reservoir Dogs&nbsp;to&nbsp;Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. Don&#39;t forget to vote up the most interesting facts in the bunch.

Easter Eggs

We&rsquo;re all familiar with the ludicrously interconnected universe of Quentin Tarantino. If you&rsquo;re not, then <a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/17/the-intricate-expansive-universe-of-quentin-tarantino" target="_blank">read up</a>, because today we&rsquo;re not scouring through theories about <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/actors-in-the-most-quentin-tarantino-movies/ranker-film" target="_blank">Vincent Vega</a>&rsquo;s brother&rsquo;s uncle or just what the heck&nbsp;was in that briefcase. We&rsquo;re taking a look at some of the coolest and most obscure Tarantino film Easter eggs, secrets, references, plot continuities, and bits of trivia we could find.

From hinting at character betrayals with soap bottle placement in Reservoir Dogs to sneaking the audience an explicit message on the bottom of The Bride&rsquo;s Pumas in <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/kill-bill-behind-the-scenes/mike-mcgranaghan" target="_blank">Kill Bill</a>, Tarantino has clearly mastered the art of subtlety and doesn&rsquo;t even come close to stopping there. Quentin built his entire career on knowing movies better than most any other filmmaker in Hollywood, and the references and homages are abundant in his films if you know what you&rsquo;re looking for. Even Django Unchained itself was a blatant homage to the original &lsquo;60s western Django -&nbsp;and that one&rsquo;s just right there in the name.

Without further adieu, here&rsquo;s our list of the best Easter eggs from <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/ranking-quentin-tarantino-movies" target="_blank">Tarantino films</a>. Make sure you cast your vote for your favorite hidden gems and Easter eggs on the list, and let&#39;s get to the bottom of that briefcase business in the comments section.

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Django Unchained

List of the best Quentin Tarantino movies, ranked by fans and casual critics like you. This list includes all films written or directed by Quentin Tarantino, from those box office smash hits that are marketed on his name alone to those collaborations you didn&#39;t even know he was part of. What are the best Tarantino movies? It&#39;s time to vote!

Quentin Tarantino (not &quot;Taratino&quot; or &quot;Quinten Tarentino&quot; - it&#39;s a very hard name to spell) is one of the most notable auteur filmmakers in Hollywood. His films are often violent and rich with visual detail - the best Tarantino films can even be hard to watch, due to the violence depicted in them, but classics like Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs are must-sees for any film fan.

Vote up your favorite Tarantino movies to move them to the top of the list, or vote them down if you think they were among his most lackluster efforts.

You might also like this list of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-quentin-tarantino-characters/ranker-film" target="_blank">The Best Quentin Tarantino Characters</a>.

Quentin Tarantino is famous for his smart, rapid-fire dialogue in movies like&nbsp;Pulp Fiction,&nbsp;Reservoir Dogs, and Django Unchained. But even the best sometimes repeat themselves, and Tarantino has a few phrases he&#39;s been known to go back to time and time again. Below are the best lines Tarantino can&#39;t stop putting in his scripts.

A non-linear narrative, a heist that&#39;s never shown on screen, a rookie filmmaker with an inclination to break every cinematic rule in the book, and graphic use of cruelty&nbsp;juxtaposed with sugary pop hits:&nbsp;Reservoir Dogs could have easily turned into&nbsp;a total debacle. The public might&nbsp;have brushed it off as yet another small-budget film that placed style over substance, destined to ultimately disappear into the endless abyss of movies that failed to leave a lasting impression. Even famed film critic&nbsp;<a href="https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/reservoir-dogs-1992" target="_blank">Roger Ebert</a> thought it was&nbsp;so-so.

But a change was brewing&nbsp;in the early &#39;90s, an independent film movement that knocked down postmodern sensibilities -&nbsp;one that didn&#39;t cater to traditional storytelling or its restrictions. This evolution was led in large part by a video store clerk with neither a film school degree&nbsp;nor much experience behind a movie camera.

In 1994, Quentin Tarantino forever changed the landscape of cinema and independent film with Pulp Fiction; however, he only received money and big stars for that movie because of the artistic merit of Reservoir Dogs. Nothing about Reservoir Dogs is traditional, from the script and&nbsp;production&nbsp;to&nbsp;the dozens of disgusted people who left the theater during what has become one of the most recognized and parodied scenes in cinema history. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at the cult classic, a film many consider to be one of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movies-of-all-time" target="_blank">the best movies</a>&nbsp;ever made.

The making of Kill Bill was not easy. <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/ranking-quentin-tarantino-movies" target="_blank">Quentin Tarantino&#39;s</a> two-part epic was influenced by the Asian martial arts films he loves. That meant staging intense action sequences with complex stunts and fierce fighting moves that would dazzle audiences. The filmmaker&#39;s well-known admiration for genre movies meant that everything in his own had to be perfect. To that end, he hired a superb cast, led by Uma Thurman and including David Carradine, Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox, and Michael Madsen. Behind the camera, he brought in Yuen Woo-ping, the revered Hong Kong martial arts choreographer,&nbsp;to help execute the fight scenes. Tarantino meant business.&nbsp;

Several notable&nbsp;Kill Bill behind-the-scenes stories&nbsp;illuminate the dedication that went into the production of both volumes. There was plenty of drama, such as a near-fatal car accident involving Thurman and a shouting match between Tarantino and Fox. There are also happier stories, in which cast and crew went the extra mile to guarantee they would deliver something truly special to moviegoers. Tarantino spared no expense in making his tale feel like a modern-day version of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-martial-art-movies/all-genre-movies-lists" target="_blank">martial arts</a> pictures he was paying homage to.

Regardless of whether you prefer Vol. 1 or Vol. 2 -&nbsp;or love both equally - the&nbsp;following Kill Bill movie secrets will enhance your appreciation for &quot;the whole bloody affair.&quot;&nbsp;

Unsurprisingly, the briefcase in Pulp Fiction&nbsp;has inspired plenty of theories. Even when Quentin Tarantino&#39;s films&nbsp;aren&#39;t as successful commercially, they still inspire countless essays and examinations. His unique storytelling technique and the way&nbsp;he leaves certain mysteries unanswered have also led to all kinds of speculation and <a href="/list/quentin-tarantino-movies-fan-theories/anncasano" target="_blank">fan theories</a> from viewers. And Pulp Fiction, among his most complex and convoluted films,&nbsp;may reign supreme when it comes to <a href="/list/90s-movies-fan-theories/mariel-loveland" target="_blank">&#39;90s movies fan theories</a>.

There are several unexpected developments throughout the film, but the biggest lingering&nbsp;question involves the contents of the film&#39;s MacGuffin:&nbsp;the briefcase. So what was in the case in Pulp Fiction?&nbsp;It&#39;s a mystery that&#39;s never explained in the movie, and its cryptic nature has led some fans down a seemingly bottomless rabbit hole to find answers.&nbsp;

Some of the most&nbsp;bizarre (but equally well-thought-out) explanations&nbsp;should provide fans with at least an inkling of what might be glowing in Marsellus Wallace&#39;s coveted briefcase. When you&#39;re done obsessing over the theories, make sure to also check out our list of more great <a href="/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-pulp-fiction/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows and movies like Pulp Fiction!</a>

Imagine it’s the 1980s and you’re working in a video store. You’re not just a movie fanatic, but a true student of cinema. You write a script that gets made into a movie directed by Tony Scott called True Romance, and have the wherewithal to link one of the characters in that script (Alabama) with a character from another script you have, &nbsp;Reservoir Dogs (Mr. White). You also lay out plans for the next script, and the script after that, and even work out connections for five scripts down the line. You plan to expertly intertwine characters and create alternate universes where these characters exist. Then you have to sit, wait, and hope someone notices your elaborate plans. Welcome to the world of Quentin Tarantino.&nbsp;Fan theories about Tarantino's films are all over the internet. Such theories begin with the (<a href="http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/29265/1/quentin-tarantino-confirms-that-all-his-films-are-connected" target="_blank">now confirmed</a>) interconnected universe idea and expand from there.&nbsp;Not all these theories have been proven, and some are pretty far fetched, such as one claiming Bill from Kill Bill survived the five-point-palm-exploding-heart technique. Regardless of whether a theory proves true, perusing these wildly imaginative works of fan fiction is a bloody good time for Tarantino fans, film buffs, and casual moviegoers alike.&nbsp;

Funny

When watching a film by <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/ranking-quentin-tarantino-movies" target="_blank">Quentin Tarantino</a>&nbsp;you know you&#39;re in for action, a really gory fight scene, and most likely a woman&#39;s bare feet. (Sorry we don&#39;t make the rules;&nbsp;it&#39;s <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/quentin-tarantino-movies-fan-theories/anncasano" target="_blank">Tarantino&#39;s universe</a> and we&#39;re just living in it.) His signature style&nbsp;has separated the famed director from his peers&nbsp;and turned his movies into cult classics. Along with his bloodied fight sequences, he also packs on really dark humor - and we love every gut-wrenching minute of it. These are the funniest Tarantino memes we could find. Some might even give him a run for his money.&nbsp;

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is Quentin Tarantino&#39;s love letter to old Hollywood, and as with all his movies, he puts an extraordinary amount of thought behind each shot and scene. Film fanatics have gone over the Los Angeles period piece with a fine-tooth comb and have discovered a handful of details that might have been missed on the first (or even second) viewing. Vote up the tiny details that pack the most punch.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Jimmie Dimmick

There's not a filmmaker alive quite like Quentin Tarantino. His movies&nbsp;are packed with a flourish and flair that's unlike any other artist in the business. He doesn't make that many films, but the ones he does are packed with witty dialog, insane action set pieces, and an overall sense of glee. One of the best elements about his films are the characters, who&nbsp;feel so life-like and fleshed out. And not&nbsp;just the&nbsp;main characters, either -&nbsp;Tarantino&nbsp;bit players are every bit as important to the story and have just as much depth of character.&nbsp;It doesn't matter if a character is a lead or only in the film&nbsp;for a few lines. Everyone matters. In fact, those who play small roles in Tarantino movies&nbsp;often provide the audience or main characters with crucial information or motivation.&nbsp;This list highlights all the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-film-actors-and-actresses-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">actors and actresses</a> with small roles in Tarantino films and why they make their respective movies practically masterpieces. Vote up your choice for the best bit players in Tarantino films, even though it might be hard to choose between them.

Fan Theories

When Quentin Tarantino&#39;s&nbsp;neo-noir crime pic&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/quentin-tarantino-films-small-but-poignant-details/jgu" target="_blank">Pulp Fiction</a>&nbsp;first debuted in 1994, it was a sensation that changed the landscape of filmmaking. Since its release, film fans have studied and&nbsp;speculated over the feature film, creating fan theories about the characters, the plot, and the mysterious <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/pulp-fiction-briefcase-theories/nathan-gibson" target="_blank">briefcase</a>. Here are a few fan theories to give&nbsp;Pulp Fiction&nbsp;fans a reason to pause and perhaps even say, &quot;Correctamundo!&quot;&nbsp;

Quentin Tarantino doesn&rsquo;t make movies with pat happy endings. The writer/director&rsquo;s movies are about revenge, crime, robberies gone wrong, atonement, and characters that are neither good nor bad, but exist in a shady area of gray that makes everyone around them feel just a bit uncomfortable. Yes, Tarantino&rsquo;s films are unapologetically violent and gory, sometimes to the point where you&rsquo;ll want or need to turn your head away. These are the most violent scenes in Tarantino movies.

The auteur&rsquo;s use of blending violence with humor is a trademark in all of his films.&nbsp;He told <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pulp-fiction-quentin-tarantino-hit-changed-movie-making-in-hollywood/" target="_blank">CBS News</a> in 2009, &ldquo;I specialize in making you laugh at things that aren&#39;t normally funny. John Travolta turns to the guy in the backseat of the car and accidentally blows his head off. And that is a funny sight gag.&quot;

The total list of deaths in Quentin Tarantino movies is hard to track. In 2013,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/02/quentin-tarantino-deaths-movies" target="_blank">Vanity Fair</a>&nbsp;attempted to work out the body count of the&nbsp;eight films that Tarantino had&nbsp;directed to date. They&nbsp;estimated that 560 people meet their doom on-screen. That number of course has a giant asterisk next to it. Who knows how many people actually perished in the theater fire in Inglorious Basterds, the number who fell&nbsp;during the shootout in Django Unchained, or how many ninjas The Bride really offed in Kill Bill.&nbsp;

One thing is for certain, death in Quentin Tarantino movies is inevitable. It even comes to your favorite characters. No one is safe from the bloodbath. What are the most violent scenes in Tarantino movies? That&rsquo;s for you to decide. Vote up what you think are the most gory and disturbing scenes of the director&#39;s canon.

Quentin Tarantino&#39;s films are all related by events, character associations, or branding from movie to movie. <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/memorable-oscar-moments/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">The most memorable</a> of the three being the characters. Because he writes and directs his own movies, Tarantino has the ability to create excellent characters that transcend the films that&nbsp;they are in and burn their place into pop culture. From their cool dialogue and names to their meticulously curated&nbsp;look, we are ranking the best Quentin Tarantino characters across&nbsp;all of his films, from Reservoir Dogs to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Who could forget such characters as Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction&nbsp;or Beatrix Kiddo from&nbsp;Kill Bill? You&#39;ll even find Tarantino, himself, on this list in the role of Mr. Brown. But which character in the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/quentin-tarantino-movies-fan-theories/anncasano?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Quentin Tarantino universe</a>&nbsp;is the best? You get to help decide using your votes.

Vote up your favorite characters from Tarantino&#39;s movies&nbsp;to get them closer to&nbsp;the top of the list.

Since the early 1990s, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/ranking-quentin-tarantino-movies" target="_blank">Quentin Tarantino</a> has made some of the most critically-acclaimed, stylized, and&nbsp;violent films of all time. A two-time <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-oscar-winners-for-writing-original-screenplay/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Best Original Screenplay</a> Academy Award winner for&nbsp;Pulp Fiction&nbsp;and&nbsp;Django Unchained, his talents as&nbsp;a storyteller are matched by few. One of his greatest skills is his use of foreshadowing, which plays a major role in nearly all of his films. Sometimes it&#39;s <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/quentin-tarantino-films-small-but-poignant-details/jgu" target="_blank">hidden and easy to miss</a>, like in&nbsp;Pulp Fiction, where Jules can be heard laying the groundwork for his retirement in the background of the opening diner scene. Other times it&#39;s part of the set design. In&nbsp;Reservoir Dogs, a painting of &quot;St. Sebastian of Vienna&quot;&nbsp;represents the fate of Marvin the police officer. There are even moments when foreshadowing comes in the form of a sight gag, like when Django&nbsp;takes some target practice on a snowman&#39;s sensitive area in&nbsp;Django Unchained.

If you love his work&nbsp;and want to get clued into some of the little details that make it so&nbsp;great, check out this list of genius foreshadowing moments in Quentin Tarantino&#39;s films.

1960s

With fighting in Vietnam, millions of people demanding love and peace, and one giant leap for mankind, 1969 was a very busy year. It was also an important one for Charles Manson, who spent the previous several years gathering a motley group of impressionable young people he called his &quot;Family.&quot; Manson&rsquo;s charisma and strange Hollywood connections helped draw people to him, and Manson filled the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/manson-family-rules/michelle-nati" target="_blank">Manson Family</a> with beliefs about a coming race conflict and his identity as the real Jesus Christ.

No stranger to depicting aggression, Quentin Tarantino adds the Manson story to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/ranking-quentin-tarantino-movies" target="_blank">his film output</a> with the summer 2019 movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. While not much is known about the plot aside from Manson&rsquo;s inclusion, a multitude of important events which happened that year might show up as well. Does <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/leonardo-dicaprio-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Leonardo DiCaprio</a> attend Woodstock? Will Margot Robbie be shown watching the very first episode of Sesame Street? Considering Tarantino&rsquo;s love of obscure pop culture and the conflict and frustration in 1969, some great historic landmarks could be included.

Quentin Tarantino is one of the best writers and film-makers in Hollywood today. He is known for creating violent films with interesting story lines, engaging dialogue, and iconic characters. Many of the best actors in the world have worked with Tarantino on multiple occasions. This list of actors in the most <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/quentin-tarantino-easter-eggs/zacharyjamesniblick?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Quentin Tarantino movies</a> has been ranked by number of appearances, then loosely ranked by fame.&nbsp;Who is the actor who has worked with Quentin Tarantino the most? Quentin Tarantino himself. The director has made an appearance in a total of eight of his own films.Other than himself, Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in the most Tarantino films, at five. His most memorable performance was as mobster Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction, but Jackson says that Jackie Brown is his favorite Tarantino film because “the action plays out suddenly and completely for every character.” Other actors who have worked with Quentin Tarantino on multiple movies include Uma Thurman, Tim Roth and Steve Buscemi.Which Quentin Tarantino movie is your favorite? Share your thoughts in the comments section.

Quentin Tarantino&#39;s 2019 film&nbsp;Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood&nbsp;is set in 1969&nbsp;when the crimes of the Manson Family loomed&nbsp;over Southern California.&nbsp;The film focuses on fading western television star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his companion and stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). Dalton&#39;s career is&nbsp;stalled&nbsp;as New Hollywood&#39;s shaggy anti-heroes begin to replace&nbsp;the macho men and heartthrobs formerly adored by audiences. The film also nods to the tight relationships between actors and stuntmen&nbsp;less&nbsp;prevalent in modern, CGI-enhanced movies.

Thanks to Tarantino&#39;s vast knowledge of pop culture history and his intricate layering of authentic detail, DiCaprio was able to draw from many inspirations&nbsp;for his role as Dalton, including television western stars, teen heartthrobs, and actors dedicated to their stunt-performing counterparts.

Deleted Scenes

Pulp Fiction&nbsp;(1994) is one of Quentin Tarantino&#39;s many successful films. In a special&nbsp;video, he goes through the deleted scenes in the beloved movie and explains why they were cut. Read his thoughts - and the deleted scenes - down below.

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In A Special Feature, He Talks About Deleted Scenes And Breaks Down Why They Were Deleted

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Pulp Fiction&nbsp;(1994) is one of Quentin Tarantino's many successful films. In a special&nbsp;video, he goes through the deleted scenes in the beloved movie ...