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All of Quentin Tarantino’s Movies Ranked

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Short Biography:

Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker and actor. His films are characterized by frequent references to popular culture and film history, nonlinear storylines, dark humour, stylized violence, extended dialogue, the pervasive use of profanity, cameos and ensemble casts. 

Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tarantino grew up in Los Angeles. He began his career as an independent filmmaker with the release of Reservoir Dogs in 1992.
Tarantino’s films have garnered critical and commercial success, as well as a cult following. He has received many industry awards, including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and the Palme d’Or. He has been nominated for an Emmy and five Grammys. In 2005, he was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.

Here is a rundown of his movies, with the score based on the average from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes (public votes only) and Letterboxd, from lowest ranked to highest:

NUMBER OF MOVIES:
10
CAREER AVERAGE SCORE:
8.14
TOTAL WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE:
$ 1,961,309,671
TOTAL BUDGETS COMBINED:
$ 415,200,000
TOTAL PROFIT OR LOSS:
$ 1,546,109,671
Return on Every $1 Spent:
$ 6.50

10 – Death Proof (2007)

A crash course in revenge
Action | Thriller
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Top Billed Cast:
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7.06 /10

Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) is a professional body double who likes to take unsuspecting women for deadly drives in his free time. He has doctored his car for maximum impact; when Mike purposely causes wrecks, the bodies pile up while he walks away with barely a scratch. The insane Mike may be in over his head, though, when he targets a tough group of female friends, including real-life stuntwoman Zoe Bell (who served as Uma Thurman’s double in “Kill Bill”), who plays herself.

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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 56,164,318
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 30,000,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 26,164,318
PROFIT RETURN (OR LOSS IF FIGURE IS UNDER 1):
$ 1.87
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9 – Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)
In this town, it can all change… like that
Comedy | Drama | Thriller
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Top Billed Cast:
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7.39 /10

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…

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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 374,565,754
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 90,000,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 284,565,754
Return Back on every $1 Invested:
$ 4.16

8 – The Hateful Eight (2015)

No one comes up here without a damn good reason.
Drama | Mystery | Western
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Top Billed Cast:
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7.70 /10

While racing toward the town of Red Rock in post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunter John “The Hangman” Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive prisoner (Jennifer Jason Leigh) encounter another bounty hunter (Samuel L. Jackson) and a man who claims to be a sheriff. Hoping to find shelter from a blizzard, the group travels to a stagecoach stopover located on a mountain pass. Greeted there by four strangers, the eight travelers soon learn that they may not make it to their destination after all.

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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 156,480,177
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 44,000,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 112,480,177
Return Back on every $1 Invested:
$ 3.56

7 – Jackie Brown (1997)

Six players on the trail of a half million in cash. There’s only one question… Who’s playing who?
Crime | Thriller | Drama
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Top Billed Cast:
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7.87 /10

When flight attendant Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is busted smuggling money for her arms dealer boss, Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson), agent Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) and detective Mark Dargus (Michael Bowen) want her help to bring down Robbie. Facing jail time for her silence or death for her cooperation, Brown decides instead to double-cross both parties and make off with the smuggled money. Meanwhile, she enlists the help of bondsman Max Cherry (Robert Forster), a man who loves her.

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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 74,700,000
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 12,000,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 62,700,000
Return Back on every $1 Invested:
$ 6.23

6 – Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

A roaring rampage of revenge.
Action | Crime
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Top Billed Cast:
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8.20 /10

A former assassin, known simply as The Bride (Uma Thurman), wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill (David Carradine) attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even with every person who contributed to the loss of her unborn child, her entire wedding party, and four years of her life. After devising a hit list, The Bride sets off on her quest, enduring unspeakable injury and unscrupulous enemies.

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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 180,906,076
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 30,000,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 150,906,076
Return Back on every $1 Invested:
$ 6.03

5 – Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

The bride is back for the final cut.
Action | Crime | Thriller
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Top Billed Cast:
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8.30 /10

The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there’s nothing left to do … but kill Bill.

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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 154,118,820
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 30,000,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 124,118,820
Return Back on every $1 Invested:
$ 5.14

4 – Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France…
Drama | Action | Thriller | War
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Top Billed Cast:
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8.56 /10

It is the first year of Germany’s occupation of France. Allied officer Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) assembles a team of Jewish soldiers to commit violent acts of retribution against the Nazis, including the taking of their scalps. He and his men join forces with Bridget von Hammersmark, a German actress and undercover agent, to bring down the leaders of the Third Reich. Their fates converge with theater owner Shosanna Dreyfus, who seeks to avenge the Nazis’ execution of her family.

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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 321,457,747
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 70,000,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 251,457,747
Return Back on every $1 Invested:
$ 4.59

3 – Django Unchained (2012)

Life, liberty and the pursuit of vengeance.
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8.65 /10
Drama | Western
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Top Billed Cast:
SYNOPSIS:
Two years before the Civil War, Django (Jamie Foxx), a slave, finds himself accompanying an unorthodox German bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) on a mission to capture the vicious Brittle brothers. Their mission successful, Schultz frees Django, and together they hunt the South’s most-wanted criminals. Their travels take them to the infamous plantation of shady Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), where Django’s long-lost wife (Kerry Washington) is still a slave.
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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 426,074,373
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 100,000,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 326,074,373
Return Back on every $1 Invested:
X 4.26

2 – Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Every dog has his day.
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8.65 /10
Crime | Thriller
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Top Billed Cast:
SYNOPSIS:
Six criminals with pseudonyms, and each strangers to one another, are hired to carry out a robbery. The heist is ambushed by police and the gang are forced to shoot their way out. At their warehouse rendezvous, the survivors, realising that they were set up, try to find the traitor in their midst.
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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 2,913,644
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 1,200,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 1,713,644
Return Back on every $1 Invested:
X 2.43

1 – Pulp Fiction (1994)

Just because you are a character doesn’t mean you have character.
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9.03 /10
Crime | Thriller
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Top Billed Cast:
SYNOPSIS:
Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) are hitmen with a penchant for philosophical discussions. In this ultra-hip, multi-strand crime movie, their storyline is interwoven with those of their boss, gangster Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) ; his actress wife, Mia (Uma Thurman) ; struggling boxer Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) ; master fixer Winston Wolfe (Harvey Keitel) and a nervous pair of armed robbers, “Pumpkin” (Tim Roth) and “Honey Bunny” (Amanda Plummer).
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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 213,928,762
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 8,000,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 205,928,762
Return Back on every $1 Invested:
$ 26.74