Be Cool, Honey Bunny: How to Watch Every Quentin Tarantino Movie in Order

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

A crew of sharply-dressed armed robbers meet for the first time and take on color-coded aliases to stage a heist at a jewelry store—what could go wrong? Tarantino’s directorial feature debut in many ways reinvents the crime-movie format with its unexpected wit, smart dialogue, and unforgettable moments, among them one of the eeriest torture scenes in film history.

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True Romance (1993)

Directed by Tony Scott with a script by Tarantino, this demented caper centers around a lonely kung-fu movie buff (Christian Slater) and his callgirl girlfriend (Patricia Arquette), who get hitched almost immediately after they meet and embark on a cross-country honeymoon with a bunch of menacing gangsters on their tail. This must-watch cult classic features an all-star cast, including a pre-Sopranos James Gandolfini as a cold-blooded thug and Brad Pitt as a mumbling stoner roommate.

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Pulp Fiction (1994)

What is actually in the briefcase? How long was the gimp in that basement? Is a McDonald’s quarter-pounder still called a Royale with Cheese in France? Some of these pressing questions have thankfully been answered in three decades since the release of Tarantino’s criss-cut crime masterpiece. But even with that clarity upon us, Pulp Fiction remains as bizarre and hilarious as ever.

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Four Rooms (1995)

Tarantino directed the final segment of this oddball farce, in which Tim Roth—aka one of the armed robbers from the iconic opening scene of Pulp Fiction—stars as a hotel bellhop charged with catering to a group of unhinged guests holed up in various rooms at a swanky hotel on New Year’s Eve. In “The Man from Hollywood,” Tarantino does a pitch-perfect self-parody as a bigwig movie director who won’t stop ranting about a fictional blockbuster he made called The Wacky Detective.

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From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

Of all the appearances he’s made in the movies he’s directed or written, psycho bank robber Richie Gecko may very well be Tarantino’s most memorable screen role. Of course, he also wrote the script for this twisty Robert Rodriguez-helmed flick, in which George Clooney and Tarantino kidnap a pastor and his two kids and take them across the border to an all-night strip club where sexy-spooky things ensue. The stacked cast includes George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Salma Hayek, and Juliette Lewis.

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Jackie Brown (1997)

Based on a novel by crime writer Elmore Leonard and starring blaxploitation icon Pam Grier, Jackie Brown is Tarantino’s most heartfelt project—a love story between a flight attendant in a bind and a bail bondsman determined to bail her out of it. Jackie Brown also arguably has the best soundtrack out of all Tarantino’s movies, with the sounds of Philly soul legends The Delfonics serving as a thematic throughline that ties the narrative together and lends to the movie’s nostalgic feel.

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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

A lot of blood gets spilled in this ultimate of revenge tales—so much blood, in fact, that the movie goes black-and-white during the infamous Crazy 88 fight scene just so it wouldn’t end up getting an NC-17 rating from the MPAA. But the unremitting gore isn’t the only standout feature in the first part of this two-part epic: Uma Thurman puts on one of her best performances as a wronged ex-assassin out for vengeance against her mentor, and the costume design and fight choreography make this a stirring watch.

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Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Just as in the first installment, the second film of Tarantino’s most ambitious production is all about the journey and not merely about the destination. Tarantino takes us deeper into the world of kung-fu cinema mythology by walking us through Beatrix Kiddo’s studies in martial arts. Later Thurman applies her hard-won skills to address various obstacles in real-life scenarios, such as the time she gets buried alive in a coffin.

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Death Proof (2007)

Released alongside Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror as part of the “Grindhouse” double-feature, Death Proof pays homage to the seediest of b-movie horror schlock with the help of Kurt Russell—an actor who’s starred in more than a few great cult films. Russell plays Stuntman Mike, who uses a “death proof” car to commit murders, while Tarantino packs in countless references to his favorite lowbrow movies and directors.

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Inglourious Basterds (2009)

This mischievously charming WWII period piece marks the point at which Tarantino shifts from making pulpy homages into straight-up historical fiction—but of course with a Tarantino-y twist, as the director uses the magic of movie-making to irrevocably change the course of history for the better. Need some tips on how to overthrow a fascist regime? Start by knowing the local hand signal for the number three so you don’t accidentally order three beers the wrong way when working undercover.

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Django Unchained (2012)

Christoph Waltz returns after his knockout performance in Inglourious Basterds, this time alongside Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Samuel L. Jackson for a Civil War-era epic that turns the conventions of the spaghetti Western on their head and revels in a satirical examination of American slavery. Django Unchained won universal acclaim for its finely-crafted ambition and blood-spattered outrageousness, and it stands out alongside Pulp Fiction as one of Tarantino’s best.

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The Hateful Eight (2015)

Set entirely in a Wyoming lodge during a bone-chilling blizzard, The Hateful Eight harks back Sergio Corbucci’s 1968 Western The Great Silence with its cold brutality and nihilistic anti-hero themes. Featuring a claustrophobic setting and twisty plot, this is Tarantino’s most brutal film by far, ramping up the gratuitous violence to a level that’s numbing even by his standards. But it also makes for a potent piece of filmmaking that any connoisseur could appreciate.

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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)

The art of movie-making itself is a recurring subject in Quentin Tarantino’s films, but Once Upon a Time in Hollywood goes directly to the source with a subversive and fiery love letter to late-’60s Los Angeles. Leonardo DiCaprio plays a faded Western movie star alongside his stuntman buddy Brad Pitt, and the story of the Manson Family gets turned on its head with the help of some young actresses who have since all become huge stars. Of course, Tarantino also throws in a controversial, fictionalized fight scene with Bruce Lee that left many critics shaking their heads.

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The Adventures of Cliff Booth (2026)

Brad Pitt stole the show as über-cool stunt double Cliff Booth in Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, and this sequel—planned for release in 2026—reportedly fast-forwards to the year 1977 to see what Booth is up to eight years after the events of the original movie. There aren’t a whole lot of details out there yet, but Netflix is distributing the movie while Pitt returns as Booth, David Fincher directs, and Tarantino writes and produces.

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