DBrilliant and sharp ialogues, hyper-stilled violence and a push cinephilia which transforms each film into a game of quotes and reinventions. Among the most acclaimed director of his generation, In just over thirty years, Quentin Tarantino has directed less than ten films And practically everyone has become classic instantaneous. Cultured filmmaker and extraordinary originality, poperate and sophisticated at the same timethe American director is authors of unforgettable titles: from the dazzling debut of The hyenas until Once upon a time … in Hollywood.
Quentin Tarantino film: the best films and the most famous ones, the list
pulp Fiction (1994)
Film symbol of the 90s, pulp Fiction has marked a turning point in contemporary cinema. With his fragmented narrative structure, sharp irony and stylized violence Rendered almost glamorous, the film mixes high and low, pop culture and cinephile references in a surprising way and with extraordinary freedom.
Winner of the Palma d’Or in Cannesis an explosive mix of genres – from noir to comedy, from pulp to grotesque – that rewrites the rules of mainstream cinema With freshness and a perhaps unsurpassed creative fury. John Travolta’s iconic performances, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis contribute to making this film An absolute cultimitated but never equal.
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
First chapter of an explosive diptych who has conquered public and criticism, Kill Bill: Volume 1 He pays homage to the Kungs Movie of the 70s and Tarantino Merge oriental and western cinema merges In a visually exuberant work where excess becomes style. Triumph of quotes and gender contaminations, brought to the extreme with freedom and consistency, in Kill Bill: Volume 1 Tarantino crystallizes some of his obsessions. Like revenge, stylized violence and love for Asian cinema.
With a great performance by Uma Thurman In the role of the now legendary bride, the film is a radical and personal work, which rewrites the codes of action cinema with irony, rigor and passion cinephila. In the cast also Lucy Liu, David Carradine And the recently disappeared Michael Madsen.
Uma Thurman in “Kill Bill: Volume 1”. (KIKA)
Once upon a time … in Hollywood (2019)
Last film, for the moment, directed by Quentin Tarantino, Once upon a time … in Hollywood It immerses the viewer in the Los Angeles of the 60s: a crossroads between the Hollywood glamor and The dark shadows of Charles Manson’s sect. The director creates a nostalgic and ironic portrait of the film industry of those years, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt in the main roles, supported by Margot Robbie In the role of Sharon Tate, wife of Roman Polanski killed by Manson Family and symbol of a broken era.
The film moves elegantly between reality and fictioncelebrating the power of cinema and reflecting on contradictions of an era of passage Not only for the world of Hollywood but also for American society. Brad Pitt won the Oscar for best supporting actor Thanks to the role of the uxoricida stuntman Cliff Booth.
Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio in “Once upon a time … in Hollywood”. (EPA)
The hyenas (1992)
Tarantino’s debut of Quentin, shot at only 29 years old, The hyenas throw The foundations of his post-modern cinema With a reduced budget and a theatrical imprint. Between Brilliant dialogues, raw violence and non -linear narrativethe film is a tribute to classic noir However, revisited with an innovative spirit. The interpretations of Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen give life to unforgettable characters In an interlocking story, which has become a point of reference for stylistic consistency and cinephile influences.
COn a structure that weaves past and present, Tarantino already shows his ability in building complex tension and dynamics. An original work, still very modern today, which has inspired numerous imitators. As in pulp Fiction, Here too the use of rock and pop songs 60s and 70scarefully chosen by the director, It is used to create ironic contrasts with the scenes of violence.
A scene from the film “Le Iene”. (Miramax)
Django Unchained (2012)
Among the most beautiful and intense films of Tarantino, Django Unchained Rereading the genre through the Western spaghetti lens and blaxploitation, building A provocative and spectacular film that tackles the theme of slavery in America without filters. Set in the pre-war civil southern, Combine personal revenge, ferocious satire and stylized violence In a redemption story that overturns roles and prospects.
Jamie Foxx plays a former slave transformed into the bounty hunterflanked by an elegant and ironic Christoph Waltz, awarded with the Oscar. The villain played by Leonardo DiCaprio – cruel and histrionic – is one of the most disturbing of the Tarantinian universewhile Samuel L. Jackson surprises in an ambiguous and disturbing role. Between bloody duels, brilliant dialogues and cinephile quotes, Tarantino signature A divisive but very powerful work, capable of bringing together entertainment, denunciation and style unmistakable.
Leonardo DiCaprio in “Django Unchained”. (Warner Bros)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Adaptation of the novel Rum punch by Elmore Leonard, with Jackie Brown Tarantino signs his most measured and mature film, By momentarily putting the excess and provocation aside to concentrate on a more classic and intimate narrative. In the center, a splendid Pam Grier, icon of the 70s Blaxploitation, in a great thick role which mixes disillusionment, intelligence and strength.
Next to her, A cast of the highest level: Robert Forster, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro and Bridget Fonda, all perfectly calibrated In a game of double, deceptions and second possibilities. Slower in rhythms but full of emotional shades And refined dialogues, the film is a tribute to less screamed genre cinema And which marks a unique parenthesis in the director’s path, between melancholy, irony and great elegance.
Bridget founded in “Jackie Brown”. (Cecchi Gori)
Bastards without glory (2009), one of Quentin Tarantino’s most celebrated films
Inspired by the cinema of Enzo G. Castellari, Sergio Leone and Robert Aldrich, Tarantino sets the events of the film during the Second World Wartransforming it into an imaginary revenge in which The power of cinema rewrites history. With a mix of western tension, black humor and sharp dialogues, Bastards without glory And A film full of memorable moments: the disturbing prologue, the scene in the tavern and the climax in the cinema where a plan of revenge against the leaders of the Nazi regime.
The interpretation of Christoph Waltz, awarded with the Oscar, dominates the scenewhile Brad Pitt leads a group of anti -hero out of the box very well. Between ambition and taste for provocation without complacency, Bastards without glory certifies the narrative maturity of the American director. One of the most beautiful and surprising Quentin Tarantino films.
Diane Kruger and Michael Fassbender in “Bastards without glory”. (Universal)
Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
Tarantino closes his diptych with a more measured and reflective workwhere the tribute to Spaghetti Western And at the cinema of Sergio Leone takes over the hectic quotationism of the previous chapter. The atmosphere of Kill Bill: Volume 2 It is thus made crepuscular, the rhythms slow down and the contemplative sequences alternate To moments of pure tension, up to the final duel, intense and solemn, between Bill and the bride/Beatrix Kiddo.
Less chaotic and more mature, The film moves between western, melodrama and martial arts (especially present in the parenthesis of the training in China), confirming the director’s cinephile and sophisticated gaze. Uma Thurman is always in the center, more tragic heroine than ruthless avengerin a story that unites irony and classicism with extraordinary elegance. The very bad Daryl Hannah is unforgettable In the role of the ruthless killer Elle Driver.
Uma Thurman in “Kill Bill: Volume 2”. (Miramax)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
With his eighth film, Tarantino continues the rereading of the story started with Bastards without glory And Django Unchained. Set a few years after the American civil war, The film explores paranoia, violence and racism that divide a torn nationstaging tensions between Nordists, southerners, African Americans and Mexican.
Almost all the scenes takes place in claustrophobic interiorwith a strong theatrical atmosphere and reminiscent of Agatha Christie’s novels. This choice intensifies psychological suspensethanks to a tight pace, And the contribution of the cast – Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kurt Russell, is truly remarkable. Halfway between Western and KammeSpiel, The Hateful Eight And One of the most dark and pessimistic quentin Tarantino films on American society.
Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern and Jennifer Jason Leigh in “The Hateful Eight”. (01 Distribution)
Grindhouse – Death proof (2007)
Tribute to the 70s Cinema Exploitation and to the projections “Grindhouse”, To death proof Mix slasher and road movie between ruined films, dirty montages and atmospheres deliberately trash. Tarantino plays with such codes, subverting them with intelligence and cinephile taste with Tributes also to Jean-Luc Godard’s cinema.
The film is divided into two mirror parts and Kurt Russellin the role of the psychopathic stuntman Mike, It offers a charismatic and disturbing interpretation. Real The protagonists, however, are a group of women (including Rosario Dawson) who dominate the scene With energy and irony. A minor work only apparently, which reveals itself instead an acute and adrenaline reflection on gender cinema and on the female body as a terrain of clash, resistance and redemption.
A scene of “Grindhouse – Death proof”. (Jellyfish)
What will be the next film by Quentin Tarantino?
After announcing a couple of years ago The beginning of the writing phase of his tenth and final film entitled The Movie CriticQuentin Tarantino has decided to set aside the projectconsidering it too close, by tone and setting, a Once upon a time to … Hollywood.
In his place a new project has taken shape entitled The adventures of cliff booth which expands that narrative universe, focusing on the figure of Stuntman played by Brad Pitt. For the first time, Tarantino will not be directed (in his place David Fincher) but only author of the script.
From the rumors that filter it would be A more compact work, halfway between spin-off and sequel, designed to deepen iconic characters alreadyI, keeping the ironic, nostalgic and hypercinephile tone typical of the director. The question of his true closing film remains open: Tarantino is not in a hurrybut the promise of the tenth film continues to feed Expectations and speculations.

