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Tarantino Films, Ranked

Ten features by Quentin Tarantino, sorted by real-world critical consensus.

Placement blends critical aggregates (Metacritic Metascore, Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer), major awards (Academy Awards, Cannes Palme d'Or, BAFTA, Golden Globes), and canonical critical standing (best-films polls). S = the field-topping consensus classic; A = award-laden, broadly acclaimed staples; B = strong but lower-key or divisive; C = the widely cited step-down; F = his consensus weakest.
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Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction
1994

Won the 1994 Cannes Palme d'Or and the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay; its Metascore of 95 is the highest of any Tarantino film and it is routinely listed among the greatest films ever made.

A
Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds
2009

Earned eight Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and won Christoph Waltz the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor; holds an 89% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Django Unchained
Django Unchained
2012

Won two Oscars, including Tarantino's second Best Original Screenplay, and became his highest-grossing film with over $425 million worldwide.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2019

Won two Academy Awards (Brad Pitt for Best Supporting Actor, plus Production Design) and carries a Metascore of 83, among his best-reviewed films.

Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs
1992

His debut holds a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score and was named the greatest independent film of all time by Empire magazine.

Kill Bill: Volume 1
Kill Bill: Volume 1
2003

An 85% Rotten Tomatoes score and a Golden Globe nomination for Uma Thurman anchor its standing as a landmark martial-arts homage.

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
The revenge saga as one epic

Tarantino's intended single-film cut of Kill Bill, screened theatrically at Cannes and select engagements. As the director's preferred vision of the saga, it earns a high placement, held just below the S tier because it remains a compilation rather than a wholly distinct film.

True Romance
True Romance
His script, Tony Scott's bullets

Tarantino's original screenplay, directed by Tony Scott, brims with his signature dialogue, pop-culture riffs, and romantic violence. The Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper confrontation is an all-time scene, earning it a strong A despite another director's hand.

B
Kill Bill: Volume 2
Kill Bill: Volume 2
2004

Its Metascore of 83 actually edges out Volume 1's 69, though the two-part split leaves it slightly behind the headline classics in consensus rankings.

Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown
1997

Robert Forster earned an Oscar nomination and Pam Grier and Samuel L. Jackson took Golden Globe nods, but its deliberately unhurried pace gives it a Metascore of 64, his lowest among the feature dramas.

From Dusk till Dawn
From Dusk till Dawn
Crime thriller turns vampire bloodbath

Tarantino wrote the screenplay and co-stars as Richie Gecko in this Robert Rodriguez crime-horror hybrid. The wild genre pivot and his sharp dialogue make it a memorable non-directorial credit, though the vampire second half divides fans, landing it mid-list.

Grindhouse
Grindhouse
A double-feature love letter to sleaze

The Tarantino-Rodriguez double feature packaging Death Proof with Planet Terror plus fake trailers, a loving tribute to exploitation cinema. The full theatrical experience is a blast, though its box-office stumble and reliance on Death Proof keep it mid-tier.

C
The Hateful Eight
The Hateful Eight
2015

Widely seen as a step down at a 74% Rotten Tomatoes score, though Ennio Morricone's score won the Academy Award for Best Original Score.

Natural Born Killers
Natural Born Killers
His story, Stone's chaotic rewrite

Based on a Tarantino story, though Oliver Stone heavily rewrote it, prompting Tarantino to disown the final film. The media-satire mayhem is bold but tonally far from his intent, so it sits lower as a compromised credit.

F
Death Proof
Death Proof
2007

His consensus weakest and only box-office bomb: a 66% Rotten Tomatoes score, and Tarantino himself told a THR roundtable it 'has got to be the worst movie I ever made.'

Four Rooms
Four Rooms
An anthology misstep in one room

Tarantino directed The Man from Hollywood segment of this four-part anthology, widely regarded as a misfire. The uneven portmanteau and thin material make it the weakest entry associated with him, justifying the bottom tier.

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