Fascinating. He has such a knowledge of film, but I'm amazed by how many of his top twenty that I've seen that I didn't rate nearly as highly as him. Keen to see Unbreakable, Police Story 3 and Dogville now.

DOGVILLE?! BLADE?! DAZED AND CONFUSED?! SPEED?! PUuuhhhHHHHHHHHLEAZE!

For a fellow with such a legendary palette for films, I don't think there is ONE movie on this list that passes as 'art.' And one might say that he is not naming the top 20 art film of the last 15 years or whatever. Fine. But he sure talks about these crapsters like they are works of art.

Whatevs. Jackie Brown is still an amazing movie.

unbreakable was amazing, it's very underrated - i would suggest you do go see it!

I thought I was the only one who said M Knight Shamalamadingdong.

Interesting list. I have a lot of respect for his knowledge of movies, even if I don't agree with all his choices.

Remember, that's The Blade, not Blade our vampire-killing daywalker.

Battle Royale is one of my favorite movies as well. along with district 9, from last night.

This list is probably more honest then some people would like to see, those people are not happy that every film on this list isn't obscure, underground, or in the genres that QT throws into his own films.

^ Exactly.

I like this list especially because of how honest it is; it's not a prepackaged type deal to appeal to his loyal fans who see him as some uber-elite cinema god with the mightiest tastes.

I like this list of films a lot. Not particularly because of the actual films on it, there are plenty I haven't seen. But because he never feels the need to kowtow to what people expect to be on these lists and put artsy or 'meaningful' films on there.

These are films that HE has really enjoyed, that HE found entertaining and well made.

Get stuffed to anyone who gets angry over this list, it's HIS bloody OPINION.

If you don't like it, please, post your top 20 since 1992 and let other people pick it apart.

Oh, and I COMPLETELY am on his side with the Matrix... EXACTLY as he says it for me... the first film would have so held up so much better, and my opinion of the Wachowski Brothers would have been SO much higher had they stopped there. By making the other two they demonstrated how they had pretty much put all their good ideas in one movie, and had run out in that area.

There is something to be said for leaving things to the imagination, and the Matrix 2 and 3 are shining examples of how trying to present those things can ruin the overall. (Much like Episodes 1, 2 and 3 of Star Wars & the special editions of the originals really)

I'd love to hear him talk about each of these movies in detail.

Police Academy 3 trumps Police Story 3. And he left out Batman Begins. He knows nothing!

Giving an honest list? What a way to pander to his fans. Pretentious git.

Love his Woody Allen selection.

I just saw Battle Royale a few nights ago for the first time, and can't remember the last time I had so much fun watching a film. (I guess that's something I shouldn't say... considering the film is children slaughtering each other.)

Boogie Nights, Dogville, Fight Club and Team America are in all my top films. Unbreakabale wasn't bad at all (great conclusion), just had too much hype cos of Sixth Sense.

Battle Royale is one I watched very recently too, and one of those rare movies that I really enjoyed watching but wasn't exactly gripped by.

Anyway can't wait for Inglourious Basterds

#4 is actually The Blade, and not Blade.

I LOVE him for the reasons behind his rating of The Matrix. I feel exactly the same way.

i think i don't know anyone who doesn't think of the matrix trilogy as tarantino and the above fellow sifters

I know he "guest directed" a scene, but that list definitely should include Sin City. Cmon, QT! You know you love it!

Another "ditto" for the Matrix impressions.

Speed though? Hmmmm... Perhaps the writing was good, but Sandra Bullock? She's movie poison.

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DOGVILLE?! BLADE?! DAZED AND CONFUSED?! SPEED?! PUuuhhhHHHHHHHHLEAZE!
For a fellow with such a legendary palette for films, I don't think there is ONE movie on this list that passes as 'art.' And one might say that he is not naming the top 20 art film of the last 15 years or whatever. Fine. But he sure talks about these crapsters like they are works of art.
Whatevs. Jackie Brown is still an amazing movie.


I gotta say that tarentino for me burnt out in what, 1998? Starting with kill bill, he's released the most awful garbage. For someone whose first few films blew me away so much and was so ubiquitous during my childhood, i cannot believe the garbage this man is currently spewing forth in the form of films. And i loved all the standard ones - pulp fiction, reservoir dogs, jackie brown, etc.

A lot of people say "His films are tribute to <these> kinds of films! You just don't get it!" -- To that i say, well fair enough, but i've seen a few of those types of films and i enjoyed watching them. I didn't enjoy watching this film. If it's a tribute to a style of film it still has to be a good film.

There's a lot of fan boys for tarentino and m night shiteamalan. You can't just make an utter shit movie and say "it's a tribute to shit movies" ala "The Happening", you have to make it a good movie. Otherwise you could say every shit movie ever made is a tribute to shit movies.

And it's a crime to criticise these movies now. Criticise kill bill, the happening, those 2 grindhouse shitpiles, or inglorious basterds and you get laughed at: "LOL YOU DON'T GET IT LOL IT'S INTENTIONALLY SHIT"

Oh right, that makes it good then yeah!? I mean seriously, write me a list of all the movies that are unintentionally shit so that i can criticise them without embarassing myself, and leave all the intentionally shit movies alone or more likely laud them.

Tarantino's attempt to seem like an iconoclastic hipster always seem to fall short for my tastes.. he seems more like a geeky kid trying to be cooler than he actually is.

A friend of mine was in a play with him years ago, even before video clerk status. She discovered that fact recently when she was looking over old souvenirs, and saw his name on the cast list.

As soon as she saw his name, she remembered him -- hadn't before that moment.

She says he was totally strange and off-putting. That seems likely.

I loved Battle Royale, but I think Suicide Club would take it's spot if I were to edit that list of his. Audition was fucked up and awesome -- good choice! And while I wouldn't say Unbreakable is in my top, I think it was the third best Shamalamadingdong (I believe it was Jay Leno who coined this popularly) film next to the Sixth Sense and the Happening. (The Happening is one of those films I have to keep watching like some sort of twisted ritual of pain. I've seen a lot of f'ed up flicks, but this movie makes me feel truly uneasy about life.) People hated Unbreakable, but I thought it was clever. While Bruce Willis fights the minor villains (like the serial rapist dude), Mr. Glass is orchestrating a sinister plot!!

The only movie on his list that would be on mine was Lost in Translation... until he got to Unbreakable, and I was floored. Unbreakable is one of my favorite movies ever. So that's cool. I went and saw it with a group of friends, and no one else seemed to like it nearly as much as I did.

Most of the list I've never seen. Lots of Asian films in there; I wish I had the fortitude to check them out.

P.S. Is it so hard to say Shyamalan?

Other then poolcleaner, no one here has seen Audition?

Oooooh... doooo find that >.>

Ya, I've seen Audition... couple years ago now... it was good.. as was Host.

Um I looked into it, and it appears that Battle Royale is not Takashi Miike, but Kinji Fukasaku...I'm not an expert though so who knows

Oh and Unbreakable was "eh" at best. And that's me trying to be nice.

considering I love Battle Royale, Fight Club, The Matrix, Unbreakable, and I think all of his movies that I've seen (including Deathproof, it was just pure FUN), I added the whole list (of ones I haven't seen) to Netflix.

Now for a dissenting opinion on The Matrix and its sequels. I LOVED the sequels, and I'm not afraid to admit it. I've heard all the arguments for how it ruined the series, and I just don't buy it. So there you go conan, you may not know me IRL, but I loved Reloaded and Revolutions.

What? No Practical Magic?!

Including Speed and Team America shows he's not afraid to say what's really up. I think Team America is a work of genius. Speed really was a new and different experience in theatres. That was early in my days as a guy who saw a lot of movies, and I saw it three times in theatres. The crowd was highly involved with that one for some reason, beyond almost any other movie I can think of.

I only disagree with Speed. Keanu is so bad, his acting is so wooden...

What?? The bus blows up in SPEED?? Great, now there's no point in seeing it.

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I only disagree with Speed. Keanu is so bad, his acting is so wooden...

So, you agree with The Matrix?

He really likes a lot of fucked up asian movies... which is not really surprising at all...

I think the movies he listed do embody the craft. I believe they all show areas of the art form being pushed in esoteric ways. As he mentioned with "Speed" it doesn't just have to be the movie but the experience as well. Whoever said above that he's a geek should really evaluate the word cool before throwing words around like that on a web page like this. Go back to high school.

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