10. FOUR ROOMS
One mad New Year's Eve, an overwhelmed bellboy (Tim Roth) copes with witches and diabolical children, gets caught in the middle of a sour relationship, and settles a bloody bet for members of a superstar's entourage. This film is an anthology comedy film of four segments, co-written and co-directed (each director having their own segment) by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino.
9. JACKIE BROWN
Jackie Brown is an aging flight attendant who smuggles cash on the side. But when she's busted and pressured to help with an investigation, she plans to play the opposing forces against each other and walk away with the dough. Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, and Robert Forster star in this witty crime action film.
8. THE HATEFUL EIGHT
In Quentin Tarantino's stylish Western set in post-Civil War Wyoming, eight travelers stranded at a stagecoach way station – including bounty hunters, outlaws and former soldiers – become enmeshed in a duplicitous plot as a savage blizzard rages outside. Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell star.
7. GRINDHOUSE: DEATH PROOF
In this high-octane thriller, a tough-talking serial murderer transforms his Dodge Charger into an indestructible weapon and then climbs behind the wheel of his well-oiled killing machine to terrorize a group of women on the road. Kurt Russell stars in this slasher thriller.
6. PULP FICTION
Weaving together three stories featuring a burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, and a washed-up boxer, Quentin Tarantino influenced a generation of filmmakers with this crime caper's highly stylized, over-the-top violence and dark comic spirit. Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, and Steve Buscemi are some of the talents in this film.
5. RESERVOIR DOGS
Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut is raw, violent, often mimicked – and unforgettable. A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure to single him out mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors unravel.
4. KILL BILL: VOL. 2
In the second installment of Quentin Tarantino's action thriller, The Bride has three left on her rampage list: Budd, Elle Driver, and, of course, Bill himself. But when she arrives at Bill's house, she's in for a surprise.
3. KILL BILL: VOL. 1
In the first volume of this gritty revenge saga, an assassin is shot at the altar by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle. But she survives and sets out to kill all those who wronged her, saving Bill for last. Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Darryl Hannah, David Carradine, and Michael Madsen star.
2. DJANGO UNCHAINED
Accompanied by a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz), a freed slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) travels across America to free his wife from a sadistic plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio). Quentin Tarantino directs this modern-day spaghetti Western.
1. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
A Jewish cinema owner (Mélanie Laurent) in occupied Paris is forced to host a Nazi movie premiere, where a radical group of American Jewish soldiers called the Basterds, led by Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), plans to roll out a score-settling scheme. Christoph Waltz plays the fearsome SS Colonel Landa to perfection. Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, and Daniel Brühl also star. Inglourious Basterds was one of our top rented movies from 2009!
