Quentin Tarantino Archive: Films the Famous Filmmaker Likes and Dislikes

 

I've seen so many "Quentin Tarantino likes this" and "Tarantino hates this" articles over the years, that I figured I'd just compile my findings right here. Let's see what we come up with: 

1. He likes Joker: Folie A Deux, even though it's getting panned by critics 

2. He likes Green Lantern with Ryan Reynolds 

3. He likes Battlefield Earth with John Travolta 

4. He likes The Intern with Robert DeNiro and Anne Hathaway 

5. He likes the death scenes in Jason X 

6. He likes The Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer 

7. His top 11 movies of 2011 were: 

1. Midnight in Paris 

2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes

3. Moneyball

4. The Skin I Live In

5. X-Men: First Class

6. Young Adult

7. Attack the Block

8. Red State

9. Warrior 

10. The Artist / Our Idiot Brother (tie)

11. The Three Musketeers

He also liked from 2011: 

50/50

Beginners

Hugo

The Iron Lady

Carnage

Green Hornet

Captain America

The Descendants

My Week with Marilyn

Fast Five

Tree of Life 

The Hangover Part II

Mission Impossible 4

The Beaver

Contagion

The Sitter

War Horse 

His "Nice Try" list from 2011: 

Drive

Hannah

Drive Angry

Real Steel

8. His top 20 movies of 2010 were: 

1. Toy Story 3

2. The Social Network

3. Animal Kingdom

4. I Am Love

5. Tangled

6. True Grit

7. The Town

8. Greenberg

9. Cyrus

10. Enter the Void

11. Kick Ass

12. Knight and Day

13. Get Him to the Greek

14. The Fighter

15. The King's Speech

16. The Kids Are All Right 

17. How to Train Your Dragon

18. Robin Hood

19. Amer

20. Jackass 3-D

9. His top 10 films of 2013 "so far" were: 

1. Afternoon Delight

2. Before Midnight

3. Blue Jasmine

4. The Conjuring

5. Drinking Buddies

6. Frances Ha

7. Gravity

8. Kick Ass 2

9. The Lone Ranger

10. This Is the End

10. Reddit thread where people try to find all the Tarantino lists 

11. His favorite 20 favorite movies from 1992 to 2009: 

1. Battle Royale

2. Anything Else

3. Audition

4. The Blade

5. Boogie Nights

6. Dazed & Confused

7. Dogville

8. Fight Club

9. Friday

10. The Host

11. The Insider

12. Joint Security Area

13. Lost in Translation

14. The Matrix

15. Memories of Murder

16. Police Story 3: Super Cop

17. Shaun of the Dead

18. Speed

19. Team America

20. Unbreakable 

12. 45 films Tarantino wants you to see in promotion of his book Cinema Speculation: 

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

2. Eaten Alive

3. Nightmare Alley (the original)

4. Young Frankenstein

5. Back to the Future

6. Rolling Thunder

7. Matador

8. The Great Silence

9. The Thing

10. The Wild Bunch

11. Top Gun Maverick

12. Rio Bravo

13. Blow Out

14. West Side Story

15. Unfaithfully Yours

16. The Good The Bad & The Ugly

17. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

18. Dunkirk

19. Black Sabbath

20. Deep Red

21. The Social Network

22. Easy Rider

23. Apocalypse Now

24. Audition

25. Joint Security Area

26. The Insider

27. Lost in Translation

28. The Bad News Bears

29. Battle Royale

30. Boogie Nights

31. Carrie

32. Dazed and Confused

33. Dogville

34. Enter the Void

35. Fight Club

36. Frances Ha

37. The Great Escape

38. The Host

39. His Girl Friday

40. Jaws

41. Mad Max Fury Road

42. The Matrix

43. Memories of Murder

44. Police Story 3 Super Cop

45. Shaun of the Dead

And More: 

46. Sorcerer

47. Speed

48. Taxi Driver

49. Team America World Police

50. There Will Be Blood

51. Toy Story 3

52. Unbreakable

53. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

54. You've Got Mail 

13. Tarantino's 20 favorite films of the 21st century 

- Battle Royale

- There Will Be Blood

- Dogville

- Frances Ha

- The Host

- Memories of Murder

- The Skin I Live In 

- Shaun of the Dead

- Young Adult

- Toy Story 3

- Unbreakable

- Top Gun Maverick

- West Side Story (Spielberg version)

- Dunkirk

- Joint Security Area

- Lost in Translation

- Animal Kingdom

- Enter the Void 

- Mad Max Fury Road

- Team America World Police 

14. A bunch of Tarantino lists from various publications 

15. 63 films he wants you to see 

16. His 333 favorite movies ever 

17. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is Tarantino's favorite Romantic Comedy? 

18. The 7 films that he calls "perfect" 

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

2. Jaws

3. The Exorcist

4. Annie Hall

5. Young Frankenstein

6. Back to the Future 

7. The Wild Bunch 

19. Why Tarantino cried during Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Check back for more links and lists in the future! 

John Frascella is a 2nd generation film critic and published author. Follow him on Twitter aka X @FrascellaMovies and @NFLFrascella.