Movies mentioned in Quentin Tarantino's "Cinema Speculation" Memoir, a list by amything

8.8

/2404162/

86

/53257/

84

/29515/

4.2

/3743587/

92

/185/

96

/62759/

95

/27/

4.0

age 17+

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

84

8.6

/1988198/

85

/43194/

84

/22463/

4.4

/3097724/

84

/156/

95

/26052/

65

/22/

3.5

age 17+

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

87

8.6

/1695793/

85

/35873/

83

/17452/

4.3

/2662249/

95

/157/

95

/29659/

86

/20/

3.5

age 17+

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

84

8.4

/1209457/

81

/29684/

82

/18486/

4.2

/2865902/

84

/111/

93

/28526/

68

/26/

4.0

age 15+

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

86

8.1

/727816/

78

/18212/

76

/11243/

3.9

/1545574/

97

/169/

91

/36180/

87

/21/

4.0

age 12+

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.

81

8.1

/680030/

79

/14860/

78

/8371/

4.1

/845786/

93

/73/

69

/1432746/

70

/14/

4.0

age 11+

Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!

89

8.4

/762651/

82

/13614/

82

/8806/

4.4

/891126/

91

/148/

94

/16503/

94

/15/

4.0

age 16+

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

76

7.7

/297529/

77

/10848/

74

/6686/

3.8

/292968/

86

/49/

86

/5569/

61

/15/

3.0

age 16+

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

79

7.5

/399436/

75

/10212/

73

/6757/

3.9

/558950/

88

/97/

85

/6858/

62

/23/

4.0

age 16+

Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.

79

7.6

/218513/

75

/9683/

73

/4299/

3.7

/412325/

88

/143/

84

/4120/

76

/13/

3.5

age 13+

When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

83

7.6

/230803/

75

/7261/

73

/4489/

3.8

/284536/

91

/116/

85

/4860/

90

/10/

4.0

age 8+

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

72

7.3

/246792/

75

/7780/

72

/4660/

3.8

/305200/

70

/33/

82

/6740/

61

/9/

age 11+

After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. Soon enough, the "Master of Disaster" and the "Italian Stallion" are set on a collision course for a climactic battle that is brutal and unforgettable.

62

6.9

/242169/

72

/7584/

70

/4682/

3.7

/290406/

39

/51/

82

/170/

40

/13/

2.0

age 11+

Rocky Balboa holds the world heavyweight championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. This time, Rocky's training regimen takes him to Siberia, where he prepares for a globally televised match in the heart of Moscow. But nothing can truly prepare him for what he's about to face – a fight to the finish, in which he must defend not only himself, but also the honor of his country!

74

7.2

/265547/

73

/6662/

70

/3657/

3.6

/279225/

52

/48/

81

/8899/

74

/20/

4.0

age 18+

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

74

7.4

/181734/

76

/6391/

74

/3044/

4.0

/770073/

81

/52/

85

/20683/

65

/12/

2.5

age 15+

After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr. Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through elaborate dance and rock music, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.

85

8.3

/404950/

81

/6489/

83

/5836/

4.2

/277678/

86

/56/

93

/3956/

75

/20/

4.0

age 18+

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

80

7.4

/225524/

73

/6792/

73

/4172/

3.9

/803048/

94

/81/

77

/8903/

86

/21/

3.5

age 15+

Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.

60

6.9

/128285/

73

/5135/

68

/1647/

3.3

/141722/

71

/52/

71

/2547/

38

/14/

1.0

age 12+

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.

81

7.7

/179170/

75

/5001/

3.8

/163876/

89

/53/

90

/3812/

87

/10/

3.0

age 17+

When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.

63

6.5

/121069/

67

/4735/

64

/2276/

2.9

/88992/

64

/53/

57

/2271/

59

/11/

3.0

age 14+

Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.

74

7.3

/173298/

74

/4242/

71

/2182/

3.6

/102879/

78

/64/

81

/2696/

56

/16/

3.5

age 17+

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, whom takes the youth under his wing.

60

6.9

/152274/

70

/5580/

68

/2785/

3.5

/366520/

71

/55/

73

/3808/

56

/17/

0.5

age 18+

A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.

79

8.2

/279452/

79

/4362/

80

/3793/

4.3

/378282/

91

/65/

93

/3297/

78

/16/

2.0

age 14+

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

75

7.4

/208930/

72

/5984/

73

/3668/

3.8

/821671/

84

/90/

82

/7269/

92

/18/

2.0

age 16+

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

74

7.5

/118170/

76

/3797/

76

/2288/

3.9

/170226/

88

/52/

88

/5889/

65

/16/

2.0

age 16+

Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.

80

7.4

/135258/

74

/3367/

69

/1619/

3.4

/105127/

91

/54/

89

/6403/

79

/13/

4.0

age 17+

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

76

7.6

/127457/

74

/2961/

73

/1742/

3.9

/118597/

90

/68/

82

/2866/

80

/15/

2.5

age 18+

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

70

7.0

/61759/

75

/2456/

70

/771/

3.6

/60017/

72

/36/

85

/2112/

50

/6/

age 13+

A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.

47

5.8

/84917/

64

/2902/

61

/1885/

3.0

/60156/

17

/23/

44

/1363/

25

/9/

A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.

85

7.7

/148896/

74

/3295/

74

/2055/

4.0

/189816/

97

/93/

87

/2340/

94

/18/

4.0

age 16+

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

68

6.5

/65493/

68

/2364/

62

/1057/

3.2

/51551/

83

/53/

69

/2530/

58

/13/

3.0

age 12+

A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

81

7.7

/144912/

76

/2953/

75

/2109/

3.9

/166546/

93

/55/

88

/1987/

83

/16/

age 17+

New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

79

7.8

/85697/

77

/2344/

74

/1240/

3.9

/59870/

91

/46/

91

/1787/

69

/9/

3.0

After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.

83

7.4

/104631/

73

/2407/

70

/1534/

3.7

/136294/

95

/62/

84

/2634/

97

/15/

4.0

age 13+

A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.

70

7.0

/74583/

70

/2424/

69

/1372/

3.5

/59605/

70

/40/

70

/1848/

66

/13/

3.0

In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.

74

7.1

/97861/

71

/2872/

71

/1701/

3.8

/257810/

81

/81/

80

/4510/

70

/19/

age 18+

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

77

7.2

/90203/

71

/2584/

70

/1469/

3.9

/158975/

94

/50/

77

/2196/

75

/22/

age 15+

FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a new killer.

70

7.2

/71071/

73

/2020/

71

/1147/

3.5

/38111/

69

/29/

78

/983/

58

/7/

age 17+

"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.

71

6.6

/57056/

65

/1750/

64

/1020/

3.4

/51995/

84

/69/

73

/1796/

75

/8/

3.0

age 17+

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.

79

7.3

/81820/

72

/1809/

69

/1112/

3.5

/66489/

86

/58/

82

/1982/

80

/8/

4.0

age 15+

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.

76

7.4

/69303/

73

/2041/

72

/1303/

3.7

/71099/

88

/56/

83

/759/

63

/11/

3.5

age 15+

When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.

62

6.6

/51893/

68

/1642/

65

/962/

3.3

/28512/

51

/41/

55

/700/

52

/13/

3.0

age 17+

When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.

82

7.4

/74229/

73

/2280/

73

/1612/

4.1

/256297/

88

/59/

81

/802/

86

/15/

4.0

While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.

72

7.4

/67760/

72

/1303/

71

/1026/

3.8

/57893/

82

/45/

82

/1443/

75

/11/

2.0

David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate.

61

5.9

/46499/

62

/1274/

61

/1078/

2.9

/22959/

58

/24/

55

/1029/

50

/13/

3.5

An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.

72

6.9

/49081/

68

/1500/

68

/835/

3.5

/85015/

83

/77/

74

/1608/