Quentin Tarantino's all-time top 12 favorite movies

Quentin Tarantino’s all-time top 12 favorite movies

Posted on 4 August 2012 in Frontpage news by Sebastian 9 Comments

There are lists, and then there are lists. According to Sight & Sound (as read on The Playlist) a number of directors polled rank a number of really great movies among their top favorites again this year. You might remember our own exclusive list of Quentin’s favorite Spaghetti Westerns and our list of Quentin’s favorite grindhouse flicks. Quentin himself is a great fan of lists, you may find his annual lists as well as certain genre lists, and he has notoriously named top lists in interviews and magazine coverage. Here is an update in the form of Sight and Sound’s 2012 top 12 favorite movies according to Quentin Tarantino:

Quentin Tarantino

“The Good, The Bad & The Ugly” (1966, dir. Sergio Leone)
“Apocalypse Now” (1979, dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
“The Bad News Bears” (1976, dir. Michael Ritchie) (Amazon.com)
“Carrie” (1976, dir. Brian DePalma)
“Dazed And Confused” (1993, dir. Richard Linklater) (Amazon.com)
“The Great Escape” (1963, dir. John Sturges) (Amazon.com)
“His Girl Friday” (1940, dir. Howard Hawks) (Amazon.com)
“Jaws” (1975, dir. Steven Spielberg)
“Pretty Maids All In A Row (1971, dir. Roger Vadim)
“Rolling Thunder” (1977, dir. John Flynn) (Amazon.de)
“Sorcerer” (1977, dir. William Friedkin) (Amazon.com)
“Taxi Driver” (1976, dir. Martin Scorsese)

Ten years have passed since, and interestingly, we also have a list of Sight and Sound’s poll from 2002, which Quentin answered as follows (can you spot the differences?):

Top 12 from Sight & Sound Top 10 Poll 2002

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966, Leone)
Rio Bravo (1959, Hawks)
Taxi Driver (1976, Scorsese)
His Girl Friday (1940, Hawks) (Amazon.com)
Rolling Thunder (1977, Flynn) (Amazon.de)
They All Laughed (1981, Bogdanovich) (Amazon.com)
The Great Escape (1963, J. Sturges) (Amazon.com)
Carrie (1976, De Palma)
Coffy (1973, Hill)
Dazed and Confused (1993, Linklater) (Amazon.com)
Five Fingers of Death (1973, Chang)
Hi Diddle Diddle (1943, Andrew L. Stone) (Amazon.com)

There are a few more of Quentin’s favorites lists, if you click here.

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scherpschutter

It took me years to enjoy Hawks’ westerns, but finally I managed to do so, and today Rio Bravo is one of my favorite films. Seems QT has set a few steps in the opposite direction.
Oriental

I didn’t really like Rio Bravo, a too closed western in the scenery. I prefered a lot more The Seachers.
Pete R

I love both Searchers and Rio Bravo. But Bravo is def the lighter of the two. Its not as dark and disturbing as Searchers. I also find Bravo to be easier to rewatch as just an entertaining, action packed, funny cozy little “hangout” film as QT calls it.
Sheikara

I love “sorcerer!, “Dazed and Confused” “Taxi Driver” “Carrie”!
Roulette

How could you drop Rio Bravo??? That one scene with Dean Martin and the spittoon is pure brilliance. The man could act… And drink…
thomas

for us it´s better that he changed the list. So we can discover other favourite movies like the bad new bears, sorcerer …
lenzi

The 2002 is way more cooler.
http://www.facebook.com/bedvant Glendon Hart

I love it when Harriet walks in on Coffy and the strung out bitch! That’s right
before we meet King George and his Yellow Leisure suit. What a scream
Rocker453

The Good The Bad and The Ugly is beyond epic!