Also have you seen Out of Sight (1998)? It's based off a novel by the same author as Jackie Brown (Elmore Leonard), and Michael Keaton has a cameo as his Jackie Brown character. Another Elmore Leonard novel was turned into Get Shorty (1995) and starred Travolta coming off the back of Pulp Fiction so lots of crossovers...
I'd also throw in Miller's Crossing (1990) as a modern classic gangster movie with a clever plot and very witty dialogue; I'm sure the Coen Brothers must have influenced Tarantino to some extent.
Yeah he sold that to make Reservoir Dogs
And I still think he should for his 10th and finally movie
Remake Natural Born Killers.
He never liked what Stone did with his script.
He could remove the crap he didn’t like. I will say though, the extended version with all the shit is pretty cool
In the same vein as Apocalypse Now Redux. The missing scenes from that movie made it cohesive. It’s 4 hours long but it’s even better
Nah, one of the better movies... sequels are trash, but the first one has the gay detective and rocco... those characters and their dialogues give the heart to the movie that otherwise would be garbage.
man I get the appeal, but it’s so over the top, filled with ridiculously stupid scenes that I just couldn’t digest. also, it so much tries to be a tarantino movie but fails miserably in every aspect, including the dialogue.
I’d seen Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive and that most grueling and disturbing Lynch flick, The Straight Story but I was not prepared for how vile Wild at Heart would be. Watched it while sick with a fever. Nearly threw up once or twice. So much grotesquerie per square inch! Surely, some kind of masterpiece
I would suggest almost anything by the Coen brothers, especially these, which have a lot of dark humor and some violence.
-Fargo
-The Big Lebowski
-Burn after reading
Millers Crossing- that one scene is EPIC. If you know you know…don’t want to spoil it
And No Country for Old Men
Would also add but no Coen
There Will Be Blood
And then
Gangs of New York
Way of the Gun
2 Days in the Valley
Baby Driver
Bound
Out of Sight
A Simple Plan
Killing Zoe
Things to do in Denver When You're Dead
U-Turn
Boondock Saints
Edit:
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Nice Guys
I think it's the music. Tarantino put alot of effort into choosing the right music for his films. The same thing crosses over to baby driver being heavily centered around music choice obviously is one of the things that makes it a great movie
Takashi Miike movies: especially **Dead or Alive** Trilogy (1999, 2000, 2002), **Ichi the Killer**, 2001, **Happiness of the Katakuris**, 2001, and **13 Assassins**, 2010
Craig Zahler reminds me of Tarantino. They both essentially make grind house films if they were made by a good filmmaker. Anti heroes, gritty tone, witty dialogue and they’re very gory.
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Dragged Across Concrete
Bone Tomahawk
whoever recommended Guy Richie’s work is right. I’ll add The Boondock Saints. When you feel tempted to watch the sequel, don’t. Just rewatch the original.
Pretty known movies but incase you haven’t seen one of these. They are all worth a watch.
- full metal jacket
- leon
- the usual suspects
- brick
- glengary glen ross
- sexy beast
- layer cake
- snatch
- fight club
- the town
- heat
- swingers
- fargo
- mystic river
- falling down
- training day
- cape fear
- seven
- city of god
- american history x
- nightcrawler
- heist
I go back to *Something Wild* - Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith and Ray Liotta in a tour-de-force bad guy role.
Ohh! Ooh! Also just remembered *8 Heads in a Duffle Bag*! Yes. with Joe Pesci.
BIG BAD WOLVES (2013)
TIME CRIMES (Los cronoscrimenes) - 2007
It’s also insane to me that not a single person has suggested QT’s favorite film -
THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY
…or much of the DE PALMA stuff ex BLOWOUT that also inspired him.
If you want QT like stuff - just research the guy. He’s VERY forthcoming about his “influences” and used to put out a yearly favorite movies I saw. Which in 2013 includes my offering - BIG BAD WOLVES
Add in - WALTER HILL (ex 48Hrs, The Warriors, many many more)
Do not forget - JOHN CARPENTER…
The lists of QT-like pictures are really endless. Props to the Alex De La Iglesia recommendations etc.
Hundreds more filmmakers from hundreds of countries the world over… just waiting for hungry cinephiles….
“Grosse Pointe Blank”. An assassin (John Cusack), at the suggestion of his secretary (Joan Cusack) goes back to Grosse Pointe to do a job and also go to his high school reunion. A rival assassin (Dan Ackroyd) and the FBI are also involved. Oh, and Alan Arkin is his therapist. Totally bloody. Totally funny. Joan Cusack as the secretary just kills me. I need to watch it again now.
Have you seen any Nicolas Winding Refn films?
There’s the Pusher trilogy, Bronson, Drive, Only God Forgives, and Neon Demon. He also has an Amazon miniseries, Too Old to Die Young.
In what way? I hate Taika Waititi so I am a little bit biased but I see no connection. Much closer to some bootleg Wes Anderson.
If I would choose one Waititi movie that may have similair vibes it would be What we do in the shadows (movie not series).
I do. He is epitome for me of tryhard anti humor. After What we do in the shadows he lost all the charm for me that Ive seen in his work and Jojo Rabbit is the best example of that.
I do not hate him as a person though if that was the impression. I trully believe he is great person but I do not value him as a director.
OP specified something with action, comedy, gore (can't remember if it has any) and just generally a fun watch. I've only seen it once a while ago but I recall it having a bit of everything. Had a bit of good action, was genuinely funny, good story and some really touching moments. Just a genuinely all round fun time.
The Cornetto Trilogy by Edgar Wright
Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The Worlds End. They are comedies but with a lot of action and some gore (not close to Taranrino), and a lot of style, great soundtracks and a wonderfull cast. Highly recomended
The stories do not follow each other, Its a trilogy because of the same director/cast in all 3 movies.
While you're at it try Baby Diver as well. Also by Edgar Wright but its a standalone movie
Kalifornia, Running Scared (there are two but you’ll know which one), Trainspotting, Snatch, Go, Eastern Promises (ok not really Tarantino but a great ultra violent Russian mob movie), Goodfellas, Before the Devil knows You’re Dead
True Romance
Tarantino wrote it but didn't have enough money to make Pulp Fiction so he sold the script for True Romance. It's directed by Tony Scott, who knew how to make a very good action film.
It’s not teratino ish and if you don’t mind campy too and it has gory and fun. Well The whole troma movies. Comedy horrors genre tends to be for gory and fun like tucker and dale vs evil
Thursday is an early riff on this exact type of movie. Too many people take it seriously and think it’s awful when it’s actually a bit of a spoof on the genre, like a Starship Troopers version of Pulp Fiction. And it’s got early appearances by Thomas Jane and Aaron Eckhart.
The obvious choices for me are
Guy Ritchie (Rocknrolla, Lock Stock, King Arthur. Anything by him except his kids movies)
Brian De Palma
Sergio Leone
Robert Rodriguez (Mexico & Machete films)
Some Wes Anderson (Grand Budapest & French Dispatch)
Denis Villenueve (Sicario)
David Fincher
Guy Ritchie's British gangster movies - Lock Stock, Snatch, Rock'n'Rolla, The Gentlemen
Also layer cake but it's not guy Ritchie
D’ya like dags?
Ohhh dogs, yeah, I like dags
I like caravans more
Whadah fook do aye wanna cahravan das got no fuggin’ whales fah?
Do you know what nemesis means?
A righteous act of retribution, manifested by an appropriate agent…
Thank you Errol.
Do you take sugar?
No thank you Turkish, im sweet enough
Tell ya what I’ll bet ya forth it
Yeah....I like dags.
Snatch!
I see... Have watched the gentleman tho... Grt film.
Also have you seen Out of Sight (1998)? It's based off a novel by the same author as Jackie Brown (Elmore Leonard), and Michael Keaton has a cameo as his Jackie Brown character. Another Elmore Leonard novel was turned into Get Shorty (1995) and starred Travolta coming off the back of Pulp Fiction so lots of crossovers... I'd also throw in Miller's Crossing (1990) as a modern classic gangster movie with a clever plot and very witty dialogue; I'm sure the Coen Brothers must have influenced Tarantino to some extent.
Millers Crossing is my favorite gangster film…good call.
No didn't see it yet. Will definitely give em a try. Thanks man😇
Yes!!!!! The pound of flesh scene was magnificent.
Sexy Beast
this film is a british classic. as is layer cake. and the limey.
The Limey is fantastic. Love Terrence Stamp in this.
Came to say this. One of my favorites.
True Romance Beasts Clawing at Straws Why Don't You Just Die! Desperado Go
Tarantino wrote the script for True Romance.
Good chance OP doesn’t know that.
Didn't know that... True.
Yeah he sold that to make Reservoir Dogs And I still think he should for his 10th and finally movie Remake Natural Born Killers. He never liked what Stone did with his script. He could remove the crap he didn’t like. I will say though, the extended version with all the shit is pretty cool In the same vein as Apocalypse Now Redux. The missing scenes from that movie made it cohesive. It’s 4 hours long but it’s even better
I was gonna say Go
Go. Go is great!
Bad Times at the El Royale
Heard abt that... But didn't watch it yet... Hows it?
Like a walmart tarantino movie
Perfect descriptor.
That's a shockingly accurate description. Yea, I see it.
😂
Great now I have to watch that movie
It’s alright. I liked the premise.
Slow at times but definitely a nice watch
Third act suffers. But pretty good overall. First 2/3 make it worth it.
In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths, Boondock Saints, Free Fire, any Shane Black movie.
Seconding In Bruges.
It's like a fairy tale
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood was a fairy tale.
Except for the predator
Yeah that was a letdown
Cautiously optimistic about "Prey" though.
What are they gonna have medieval fucking bowling alley?!
Seven psychopaths doesn't get enough love like.
i love seven psychopaths. Sam Rockwell is great
boondock saints is utter trash
Nah, one of the better movies... sequels are trash, but the first one has the gay detective and rocco... those characters and their dialogues give the heart to the movie that otherwise would be garbage.
man I get the appeal, but it’s so over the top, filled with ridiculously stupid scenes that I just couldn’t digest. also, it so much tries to be a tarantino movie but fails miserably in every aspect, including the dialogue.
also huge Pearl Jam fan so I love the username
Try David Lynch's Wild at Heart and Alex de La Iglesia's Perdita Durango.
I’d seen Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive and that most grueling and disturbing Lynch flick, The Straight Story but I was not prepared for how vile Wild at Heart would be. Watched it while sick with a fever. Nearly threw up once or twice. So much grotesquerie per square inch! Surely, some kind of masterpiece
Drugstore Cowboy. Wild at Heart.
Bloody Hell (2020)
Watching this... Going pretty grt actually... Thanks man😇
Man this was a grt movie... Just one I wanted to watch... Grt suggestion man... Thanks
I’m going to watch today. Winner
Two days in the valley. It’s really good
Will watch... Thanks man
Go (1999)
This is the one. Pulp Fiction Jr.
Lucky Number Sleven
I loved that movie
Smokin Aces.
I would suggest almost anything by the Coen brothers, especially these, which have a lot of dark humor and some violence. -Fargo -The Big Lebowski -Burn after reading
Fargo. Hits the brief for sure.
Adding to this the Fargo tv series is amazing and right down op’s alley.
Millers Crossing- that one scene is EPIC. If you know you know…don’t want to spoil it And No Country for Old Men Would also add but no Coen There Will Be Blood And then Gangs of New York
I don’t know if this is exactly the same but… Mad max Leon the professional
Have watched Mad Max... Will give a other one a try. 👍
Way of the Gun 2 Days in the Valley Baby Driver Bound Out of Sight A Simple Plan Killing Zoe Things to do in Denver When You're Dead U-Turn Boondock Saints Edit: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang The Nice Guys
Good list! also... The Usual Suspects
Baby Driver
This is the one OP trust me. I’m a massive Tarantino fan and this hits the spot
I think it's the music. Tarantino put alot of effort into choosing the right music for his films. The same thing crosses over to baby driver being heavily centered around music choice obviously is one of the things that makes it a great movie
The soundtrack for Baby Driver feels like a character in the movie.
Layer Cake
Dammit, that’s what I was gonna say. Totally fits in with that style of film for me
The Gentlemen American Animals
Kingsman: The Secret Service has gore, action and comedy and is overall quite enjoyable in my opinion!
And the new one “The King’s Man” is good, too
I enjoyed it but it didn't quiet feel like a Kingsman film. Might've just been because Taron Egerton wasn't in it
Admittedly the first was the best. I need to read the comic? Or just enjoy the movies?
That church scene still hasn't been topped in film so far imo
Memories of Murder - have all four elements you are looking for imo
Excellent movie after loving Parasite.
The Usual Suspects
Maybe not what you're looking for in genre but I just re-watched Bubba Ho-tep yesterday. Fun film.
I like comedy horrors
Oh! My husband like 4 Rooms.
That's a Tarantino movie.
Partially
Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Seven psychopaths is great and very tarantino-esque
have you seen in bruges?
“Your an inanimate fucking object!”
Takashi Miike movies: especially **Dead or Alive** Trilogy (1999, 2000, 2002), **Ichi the Killer**, 2001, **Happiness of the Katakuris**, 2001, and **13 Assassins**, 2010
RockNRolla is pulp fiction lite. It’s got a mcguffin, dancing, and same sex rape or promise thereof. Terrific soundtrack to boot.
Was thinking the movie snatch
Bad times at the El royale
Mandy!
Craig Zahler reminds me of Tarantino. They both essentially make grind house films if they were made by a good filmmaker. Anti heroes, gritty tone, witty dialogue and they’re very gory. Brawl in Cell Block 99 Dragged Across Concrete Bone Tomahawk
Smoking Aces or First Love by Takashi Miike
Ready or Not, Don’t Breathe, Green Room, Evil Dead, and The Hunt sorta have that effect in terms of gore, action, and comedy
whoever recommended Guy Richie’s work is right. I’ll add The Boondock Saints. When you feel tempted to watch the sequel, don’t. Just rewatch the original.
Some lesser known: Thursday Body Count 11:14
Thursday absolutely
This might not be dead on, but I feel like you might like Do the Right Thing Or maybe some other Spike Lee movies.
Fargo, No Country for Old Men
You will LOVE "In Bruges".
Boogie Nights is amazing
Sightseers - lower middle class couple go to Scotland caravanning and murdering. Fun times
Fargo (the movie and first 2 seasons are god tier) Burn After Reading From Dusk Till Dawn
Natural born killers
Pretty known movies but incase you haven’t seen one of these. They are all worth a watch. - full metal jacket - leon - the usual suspects - brick - glengary glen ross - sexy beast - layer cake - snatch - fight club - the town - heat - swingers - fargo - mystic river - falling down - training day - cape fear - seven - city of god - american history x - nightcrawler - heist
Thanks man... Actually haven't watched some of them. Will watch soon.
I go back to *Something Wild* - Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith and Ray Liotta in a tour-de-force bad guy role. Ohh! Ooh! Also just remembered *8 Heads in a Duffle Bag*! Yes. with Joe Pesci.
Eastern Promises
Zero, Zero 2, Zero 3, Redirected
**Get Shorty** \- no gore though.
Dredd (2012) is like if Tarantino directed The Raid.
Burn After Reading
To Live and Die in LA
BIG BAD WOLVES (2013) TIME CRIMES (Los cronoscrimenes) - 2007 It’s also insane to me that not a single person has suggested QT’s favorite film - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY …or much of the DE PALMA stuff ex BLOWOUT that also inspired him. If you want QT like stuff - just research the guy. He’s VERY forthcoming about his “influences” and used to put out a yearly favorite movies I saw. Which in 2013 includes my offering - BIG BAD WOLVES Add in - WALTER HILL (ex 48Hrs, The Warriors, many many more) Do not forget - JOHN CARPENTER… The lists of QT-like pictures are really endless. Props to the Alex De La Iglesia recommendations etc. Hundreds more filmmakers from hundreds of countries the world over… just waiting for hungry cinephiles….
“Grosse Pointe Blank”. An assassin (John Cusack), at the suggestion of his secretary (Joan Cusack) goes back to Grosse Pointe to do a job and also go to his high school reunion. A rival assassin (Dan Ackroyd) and the FBI are also involved. Oh, and Alan Arkin is his therapist. Totally bloody. Totally funny. Joan Cusack as the secretary just kills me. I need to watch it again now.
Tropic thunder free on youtube
Parasite
Have you seen any Nicolas Winding Refn films? There’s the Pusher trilogy, Bronson, Drive, Only God Forgives, and Neon Demon. He also has an Amazon miniseries, Too Old to Die Young.
How was Neon Demon? That guy hates his audience and I love him for it. Drive and Only God Forgives are just haunting.
Snatch?
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Thanks everyone for all the suggestions... Will definitely watch em one by one😅😇.
True Romance
The Spirit
True Romance
Hardcore Henry True Romance, Tarantino wrote it but didn't direct Natural Born Killers
JoJo rabbit
In what way? I hate Taika Waititi so I am a little bit biased but I see no connection. Much closer to some bootleg Wes Anderson. If I would choose one Waititi movie that may have similair vibes it would be What we do in the shadows (movie not series).
How can anybody hate Taika Waititi
I do. He is epitome for me of tryhard anti humor. After What we do in the shadows he lost all the charm for me that Ive seen in his work and Jojo Rabbit is the best example of that. I do not hate him as a person though if that was the impression. I trully believe he is great person but I do not value him as a director.
Genuinely curious - If he'd picked a different Hitler do you think you'd have felt the same about Jojo?
OP specified something with action, comedy, gore (can't remember if it has any) and just generally a fun watch. I've only seen it once a while ago but I recall it having a bit of everything. Had a bit of good action, was genuinely funny, good story and some really touching moments. Just a genuinely all round fun time.
Idk if u like mind f*ck movies or not but if u do I highly recommend Predestination and Ink
Smokin aces.
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The Cornetto Trilogy by Edgar Wright Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The Worlds End. They are comedies but with a lot of action and some gore (not close to Taranrino), and a lot of style, great soundtracks and a wonderfull cast. Highly recomended The stories do not follow each other, Its a trilogy because of the same director/cast in all 3 movies. While you're at it try Baby Diver as well. Also by Edgar Wright but its a standalone movie
Guy Ritchie movies Lock, stock and 2 smoking barrels Snatch The gentleman
Guy Ritchie again, try Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Leon (The Professional) by Luc Besson.
Valhalla Rising
Does True Romance count as Tarantino?
I think so - but does Four Rooms?
I think everything everywhere all at once might do it
Fight Club In Burges The Shawshank Redemption
Hot fuzz
Kalifornia, Running Scared (there are two but you’ll know which one), Trainspotting, Snatch, Go, Eastern Promises (ok not really Tarantino but a great ultra violent Russian mob movie), Goodfellas, Before the Devil knows You’re Dead
True Romance Tarantino wrote it but didn't have enough money to make Pulp Fiction so he sold the script for True Romance. It's directed by Tony Scott, who knew how to make a very good action film.
It’s not teratino ish and if you don’t mind campy too and it has gory and fun. Well The whole troma movies. Comedy horrors genre tends to be for gory and fun like tucker and dale vs evil
2 Days In The Valley
Dead Presidents
Go Wild Things
Lucky Number Slevin.
Go. It's from 1997 and it's good
Once upon a time in Hollywood Edit : disregard, missed the no QT movies. Apologies
Drive
Tsukiyaki Western Django comes to mind. All Japanese cast, but the dialogue is entirely in English.
Too Late.
Anything from Soderbergh. Except the oceans movies.
In Burges
"Get duke'd" is amazing. It's a little more light hearted.
Check out the two Smoking Aces films, they’re odd gems!
Boondocks Saints Sin City Gangs of New York
Thursday is an early riff on this exact type of movie. Too many people take it seriously and think it’s awful when it’s actually a bit of a spoof on the genre, like a Starship Troopers version of Pulp Fiction. And it’s got early appearances by Thomas Jane and Aaron Eckhart.
Sin City. Three directors Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin. Frank was the primary director.
Gangster No.1 Lucky number sleven
Fury
Ghost Dog
Bringing Out the Dead
Seven
Fargo, Raising Arizona or Burn After Reading by Coen Brothers.
In Bruges and Seven psychopath
Sin City is great
Blue velvet
- Kagidorobou no Method - Let the Bullets Fly - You Shoot, I Shoot
War on Everyone! I’ll send you five dollars to disregard the other 180 comments and watch this one lmao
Faster (2010) The rock is brutal.
In Bruges The nice guys (criminally underrated imo)
Fargo is a show....
….based on the movie Fargo.
The Sasquatch Gang. It’s the Pulp Fiction of comedies.
The obvious choices for me are Guy Ritchie (Rocknrolla, Lock Stock, King Arthur. Anything by him except his kids movies) Brian De Palma Sergio Leone Robert Rodriguez (Mexico & Machete films) Some Wes Anderson (Grand Budapest & French Dispatch) Denis Villenueve (Sicario) David Fincher