Top 10 Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez Movies
Top 10 Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez Movies
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Dated : February, 5, 2012
They are best of the friends; they think alike, they help each other in their individual movies. Both of them are considered to be violent filmmakers. One filmmaker’s trademarks are his dialogues and the other’s action sequences. One is a complete digital movie making and the other thinks that the beauty of movie is the illusion which the film cameras provide.
Well who are they; they are Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. They are two of the most talented filmmakers from Hollywood. Both of them have had a similar life considering how they came up in the Hollywood scene. One directed a movie that impressed everyone at one of the biggest film festivals in the world. The critics went crazy about the movie and couldn’t stop raving about it. And one filmmaker made a movie out of budget that would be the cost of any movie’s wrap-up party. He made the movie out of a 7000 dollar budget and it was appreciated all over the world and when he got producers, they spent millions on the sound designing and still earned a lot of money.
They both have made movie together, they have acted, and written, co-directed, guest directed movies for each other. And above all they have made cult movie throughout their career and will go on to make many such movies all their life. And that is a guarantee.
So here we try and bring you the best ten movies they both have directed in their career till now. As these filmmakers are not just director but they are filmmakers who write their stories and direct them from nothing, they both have done only a few movies in their career span. But they have done some of the most amazing work ever. So here we bring you the Top 10 Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez Movies. If you haven’t seen even one of them, go ahead and watch these movies because you have been missing something special in your life.
1. Pulp Fiction 1994
A movie that changed everything for many people like me. When I first saw this movie I had no idea I would be watching this movie again and again for the rest of my life. I make it sure that I listen to the soundtrack of the movie once in a day. The movie for some people is nothing but great scenes, but they just don’t understand what the movie is all about. This movie changed the mafia movie scene in Hollywood. It took the critics and audiences by storm. It won an Oscar, a Cannes award and what not. A cult classic movie which everyone should watch over and over.
Plot: The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writers: Quentin Tarantino (stories), Roger Avary (stories)
Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson
2. Sin City 2005
Sin City is again a path-breaking movie and this time it is by Robert Rodriguez. The movie has been loved for every reason. The visuals are just stunning, the story is so engaging, the ation is so thrilling. Everything about this movie is amazing. Watch this movie for every reason why one wants to watch a movie. Again a cult classic.
Plot: A film that explores the dark and miserable town, Basin City, and tells the story of three different people, all caught up in violent corruption.
Directors: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Writer: Frank Miller (graphic novels)
Stars: Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen and Bruce Willis
3. Reservoir Dogs 1992
No one can believe that the movie has been directed by a man who was directing a movie for the first time. And he had no formal education in filmmaking. And yet Quentin made a perfect movie and made it clear to the audiences and critics that he has arrived.
Plot: After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writers: Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary (background radio dialog)
Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen
4. El Mariachi 1992
If Reservoir Dogs was the way Quentin made his arrival, then El Mariachi is Robert’s way. He made his debut as a director with his extremely low budget movie: which was a $7000 movie. He spent that much amount a gave a product which was way too ahead of times. He made it clear top the world, that he will bring a revolution to the world of cinema. And he surely did. One fn fact about the movie, the movie was made on a budget of $7000 and olumbia who bought the rights of the movie spent millions of dollars on the sound designing and still managed to eanr a lot of profit from the movie.
Plot: A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Writer: Robert Rodriguez
Stars: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez and Jaime de Hoyos
5. Grindhouse 2007
This is one of a kind of movie. No one except these two would have thought of a movie like this, they just had fun while making and we enjoyed more than anything. A personal favorite just because of the concept to make a b-grade looking movie and having a story that is unpretentious and still it can appeal to you so much. This surely makes the filmmakers way ahead than their competitors.
Two full length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez put together as a two film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.
Directors: Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
Writers: Robert Rodriguez, Robert Rodriguez,
Stars: Kurt Russell, Rose McGowan and Danny Trejo
6. Inglourious Basterds 2009
This is Quentin at his best. Just imagine thinking of a plot where you change facts and make a fictional movie. And the facts that everyone on the world knows of. And when he tells the story, it almost makes us believe, maybe this could have had happened.
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger and Eli Roth
7. Once Upon a Time in Mexico 2003
Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Writer: Robert Rodriguez
Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek and Johnny Depp
8. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003
The Bride wakes up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before entering the coma is gone. The only thing on her mind is to have revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was once part of.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writers: Quentin Tarantino, Quentin Tarantino (character The Bride), and 1 more credit »
Stars: Uma Thurman, David Carradine and Daryl Hannah
9. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004
The murderous Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his two remaining associates; his younger brother Budd, and Bill's latest flame Elle.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writers: Quentin Tarantino, Quentin Tarantino (character The Bride), and 1 more credit »
Stars: Uma Thurman, David Carradine and Michael Madsen
10. From Dusk Till Dawn 1996
Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in an establishment populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Writers: Robert Kurtzman (story), Quentin Tarantino (screenplay)
Stars: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney and Juliette Lewis
So these are the best Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez movies. They are icons all over the world today because of the kind of movies they have made and we hope that they never change and they keep entertaining us with these cult classics throughout their lifetime.