Tarantino-esque
by bartspruyt | created - 25 Jan 2013 | updated - 31 May 2016 | PublicHigh, I'm BIG Tarantino fan .
That's why i'm searching for wannabe Tarantino or good inspired movies. If you think there one missing in the list .Let me know. :)
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1. Payback (I) (1999)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a successful heist, Porter is left for dead. Once he recovers, he seeks vengeance and wants his share of the money.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer
Votes: 145,750 | Gross: $81.53M
Cool and Hard Hitting. Mel Gibson is fantastic. Sit back and enjoy
2. Thursday (1998)
R | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A former L.A. drug dealer has moved to Houston to make a new life for himself as a married architect. Everything falls apart when he is suddenly visited by one of his former cohorts who comes carrying heroin.
Director: Skip Woods | Stars: Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart, Paulina Porizkova, James Le Gros
Votes: 20,062 | Gross: $0.00M
As classic as Pulp Fiction !!
3. Love and a .45 (1994)
R | 101 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller
A small time crook flees to Mexico to evade the authorities, loan sharks, and his murderous ex-partner with only his fiancé and a trusted Colt .45.
Director: C.M. Talkington | Stars: Gil Bellows, Renée Zellweger, Rory Cochrane, Jeffrey Combs
Votes: 4,860
Tarantino-esq action thriller which is worth a look and will not disappoint fans of Quentin's films ,particularly True Romance.
4. Love and a Bullet (2002)
R | 85 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A hitman falls in love with the boss's girlfriend, who may just be his next target.
Directors: Kantz, Ben Ramsey | Stars: Kent King, Anthony 'Treach' Criss, Charles Guardino, Shireen Crutchfield
Votes: 1,456 | Gross: $0.02M
An entertaining Post-Modern crime comedy of the 'outre' variety
5. Albino Alligator (1996)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the police are searching for.
Director: Kevin Spacey | Stars: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, William Fichtner
Votes: 8,565 | Gross: $0.33M
6. American Strays (1996)
R | 97 min | Action, Comedy
The film is three stories about one story, featuring an exciting and quirky cast of characters living on the edge.
Director: Michael Covert | Stars: Scott Plank, Melora Walters, John Savage, Brion James
Votes: 728 | Gross: $0.00M
A self-conscious, contrived gallery of eccentric characters derived from equal parts David Lynch, and the Coen brothers, with some sub-Tarantinoesque dialogue thrown in.
7. Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane (1998)
R | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A Cherry Pontiac Lemans Convertible...Two Days...Two-Hundred & Fifty Grand. When your lemon lot hits the skids you glom the gig no matter what the smell. For Bob and Sid, two slicked-back ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Mike Maas, Nick Fenske, Mark Priolo, Joe Carnahan
Votes: 1,159 | Gross: $0.01M
So here's another by-product of the Tarantino/Kevin Smith indy craze that got huge in the later part of the 90's.
8. Diamond Men (2000)
R | 100 min | Drama
A thirty-years traveling diamond salesman must mentor a brash young replacement when his company downsizes him.
Director: Dan Cohen | Stars: Robert Forster, Donnie Wahlberg, Bess Armstrong, Jasmine Guy
Votes: 1,808
If you liked Robert Forster in "Jackie Brown", you'll like this movie.
9. Elvis Took a Bullet (2001)
91 min
Director: Jerry Eeten | Stars: Gregg Binkley, Jerry Eeten, Rebecca McFarland, Mike Wood
Votes: 44
10. Four Rooms (1995)
R | 98 min | Comedy
Four interlocking tales that take place in a fading hotel on New Year's Eve.
Directors: Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Chuck Jones | Stars: Tim Roth, Antonio Banderas, Sammi Davis, Amanda De Cadenet
Votes: 111,110 | Gross: $4.30M
11. Freeway (1996)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A twisted take on "Little Red Riding Hood", with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker travelling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer and pedophile.
Director: Matthew Bright | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Perri
Votes: 31,769 | Gross: $0.30M
12. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, Quentin Tarantino
Votes: 340,751 | Gross: $25.75M
Gore + vampires + Tarantino & Rodriquez= great entertainment
13. Go (1999)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime
The aftermath of a drug deal as told from three different points of view.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jay Mohr, Scott Wolf, Taye Diggs
Votes: 75,162 | Gross: $16.84M
MTV version of Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction"
14. 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
48 hours of intersecting lives and crimes in Los Angeles.
Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Teri Hatcher, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Charlize Theron
Votes: 21,746 | Gross: $11.11M
"Short Cuts" meets "Pulp Fiction"
15. Jackie Brown (1997)
R | 154 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A flight attendant with a criminal past gets nabbed by the ATF for smuggling. Under pressure to become an informant against the illegal arms dealer she works for, she must find a way to secure her future without getting killed.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda
Votes: 375,110 | Gross: $39.67M
16. IOWA (2005)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama
A cautionary tale of love, crime, fantasy and addiction that follows two young Iowan lovers who decide to go into the "batch" business - cooking their own methamphetamine - only to watch it burn a searing hole in their lives.
Director: Matt Farnsworth | Stars: Matt Farnsworth, Diane Foster, John Savage, Rosanna Arquette
Votes: 432
It is reminiscent of Pulp Fiction, Blow, and Natural Born Killers, except it only takes place in a small town.
17. The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Small-time hood Frankie the Fly teams with a porn filmmaker and porno actress to try to make a killing by running a high-risk scam of the big boss.
Director: Peter Markle | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Kiefer Sutherland
Votes: 1,987
"Things to do in Denver when you're dead, or the gangsters little stories in Pulp Fiction"
18. Pulp Fiction (1994)
R | 154 min | Crime, Drama
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis
Votes: 2,221,013 | Gross: $107.93M
19. Killing Cupid (2005)
101 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When Valenitine, a lifelong assassin, tries to leave her old life behind, she enters a world that may be stranger than the one she just left. Searching for the son of a man she has killed ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Worth | Stars: Jenya Lano, Christa Sauls, Lorenzo Lamas, Dan Southworth
Votes: 92
Wes Anderson Meets Tarantino ?
20. Killing Zoe (1993)
R | 96 min | Crime, Thriller
The cab driver sets American Zed up with Zoe in his Paris hotel. Despite FFR1000 charged, she's an art student with day jobs e.g. bank. Safecracker Zed meets his junkie friend after 11 years to rob a bank.
Director: Roger Avary | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Martin Raymond, Eric Pascal Chaltiel
Votes: 21,417 | Gross: $0.42M
KILLING ZOE is a nasty and hilarious gem, lacking much of Quentin's trademark video clerk snottines n' know-it-all nerdy attitude. Combining elements of old French noir flicks with a true nihilistic slant, Avary's flick is a true avant-pop classic
21. Natural Born Killers (1994)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Romance
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield
Votes: 251,855 | Gross: $50.28M
Tarantino on acid
22. Curdled (1996)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
After getting interested in murder as a kid in Colombia, Gabriela now has a scrapbook on murders including clippings on "The Blue Blood Killer". While cleaning his latest murder scene in Miami, she comes across a clue missed by the cops.
Director: Reb Braddock | Stars: William Baldwin, Angela Jones, Bruce Ramsay, Lois Chiles
Votes: 5,591 | Gross: $0.05M
gecko en ritchie are in the news report
23. Sleep with Me (1994)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sarah, Joseph and Frank are BFFs. Joseph and Sarah get married but the evening before she tells Frank with a kiss that it could've been him. Frank continues to have a thing for Sarah.
Director: Rory Kelly | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Eric Stoltz, Meg Tilly, Lewis Arquette
Votes: 2,813 | Gross: $0.16M
" Tarantino's brief cameo steals the entire picture "
24. Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)
R | 102 min | Crime, Comedy, Fantasy
After 3 years in prison, Julian breaks out and returns to Vegas to get his half from the bank robbery and see Lucille again. The Devil took the loot and Tuerto took Lucille.
Director: Jack Baran | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Nancy Travis, Quentin Tarantino, James Le Gros
Votes: 2,551 | Gross: $1.18M
he loves B-movies,and he plays in a realy B-movie ...Great! :)
25. Less Than Zero (1987)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama
A college freshman returns to L.A. for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
Director: Marek Kanievska | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader
Votes: 22,126 | Gross: $12.40M
26. Bullets, Blood & a Fistful of Ca$h (2006)
R | 115 min | Action, Crime
A hard boiled tale of bloody revenge that interweaves the stories of nine criminals. Hector Gonzales, a ruthless kingpin who has risen through the ranks over the last ten years and now ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Akina | Stars: Jerry Lloyd, Tom Doty, Roy Stanton, Josh Cameron
Votes: 748
a cheap-as-dirt ripoff of a Tarantino movie
27. For a Few Lousy Dollars (1995)
R | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Few amateur robbers, few professional and one not so professional assassin, two crime bosses and hillbilly homicidal couple - they all meet in this ultimate Tarantino spoof.
Director: Micheal Bafaro | Stars: Ben Immanuel, Ian Tracey, Donny Lucas, Frank Cassini
Votes: 141
28. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
R | 99 min | Crime, Thriller
When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn
Votes: 1,088,523 | Gross: $2.83M
29. Roadracers (1994 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama
Cynical look at a 50's rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: David Arquette, John Hawkes, Salma Hayek, Jason Wiles
Votes: 3,150
Robert Rodriguez best in my eyes !!
30. Playing God (1997)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A disgraced surgeon leaves his former life and reinvents himself as a gunshot doctor in the criminal underworld.
Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: David Duchovny, Timothy Hutton, Angelina Jolie, Michael Massee
Votes: 7,969 | Gross: $4.05M
Angelina in a tarantino-esque movie ... me like :)
31. 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
R | 125 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A gang of ex-cons rob a casino during Elvis convention week.
Director: Demian Lichtenstein | Stars: Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater
Votes: 48,767 | Gross: $15.74M
32. Breathless (1983)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Romance
When Jesse Lujack steals a car in Las Vegas and drives down to LA, his criminal ways only escalate - but when will it end?
Director: Jim McBride | Stars: Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky, Art Metrano, John P. Ryan
Votes: 10,444 | Gross: $19.91M
in the top 100 list of tarantino ... see it and you know why
33. Breathless (I) (2012)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Thriller
After killing her bank-robber husband, a Texas housewife must dispose of the body and find the loot while avoiding the local sheriff.
Director: Jesse Baget | Stars: Gina Gershon, Val Kilmer, Kelli Giddish, Ray Liotta
Votes: 1,694
34. Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.
Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Andy Garcia, Christopher Walken, Christopher Lloyd, William Forsythe
Votes: 29,800 | Gross: $0.53M
When Scott Rosenberg gave his brilliant script to director Felder, something special was created- a Tarantino beater.
35. Gasoline (2001)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Mechanic Stella owns a gas station with introvert Lenni. When Stella accidentally kills Lenni's abusive mother, they try to dump the body. They run into trouble, thugs and cops but stick together as they fall in love with each other.
Director: Monica Stambrini | Stars: Maya Sansa, Regina Orioli, Mariella Valentini, Chiara Conti
Votes: 399 | Gross: $0.00M
36. Nicotina (2003)
R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A real-time dark comedy about a science geek who tangles with a clutch of Russian gangsters after he delivers them the wrong computer disk.
Director: Hugo Rodríguez | Stars: Diego Luna, Marta Belaustegui, Rosa María Bianchi, Rafael Inclán
Votes: 3,796 | Gross: $0.80M
37. Dead Presidents (1995)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodríguez
Votes: 24,491 | Gross: $24.20M
38. Desert Saints (2002)
R | 88 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
An American assassin, who works for cartels in Latin America, is back in USA. He gets a woman before each job and kills her after. FBI's on to him but are curious about his next big job.
Director: Richard Greenberg | Stars: Brent Roam, Shawn Woods, Christopher Bersh, Kiefer Sutherland
Votes: 3,427
39. Django Unchained (2012)
R | 165 min | Drama, Western
With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington
Votes: 1,695,831 | Gross: $162.81M
40. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
R | 153 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent
Votes: 1,584,786 | Gross: $120.54M
41. Montana (1998)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When a suitcase full of money disappears, the members of the gang quickly turn on each other. Everyone wants the money and when the shooting stops, who will be left standing?
Director: Jennifer Leitzes | Stars: Kyra Sedgwick, Stanley Tucci, Robin Tunney, Robbie Coltrane
Votes: 1,865
RIP Seymour Hofman ... must see for the fans
42. The Rules of Attraction (2002)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
Director: Roger Avary | Stars: James Van Der Beek, Ian Somerhalder, Shannyn Sossamon, Jessica Biel
Votes: 53,328 | Gross: $6.53M
Roger Avery masterpiece ...
43. Phoenix (1998)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama
A cop (Liotta) with a gambling addiction plots a theft from the bookies who are putting pressure on him to pay off or else.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Ray Liotta, Anthony LaPaglia, Daniel Baldwin, Jeremy Piven
Votes: 4,348 | Gross: $0.04M
" Reservoir Dogs meets Bad Lieutenant "
44. Swingers (1996)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A wannabe actor has a hard time moving on from a break-up, but he is lucky to have supportive friends.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Heather Graham, Jon Favreau, Ron Livingston
Votes: 88,157 | Gross: $4.51M
" This film is smooth. VERY smooth "
45. Ten 'til Noon (2006)
R | 80 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In ten minutes, everything can change - for these ten people, it will. An innovative real-time crime thriller in which the murderous events of one fateful day, committed between 11:50am and noon, are replayed from different points of view.
Director: Scott Storm | Stars: Alfonso Freeman, Rick D. Wasserman, Rayne Guest, Jenya Lano
Votes: 1,313
Mimic pulp fiction in narrative style.
46. Stickmen (2001)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Three young men unwittingly become involved in an underground pool tournament.
Director: Hamish Rothwell | Stars: Robbie Magasiva, Paolo Rotondo, Scott Wills, Simone Kessell
Votes: 1,527
This is very much like Tarantino meets Ritchie
47. Smokin' Aces (2006)
R | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Joseph Ruskin
Votes: 152,101 | Gross: $35.66M
48. Double Whammy (2001)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A world-weary police detective who fails to stop a fast-food restaurant massacre struggles to regain his departmental reputation, public image and self-worth.
Director: Tom DiCillo | Stars: Denis Leary, Elizabeth Hurley, Luis Guzmán, Victor Argo
Votes: 3,934
49. Killshot (2008)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced hit man and a psychopathic young upstart killer. The ensuing struggle will test Carmen to the limit.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Thomas Jane, Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Brandon McGibbon
Votes: 21,986 | Gross: $0.02M
50. Reindeer Games (2000)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After assuming his dead cell-mate's identity to get with the other man's girlfriend, an ex-convict finds himself a reluctant participant in a casino heist.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, James Frain
Votes: 42,403 | Gross: $23.36M
51. Lowball (1996)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two undercover cops blow their cover while investigating a heroin ring.
Director: Demian Lichtenstein | Stars: Peter Greene, Erik Schrody, Luis Moro, Jack Mulcahy
Votes: 166
52. Trees Lounge (1996)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
Tommy is an unemployed mechanic who spends most of his time in a bar (Trees Lounge) in a small blue collar town. He seems to always be thinking, "If only X then I could stop drinking".
Director: Steve Buscemi | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Carol Kane, Mark Boone Junior, Bronson Dudley
Votes: 17,594 | Gross: $0.70M
Steve Buscemi !!!!
53. Hard Eight (1996)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
Professional gambler Sydney teaches John the tricks of the trade. John does well until he falls for cocktail waitress Clementine.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 54,901 | Gross: $0.22M
'Paul Thomas Anderson is alsow a badass' words of tarantino himself
54. Judas Kiss (1998)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A couple and two hired hands kidnap a business owner for a four million dollar ransom. A woman is killed. Collateral damage? The F.B.I. gets involved.
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez | Stars: Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Carla Gugino, Simon Baker
Votes: 4,180
55. Lewis & Clark & George (1997)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Two escaped convicts join forces with a seductive femme on the trail of a long-forgotten gold mine.
Director: Rod McCall | Stars: Rose McGowan, Dan Gunther, Brian Taylor, Salvator Xuereb
Votes: 735
singing" scene with Rose McGowan
56. The Doom Generation (1995)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex-and-violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickie marts.
Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: James Duval, Rose McGowan, Johnathon Schaech, Cress Williams
Votes: 17,888 | Gross: $0.26M
Its a bad movie in a really good way
57. The Big Hit (1998)
R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Socially anxious hitman Melvin Smiley, an expert in his lucrative field, goes on a job and falls in love with his kidnapping victim, turning his world upside down.
Director: Kirk Wong | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Avery Brooks
Votes: 31,522 | Gross: $27.05M
58. Night of the Running Man (1995)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A Las Vegas cab driver discovers a stolen million dollars, and is tracked by a relentless and cold-blooded assassin sent to retrieve the money.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Alex Zonn, Matthew Laurance, Carl Ciarfalio
Votes: 1,993
59. Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.
Director: William Lustig | Stars: Robert Davi, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner, Bruce Campbell
Votes: 8,647
One of Tarantino's top 100 movie's !
60. The Player (1992)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg
Votes: 65,807 | Gross: $21.71M
61. Bang (1995)
98 min | Crime, Drama
A young woman in L.A. is having a bad day: she's evicted, an audition ends with a producer furious she won't trade sex for the part, and a policeman nabs her for something she didn't do, ... See full summary »
Director: Ash Baron-Cohen | Stars: Darling Narita, Peter Greene, Michael Newland, Erik Schrody
Votes: 552
62. Pale Saints (1997)
R | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Two small time hoods pretend to be serious henchmen in order to get to do a job in Toronto that they think will get them serious recognition in the mob. Things soon get out of control.
Director: J.H. Wyman | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Saul Rubinek, Michael Riley, Maury Chaykin
Votes: 154
63. Death Proof (2007)
R | 127 min | Action, Thriller
Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Kurt Russell, Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito
Votes: 313,953
64. Touch (1997)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
At the discovery of his ability to work miracles, Juvenal becomes a media sensation, but now he's prone to those who want to exploit him.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Bridget Fonda, Christopher Walken, Skeet Ulrich, LL Cool J
Votes: 2,706 | Gross: $0.41M
Elmore Leonard novels always felt a litle bit tarantino .
65. The Settlement (1999)
R | 101 min | Comedy
Swaggering, womanizing Jerry and his hen-pecked buddy Pat are in a bind....thier clients aren't dying fast enough! They buy insurance policies from the terminally ill.......and bet on them ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Steilen | Stars: John C. Reilly, William Fichtner, Kelly McGillis, David Rasche
Votes: 337
Pulp Fiction meets the Viatical Settlement industry
66. Thick as Thieves (1999)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A thief is betrayed after a well done job in Detroit. Returning to Chicago, he decides on revenge. Things escalate.
Director: Scott Sanders | Stars: Mark Adair-Rios, Khandi Alexander, Erich Anderson, Cecil 'Shuckey Duckey' Armstrong
Votes: 2,726
comparison to 'Jackie Brown'
67. Double Bang (2001)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
Director: Heywood Gould | Stars: William Baldwin, Jon Seda, Elizabeth Mitchell, Adam Baldwin
Votes: 466
68. The Job (I) (2009)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A guy looking to find employment and marry the love of his life gets in over his head when a fast-talking temp agent lands him a job.
Director: Shem Bitterman | Stars: Patrick John Flueger, Ron Perlman, Taryn Manning, Joe Pantoliano
Votes: 884
69. Back to Back (1996 TV Movie)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama
Bob Malone, a disgraced ex-cop who finds himself trapped between local homegrown thugs and the Japanese ganglords of the Yakuza when he investigates the frame-up that ruined his career.
Director: Roger Nygard | Stars: Michael Rooker, Ryo Ishibashi, Danielle Harris, John Laughlin
Votes: 849
I would like a Tsukimi Burger with a side of Elvis
70. Plan C (2012)
95 min | Comedy, Crime
Detective Ronald Plasmeyer's plan to repay a gambling debt falls apart when he enlists two men to do the work.
Director: Max Porcelijn | Stars: Ruben van der Meer, René van 't Hof, Ton Kas, Kees Hulst
Votes: 1,498
Best Dutch Tarantino!
71. The Pig Farm (2000)
77 min | Comedy
A dark romp about a hick, a hitman, and the other, OTHER, white meat.
Director: Michael Lee Barlin | Stars: Richard Alan Johnston, Jason Hildebrandt, Aaron Waiton, Karen Oberlin
Votes: 66
72. Boogie Nights (1997)
R | 155 min | Drama
Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 282,136 | Gross: $26.40M
Most Tarantinoesque movie of Mr. Anderson ...
73. Scorpion Spring (1995)
R | 90 min | Crime, Thriller
A sleazy French actor and a naive all-American guy meet bizarre characters as they motor along the U.S. and Mexico border.
Director: Brian Cox | Stars: Alfred Molina, Rubén Blades, Esai Morales, Patrick McGaw
Votes: 354
74. Fall Time (1995)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama
Three young men decide to plan a mock kidnapping, but everything goes wrong because a real bank robbery was already planned by two other guys.
Director: Paul Warner | Stars: Steve Alden, David Arquette, Stephen Baldwin, Jonah Blechman
Votes: 2,052
Always wanted to see Micky Rourke in a Tarantino ? This is going the good way !
75. Repo Man (1984)
R | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu with a huge, $20,000 bounty--and something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash
Votes: 41,117 | Gross: $3.57M
Briefcase
76. Killer Joe (2011)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church
Votes: 83,338 | Gross: $1.99M
77. City of Industry (1997)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Stephen Dorff, Timothy Hutton, Famke Janssen
Votes: 6,500 | Gross: $1.50M
78. Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of crooks, an ex con, his friend and a gun crazy gangster plan a drug heist, but not everything goes as planned.
Director: Kiefer Sutherland | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Dickens, Vincent Gallo, Mykelti Williamson
Votes: 5,230 | Gross: $0.05M
79. The Way of the Gun (2000)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother carrying a baby for a powerful, shady man.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro, Juliette Lewis, Taye Diggs
Votes: 35,236 | Gross: $6.06M
80. True Romance (1993)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In Detroit, a pop-culture nerd steals cocaine from his new wife's pimp and tries to sell it in Hollywood, prompting the mobsters who own the drugs to pursue the couple.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer
Votes: 242,560 | Gross: $12.28M
81. Hell Ride (2008)
R | 84 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Two rival bikers gangs, the Victors and the Six-Six-Six's, refuel their decades-old rivalry.
Director: Larry Bishop | Stars: Larry Bishop, Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen, Julia Jones
Votes: 16,360 | Gross: $0.19M
82. Mad Dog Time (1996)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as vicious rivals threaten the control of the empire.
Director: Larry Bishop | Stars: Michael J. Pollard, Henry Silva, Gabriel Byrne, Jeff Goldblum
Votes: 3,675 | Gross: $0.08M
83. Badlands (1973)
PG | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town, and her older greaser boyfriend, embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri
Votes: 78,414
Remember the True Romance tune ? ...
84. Hard Men (1996)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Crime
A Cockney thug becomes a daddy just before he and his two colleagues are supposed to put the screws to some unfortunate deadbeat. The new dad decides that he has had enough killing and ... See full summary »
Director: J.K. Amalou | Stars: Layla Aldridge, Victoria Bensted, Ross Boatman, Keith Brown
Votes: 590
85. Snatch (2000)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham, Vinnie Jones
Votes: 911,155 | Gross: $30.33M
86. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Eddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham
Votes: 616,455 | Gross: $3.90M
87. Night at the Golden Eagle (2001)
R | 87 min | Drama
An ex-convict's plans to turn legit go awry.
Director: Adam Rifkin | Stars: Vinny Argiro, James Caan, Donnie Montemarano, Natasha Lyonne
Votes: 2,621 | Gross: $0.02M
This is a real "Pulp Indie"
88. Body Count (1998)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
It was supposed to be an easy job for the 5 guys to rob an art museum of $15 million in paintings, but it comes with a body count that continues on the way to Miami to sell.
Director: Robert Patton-Spruill | Stars: David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, John Leguizamo, Ving Rhames
Votes: 2,089
89. Another Day in Paradise (1998)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence, and murder.
Director: Larry Clark | Stars: James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner
Votes: 9,213 | Gross: $1.03M
Larry Clarck goes Tarantinoesque.Perfect cast !
90. Guns, Girls and Gambling (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Thriller
5 Elvis impersonators stay long after the contest playing poker, when a valuable mask is stolen from the Indian casino. Killers, incl. a sexy, blonde assassin, hunt down the Elvises to get the mask.
Director: Michael Winnick | Stars: Christian Slater, Powers Boothe, Dane Cook, Jeff Fahey
Votes: 4,788
91. Novocaine (2001)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him and steals all of the drugs from his practice.
Director: David Atkins | Stars: Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Chelcie Ross, Laura Dern
Votes: 11,739 | Gross: $2.04M
92. Palookaville (1995)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime
Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese, Gareth Williams
Votes: 2,609 | Gross: $0.32M
93. Get Shorty (1995)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt, and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, John Travolta
Votes: 89,148 | Gross: $72.08M
94. Hard Luck (2006 Video)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ex drug dealer Lucky goes straight after prison. He's a street vendor in NYC. An old friend invites him to a strip club but uses him as muscle in a drug deal. When cops come, he leaves with the money and stripper.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Jackie Quinones, Cybill Shepherd, James Hiroyuki Liao
Votes: 3,368
95. Out of Sight (1998)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Steve Zahn
Votes: 99,342 | Gross: $37.56M
96. The Boondock Saints (1999)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two Irish Catholic brothers become vigilantes and wipe out Boston's criminal underworld in the name of God.
Director: Troy Duffy | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco
Votes: 250,732 | Gross: $0.03M
Somewhere between Tarantino and Ritchie lies Duffy
97. Wild Seven (2006)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama
In this darkly karmic vision of Arizona, a man who breathes nothing but ill will begins a noxious domino effect as quickly as an uncontrollable virus kills.
Director: James M. Hausler | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Robert Loggia, Robert Forster, Lucie Arnaz
Votes: 3,589
98. Dirt (2001)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime
When the mother of Junior and his younger brother Scooter, twenty-something, dies, they realize they need a woman around the house, since they haven't a clue how to cook or keep house. ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Covert, Tracy Fraim | Stars: Tracy Fraim, Michael Covert, Tara Chocol, Jack Kehler
Votes: 438
99. El Cortez (2006)
R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
A man just released from a mental institution gets involved in a gold mine scheme while trying to avoid the cops, a wrathful drug dealer, and a sultry femme fatale.
Director: Stephen Purvis | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Bruce Weitz, Glenn Plummer, Tracy Middendorf
Votes: 604
100. Devious Beings (2002)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Longstanding friendships are severely tested when three buddies who grew up together botch a drug deal and get played.
Director: Chris Cobb | Stars: Andre B. Blake, Patrick Van Horn, Kevin Connolly, Heather McComb
Votes: 182
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