
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s he was an independent filmmaker whose films used nonlinear storylines and aestheticization of violence. His films have earned him a variety of Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Palme d'Or Awards and he has been nominated for Emmy and Grammy Awards. In 2007, Total Film named him the 12th-greatest director of all time. Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of Connie McHugh Tarantino Zastoupil, a health care executive and nurse born in Knoxville, and Tony Tarantino, an actor and amateur musician born in Queens, New York. Tarantino's mother allowed him to quit school at age 17, to attend an acting class full time. Tarantino gave up acting while attending the acting school, saying that he admired directors more than actors. Tarantino also worked in a video rental store before becoming a filmmaker, paid close attention to the types of films people liked to rent, and has cited that experience as inspiration for his directorial career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Quentin Tarantino, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 27, 1963 (63)
- Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Actor, producer, writer and director, also cinematographer and editor
- 57 on MovieCove · 87 credits in all
What are Quentin Tarantino's films like?
Across their 54 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 3 · Wry 16 · Earnest 29
A split, not a type: Light 24 · Serious 12 · Dark 15
A split, not a type: Grounded 24 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 17
A split, not a type: Gentle 12 · Charged 17 · Intense 22
A split, not a type: Steady 25 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 17
Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 26 · Funny 6
Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 20 · Relentless 12
Casual 16 · Engaged 32 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 27 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 9
Resolved 44 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Heroas Mr. White in Reservoir Dogs: Sundance Institute 1991 June Film Lab (1991)
- Shapeshifteras Johnny Destiny in Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)
- Shadowas Richard Gecko in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Moods and endings
- Happy10
- Bittersweet26
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous12
- Cyclical3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Quentin Tarantino's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 57 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (17).
- Pulp Fiction (1994) · actor, director, writer · free
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) · actor, director, writer · free
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) · director, writer · free
- Sin City (2005) · special guest director · free
- Iron Monkey (1993) · producer · free
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) · actor, writer, producer · free
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) · director, writer · free
- Alias (2001) · actor · free
- Four Rooms (1995) · actor, director, writer, producer · free
- Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) · actor, producer · free
- She's Funny That Way (2014) · actor · free
- Curdled (1996) · actor, producer · free
- +5 more
- Django Unchained (2012) · actor, director, writer · free
- True Romance (1993) · writer · free
- The Hateful Eight (2015) · actor, director, writer · free
- Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (2022) · actor · free
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) · actor, writer, producer · free
- Desperado (1995) · actor · free
- The Protector (2005) · producer · free
- Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) · actor, producer · free
- She's Funny That Way (2014) · actor · free
- Diary of the Dead (2007) · actor · free
- Little Nicky (2000) · actor · free
- Hell Ride (2008) · producer · free
- Pulp Fiction (1994) · actor, director, writer
- Reservoir Dogs (1992) · actor, director, writer
- Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood (2019) · actor, director, writer, producer
- Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (2022) · actor
- Desperado (1995) · actor
- Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) · actor, producer
- Diary of the Dead (2007) · actor
- Hostel: Part II (2007) · producer
Subscription and free streaming for Quentin Tarantino's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
87 credits, 57 with a MovieCove page; 96 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

Only What We Carry(2026)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
One Spoon of Chocolate(2025)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
The Projectionist(2026)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

Short Cuts : KILL BILL VOL.1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

Luckless Revanchists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

Thanksgiving(2023)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Thriller—A Cruel Documentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Super Pumped(2022)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Hateful Eight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Baby Driver(2017)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Hateful Eight(2015)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
#15SecondScare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

She's Funny That Way(2014)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Strutter(2012)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Malaria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Django Unchained(2012)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Legend Still Lives: 30 Years of Madman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Stolz der Nation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Hell Ride(2008)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Red Princess Blues Animated: The Book of Violence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Sukiyaki Western Django(2007)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Hostel: Part II(2007)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Diary of the Dead(2007)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Death Proof(2007)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Grindhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Planet Terror(2007)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Freedom's Fury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Hostel(2005)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Daltry Calhoun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

The Protector(2005)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Reservoir Dogs Revisited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Sin City(2005)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Kill Bill: Vol. 2(2004)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Kill Bill: Vol. 1(2003)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Duck Dodgers(2003)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Kaante (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Hero(2002)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all filmsPulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Alias(2001)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Little Nicky(2000)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Jackie Chan: My Story(1998)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Kisses in the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

God Said, 'Ha!' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Jackie Brown(1997)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Curdled(1996)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Girl 6(1996)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
From Dusk Till Dawn(1996)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Four Rooms(1995)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all filmsDance Me to the End of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Desperado(1995)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Somebody to Love(1994)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Sleep with Me(1994)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
ER(1994)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
All-American Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Pulp Fiction(1994)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Natural Born Killers(1994)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all filmsThe Coriolis Effect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Killing Zoe(1993)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
True Romance(1993)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Eddie Presley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Iron Monkey(1993)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Reservoir Dogs(1992)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Past Midnight(1991)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Vegetables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Dolph Lundgren: Maximum Potential (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

The Golden Girls(1985)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all showsDjango/Zorro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

Iconoclasts: Quentin Tarantino & Fiona Apple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Tangled Up in Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 86 titles, 82 of them dated from 1985 to 2026.
Film career
- 1991Screen debut· Reservoir Dogs
- 1994Oscar win· Pulp Fiction
- 1996Career best· From Dusk Till Dawn
- 2015Golden Globe nomination· The Hateful Eight
- 2022Career best· Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
By role
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
2 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes, 2 BAFTA Awards and 6 other major awards from 54 major nominations, 1992–2020.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Directing
- Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Oscar, nominated · Best Original Screenplay
- Golden Globe, won · Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Director - Motion Picture
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Director
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Screenplay (Original)
+4 other major bodies · 1 win and 4 nominations
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
- Critics Choice Award, won · Best Original Screenplay
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Director
- Cannes award, nominated
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Original Screenplay
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Original Screenplay
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Oscar, won · Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Golden Globe, won · Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Director - Motion Picture
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Original Screenplay
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Director
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Critics Choice Award, won · Best Original Screenplay
- Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Directing
- Oscar, nominated · Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Director - Motion Picture
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Director
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Screenplay - Original
+3 other major bodies · 1 win and 3 nominations
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
- Critics Choice Award, won · Best Screenplay, Original
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Director
- Cannes award, nominated
- Cannes award, nominated
Show 8 earlier yearsShow fewer
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Episodic Drama
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
- Berlinale award, nominated · Best Film
- Oscar, won · Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
- Oscar, nominated · Best Director
- Golden Globe, won · Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Director - Motion Picture
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Screenplay - Original
- BAFTA Award, nominated
+2 other major bodies · 2 wins and 1 nomination
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Director
- Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Screenplay
- Cannes award, won
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Director
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best First Feature
- Sundance award, nominated · Dramatic
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Quentin Tarantino's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 51; across their 51 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 80th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up28
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th13
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
17 of their 57 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved17
- Universally Panned1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser17
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed17
Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 37 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Quentin Tarantino's work okay for kids?
Across up to 23 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Quentin Tarantino work with?
People who share at least 2 of Quentin Tarantino's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lawrence Bender shares the most, 13.
Directors
- Robert RodriguezShared titles: The Director's Chair (2014), Death Proof (2007), Planet Terror (2007), Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999), From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Desperado (1995), Four Rooms (1995)See all 10 shared titles with Robert Rodriguez

- Scott SpiegelShared titles: Hostel: Part II (2007), Hostel (2005), My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004), From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)See all 4 shared titles with Scott Spiegel

- Eli RothShared titles: Inglourious Basterds (2009), Hostel: Part II (2007), Hostel (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Eli Roth

- Alexandre RockwellShared titles: The Projectionist (2026), Four Rooms (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Alexandre Rockwell

Writers
- Roger AvaryShared titles: Pulp Fiction (1994), Killing Zoe (1993), True Romance (1993), Reservoir Dogs (1992)See all 4 shared titles with Roger Avary

- Uma ThurmanShared titles: Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), All the Love You Cannes! (2002), Pulp Fiction (1994)See all 5 shared titles with Uma Thurman

Actors
- Michael MadsenShared titles: American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective (2023), The Hateful Eight (2015), Hell Ride (2008), Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Reservoir Dogs (1992)See all 7 shared titles with Michael Madsen

- Samuel L. JacksonShared titles: The Hateful Eight (2015), Django Unchained (2012), Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002), Jackie Brown (1997), Pulp Fiction (1994), True Romance (1993)See all 6 shared titles with Samuel L. Jackson

- Bruce DernShared titles: Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern (2026), Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood (2019), QT8: The First Eight (2019), The Hateful Eight (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Bruce Dern

- Daryl HannahShared titles: American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective (2023), Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)See all 4 shared titles with Daryl Hannah

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Sally MenkeShared titles: Inglourious Basterds (2009), Death Proof (2007), Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002), Jackie Brown (1997), Four Rooms (1995), Pulp Fiction (1994), Reservoir Dogs (1992)See all 10 shared titles with Sally Menke

- Robert RichardsonShared titles: Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood (2019), Django Unchained (2012), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)See all 6 shared titles with Robert Richardson

- Guillermo NavarroShared titles: Jackie Brown (1997), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Desperado (1995), Four Rooms (1995)See all 4 shared titles with Guillermo Navarro

- Nathan BarrShared titles: Hostel: Part II (2007), Hostel (2005), From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999)See all 3 shared titles with Nathan Barr

Producers
- Lawrence BenderShared titles: Inglourious Basterds (2009), Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002), From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999), From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999), Jackie Brown (1997), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Four Rooms (1995), Pulp Fiction (1994), Killing Zoe (1993) and 1 moreSee newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Lawrence Bender

- Bob WeinsteinShared titles: Django Unchained (2012), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Hell Ride (2008), Death Proof (2007), Planet Terror (2007), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Jackie Brown (1997), Pulp Fiction (1994), True Romance (1993)See all 10 shared titles with Bob Weinstein

- Harvey WeinsteinShared titles: Django Unchained (2012), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Hell Ride (2008), Death Proof (2007), Planet Terror (2007), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Jackie Brown (1997), Pulp Fiction (1994), True Romance (1993)See all 10 shared titles with Harvey Weinstein

- Elizabeth AvellanShared titles: Death Proof (2007), Planet Terror (2007), From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999), From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Desperado (1995)See all 6 shared titles with Elizabeth Avellan

Mixed roles
- Adam F. GoldbergShared titles: Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern (2026), The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Adam F. Goldberg

- Richard EdsonShared titles: The Projectionist (2026), Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Edson

- Clint EastwoodShared titles: Sergio Leone - L'italiano che inventò l'America (2022), Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Clint Eastwood

- Oliver StoneShared titles: Michael Cimino, God Bless America (2021), Natural Born Killers (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Oliver Stone

