The Panda Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 Number 12 Pulp Fiction (1994) Miramax Films, Directed by Quentin Tarantino (126 Points, 29 Votes) "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions." Number 1 Placements: 2 Top 5 Placements: 6 Top 25 Placements: 14 Previous Rankings: 2016 (6, -6), 2014 (25, +13), 2013 (2, -10), 2012 (1, -11) Awards Count: Won 1 Oscar, Nominated for Best Picture Tomatometer: 94% (9.1 Avg Rating) Box Office: 107.9m (232.5m Adjusted) Synopsis: The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Critic Opinion: "If the situations are inventive and original, so is the dialogue. A lot of movies these days use flat, functional speech: The characters say only enough to advance the plot. But the people in "Pulp Fiction" are in love with words for their own sake. The dialogue by Tarantino and Avary is off the wall sometimes, but that's the fun. It also means that the characters don't all sound the same: Travolta is laconic, Jackson is exact, Plummer and Roth are dopey lovey-doveys, Keitel uses the shorthand of the busy professional, Thurman learned how to be a moll by studying soap operas. It is part of the folklore that Tarantino used to work as a clerk in a video store, and the inspiration for "Pulp Fiction" is old movies, not real life. The movie is like an excursion through the lurid images that lie wound up and trapped inside all those boxes on the Blockbuster shelves. Tarantino once described the old pulp mags as cheap, disposable entertainment that you could take to work with you, and roll up and stick in your back pocket. Yeah, and not be able to wait until lunch, so you could start reading them again." - Roger Ebert User Opinions: "This is a film that takes all that you have ever known about film and bludgeons it to death with a pen and paper. It redefines what is acceptable and what is off beat and all it asks you to do is enjoy this film for 2 and a half hours. I did, immensely, and I think most people will, and have. If you really have not seen this, then you are robbing yourself of one of the best cinematic experiences in the history of film. This is easily one of the best films ever made. How anyone can disagree is beyond my understanding and I can't see how you can truly call yourself a film fan if you can't see the brilliance of this film." - @baumer "Greatest film ever made" - @Jake Gittes Commentary: Quentin Tarantino finally makes a second showing on our list with the film he's most well known for, Pulp Fiction. Pulp Fiction is a pop-culture masterpiece, encapturing so much about the 90s, and being filled with a nihilistic spirit and the meaningless of everything going on in popular culture through various tangent plot threads, that somehow weave together for an ending that brings everything you just saw together. The movie is pretty hilarious, wickedly entertaining and it really resonates with those trying to understand the point of so many oddities within our ever-changing American culture. Pulp Fiction pushed the boundaries of what could be done in film and paved the way for many violent knock-offs and efforts to follow. Pulp made 48% of the lists submitted, with an average score of 4.3 Decade Count: 90s (25), 10s (15), '00s (13), 80s (13), 70s (9), 60s (6), 50s (4), 40s (3), 30s (1) Tomatometer Count: Over 90% (71), 80%-90% (12), 70%-80% (3) Adjusted Box Office Count: 1b+ (3), 900m (2), 800m (1), 700m (3), 600m (2), 500m (3), 400m (10), 300m (8), 200m (14), 100m (16), Under 100m (25) Director Count: Steven Spielberg (6), James Cameron (4), Alfred Hitchcock (3), Ridley Scott (3), Martin Scorsese (3), Damien Chazelle (2), Francis Ford Copolla (2), David Fincher (2), Stanley Kubrick (2), John Lasseter (2), Sergio Leone (2), Richard Linklater (2), John McTiernan (2), Hayao Miyazaki (2), Christopher Nolan (2), Andrew Stanton (2), Quentin Tarantino (2), Lee Unkrich (2), Robert Zemeckis (2), J.J. Abrams (1), Roger Allers (1), Paul Thomas Anderson (1), John Avildsen (1), Brad Bird (1), Ash Brannon (1), Frank Capra (1), Ron Clements (1), Joel and Ethan Coen (1), Alfonso Cuaron (1), Michael Curtiz (1), Jonathan Demme (1), Stanley Donen (1), Frank Darabont (1), Pete Docter (1), Clint Eastwood (1), Victor Fleming (1), Milos Forman (1), Terry Gillam (1), Rian Johnson (1), Terry Jones (1), Gene Kelly (1), Akira Kurosawa (1), David Lean (1), Ang Lee (1), Spike Lee (1), Katia Lund (1), James Mangold (1), Michael Mann (1), Richard Marquand (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), George Miller (1), Rob Minkoff (1), John Musker (1), Jordan Peele (1), Roman Polanski (1), Harold Ramis (1), Rob Reiner (1), Russo Brothers (1), Gus van Sant (1), Bryan Singer (1), Isao Takahata (1), Guillermo Del Torro (1), Gary Trousdale (1), King Vidor (1), Orson Welles (1), Peter Weir (1), Robert Wise (1), David Yates (1) Franchise Count: Best Picture Winner (13), Pixar (7), Steven Spielberg (6), James Cameron (4), Star Wars (3), Toy Story (3), Alien and Predator (3), Studio Ghibli (3), WDAS (3), Dead Wife Cinematic Universe/Nolan (2), Marvel (2), Terminator (2), 'Before' (1), Blade Runner (1), Monty Python (1), X-Men (1), MCU (1), Captain America (1), Die Hard (1), Harry Potter (1), Rocky (1), Oz (1), Indiana Jones (1), Nemo (1), The Godfather (1), Dollars (1), Hannibal (1), Mad Max (1), Jurassic Park (1), Jaws (1), Back to the Future (1) Genre Count: Drama (35), Adventure (30), VFX Driven (27), Thriller (23), Sci-Fi (23), Fantasy (21), Comedy (21), Epic (20), Action (19), Family/Children (17), Period Piece (17), Novel Adaption (16), Romance (15), Crime/Noir (14), Animation (13), Sequel (13), Horror (12), Indie (11), Tragedy (11), War (11), Musical (7), Foreign Language (6), Cult Classic (5), Western (5), Romantic Comedy (5), Melodrama (4), Spy/Detective (4), Bio-Pic (4), Christmas (3), Sports (3), Superhero (3), Comic Book (2), Satire (2), Remake (2) 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narniadis Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I like this Panda, being such a cock tease with that video clip. Pulp Fiction fell out of the top 10, which is interesting but rather insignificant all things considered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 Watch for number 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 yoooo Titanic taking down Pulp Fiction 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narniadis Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 minute ago, That One Guy said: yoooo Titanic taking down Pulp Fiction I'm gonna be pissed if Titanic somehow missed (I doubt it) after all of your yammering about it.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Pulp Fiction is out of the top 10 Wonder what would’ve happened if I had it at #1 instead of Lebowski 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, That One Guy said: yoooo Titanic taking down Pulp Fiction IDK, could be 12 Angry Men. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narniadis Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 These clips from TDK are making me want to pull my bluray out and watch it again... been at least 3 years (I think) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infernus Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) Looks like the next film won't be one of the LOTR films (nothing controversial about any of them being this high after all). Will be nice to have all 3 of them in the top 10 for the first time. Now if only FotR manages to top the list everything will be perfect. Edited May 21, 2018 by Infernus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 LOTR is a case where people kinda grouped the films together so they’ll be three in a row I think 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narniadis Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Just now, Infernus said: I just hope the next film isn't any of the LOTR films. Will be nice to have all 3 of them in the top 10 for the first time. And then if FotR manages to top the list everything will be perfect. I am excited - my blurays of the extended editions (all 6 films) will arrive tomorrow - wife and I never got them previously and decided we wanted to watch them again. Fellowship is one of my favorite films. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlborn Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 TDK missed the list, that's my guess. He's giving way too many hints. But then again, can it really miss the list? Surely a lot of people voted for it, even if not very high? Huh... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infernus Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Arlborn said: TDK missed the list, that's my guess. He's giving way too many hints. But then again, can it really miss the list? Surely a lot of people voted for it, even if not very high? Huh... No way it missed the list. It's never even been out of the top 10 in any of the previous renditions of this thing. Edited May 21, 2018 by Infernus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narniadis Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, Arlborn said: TDK missed the list, that's my guess. He's giving way too many hints. But then again, can it really miss the list? Surely a lot of people voted for it, even if not very high? Huh... That would be a shock to be sure - and serious case of WTF happened to the Nolan groupies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narniadis Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Infernus said: No way it missed the list. It's never even been out of the top 10 in any previous renditions of this thing. That may also be the thing - it could be #11.... which would be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 BTTF was in my top 5. Gets better and better each time 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 minute ago, narniadis said: That would be a shock to be sure - and serious case of WTF happened to the Nolan groupies... Nolan got his Best Director nom. Their job was done, and so they have ascended to Nolan heaven. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 On 5/12/2018 at 2:53 AM, Auteur Panda said: Here's the running list with the write up linked to each name! 12. Pulp Fiction 13. Back to the Future 14. Terminator 2: Judgement Day 15. Schindler's List 16. GoodFellas 17. The Lion King 18. Jaws 19. Jurassic Park 20. Inside Out 21. Mad Max: Fury Road 22. Saving Private Ryan 23. Casablanca 24. Inception 25. The Shawshank Redemption 26. The Silence of the Lambs 27. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly 28. Spirited Away 29. The Godfather, Part II 30. Alien 31. Finding Nemo 32. Forrest Gump 33. Toy Story 34. Return of the Jedi 35. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 36. The Incredibles 37. Aliens 38. Gladiator 39. Fight Club 40. Beauty and the Beast 41. Princess Mononoke 42. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 43. Aladdin 44. Toy Story 3 45. Pan's Labyrinth 46. Se7en 47. Toy Story 2 48. The Shining 49. The Wizard of Oz 50. Vertigo 51. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 52. Seven Samurai 53. The Usual Suspects 54. Rocky 55. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 56. Apocalypse Now 57. Once Upon a Time in the West 58. Groundhog Day 59. Whiplash 60. 2001: A Space Odyssey 61. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 62. Wall-E 63. Taxi Driver 64. Rear Window 65. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 66. The Truman Show 67. Die Hard 68. The Terminator 68. The Sound of Music 70. Memento 71. Get Out 72. Fargo 73. Psycho 74. Inglourious Basterds 75. Heat 76. Footloose Captain America: The Winter Soldier 77. Logan 78. La La Land 79. Do the Right Thing 80. Predator 81. The Departed 82. It's a Wonderful Life 83. Citizen Kane 84. Before Sunrise 85. The Princess Bride 86. Unforgiven 87. Lawrence of Arabia 88. Avatar 89. Blade Runner 90. Chinatown 91. Good Will Hunting 92. Gravity 93. Singin' in the Rain 94. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 95. There Will Be Blood 96. Star Wars: The Last Jedi 97. City of God 98. Boyhood 99. Grave of the Fireflies 100. Life of Pi 106. The Thing 107. Before Sunset 108. Guardians of the Galaxy 109. The Sixth Sense 110. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 111. Captain America: Civil War 112. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 113. Batman Begins 114. American Beauty 115. Amadeus 116. Raging Bull 117. Blazing Saddles 118. RoboCop 119. District 9 120. Your Name 121. Halloween 122. A Clockwork Orange 123. The Apartment 124. Up 125. Ratatouille 126. Children of Men 127. Blade Runner 2049 128. Amelie 129. Zootopia 130. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl 131. To Kill a Mockingbird 132. Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance 133. Ghosbusters 134. Bridge on the River Kwai 135. My Neighbor Totoro 136. Before Midnight 137. Frozen 138. The Bourne Ultimatum 139. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 140. Airplane! 141. North by Northwest 142. Braveheart 143. The Green Mile 144. Shrek 145. The Room 146. Ferris Beuller’s Day Off 147. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 148. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Chimera 149. The Breakfast Club 150. Casino Royale (2006) 151. The Social Network 152. Arrival 153. Thor: Ragnarok 154. Star Trek (2009) 155. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 156. Ben-Hur 157. Iron Man 158. Her (2013) 159. Scream 160. South Park – Bigger, Longer and Uncut 161. Black Swan 162. Dead Poet’s Society 163. Oldboy (2003) 164. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 165. The Grand Budapest Hotel 166. Edge of Tomorrow 167. Bicycle Thieves 168. Manchester by the Sea 169. Kill Bill Vol 1 170. Hot Fuzz 171. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 172. Deadpool 173. Django Unchained 174. Interstellar 175. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 176. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 177. Network 178. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe 179. Pinocchio 180. Spider-Man 181. The Prestige 182. How to Train Your Dragon 183. The Life of Brian 184. Gone With the Wind 185. Cinema Paradiso 186. City Lights 187. Modern Times 188. Brokeback Mountain 189. Apollo 13 190. Ex Machina 191. The Big Short 192. Gone Girl 193. The Grapes of Wrath 194. X-Men: Days of Future Past 195. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 196. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 197. The Wolf of Wall Street 198. Batman (1989) 199. Young Frankenstein 200. Reservoir Dogs 201. Texas Chainsaw Massacure 202. The Dark Knight Rises 203. Roman Holiday 204. Starship Troopers 205. Arsenic and the Old Lace 206. Leon: The Professional 207. Almost Famous 208. JFK 209. Mulholland Drive 210. The Exorcist 211. The Last of the Mohicans 212. Stand By Me 213. Scarface 214. The Searchers 215. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest 216. (500) Days of Summer 217. Tremors 218. Big Fish 219. Jurassic World 220. Ocean’s Eleven 221. Office Space 222. Duck Soup 223. Slumdog Millionare 224. Raising Arizona 225. The Producers 226. American Psycho 227. Batman Returns 228. The Quiet Man 229. Skyfall 230. The Hunger Games 231. Independence Day 232. Zodiac 233. Paths of Glory 234. Perks of Being a Wallflower 235. The Royal Tenenbaums 236. The Great Escape 237. Wonder Woman 238. 12 Years a Slave 239. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 240. Hunt for the Wilderpeople 241. The LEGO Movie 242. The Jungle Book (1964) 243. Rashomon 244. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 245. Das Boot 246. Prisoners 247. Dredd 248. Notorious 249. Men in Black 250. Kung Fu Panda Before we go to the last reveal of the night, here's the running list, with more just misses bolded. Now for number 11. 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narniadis Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Holy Crap 125-106 has some great films... Ratatouille and Up 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Ah fuck you’re keeping me on edge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...