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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the highly-anticipated ninth film from Quentin Tarantino, debuts in theaters this weekend, and Tarantino-fever is at an all-time high. The film—which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie—is, essentially, golden-age Hollywood fanfiction. DiCaprio plays Rick Dalton, a fictional TV star loosely based on Burt Reynolds; Pitt plays Cliff Booth, a fictional stunt double based loosely on Reynolds’s real-life stunt-double Hal Needham; and Robbie plays Sharon Tate, a real-life actress and wife of director Roman Polanski who was murdered by a member of the Manson family cult. It’s the best-reviewed Tarantino film since 1994’s Pulp Fiction, according to Rotten Tomatoes, and it’s looking likely that Tarantino is going to be back on top after a lackluster response to 2015’s The Hateful Eight.
Known for his highly stylized aesthetic and excessive use of violence, Tarantino is easily one of the most recognizable filmmakers of the modern age. Whether you’ve had a Reservoir Dogs poster on your bedroom wall since 1992 or just heard a play-by-play of the film from that dude who didn’t ask you any questions on your last date, there’s no denying the filmmaker’s impact. He’s an auteur in every sense of the word, and his films will be written about in Intro to Film classes for many years to come. That said, he is not without controversy: All of his films, save for this latest one, were produced by his close friend Harvey Weinstein. But after 26 years and nine films—and with the near-guaranteed success of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood just around the corner—it doesn’t look like he’s giving up his crown any time soon.
Now would be a really good time to catch up on Tarantino’s filmography. But how? Are there any Quentin Tarantino films streaming on Netflix? Friends, the answer is yes. There are three Quentin Tarantino films currently streaming on Netflix, as well as one bonus extended edition. Here’s what you can watch:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
It’s the Tarantino film at the top of every man’s Tinder profile, and we’re guessing you’ve seen it before. Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, and Uma Thurman as criminals in a hyper-violent, blood-splattering, non-chronological crime drama, it is considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made. And now it’s streaming on Netflix!
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Like Once a Upon Time in Hollywood, Inglourious Basterds is an alternate history story starring Brad Pitt. This one is more of a revenge fantasy, however: Pitt plays a Nazi hunter who kills German soldiers in violent and creative ways. It also features one of the best Tarantino jokes: Brad Pitt’s miserable pronunciation of the Italian greeting, buongiorno.
The Hateful Eight (2015)
This western thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell was slightly less critically-adored than most of Tarantino’s other films. Jackson and Russell play a bounty hunters in the wild west in the late 19th-century who form an alliance. When they are forced to take shelter in a cabin in the middle of winter, they meet a handful of kooky characters.
The Hateful Eight Extended Version (2019)
In case you couldn’t get enough of The Hateful Eight, you can also watch Tarantino’s extended edition, which became available earlier this year on Netflix in four 50-minute episodes. The episode titles are “Last Stage to Red Rock,” “Minnie’s Haberdashery,” “Domergue’s Got A Secret,” and “The Last Chapter.” It’s 19 minutes longer than the original film, but recut for an episodic format.
