6. Django Uncahined (2012)

Another Western by Tarantino, Django Unchained is a killer revenge story that follows Django Freeman (Jamie Foxx, Just Mercy) as he travels through the Old West and the Antebellum South to save his wife from a cruel plantation owner Calvin J. Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). With the German Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) by his side, Django is a man on a single revenge mission that will have you on the edge of your seat.

Tarantino’s love for the iconic Spaghetti Western is on full display here as the film plays as a tribute to the 1996 classic Django, with the film’s star Franco Nero even appearing in a cameo. This brutal picture is one of Tarantino’s best, with magnificent performances from Foxx, DiCaprio, and Waltz that will make you cheer and cringe. If you haven’t seen Foxx in Django Unchained, then you haven’t seen Foxx at his best.

Django Unchained is easily one of the best Westerns of the past 20 years and holds up as one of Tarantino’s greatest filmmaking achievements.

5. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

Possibly the biggest and boldest of Tarantino’s filmography, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood is QT’s most obvious love letter to the film industry. The film, set in the late 1960s, follows fading Hollywood actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio, Inception), the star of the 1950s Western series Bounty Law, and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), as they navigate the steady decline of their respective careers.

But like another of his films we are yet to mention, … In Hollywood turns out to be another revisionist history picture, set alongside the backdrop of the Manson Family murders, with Damon Herriman (Justified) as Charlie Manson and Margot Robbie (The Suicide Squad) as Sharon Tate. This one is wild and includes probably some of the most impressive performances DiCaprio and Pitt have given in years. Plus, Tarantino adapted it into a novel and is working on a Bounty Law television series with Leo.