Overview
- On the podcast, Tarantino named No. 20–11 as West Side Story, Cabin Fever, Moneyball, Chocolate, The Devil’s Rejects, The Passion of the Christ, School of Rock, Jackass: The Movie, Big Bad Wolves, and Battle Royale.
- He ranked Kinji Fukasaku’s Battle Royale at No. 11 and alleged that The Hunger Games borrows heavily from it, questioning why no legal action was taken.
- He recalled being invited by Fukasaku to a private screening of Battle Royale in Japan while he was scouting locations for Kill Bill.
- He praised Steven Spielberg’s 2021 West Side Story as a revitalizing work and said, “I don’t think Scorsese has made a film this exciting [this century].”
- He said he applied a one‑film‑per‑director rule and highlighted the list’s range, calling Jackass: The Movie the funniest film he has seen in the last 20 years and saying he screened it for his Kill Bill crew.