Overview
- Speaking on Bret Easton Ellis’s podcast, Quentin Tarantino unveiled a ranked Top 20, highlighting a Top 10 led by Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down and Lee Unkrich’s Toy Story 3.
- Tarantino praised Scott’s direction as “more than extraordinary” and called Toy Story 3 “almost perfect,” saying its final minutes move him to tears.
- He criticized Paul Dano’s performance in There Will Be Blood as weak and uninteresting, prompting notable debate on X documented by multiple outlets.
- He said some choices shifted after repeat viewings, citing Dunkirk and Black Hawk Down as films that grew in stature on rewatch.
- His Top 10 also features Lost in Translation, Dunkirk, There Will Be Blood, Zodiac, Unstoppable, Mad Max: Fury Road, Shaun of the Dead and Midnight in Paris, with additional picks in the 11–20 range including West Side Story and Jackass: The Movie.