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The Big Picture · Discussion · Top Five · Interview
Top Five Quentin Tarantino Films. Plus: David Crosby, Cameron Crowe, and A.J. Eaton on ‘David Crosby: Remember My Name’
July 23, 2019/ 108 min/ Sean Fennessey · Jason Concepcion · Chris Ryan
Sean, Jason Concepcion, and Chris Ryan draft their Tarantino top fives ahead of 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.' Plus, David Crosby, Cameron Crowe, and A.J. Eaton on the documentary 'David Crosby: Remember My Name.'
39 films across 5 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
The week in movies: Cats, Top Gun Maverick, and Marvel's Comic-Con slatebefore the top five
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2019
Tarantino's ninth film, opening later that week. Discussed throughout but reviewed on a later episode.
Top Gun: Maverick 2022
A shot-for-shot remake, and Jason is fine with that.
Tron: Legacy 2010
Joseph Kosinski's, misremembered mid-conversation as 'Tron and the Fire Jumpers.'
Oblivion 2013
Also Kosinski, based on his own graphic novel.
Only the Brave 2017
The 'fire jumpers movie,' Kosinski's Yarnell Hill fire drama.
Avengers: Endgame 2019
Thor 2011
The 'forgettable' first one, per Jason.
Thor: The Dark World 2013
'Actively bad,' by his own account, though Chris runs private rewatch screenings of it anyway.
Thor: Ragnarok 2017
Maybe the best Marvel movie, both agree.
Black Panther 2018
Eternals 2021
Then-unannounced-cast, Chloe Zhao's follow-up to a much smaller filmography.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2021
Destin Daniel Cretton directing.
Black Widow 2021
Doctor Strange 2016
Iron Man 3 2013
A Star Is Born 2018
The comparison point for how badly the Cats trailer landed: 'in reverse.'
Chris Ryan's top fivehis No. 2 pick was never stated on air
Pulp Fiction 1994
No. 1: the stretch from the head-explosion to the Wolf's arrival is one of the great sequences in movie history, Jimmy scene notwithstanding.
Reservoir Dogs 1992
No. 3: struck by the cast's willingness to look ugly on screen with no redemption arc waiting for them.
Django Unchained 2012
No. 4: the darkest and most uncomfortable Tarantino movie for him, built around DiCaprio's Calvin Candie, though he thinks the ending is overkill.
True Romance 1993
No. 5: written by Tarantino, directed by Tony Scott; his entry point before he'd even seen Reservoir Dogs.
Jason Concepcion's top fivebest to worst
No. 1
Jackie Brown 1997
The movie he'd expect a confident, 33-year-old-with-nothing-to-prove Tarantino to make: restraint over flourish.
No. 2
Reservoir Dogs 1992
No. 4
Inglourious Basterds 2009
The 'no mercy for Nazis' politics played better on rewatch than he expected.
No. 5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003
The most unabashedly fun watch on his list: the Crazy 88 fight swings from black-and-white to blue-lit silhouette to slapstick.
Sean Fennessey's top fivebest to worst
No. 1
Pulp Fiction 1994
No. 2
Jackie Brown 1997
No. 3
Inglourious Basterds 2009
No. 4
True Romance 1993
No. 5
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003
In conversation
David Crosby, Cameron Crowe, and A.J. Eaton on
David Crosby: Remember My Name 2019
Eaton's documentary, produced by Crowe. Crosby turned down four biopic pitches and 'shine job' documentaries before agreeing to this one.
David Crosby, Cameron Crowe, and A.J. Eaton on
Keep On Keepin' On 2014
The Clark Terry documentary that convinced Eaton a Crosby film could work: 'that made me cry.'
David Crosby, Cameron Crowe, and A.J. Eaton on
Keith Richards: Under the Influence 2015
Crosby's rare exception to disliking music docs: 'it gave you a sense of who Keith is.'
David Crosby, Cameron Crowe, and A.J. Eaton on
The Judge 2014
Crosby's answer to the closing 'last great thing you've seen.'
David Crosby, Cameron Crowe, and A.J. Eaton on
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017
Also Crosby's, for Frances McDormand.
David Crosby, Cameron Crowe, and A.J. Eaton on
Broken Embraces 2009
Crowe's pick. He was revisiting Almodóvar while writing his next movie.
David Crosby, Cameron Crowe, and A.J. Eaton on
Bohemian Rhapsody 2018
Eaton's pick, for Rami Malek's performance.
Also mentioned raised along the way
Also mentioned in the Tarantino conversation Kill Bill: Vol. 2Natural Born KillersCrimson TideSleep with MeFrom Dusk Till DawnPoint BlankThe GraduateTop GunThe Great EscapeSpecies
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV Golden GirlsERCSIRoadiesMr. RobotThe Dick Cavett ShowWandaVisionThe WitcherWatchmenWestworldThe Expanse