{"id":608032,"date":"2025-12-02T19:38:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/608032\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T19:38:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:38:20","slug":"quentin-tarantino-selected-these-six-horror-movies-for-his-top-20-best-films-of-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/608032\/","title":{"rendered":"Quentin Tarantino Selected These Six Horror Movies for His Top 20 Best Films of the 21st Century"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quentin Tarantino<\/strong> is a name you\u2019d probably see at least once on literally anyone\u2019s list of the 20 best films of the 21st century, but which non-Tarantino films does Tarantino think are the best to come along in the past 25 years? The Kill Bill filmmaker has been running down his top 20 picks over on the Bret Easton Ellis Podcast<\/a>, and the full list is now available!<\/p>\n

Six horror movies made the cut for Quentin Tarantino\u2019s own personal list of the Top 20 Best Films of the 21st Century, including films from Edgar Wright, Eli Roth, and Rob Zombie.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s interesting to note that all three filmmakers made faux trailers for the Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez collaboration Grindhouse, and all three were likely selected by the duo because they were such big fans of the movies that have now made it onto Tarantino\u2019s list.<\/p>\n

The best horror movies of the 21st century, according to Quentin Tarantino?<\/p>\n

Eli Roth\u2019s Cabin Fever <\/strong>just made the cut at #19, with Rob Zombie\u2019s Firefly Trilogy installment The Devil\u2019s Rejects <\/strong>at #16, and Edgar Wright\u2019s zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead<\/strong> in the #9 spot. Other genre movies on the list are Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado\u2019s Big Bad Wolves<\/strong> at #12, Kinji Fukasaku\u2019s Battle Royale <\/strong>at #11, and David Fincher\u2019s Zodiac<\/strong> at #6.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the full list from Quentin Tarantino\u2026<\/p>\n

1) Black Hawk Down
2) Toy Story 3
3) Lost in Translation
4) Dunkirk
5) There Will Be Blood
6) Zodiac<\/strong>
7) Unstoppable
8) Mad Max: Fury Road
9) Shaun of the Dead<\/strong>
10) Midnight in Paris
11) Battle Royale<\/strong>
12) Big Bad Wolves<\/strong>
13) Jackass: The Movie
14) School of Rock
15) The Passion of the Christ
16) The Devil\u2019s Rejects<\/strong>
17) Chocolate
18) Moneyball
19) Cabin Fever<\/strong>
20) West Side Story<\/p>\n

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\u2018Shaun of the Dead\u2019<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s what Tarantino had to say about his horror picks\u2026<\/p>\n

Cabin Fever<\/strong>: \u201cEli\u2019s sense of humor, sense of gore \u2014 it just really, really works. People kind of forget how tense it is in the first half because it gets so genuinely funny in the last 20 minutes. Hostel might be his best movie, but this is my favorite.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Devil\u2019s Rejects<\/strong>: \u201cThis rough Peckinpah\u2013cowboy\u2013Manson thing\u2014 that voice didn\u2019t really exist before, and he refined that voice with this movie. Peckinpah wasn\u2019t part of horror before this. He melded it with sick hillbillies, and it\u2019s become a thing now. You can recognize it across the street, but that didn\u2019t exist before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Battle Royale<\/strong>: \u201cI do not understand how the Japanese writer didn\u2019t sue Suzanne Collins for every fucking thing she owns.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shaun of the Dead<\/strong>: \u201cMy favorite directorial debut even though he did a cheapie debut movie he doesn\u2019t like to talk about. I loved how much he loved the Romero universe he recreated. The script is really terrific, it\u2019s one of the most quotable films on this list, I still quote the line \u2018the dogs don\u2019t look up.\u2019 It\u2019s not a spoof of zombie movies, it\u2019s a real zombie movie, and I appreciate the distinction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zodiac<\/strong>: \u201cWhen I first watched Zodiac, I wasn\u2019t that into it, and then it started playing the movie channels, and first thing I knew, watching 20 minutes of it, 40 minutes of it, and I realized this is a lot more engaging than I remember it being, and it kept grabbing me in different sections. So I decided to watch this goddamn thing again, and it was a whole different experience from that point on. I found myself, every six or seven years, watching it again, and it\u2019s a luxurious experience that I give myself over to [\u2026] mesmerizing masterwork.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen to Tarantino on the Bret Easton Ellis Podcast<\/a> for more on each of his picks.<\/p>\n

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