12 Times A Director Went On An INSANE Streak Of Great Movies

10. Quentin Tarantino: Five Films From 1992-2004

The Streak: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2

Few directors have ever entered the game with a debut as fully formed and swaggeringly confident as Quentin Tarantino did with Reservoir Dogs. With its juxtaposition of pop music against scenes of graphic violence, a script boasting lines of dialogue actors dream of, and brimming with unrestrained energy, it was the first step in what was to become a legendary directing career.

All of those hallmarks were present again in his second (and still his best) feature, Pulp Fiction, which is where he truly moved from student to master. The film unabashedly wears all of Tarantino's influences on his sleeve, melding together inspirations ranging from Scorsese to Kubrick to broader pop culture and beyond, but that's simply part of what makes it his. Alongside the music, violence, and dialogue, there's also an incredible level of narrative work here, with the director deftly weaving together the separate strands into one indelible whole.

After two films where he burst onto the scene and rocked Hollywood with his style, people thought they had a handle on Tarantino. So he went and made Jackie Brown, a film he used to prove he wasn't just a one-trick pony. Serving as a homage to the blacksploitation films of the 1970s, it completely nails the era without simply feeling like a cheap pastiche.

Tarantino concluded this breathless start to his career with the two-part martial arts epic Kill Bill. Once again wearing influences for all to see, it's a stupendously stylish, brilliantly bloody revenge flick - or flicks - that offers up some dazzling fight choreography and a stunning level of savagery. Tarantino would take a dip afterwards with Grindhouse, but his status was already cemented.

[JH]