20 Most Rewatchable Movies Of The 21st Century

3. Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (2003)

Quentin Tarantino doesn't make films unless they're ridiculously entertaining (Death Proof excepted of course). And while there's nothing drastically bad about Kill Bill's second volume, its first is too indecently riveting not to be singled out for praise here. A mash-up of westerns, samurai movies, anime and wicked black comedy, Kill Bill sees Tarantino finally give in to his urges and wear all his influences on his sleeve, paying homage to/ripping off (delete where applicable) all those movies he's voraciously consumed over the years.

The most surprising thing about Kill Bill is how capably Tarantino deals with filming action - up to this point, the director had been associated entirely with pulpy crime drama, famed more for his dialogue than his camerawork. But all bets are off following the House of Blue Leaves sequence, which pits The Bride (Uma Thurman) - and her precise, deadly Hattori Hanzo sword - against The Crazy 88, a gang of samurai sword-wielding Japanese thugs. The fight is an orgy of astoundingly-choreographed violence, still the high point of Tarantino's directorial work, and the cherry on top of Kill Bill 1's bloody cake.