Quentin Tarantino's post-modern, dialogue-heavy crime saga full of pitch-black humor and pop culture references became one of the most influential movies of the 90's, spawning a slew of pale imitations that attempted to copy the formula. Which is ironic as Tarantino himself is cinema's most famous magpie, constantly filling his movies with homages to his personal favorites. The fractured narrative is used to ingenious effect, weaving three interrelated stories around each other full of overlapping characters and the connective encounters between them. Tarantino has always had an ear for dialogue and the ability to bring the best out of his actors, and the sprawling ensemble are excellent across the board from Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta's instantly-iconic hitmen to brief cameo appearances from veterans Christopher Walken and Harvey Keitel. Made for just $8.5m, Pulp Fiction would earn $213.9m at the box office and win an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. As violent as it is hilarious, the movie boasts an awesome soundtrack and is packed from top to bottom with endlessly quotable dialogue and no shortage of iconic scenes. The defining movie of Quentin Tarantino's career, and still his best 20 years later.
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