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Quentin Tarantino: 20 Movies -- and Posters -- You've Got to See!

From adventure films to blaxploitation flicks to gory horror jobs, feast your eyes on fantastically evocative art trumpeting celluloid wonders the ''Inglourious Basterds'' director holds near and dear
By Chris Nashawaty Updated September 21, 2009 at 06:10 PM EDT
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COFFY (1973)

Coffy | A '70s blaxploitation classic directed by Jack Hill and starring his future Jackie Brown leading lady, Pam Grier. Says Tarantino of the poster: ''Not onlyÂ…
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A '70s blaxploitation classic directed by Jack Hill and starring his future Jackie Brown leading lady, Pam Grier. Says Tarantino of the poster: ''Not only is it a great image of Pam Grier, it's got great type — it's the epitome of a great exploitation poster...and every version of it in foreign countries rocked!''

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ROLLING THUNDER (1977)

Directed by John Flynn, written by Paul Schrader and featuring a young Tommy Lee Jones, this brutal movie tells the story of a P.O.W. (WilliamÂ…

Directed by John Flynn, written by Paul Schrader and featuring a young Tommy Lee Jones, this brutal movie tells the story of a P.O.W. (William Devane at his most badass) who returns from Vietnam, loses his family, gets his hand mauled by a bunch of goons, and then goes on a savage payback bender.

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WHERE EAGLES DARE (1968)

Where Eagles Dare

One of the rollicking, wartime 'Guys-on-a-mission movies' that inspired Tarantino's new film, Inglourious Basterds. This one starred Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood. Says Tarantino of this one-sheet: ''I love the great drawn action posters.''

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EYEBALL (1975)

A second-rate (but deliriously entertaining) Italian giallo from director Umberto Lenzi features a bus full of tourists in Barcelona who get picked off one byÂ…

A second-rate (but deliriously entertaining) Italian giallo from director Umberto Lenzi features a bus full of tourists in Barcelona who get picked off one by one by a killer who takes a tell-tale souvenir from his victims — that's right, an eyeball!

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DARK OF THE SUN (1968)

Like Where Eagles Dare , this testosterone-fueled adventure flick — also known as The Mercenaries — is about guys on a mission: This time, inÂ…

Like Where Eagles Dare, this testosterone-fueled adventure flick — also known as The Mercenaries — is about guys on a mission: This time, in the Congo searching for a fortune in diamonds. It stars Rod Taylor, Jim Brown, and Yvette Mimieux. Directed by Jack Cardiff.

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THEY CALL HER ONE EYE (1974)

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A.K.A. Thriller: A Cruel Picture. Christina Lindberg plays an eye-patch wearing seeker of vengeance in this Swedish slice of sleaze, which just so happened to be the inspiration for Daryl Hannah's one-eyed assassin in Kill Bill. ''They actually have XXX scenes in the movie,'' says Tarantino, who gave it to Hannah to watch. ''And Daryl said, 'Quentin! You gave me porno to watch as homework!'''

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THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS (1978)

Enzo G. Castellari's spaghetti WWII adventure — and loose inspiration for Tarantino's latest — may be low budget, but you have to admire how muchÂ…

Enzo G. Castellari's spaghetti WWII adventure — and loose inspiration for Tarantino's latest — may be low budget, but you have to admire how much bang the director gets for his buck. Stars Bo Svenson. Was also released as G.I Bro to cash in on co-star Fred Williamson's blaxploitation fame.

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THE SAVAGE SEVEN (1968)

Biker flick directed by Richard Rush ( The Stunt Man ) and starring Larry Bishop, who turned up nearly four decades later in Kill BillÂ…

Biker flick directed by Richard Rush (The Stunt Man) and starring Larry Bishop, who turned up nearly four decades later in Kill Bill and also starred in the 2008 Tarantino-produced biker film Hell Ride. One of the film's taglines was: ''The roar of their pipes is their battle cry...the open road their killing ground!'' Less significantly, The Savage Seven was also reportedly Penny Marshall's film debut.

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IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1963)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Tarantino loves this Jack Davis poster, which he calls, simply ''a classic.'' The film? Maybe less so.

Tarantino loves this Jack Davis poster, which he calls, simply ''a classic.'' The film? Maybe less so.

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VANISHING POINT (1971)

Classic American antihero road movie directed by Richard C. Sarafian and starring Barry Newman as a loner in a 1970 Dodge Challenger who races fromÂ…

Classic American antihero road movie directed by Richard C. Sarafian and starring Barry Newman as a loner in a 1970 Dodge Challenger who races from Colorado to San Francisco on a bet. Heavily referenced in Tarantino's Death Proof.

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THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE (1972)

Who could resist being sucked in by this Euro slasher's tagline: ''See why she had to kill every man on his wedding night!''? The filmÂ…

Who could resist being sucked in by this Euro slasher's tagline: ''See why she had to kill every man on his wedding night!''? The film was part of a triple feature during one of Tarantino's L.A. grindhouse festivals with Asylum of Blood and Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary.

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TWISTED NERVE (1968)

Former child star Hayley Mills ( The Parent Trap ) stars in this British chiller that features an infectious whistling theme from Bernard Herrmann thatÂ…

Former child star Hayley Mills (The Parent Trap) stars in this British chiller that features an infectious whistling theme from Bernard Herrmann that Tarantino also used in Kill Bill.

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POLICEWOMEN (1974)

''Cold Steel on the outside...All Woman on the Inside!'' That's Sondra Currie's Lacy Bond in this sexploitation-with-a-badge cult classic from Lee Frost, the same fellaÂ…

''Cold Steel on the outside...All Woman on the Inside!'' That's Sondra Currie's Lacy Bond in this sexploitation-with-a-badge cult classic from Lee Frost, the same fella who directed Chain Gang Women and The Black Gestapo.

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THE GIRL FROM STARSHIP VENUS (1975)

A.k.a., The Sexplorer ; a.k.a., Diary of a Space Virgin . Here's one that Tarantino programs on his racier grindhouse movie nights. A beauty fromÂ…

A.k.a., The Sexplorer; a.k.a., Diary of a Space Virgin. Here's one that Tarantino programs on his racier grindhouse movie nights. A beauty from Venus touches down in Swinging London to research human mating rituals. Needless to say, she gets a crash course.

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AUTOPSY (1975)

Another Italian giallo thriller, this one is from B-director Armando Crispino and starring Ray Lovelock, Barry Primus, and American expat actress Mimsy Farmer. No greatÂ…

Another Italian giallo thriller, this one is from B-director Armando Crispino and starring Ray Lovelock, Barry Primus, and American expat actress Mimsy Farmer. No great shakes, but the finale is definitely worth sticking around for.

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PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW (1971)

Rock Hudson, Telly Savalas, and Angie Dickinson star in this trashy and lost curio written by Gene Rodenberry ( Star Trek ) and directed byÂ…

Rock Hudson, Telly Savalas, and Angie Dickinson star in this trashy and lost curio written by Gene Rodenberry (Star Trek) and directed by Roger Vadim (Barbarella). Hudson plays a very, very naughty high school coach.

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MACHINE GUN MCCAIN (1969)

Action movie star pairings don't get a lot unlikelier than John Cassavetes and Britt Ekland. But that's the combo you'll get in this Italian mobsterÂ…
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Action movie star pairings don't get a lot unlikelier than John Cassavetes and Britt Ekland. But that's the combo you'll get in this Italian mobster cheapie with the saving grace of an Ennio Morricone score and the lame-but-pithy tagline: ''Even the Mafia Calls Him Mister!''

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CHINESE HERCULES (1973)

Bolo Yeung is the ''Super-human Beast of the East'' in this chopsocky Tarantino pick, which he has been known to screen as part of aÂ…

Bolo Yeung is the ''Super-human Beast of the East'' in this chopsocky Tarantino pick, which he has been known to screen as part of a double feature with Ron van Clief's Black Dragon.

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REVENGE OF THE CHEERLEADERS (1976)

Maybe the Citizen Kane of '70s pom-pom films, which anyone who's seen Tarantino's Death Proof (think Mary Elizabeth Winsted's character) knows is one of theÂ…

Maybe the Citizen Kane of '70s pom-pom films, which anyone who's seen Tarantino's Death Proof (think Mary Elizabeth Winsted's character) knows is one of the genres nearest and dearest to the director's heart.

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THE SELL-OUT (1976)

A bicentennial-year spy flick starring Oliver Reed and Richard Widmark. Admittedly not a great movie, but Tarantino has a soft spot for this one becauseÂ…

A bicentennial-year spy flick starring Oliver Reed and Richard Widmark. Admittedly not a great movie, but Tarantino has a soft spot for this one because when he saw it one of the reels was missing and he says that made the movie even better. It may have been the inspiration for the 'missing reel' gags in Grindhouse.

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    1 of 20 COFFY (1973)
    2 of 20 ROLLING THUNDER (1977)
    3 of 20 WHERE EAGLES DARE (1968)
    4 of 20 EYEBALL (1975)
    5 of 20 DARK OF THE SUN (1968)
    6 of 20 THEY CALL HER ONE EYE (1974)
    7 of 20 THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS (1978)
    8 of 20 THE SAVAGE SEVEN (1968)
    9 of 20 IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1963)
    10 of 20 VANISHING POINT (1971)
    11 of 20 THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE (1972)
    12 of 20 TWISTED NERVE (1968)
    13 of 20 POLICEWOMEN (1974)
    14 of 20 THE GIRL FROM STARSHIP VENUS (1975)
    15 of 20 AUTOPSY (1975)
    16 of 20 PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW (1971)
    17 of 20 MACHINE GUN MCCAIN (1969)
    18 of 20 CHINESE HERCULES (1973)
    19 of 20 REVENGE OF THE CHEERLEADERS (1976)
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