Quentin Tarantino's One Year Film School


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1980
Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker)
Cruising (William Friedkin)
Dressed to Kill (Brian De Palma)
Used Cars (Robert Zemeckis)

Grindhouse Greats:
Alligator (Lewis Teague)
Gates of Hell / City of the Living Dead {Paura nella citta dei morti viventi} (Lucio Fulci / Italy)
Nightmare City / City of the Walking Dead {Incubo sulla citta contaminata} (Umberto Lenzi / Italy)


1981
Blow Out (Brian De Palma)
They All Laughed (Peter Bogdanovich)
Thief (Michael Mann)

Grindhouse Greats:
The Beyond {...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldila} (Lucio Fulci / Italy)
Hell Night (Tom DeSimone)
The Howling (Joe Dante)
Ms. 45 (Abel Ferrara)
My Bloody Valentine (George Mihalka / Canada)
Road Games (Richard Franklin / Australia)
The Road Warrior (George Miller / Australia)


1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Nicholas Meyer)

Grindhouse Greats:
The House on Sorority Row (Mark Rosman)
Tenebre (Dario Argento / Italy)
The Thing (John Carpenter)

Chambara & Martial Arts Madness :
Five Elements Ninjas {Ren zhe wu di} (Chang Cheh / Hong Kong)


1983
Breathless (Jim McBride)
The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg)

Chambara & Martial Arts Madness :
Fistful of Talons {Hu ying} (Sun Chung / Hong Kong)
Legend of the Eight Samurai {Satomi hakken-den} (Kinji Fukasaku / Japan)


1984
Red Dawn (John Milius)
The Terminator (James Cameron)

Grindhouse Greats:
Ninja III: The Domination (Sam Firstenberg)
Silent Night, Deadly Night (Charles E. Sellier Jr.)
Trancers (Charles Band)


1985
Fandango (Kevin Reynolds)
Silver Bullet (Daniel Attias)
Year of the Dragon (Michael Cimino)

Grindhouse Greats:
Re-Animator (Stuart Gordon)

Chambara & Martial Arts Madness :
Police Story {Ging chaat goo si} (Jackie Chan, Chi-Hwa Chen / Hong Kong)


1986
Aliens (James Cameron)
A Better Tomorrow {Ying hung boon sik} (John Woo / Hong Kong)
Blue Velvet (David Lynch)
8 Million Ways to Die (Hal Ashby)
Matador (Pedro Almodovar / Spain)

Grindhouse Greats:
Dead End Drive-In (Brian Trenchard-Smith / Australia)
The Hitcher (Robert Harmon)


1987
A Better Tomorrow II {Ying hung boon sik II} (John Woo / Hong Kong)
Hellraiser (Clive Barker)
Raising Arizona (Joel Coen)
Three O'Clock High (Phil Joanou)

Grindhouse Greats:
Evil Dead II (Sam Raimi)
Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow)

Chambara & Martial Arts Madness :
Eastern Condors {Dung fong tuk ying} (Sammo Kam-Bo Hung / Hong Kong)


1988
Die Hard (John McTiernan)


1989
Casualties of War (Brian De Palma)
The Killer {Dip huet seung hung} (John Woo / Hong Kong)
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (J. Lee Thompson)

























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