What’s on the Quentin Tarantino Universe Timeline?
Quentin Tarantino has directed and written a lot of films, each more crazy and ridiculously amazing than the last. But you might not have known that they are all part of the same universe…sort of. Tarantino himself admited that there were two universes within his films. One was his “real” universe, with films like Resevoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. But there were also in-universe films, meaning films that characters from films like Pulp Fiction would go and see. These in-universe films include Kill Bill and From Dawn Till Dusk, among others.
This timeline attempts to place them all together. Since many films don’t give a clear placement, we’ve placed those in the order of when they were produced. We have, however, placed all of the in-universe films together in one bunch. Films like Inglorious Basterds or The Hateful Eight obviously take place much earlier, so those films are set at the beginning of the timeline.
Where to Start?
Since most of these films stand on their own, you can start wherever you would like. However, since Pulp Fiction is considered a classic and one of Tarantino’s best, we recommend you start with that one. You may then continue with the others in chronological order or however you see fit.
We hope you enjoy this Quentin Tarantino universe timeline. If you did, you might enjoy checking out some of our others, such as the View Askewniverse page.
# | Time/Series: | Buy: | Name: | Type: | Author/Director: | Year: | Notes: |
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1 | Main Universe | Buy | Django Unchained | Film | Quentin Tarantino | 2012 | |
2 | Main Universe | Buy | The Hateful Eight | Film | Quentin Tarantino | 2015 | |
3 | Main Universe | Buy | Inglorious Basterds | Film | Quentin Tarantino | 2009 | |
4 | Main Universe | Buy | Reservoir Dogs | Film | Quentin Tarantino | 1992 | |
5 | Main Universe | Buy | True Romance | Film | Tony Scott | 1993 | |
6 | Main Universe | Buy | Pulp Fiction | Film | Quentin Tarantino | 1994 | |
7 | Main Universe | Buy | Natural Born Killers | Film | Oliver Stone | 1994 | |
8 | In-universe Film | Buy | Kill Bill Vol. 1 | Film | Quentin Tarantino | 2003 | An in-universe film |
9 | In-universe Film | Buy | Kill Bill Vol. 2 | Film | Quentin Tarantino | 2004 | An in-universe film |
10 | In-universe Film | Buy | From Dusk Till Dawn | Film | Robert Rodriguez | 1996 | An in-universe film |
11 | In-universe Film | Buy | From Dusk Till Dawn 2 | Film | Scott Spiegel | 1999 | An in-universe film |
12 | In-universe Film | Buy | From Dusk Till Dawn 3 | Film | P. J. Pesce | 1999 | An in-universe film |
13 | In-universe Film | Buy | Death Proof | Film | Quentin Tarantino | 2007 | An in-universe film |
14 | Main Universe | Buy | Four Rooms | Film | Quentin Tarantino | 1995 | |
15 | Main Universe | Buy | Curdled | Film | Reb Braddock | 1996 | |
16 | Main Universe | Buy | Grindhouse | Film | Quentin Tarantino | 2007 | |
17 | Main Universe | Buy | Planet Terror | Film | Robert Rodriguez | 2007 |
Jackie Brown?????
Jackie Brown sits outside the Tarantino universe. It’s a adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s book Rum Punch. It’s one of my favorite movies.
Woah woah, death proof clearly takes place immediately before planet terror, in planet terror they mention jungle Julia on the radio and say “rest in peace”and in death proof Dr. Dakota Block and her father are both seen talking about the crash at the middle of the film.