How Many Movies Has Tarantino Directed? 9 vs. 10

Quentin Tarantino's main feature filmography contains nine films by his own count, or ten original release titles if you count the two Kill Bill volumes separately. That tally covers his features from Reservoir Dogs to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. His contribution to Four Rooms sits alongside them as an anthology segment; films he wrote for other directors belong to a separate list.

The confusion is understandable. Put both Kill Bill volumes on a shelf and you have two films, each with its own beginning, ending, and credits. Watch them together and the Bride's journey feels like one long story that changes its rhythm halfway through. Both ways of thinking about it have something going for them.

If you're looking for the films directed by Quentin Tarantino in release order, our Tarantino filmography guide has the full list and years. Here, let's sort out the count and a few credits that tend to get mixed up.

Why Tarantino counts Kill Bill as one film

In his 2019 appearance on CinemaBlend's ReelBlend, Tarantino acknowledged the two theatrical releases, then explained his reasoning: "I made it as one movie, and I wrote it as one movie." The interviewer's write-up of that conversation preserves both parts of the answer. He recognised the split and said he thought it helped the film reach an audience that might have resisted a four-hour running time.

You can feel the difference between the volumes without treating them as unrelated projects. Volume 1 moves towards the House of Blue Leaves, where choreography, colour, music, and editing become the attraction. Volume 2 spends more time with the people the Bride is pursuing. Budd's life outside the assassination business gets room to register. So do pauses, grudges, and conversations.

For me, that shift is part of the pleasure. After the first volume's spectacle, the second asks you to sit with these people a little longer. Uma Thurman's performance carries the story across the change in pace.

That's why Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was billed as his ninth film. Sony's official synopsis uses that numbering. A watchlist that gives each original Kill Bill volume its own entry reaches ten instead.

What are Tarantino's 9 movies?

Using Tarantino's own count, with Kill Bill treated as one film, the nine are:

1. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
2. Pulp Fiction (1994)
3. Jackie Brown (1997)
4. Kill Bill (released in two volumes, 2003 and 2004)
5. Death Proof (2007)
6. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
7. Django Unchained (2012)
8. The Hateful Eight (2015)
9. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

What are Tarantino's 10 films?

Take the same list and give Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) separate entries. The other eight films stay the same, bringing the total to ten original release titles. Our full release-order filmography lists all ten individually.

Did Tarantino make 10 movies?

Yes, if you're counting those ten original feature release titles, including both Kill Bill volumes. By his own count, that body of work adds up to nine films. So having ten titles to watch doesn't mean he has reached the tenth film in his often-discussed retirement plan. The difference comes down to how you count Kill Bill, as he explained in the ReelBlend interview above.

Does The Whole Bloody Affair add another movie?

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is the combined version of the Bride's story. Lionsgate's official trailer announcement advertised its US theatrical release for 5 December 2025 and described a version joining both volumes, with an additional anime sequence and an intermission.

It deserves its own entry if you're keeping track of different cuts you've watched. For the nine-or-ten count of Tarantino's main features, though, we're treating it as another version of Kill Bill, rather than another story added to his body of work. That's a counting convention, and it helps to say so.

The distinction matters to anyone who likes comparing versions. Seeing a familiar film with a different structure can change where you feel its weight. You can be curious about that without needing to inflate the filmography.

What about Four Rooms and Death Proof?

Four Rooms (1995) is a shared directing project. The BFI's film record names Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Tarantino as its directors. He directed one of its four stories, so it belongs in his wider directing credits. The nine-film tally discussed here covers the features he directed as a whole.

Death Proof belongs in that main group. It was Tarantino's contribution to Grindhouse, the double bill he made with Rodriguez. The BFI's introduction to his work explains that release context.

It can be easy to overlook Death Proof between the scale of Kill Bill and Inglourious Basterds. But its long stretches of conversation and its attention to bodies, cars, and stunt work make it a revealing part of his filmmaking. If you want a closer look after watching it, our piece on the ending gets into how the final chase changes the film. That article contains spoilers.

Films he wrote that someone else directed

This is where a search for "Tarantino movies" gets broader than a search for his directing work. His dialogue is recognisable enough that a screenplay credit can become the thing people remember about a film.

The credits are documented in the BFI's True Romance record, the American Film Institute's Natural Born Killers credits, and Miramax's From Dusk Till Dawn page. The BFI also traces Natural Born Killers back to Tarantino's original script; the AFI lists David Veloz, Richard Rutowski, and Stone as the released film's screenwriters.

True Romance is especially interesting to watch alongside Tarantino's own films. You can hear his interest in people who talk too much when they should probably leave the room. Scott gives that material his own visual energy and romantic feeling. Paying attention to both contributions makes the film more interesting to discuss.

The same credit distinction applies to the upcoming The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth. As of 6 October 2026, Netflix's official film page identifies David Fincher as its director and Tarantino as its screenwriter. Its connection to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood makes it relevant to Tarantino's work, while the directing credit belongs to Fincher.

What to watch next

If you're working through his directing career, give both Kill Bill volumes time. The change between them is worth experiencing, whichever number you eventually put on your list. Then keep Death Proof in the queue, and come back to Four Rooms or the films he wrote when you want to explore beyond the main features.

I'd save True Romance for a nearby evening. Watching it close to one of his own films gives you a good reason to notice what a director does with a writer's voice: which moments get stretched, which performances get space, and how the camera shapes a conversation.

Our release-order guide will help you work through the features. If choosing the next film is the harder part, our editorial ranking offers another way in. There's plenty to watch before the question of a tenth film needs to become urgent.

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Sources

• Quentin Tarantino interviewed on ReelBlend, 2019. Sean O'Connell's CinemaBlend article is the source for the quotation and Tarantino's explanation of the Kill Bill count.
• Sony Pictures, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). The official film page identifies it as his ninth film.
• Lionsgate Movies, official trailer announcement, 7 November 2025. The trailer description documents the combined Kill Bill version and its US theatrical release date.
• BFI, American Film Institute, and Miramax. Film records and credits are linked beside the relevant titles above.
• Netflix Media Center, checked 6 October 2026. The official Cliff Booth page credits Fincher as director and Tarantino as screenwriter.

Comments on pacing, performances, and what to watch next are our editorial reading of the films.