2. “Reservoir Dogs” (1992)

“Reservoir Dogs” is the movie that introduced us all to the wild world of Mr. Tarantino, and what a promising introduction it certainly was. For his debut film, Tarantino decided to take a look at bank robbery flicks. The film stars Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, Edward Bunker and Tarantino himself as a band of dirty crooks who are brought together to rob a jewellery store. The job seems easy enough, but things somehow go horribly wrong when the plan is set in motion, leaving the team beginning to suspect that there is a dirty little rat lurking among them. Armed with endlessly sharp and witty dialogue, pop culture references, strong characters, an effectively disjointed chronology and a boatload of naughty words, “Reservoir Dogs” was the perfect introduction to Tarantino’s distinctive style; it’s ear-slicingly good.