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Spoiler-free premise

Hitmen Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield, boxer Butch Coolidge, and crime boss's wife Mia Wallace move through interlocking Los Angeles episodes presented out of chronological order.

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Hitmen Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield, boxer Butch Coolidge, and Mia Wallace move through interlocking Los Angeles episodes shown outside chronological order. Repeated locations and overlapping consequences gradually reveal how the separate stories connect.

Why it belongs

Pulp Fiction fractured chronology, dialogue, performance, and genre play reshaped the language of independent American cinema.

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Tarantino's reordered chronology transforms anticipation into recognition, while long conversational scenes, sudden violence, pop-music cues, and sharply differentiated performances make genre quotation feel like a new independent-film language.

Major award record

Metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Academy Awards1 win1995 · official ceremony record ↗
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)1995 · Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino; Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avaryofficial ceremony record ↗
Golden Globes1 win1995 · official film record ↗
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture1995 · Quentin Tarantinoofficial film record ↗
BAFTA2 wins1995 · official BAFTA 1995 Film Awards results ↗
Original Screenplay1995 · Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avaryofficial BAFTA 1995 Film Awards results ↗Supporting Actor1995 · Samuel L. Jacksonofficial BAFTA 1995 Film Awards results ↗
Cannes1 win1994 · official festival record ↗
Palme d'or1994 · Quentin TARANTINOofficial festival record ↗

Totals include every recorded competitive win. Only Picture or top-film honors, Direction, Screenplay, and lead or supporting performances are named.

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Institutional reference ranks

Sight & Sound129IMDb Top 2509AFI 10094
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Great Cinema Master List scores

Greatness9.6
Engagement9.8
Ease8.8

English · R
Narrative Feature
Mood: Tense & Absorbing