#17 - Jackie Brown

Directed by Quentin Tarantino
1997 Crime Drama
Rated R

*****

Quentin Tarantino follows up the best film of the 90s (Pulp Fiction) with Jackie Brown, easily the most underrated film of the 90s. Unlike Pulp Fiction, where the focus was more on the incredible plot, Jackie Brown focuses more on character. The story (from a novel by Elmore Leonard) is pretty straightforward; there's a lot of money out there, and everyone, be it drug dealers, cops, even a flight attendant, want it. Anchored by Tarantino's trademark brilliant writing and great performances from Samuel L. Jackson, Pam Grier, and Robert Forster (who earned an Oscar nomination), Quentin Tarantino proves yet again why is the best (and most consistent) director of the past twenty years.