Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood currently beats Jackie Brown 62–38
Tarantino's Hollywood elegy outshines his most underrated crime film.
The Verdict Director's Cut
DiCaprio crying in his trailer after flubbing a line — Rick Dalton alone, hating himself, then walking back onto set and delivering his best work — is the most emotionally vulnerable scene Tarantino has ever directed, and it's hidden inside a film that looks like a hangout movie. Once Upon a Time buries its emotional core under layers of period recreation and genre digression, and finding it is the pleasure. Jackie Brown's emotional core is on the surface: Grier's face, De Niro's silence, the sadness of people who know their best years are behind them. At 62 to 38, the buried treasure wins over the visible one. Voters prefer to dig.
The Numbers
| Jackie Brown | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 38% | 62% |
| Overall Win Rate | 40% | 51% |
| Championships | 10 | 9 |
| Avg Decision | 2.0s | 2.1s |
| Budget | $12M | $95M |
| Return | 6.2x | 4.1x |
Where This Matchup Sits
Jackie Brown is in the bottom quarter of Crime among 33 on BingeBracket.
Within Quentin Tarantino's filmography on the platform, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood at #4 and Jackie Brown at #5 out of 8.
When facing other films on the platform, Jackie Brown handles Kill Bill: Vol. 1 without much trouble — but Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood doesn't. That shared opponent is one of the clearest places where these two films diverge.
Both films have real tournament credentials: Jackie Brown with 10 titles and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood with 9. The championship pedigree is closer than the head-to-head suggests.
22 years separate Jackie Brown and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. Dollar figures don't compare across that gap, but bracket voters don't care about inflation — Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood wins the head-to-head regardless.
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