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Inglourious Basterds

Ironclad Consistent across all rounds
2009 · Drama, Thriller, War · Quentin Tarantino

Inglourious Basterds doesn't have favorite matchups — it wins them all at roughly the same rate. 61% across 159 head-to-head matchups, steady regardless of round or opponent. {"copy_short":"Tarantino's audacious rewrite of history, powered by Christoph Waltz's career-defining performance. The opening scene alone gives it more tension than most films manage in two hours.","copy_long":"It took the gravity of World War II and filtered it through pure cinema — irreverent, thrilling, and anchored by a villain performance so magnetic it threatens to steal the film from its own heroes. In bracket competition, that audacity is a massive asset: voters remember specific scenes with photographic clarity. The rare films that beat it tend to be ones that match its intensity while offering something more."} It is the top-rated Quentin Tarantino film on BingeBracket.

Synopsis

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

Round 1
61.7%
50/81
Semifinals
56%
Finals
67.9%
Where it thrives

No weak round. 62% opening, 56% semis, 68% finals — the win rate barely moves from start to finish. Most films find a ceiling somewhere in the bracket. Inglourious Basterds hasn't.

Inglourious Basterds dominates Kill Bill: Vol. 2 at 100% — one of the most decisive matchups in its record. Jackie Brown at 67% is another comfortable win.

Dominates

The Best of Tarantino final — Inglourious Basterds vs. Reservoir Dogs — lands at 64%. A clear but not overwhelming edge.

Inglourious Basterds leads all 8 Quentin Tarantino films on BingeBracket. The runner-up is Reservoir Dogs at 58% — a 23% gap that shows how far ahead it sits.

BingeBracket Record
61%
Win Rate
#7 of 96 in Drama #5 of 42 from the 2000s #1 of 8 Quentin Tarantino films
Scores based on real fan votes in head-to-head brackets. 50% = wins as often as it loses — perfectly average.
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#2 of 8 in Best of Tarantino.

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