Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France...

Directed by Quentin Tarantino

Produced by Universal Pictures, The Weinstein Company

2009153 min8.2 / 10

A darkly playful, revisionist war thriller that uses graphic violence and genre-savvy irreverence to explore Jewish resistance and revenge against Nazi tyranny.

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.

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  • Is Inglourious Basterds violent? Yes, very. More violent than 97% of films.

  • Is Inglourious Basterds scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is Inglourious Basterds easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Does Inglourious Basterds end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Inglourious Basterds sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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