Inglourious Basterds
Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France...
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.
- Director
- Quentin Tarantino
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $321M
Who's in it
Cast
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What It's About
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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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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Inglourious Basterds appears in 7 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Psychological Thrillers Ranked #13
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- Thriller Movies Ranked #18
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- Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies Ranked #27
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- Best Philosophical Movies Ranked #31
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- Movies With Incredible Endings Ranked #34
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- Drama Movies Ranked #40
Placed at #40 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #51
Placed at #51 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
2 wins · 8 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 8 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Inglourious Basterds returned 4.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $70M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $321M
- Release date
- Aug 2, 2009
- Runtime
- 2h 33m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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