Pulp Fiction

1994 | 154 min | Thriller, Crime, Comedy

Friday Night Flick

Why it’s a Friday Night Flick

Critics loved it (92%), audiences adore it (8.5/10), it won an Oscar and it made about 27 times its budget. Make plans for this one.

Our take: Scrambled timelines and endlessly quotable dialogue that changed independent film in the 90s. Still feels fresh.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Have you seen it?

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

How it earned its rating

CriticsVery strong
92% on Rotten Tomatoes, 95 on Metacritic
AudiencesVery strong
8.5/10 from 31K viewers, plus 1 MMM member rating
AwardsVery strong
23 wins, 32 other nominations — won Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay; won Palme d'Or
Box office & staying powerVery strong
$214 million worldwide on a $8 million budget
Buzz & cultural impactVery strong
1.8 million Wikipedia readers in the past year