THEME EXPLORATION

pulp fiction writing

30 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Pulp
Pulp
1972 · Mike Hodges
Gentlemen Broncos
Gentlemen Broncos
2009 · Jared Hess
Back to the Future
Back to the Future
1985 · Robert Zemeckis
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Hammett
Hammett
1982 · Wim Wenders
La flor de mi secreto
La flor de mi secreto
1994 · Pedro Almodóvar
Primitive
Primitive
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Edward Dmytryk
Perfect Blue
Perfect Blue
1997 · Satoshi Kon
Parallel Tales
Parallel Tales
2026 · Asghar Farhadi
Breaker Morant
Breaker Morant
1980 · Bruce Beresford
Amorosa
Amorosa
1986 · Mai Zetterling
Loro 1
Loro 1
2018 · Paolo Sorrentino
Night of the Big Heat
Night of the Big Heat
1967 · Terence Fisher
A la Conquête du pôle
A la Conquête du pôle
1912 · Georges Méliès
Christina
Christina
1960 · Yannis Dalianidis
Band of Ninja Pilot
Band of Ninja Pilot
1969 · Nagisa Oshima
Epidemic
Epidemic
1987 · Lars von Trier
Memories of Prison
Memories of Prison
1984 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Space Men
Space Men
1960 · Antonio Margheriti
The Ghost
The Ghost
1983 · Chang Cheh
2046
2046
2004 · Wong Kar-Wai
King Arthur
King Arthur
2004 · Antoine Fuqua
Sex and Lucía
Sex and Lucía
2001 · Julio Medem
Adam: The Mirror
Adam: The Mirror
2017 · Neill Blomkamp
Joshua Then and Now
Joshua Then and Now
1985 · Ted Kotcheff
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy
2025 · Kim Byung Woo
Panic Attack!
Panic Attack!
2009 · Fede Álvarez
The 33D Invader
The 33D Invader
2011 · Cash Chin Man-Kei
The Haunted Cop Shop II
The Haunted Cop Shop II
1988 · Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Quentin Tarantino USA

His films like Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill directly celebrate and deconstruct pulp narrative conventions through nonlinear storytelling, graphic violence, and pop culture dialogue.

 Robert Rodriguez USA

He frequently adapts pulp fiction aesthetics in films like Sin City and From Dusk Till Dawn, emphasizing stylized action, B-movie sensibilities, and genre pastiche.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His provocative body horror films like Videodrome and Naked Lunch transform pulp fiction's transgressive themes into surreal, visceral explorations of technology and desire.