The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 4 - 'Inglourious Basterds’

The Big Picture

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Sean and Amanda return to continue their yearlong project of listing the 25 best movies of the 21st century so far. Today, they discuss Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ which made for one of the greatest movie-going experiences of the century. They talk through why this was the official Tarantino pick over ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ praise Christoph Waltz for his generational performance, and explore the film’s legacy at great length. Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Producers: Jack Sanders, Charlie Finan, John Richter, Kevin Cureghian, Victoria Valencia, and Ryan Todd Talk to a State Farm agent today to learn how you can choose to bundle and save with the Personal Price Plan®. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there®. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Sean Fentasy.
0:11.6	And this is 25 for 25, a big picture special conversation show about inglorious bastards
0:18.2	live!
0:19.2	At the Egyptian theater. about Inglorious Bastards Live!
0:29.9	At the Egyptian theater in Hollywood, California, and I think this just might be my masterpiece, Amanda.
0:31.2	We are talking about number four on our 25 for 25 list in glorious bastards.
0:38.1	Do you like this movie?
0:39.2	Just a little bit.
0:39.9	Just a little bit.
0:40.7	It is written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
0:44.2	It stars Brad Pitt,
0:45.3	Christoph Waltz, Michael Fastbender,
0:47.3	Melanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Bruill,
0:51.1	Till Schweiger, August Diehl,
0:53.8	The Little Man, a whole number of other people.
0:57.7	This is simply one of my favorite movies of all time.
1:01.3	Mine as well.
1:01.8	Why is it on our list?
1:03.4	This is our Quentin Tarantino pick.
1:05.8	I feel great about this.
1:07.5	I would like to know how you, Sean Fennessee, in the afterglow of this absolutely
1:12.6	glorious print of this film that we just got to see. And thank you to the American Cinematec
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