# Pulp Fiction

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Pulp Fiction and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a benchmark crime film that shaped later movies; the usual caveat is its graphic violence and sexual assault, with some finding it pretentious.

## Why people recommend it

- Benchmark for great films (3 comments): "I personally rate it alongside Tarantino's Pulp Fiction" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46934605)) "is much better movie than the incredible Pulp Fiction" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46934789)) "There wouldn't be an EEAaO without Pulp Fiction." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46940159))
- Influential on later crime films (3 comments): "The kinds of movies like Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction are doing rather well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49924921)) "There wouldn't be an EEAaO without Pulp Fiction." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46940159)) "Pulp Fiction showed the consequences" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48791119))
- Tarantino's strongest work (2 comments): "Pulp Fiction is still by far his best work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49158529)) "I personally rate it alongside Tarantino's Pulp Fiction" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46934605))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Hackers (1995)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hackers.md): 69 recommend
- [Sneakers (1992)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sneakers.md): 7 recommend
- [Heat (1995 film)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/heat.md): 6 recommend
- [Nightcrawler (2014 film)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nightcrawler.md): 6 recommend
- [The Prestige](https://hackerapproved.com/p/prestige.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Pulp Fiction", https://hackerapproved.com/p/pulp-fiction/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).