In 1986 kreeg hij een baantje bij Video Archives, een videotheek in Manhattan Beach, California. Samen met Roger Avary keek hij de hele dag naar films en discussieerde ze er over. Een jaar later maakte hij samen met zijn acting class maatje Craig Hamann zijn eerste (onvolledige) film, My Best Friend's Birthday, en schreef hij zijn eerste 'echte' script genaamd True Romance.
Zijn tweede script, Natural Born Killers, rondde Quentin af in 1989. Een jaar later verkocht hij eindelijk zijn True Romance script voor 50.000 Dollar. Met het verdiende geld was hij van plan om zijn volgende filmproject te financieren. Dat project was Reservoir Dogs, een 16mm zwart-wit film met zijn vrienden in de rolbezetting. Quentin zei zijn baan bij Video Archives op en ging werken voor CineTel, een kleine productiemaatschappij in Hollywood. In die periode ontmoette hij Lawrence Bender die het Reservoir Dogs script aan Harvey Keitel liet zien. Keitel was zo onder de indruk van het script dat hij besloot te helpen bij het financieren van de film en het zoeken naar acteurs. Reservoir Dogs ging uiteindelijk in 1992 in première tijdens het Sundance film festival. Miramax kocht de rechten en bracht de film later dat jaar uit in Verenigde Staten.
Na Resevoir Dogs begon Quentin aan Pulp Fiction. In deze film werkte hij voor het eerst samen met Uma Thurman die later in Kill Bill "The Bride" zou gaan spelen.
De muziek
1992 Resevoir Dogs
- Coconut - Harry Nilsson
- Fool For Love - Sandy Rogers
- Harvest Moon - Bedlam Hooked
- On A Feeling - Blue Swede
- I Gotcha - Joe Tex
- Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection
- Magic Carpet Ride - Bedlam
- Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealer's Wheel
1994 Pulp Fiction
- Ace Of Spades - Link Wray & His Raymen*
- Bullwinkle Part II - The Centurian's
- Bustin' Surfboards - The Tornado's
- Comanche - The Revels Flowers
- On The Wall - The Statler Brothers
- Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon - Urge Overkill
- If Love Is A Red Dress (Hang Me In Rags) - Maria McKee
- Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
- Let's Stay Together - Al Green
- Lonesome Town - Ricky Nelson
- Misirlou - Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
- Out Of Limits - The Marketts*
- Rumble - Link Wray & His Raymen*
- Since I First Met You - The Robins*
- Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
- Strawberry Letter #23 - The Brothers Johnson*
- Surf Rider - The Lively Ones Teenagers
- In Love - Woody Thorne*
- Waitin' In School - Gary Shorelle*
- You Can Never Tell - Chuck Berry
1997 Jackie Brown
- Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack
- Aragon - Roy Ayers*
- Baby Love - The Supremes*
- Chicks Who Love Guns - Joseph Julian Gonzalez*
- Cissy Strut - The Meters*
- Detroit 9000 - Council Cargle
- Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - The Delfonics
- Escape - Roy Ayers*
- Exotic Dance - Roy Ayers*
- Grazing In The Grass - Orchestra Harlow*
- (Holy Matrimony) Letter From The Firm - Foxy Brown
- Inside My Love - Minnie Riperton
- Jizz Da Pitt - Slash's Snakepit*
- La La La Means I Love You - William Hart*
- Long Time Woman - Pam Grier
- Mad Dog (Feroce) - Umberto Smailia*
- Midnight Confessions - Grass Roots
- Monte Carlo Nights - Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods
- My Touch Of Madness - Jermaine Jackson*
- Natural High - Bloodstone
- She Puts Met In The Mood - Elvin Bishop*
- Strawberry Letter #23 - The Brothers Johnson
- Street Life - Randy Crawford
- Tennessee Stud - Johnny Cash
- The Lions And The Cucumber - Vampire Sound Inc.
- Undun - The Guess Who*
- Vittrone's Theme: The King Is Dead - Roy Ayers*
- Who Is He (And What Is He to You?) - Bill Withers
2003 Kill Bill vol. 1
- Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Nancy Sinatra
- Battle Without Honor Or Humanity - Tomoyasu Hotei
- Day Of Anger / I Giorni Dell'Ira - Riz Ortolani*
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda
- From Man To Man (Death Rides A Horse) - Ennio Morricone*
- Green Hornet - Al Hirt I'm Blue - The 5.6.7.8's*
- Ironside - Quincy Jones
- I Walk Like Jane Mansfield - The 5.6.7.8's*
- Wound That Heals / Kaifuku Suru Kizu - Lily Chou-Chou*
- Long Day Of Vengeance / I Lunghi Giorni Della Vendetta - Armando Trovajoli*
- Motorcycle Go Go Go - The 5.6.7.8's*
- Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills*
- Nobody But Me - The Human Beinz*
- Police Check Point - Harry Betts*
- Run Fay Run - Isaac Hayes
- Seven Notes In Black / Sette Note In Nero - Vince Tempera*
- Super 16 - NEU! That Certain Female - Charlie Feathers
- The Flower Of Carnage / Shura No Hana - Meiko Kaji
- The Grand Duel (M10) - Luis Bacalov*
- The Grand Duel (Parte Prima) - Luis Bacalov
- The Lonely Shepherd - George Zamfir
- Truck Turner - Isaac Hayes*
- Twisted Nerve - Bernard Herrmann
- Urami Bushi - Meiko Kaji*
- Woo Hoo - The 5.6.7.8's
2004 Kill Bill vol. 2
- Goodnight Moon - Shivaree
- Il Tramonto - Ennio Morricone
- Can't Hardly Stand It - Charlie Feathers
- Tu Mira (Edit) - Lole Y Manuel
- Summertime Killer - Luis Bacalov
- The Chase - Alan Reeves, Phil Steele and Philip Brigham
- L'Arena / Il Mercenario - Ennio Morricone
- Satisfied Mind - Johnny Cash
- A Silhouette Of Doom - Ennio Morricone
- About Her - Malcolm McLaren
- Malaguena Salerosa - Chingon
- Urami Bushi - Meiko Kaji
- Black Mamba - Wu-Tang Clan
2009 Inglourious Basterds
- Nick Perito - The Green Leaves Of Summer
- Ennio Morricone - The Verdict (Dopo La Condanna)
- Charles Bernstein - White Lightning
- Billy Preston - Slaughter
- Ennio Morricone - The Surrender (La Resa)
- The Film Studio Orchestra - One Silver Dollar (Un Dollaro Bucato)
- Zarah Leander - Davon Geht Die Welt Nicht Unter
- Samantha Shelton & Michael Andrew - The Man With The Big Sombrero
- Lilian Harvey & Willy Fritsch - Ich Wollt', Ich Wär Ein Huhn
- Jacques Loussier - Main Theme from "Dark Of The Sun"
- David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
- Lalo Schifrin - Tiger Tank
- Ennio Morricone - Un Amico
- Ennio Morricone - Rabbia E Tarantella
2012 Django Unchained
- Winged - James Russo (Dialogue)
- Django (from Django) - Rocky Roberts & Luis Bacalov
- The Braying Mule (from Two Mules for Sister Sara) - Ennio Morricone
- His Name Was King (from Lo Chiamavano King) - Luis Bacalov & Edda Dell'Orso
- Freedom - Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton
- La Corsa (2nd Version) (from Django) - Luis Bacalov
- I Got a Name (from The Last American Hero) - Jim Croce
- I Giorni Dell'ira (Days of Anger) (from Day of Anger) - Riz Ortolani
- 100 Black Coffins - Rick Ross
- Nicaragua (from Under Fire) - Jerry Goldsmith featuring Pat Metheny
- Sister Sara's Theme (from Two Mules for Sister Sara) - Ennio Morricone
- Ancora Qui - Ennio Morricone & Elisa
- Who Did That to You? - John Legend
- Too Old to Die Young - Brother Dege
- Un Monumento (from The Hellbenders) - Ennio Morricone
- Trinity (Titoli) (from They Call Me Trinity) - Annibale E I Cantori Moderni
- Ode to Django (The D Is Silent)* - RZA
2015 The Hatefull Eight
- L’ultima diligenza di Red Rock (The Last Stage to Red Rock)
- Ennio Morricone - Ouverture - Ennio Morricone
- Narratore letterario (Literary Narrator) - Ennio Morricone
- Apple Blossom (from De Stijl 2000) - The White Stripes
- L’ultima diligenza di Red Rock (The Last Stage to Red Rock) <#2> - Ennio Morricone
- Neve (Snow) - Ennio Morricone
- Sei cavalli (Six Horses) - Ennio Morricone
- Raggi di sole sulla montagna (Rays of Sun on the Mountain) - Ennio Morricone
- Neve (Snow) <#2> - Ennio Morricone
- I quattro passeggeri (The Four Passengers) - Ennio Morricone
- La musica prima del massacro (Music Before the Massacre) - Ennio Morricone
- L’inferno bianco (White Hell)
- Ennio Morricone - Now You’re All Alone (from The Last House on the Left 1972) - David Hess
- Sangue e neve (Blood and Snow) - Ennio Morricone
- Neve (Snow) <#3> - Ennio Morricone
- L'inferno bianco (White Hell)
- Ennio Morricone - La lettera di Lincoln (The Lincoln Letter)
- Ennio Morricone - La lettera di Lincoln (The Lincoln Letter)
- Ennio Morricone & Walton Goggins - There Won’t Be Many Coming Home (from The Fastest Guitar Alive 1967) - Roy Orbison
- La puntura della morte (The Sting of Death) - Ennio Morricone
- Regan's Theme (from Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) - Ennio Morricone*
- Eternity (from The Thing 1982) — Ennio Morricone*
- Silent Night — Demián Bichir*
- Ready for the Times to Get Better - Crystal Gayle*
- Bestiality (from The Thing 1982) - Ennio Morricone*
- Despair (from The Thing 1982) - Ennio Morricone*