Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction was released in 1994.
The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1994, where it won the Palme d’Or. It then received a wider theatrical release in the United States in October of that year. Its nonlinear storytelling, sharply observed dialogue, and interwoven crime stories made it one of the defining American films of the 1990s.
Pulp Fiction is often confused with Reservoir Dogs because both films feature Tarantino’s distinctive dialogue and criminal underworld. Reservoir Dogs came earlier, in 1992, and established Tarantino as a major independent filmmaker. Pulp Fiction became his breakthrough mainstream success and earned seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. Tarantino and Roger Avary won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.