Leading up to the 2009 release of Quentin Tarantino's WWII action movie, "Inglourious Basterds," he gave an interview to Sky Movies (via Quentin Tarantino Universe ) and listed 20 of his favorite movies from 1992 to 2009. Not surprisingly, it includes classics like "Battle Royale," "Fight Club," "Shaun of the Dead," "Lost in Translation," and two Keanu Reeves movies , "Speed" and "The Matrix." The last film to be mentioned is "Unbreakable." Tarantino considers it one of the better takes on a Superman-like origin story. He even called it "one of the masterpieces of our time."

That's high praise from the director of "Pulp Fiction," "Reservoir Dogs," "Django Unchained," and the two "Kill Bill" volumes. He's made several pop-culture hits by making non-linear storytelling, profanity-heavy dialogue, and intense violence entertaining. But he's no stranger to praising movies from other directors.…