Quentin Tarantino reveals the 'greatest movie ever made' and his answer might surprise you

Quentin Tarantino has revealed what he believes to be the 'greatest movie ever made' and it's very different to the type of films he makes.

The 62-year-old filmmaker has built up quite a reputation over the years and it is easy to understand why, owing to the fact that he has some rather impressive movies under his belt.

While it is fair to say that not everyone is a fan of Tarantino films, the director and writer has an iconic style that can be easily recognized.

He has become well known for having movies that have witty and foul-mouthed dialogue with a hefty amount of violence and blood, all driven by a compelling story and fascinating characters.

These are phrases you likely wouldn’t associate with the title he considers the 'greatest movie ever made', albeit it is brilliant in its own right.

Quentin Tarantino is often honest about the films he likes and dislikes (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Speaking on the ReelBlend podcast, Tarantino said: “I think Jaws is the greatest movie ever made. Maybe not the greatest film. But it’s the greatest movie ever made.”

He went on to explain that the Steven Spielberg-directed flick is the perfect blend of technical mastery, entertainment value and mass appeal.

Seemingly noting that in this context, 'movie' appears to refer to blockbuster, something that Spielberg helped cultivate following the release of the 1975 flick.

Tarantino continued: “As far as a movie, there’s no making it better than Jaws. There’s no ‘better’ than Jaws. It is the best movie ever made. And it shows how badly timed most movies made before Jaws were.

“This is exactly the kind of movie he was put on Earth to make.”

Jaws was based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley and followed the story of a great white shark terrorizing a small beach town. It won three Academy Awards at the 48th Oscars in 1976.

Jaws remains popular to this day (Universal Pictures)

Tarantino has also spoken candidly about his own work and previously revealed the film he was ‘born to make’.

During an interview on The Church of Tarantino podcast in August, he said: “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is my favorite, Inglourious Basterds is my best. But I think Kill Bill is the ultimate Quentin movie, like nobody else could’ve made it.

“Every aspect about it is so particularly ripped, like with tentacles and bloody tissue, from my imagination and my id and my loves and my passion and my obsession.

“So I think Kill Bill is the movie I was born to make, I think Inglourious Basterds is my masterpiece, but Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is my favorite.”