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Non-linear storytelling, stylised violence, and snappy dialogues make a pretty good Quentin Tarantino winning formula. But amid the fleeting streaming schedule on Netflix, one of the biggest Tarantino blockbusters is bracing for departure: Inglourious Basterds. While Netflix subscribers prepare for the Once Upon a Time …in Hollywood sequel, directed by David Fincher, and penned by Tarantino, it is time to take a detour to the 2010s, before the time is up for Inglourious Basterds.

Leaving Netflix UK on June 16^th, 2025, is a slew of blockbusters, including Atonement (2007), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), The Dead Don’t Die (2019), Four Good Days (2020), The Inspection (2022), Mortal Engines (2018), and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002). Among those titles also lies Inglourious Basterds, the 2009 war film written and directed by the Oscar-winning filmmaker Tarantino.

Inglourious Basterds lives up to Quentin Tarantino’s trope of converging plot points, and the title is inspired by the 1978 Euro War film, The Inglorious Bastards by Enzo G. Castellari. This gripping film intersects two storylines in an alternate history, uniting them in a high-stakes mission to eliminate Nazi Germany’s top brass at a Paris cinema, where resistance and rebellion collide. The mission is carried out by a team of Jewish-American soldiers, ‘Basterds’, led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine, and a French Jewish cinema proprietor, Shosanna Dreyfus, whose fugitive Jewish family was murdered early in the film.

‘Basterds’ is a black ops commando unit assigned to intimidate the Nazis in occupied France by slaughter and mutilation. Raine is portrayed by Brad Pitt, a go-to star for Tarantino films, and Melani Laurent plays Dreyfus. Both go head-to-head with Hans Landa, an SS colonel portrayed by Christoph Waltz, who is reputed as ‘The Jew Hunter.’ Tarantino reportedly wrote the script as early as 1998, but faced roadblocks over its ending. He directed the Kill Bill films and Death Proof in between before returning to the Inglourious Basterds.

Inglourious Basterds sure holds the blood and sweat of the stars who breathed life into it. But make no mistake, it is not a rushed production. The movie was a well-thought-out and time-consuming process, which justifies the film’s $321.5m box office pull against a comparatively shy $70m budget. Back in the day, Inglourious Basterds became Tarantino’s highest-grossing movie until Django Unchained (2012) took the crown.

Inglourious Basterds was an eight-time Oscar nominee, which won Waltz the award for ‘Best Supporting Actor.’ The rave reviews and the box office figures speak for the film’s success on their own. Since the streaming era, Netflix has been the kingpin in providing a second wind to projects long lost in the rush hours of showbiz. While the film already had a cult fan base, the Netflix bell icon for its departure is all the cue you need to get started with streaming right away.

Lawrence Bender produced the movie for A Band Apart in association with The Weinstein Company, Universal Pictures, and Zehnte Babelsberg Film GmbH. Inglourious Basterds boasts an all-star cast led by Pitt, Laurent, and Waltz, including Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Bruhl, and Til Schweiger among others.