Inglourious Basterds is widely regarded as one of the best films of the 2000s and one of Tarantino's greatest works. The film's influence can be seen in many subsequent war films and TV shows, and it continues to be studied and debated by film scholars and historians.

When Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds premiered in 2009, it was an instant revisionist masterpiece. A WWII spaghetti western where history gets rewritten with a flamethrower and a lot of 35mm film stock. But in the age of streaming compression and 4K remasters, a specific digital artifact has maintained a cult following among collectors: the rip.