--- title: Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood (2019): 100 Best Movies of the Past 10 Decades description: Find out why Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood (2019) was selected for the list canonical: https://time.com/collections/100-best-movies/6296128/once-upon-a-time-inhollywood-2019/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-07-26T11:32:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T00:17:32.558Z og:title: 100 Best Movies of the Past 10 Decades: Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood (2019) og:description: Find out why Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood (2019) is on the list og:url: https://time.com/collections/100-best-movies/6296128/once-upon-a-time-inhollywood-2019/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt628504ff1f872438/698a3ef909208fb06241a8e7/top-100-movies-2010s-onceuponatime.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 100 Best Movies of the Past 10 Decades: Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood (2019) og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 100 Best Movies of the Past 10 Decades: Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood (2019) twitter:description: Find out why Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood (2019) is on the list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt628504ff1f872438/698a3ef909208fb06241a8e7/top-100-movies-2010s-onceuponatime.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 26, 2023 # _Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood_ (2019) by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood.Andrew Cooper—Sony Pictures Hollywood isn’t just a place but also a state of mind, an idea [Quentin Tarantino](https://time.com/5595352/quentin-tarantino-interview-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/) mines eloquently in [_Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood_](https://time.com/5593402/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-review/). The film is an ode to a place with ghosts in and around every corner: they’re right there in the margins of old cop shows like _Mannix_ and _Banyon_, like genies in YouTube bottles; they lurk in the beads of condensation on a Musso & Frank’s martini glass, happy to participate, in their own small way, in modern happy hours. Tarantino has deep affection for Hollywood, the place and the vibe, and he brings it to life through the story of Rick Dalton and Cliff Booth ([Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt](https://time.com/5593622/brad-pitt-leonardo-dicaprio-cannes-2019/)), an aging TV star and his longtime stunt double who find their careers fading in the Hollywood of 1969\. Their heyday was the 1950s; now Rick is relegated to playing the heavy in random TV episodes, with Cliff basically keeping him company. But even as their careers downshift, they’ll play a crucial role in Tarantino’s reimagining of what might have happened in Benedict Canyon on Aug. 8 of that year. The beating heart of _Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood_ is a neophyte movie star who was murdered almost before anyone could get to know her name: [Sharon Tate](https://time.com/5635298/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-true-story/), the pregnant wife of Roman Polanski, was stabbed to death in her home by members of the Manson family on Aug. 8, 1969\. Tarantino’s film is both a valentine to her—she’s played, with a deeply touching blend of self-deprecation and effervescent optimism, by Margot Robbie—and an artistic act of retribution against those who killed her. It takes history seriously by imagining what might have been, and by granting life to a woman who, as events played out, never got a chance to make her mark. 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