Every film mentioned by Edgar Wright and Quentin Tarantino in their Hot Fuzz commentary track

Hot Fuzz is an amazing movie. It's easily one of the funniest films I've ever seen and also one of the cleverest. In the new 3-disk collector's edition) , director Edgar Wright invites fellow director, friend, and fellow action movie buff Quentin Tarantino to do a commentary. What follows is a tour de force of movie and television geekery from both directors. In the course of their commentary—which almost never actually comments on the scenes they are watching—Wright and Tarantino mention close to 200 movies and television series.

It is, as far as I know, Tarantino's first commentary. As chatty as he is, he never does commentaries on his own movies. He lets loose on this one, tho, along with Wright, and they rattle off a continuous stream of productions and people that have inspired them—or sickened them—or which certain actors or directors have worked on—or which they've just heard of—or made up.

Strangely, they talk at some length about Peter Jackson doing a cameo for the film (he's the Santa Claus who stabs Nick Angel in the hand in the opening montage), but never mention any of his films.

Here is the list, with links to the Internet Movie Database so you can decide for yourself if you want to delve into the overlooked gems and weird schlock that inspired these two filmmakers. Thruout the list, EW is Edgar Wright; QT is Quentin Tarantino, of course; and I try to give the reason why they mention the film.