Quentin Tarantino has heaped praise on Christopher Nolan's 2017 war drama, Dunkirk, which he says is number two in his list of best films of the last decade.

During a recent episode of The Ringer's Rewatchables podcast, Tarantino said he is compiling a list of best movies made during 2010s and is revisiting a number of films for that purpose. 

Tarantino revealed Dunkirk was initially placed seventh but rose to second spot after he rewatched it a couple of times. He said the movie came across as a spectacle to him and delivered an absolute emotional experience.

"I had an interesting experience with it the first couple of times. The first time I saw it, I don't know what I was thinking. I couldn't deal with anything else but the spectacle of it all. I liked the movie, but the spectacle almost numbed me to the experience. I don't think I felt anything emotional. I was awed by it, but I didn't know what I was awed by... It wasn't until the third time that I could see past the spectacle and into the people the story is about. I finally could see through the trees a little bit," the director explained.

Tarantino is yet to reveal his full list.