Samuel L. Jackson's most badass movie moments

"Pulp Fiction" (1994)

Quentin Tarantino’s modern classic earned Jackson his first Oscar nomination and secured his loquacious hitman character, Jules Winnfield, a permanent place in cinema history.

Badass moment: One quote (also excerpted on the film’s soundtrack) says it all: “And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.”