Like Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is widely regarded as one of the most influential films of the 1990s and has been described as a 'cult classic'. The term 'like pulp fiction' is often used to describe stories that are lurid, sensational, and exaggerated. Lurid, in this context, means shocking or sensational in a way that is considered inappropriate or distasteful.