# The best Coen brothers films

The best of Joel and Ethan Coen's 18 films together, ranked by consensus between Gold Derby, IndieWire, Time Out and Rotten Tomatoes scores.

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- Sep 20, 2024 · Sean
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## Top 12

1. **Fargo** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1996. Frances McDormand's pregnant police chief in snowy Minnesota; Oscars for her and the screenplay.
2. **No Country for Old Men** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 2007. Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh; four Oscars including Best Picture.
3. **Raising Arizona** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1987. Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter kidnap a baby; their gentlest film.
4. **A Serious Man** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 2009. A physics professor in 1967 Minnesota whose life falls apart.
5. **Miller's Crossing** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1990. Gabriel Byrne in a Prohibition-era gangster war.
6. **Blood Simple** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1984. Their debut, a Texas neo-noir made on a small budget.
7. **Inside Llewyn Davis** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2013. Oscar Isaac as a folk singer in 1961 Greenwich Village; Grand Prix at Cannes.
8. **The Big Lebowski** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1998. Jeff Bridges as the Dude, bowling and a rug that really tied the room together.
9. **Barton Fink** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1991. John Turturro as a blocked writer in Hollywood; Palme d'Or, Best Director and Best Actor at Cannes.
10. **The Man Who Wasn't There** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2001. Billy Bob Thornton as a barber in black-and-white 1949 California.
11. **True Grit** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 2010. Hailee Steinfeld and Jeff Bridges in the Charles Portis western; ten Oscar nominations.
12. **O Brother, Where Art Thou?** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2000. The Odyssey in Depression-era Mississippi; its bluegrass soundtrack won the Grammy for Album of the Year.

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