The Coen Brothers' Best Movies
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The Coen Brothers' Best Movies

When it comes to dark tales, the Coen brothers are master storytellers. Which of their classics will you remember, and which would you rather forget?

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1 Fargo
Frances McDormand won an Oscar for her role as an indomitably cheery Minnesota cop on the hunt for a couple of killers. 363 845
2 No Country for Old Men
When Josh Brolin happens upon a bag of money, he takes it for his own, unwittingly setting a hit man (Javier Bardem) on himself. 363 841
3 The Big Lebowski
The Dude sets the bar for stoner comedy in this cult classic starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, and John Turturro. 359 867
4 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
George Clooney, Tim Blake Nelson, and John Turturro play chain-gang escapees on the lam in Mississippi. 311 769
5 True Grit
The Coens hit a home run by eschewing the original sunny ending and casting Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn. 259 493
6 Raising Arizona
This kidnapping caper stars Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter as a couple so desperate for children that they steal a baby from a rich man. 211 633
7 Miller's Crossing
The Coens dabble in the gangster genre, casting Gabriel Byrne as an anti-hero caught in a thirties underworld. 124 490
8 Blood Simple
In the Coens' first film, a bar owner suspects his wife (Frances McDormand) of cheating. He hires a man to kill her, but plans go awry. 87 439
9 Burn After Reading
When a gym employee (Frances McDormand) finds a CD full of CIA files, she parlays her discovery into funds for plastic surgery. 24 588
10 Barton Fink
When a hit playwright (John Turturro) tries his hand at screenplays, he develops a frightening case of writer’s block. 16 462
11 The Hudsucker Proxy
A scheming board of directors hires a naive president (Tim Robbins), with plans to swoop in after the newbie drives stocks down. -30 426
12 The Man Who Wasn't There
Billy Bob Thornton plays the titular man, who’s tired of being marginalized by everyone, including his cuckolding wife. -41 393
13 Intolerable Cruelty
George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones try to outwit each other in a scheming battle of the sexes. -153 391
14 The Ladykillers
A charming southern professor (Tom Hanks) enlists a gang of criminals to rob a casino. Plans are foiled by a sweet old lady. -153 457