Joel Coen films, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 20 films on Boxlist

Known for No Country for Old Men, Fargo and Inside Llewyn Davis.

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No Country for Old Men
2007 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as...
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Fargo
1996 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a...
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Inside Llewyn Davis
2013 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future following the suicide of his singing partner.
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Blood Simple
1984 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
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A Serious Man
2009 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.
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Miller's Crossing
1990 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
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The Big Lebowski
1998 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events...
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Barton Fink
1991 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
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Raising Arizona
1987 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
When a childless couple of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's 'Odyssey'.
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman...
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The Man Who Wasn't There
2001 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to...
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Burn After Reading
2008 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control...
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Hail, Caesar!
2016 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.
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The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
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Paris, Je T'Aime
2006 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this...
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Intolerable Cruelty
2003 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
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