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The Coen brother are two of the most acclaimed filmmaker of our prison term . They ’re for sure in the top ten , possibly even the top five . Much of their work has been wide hail and showered with award , including movies likeFargo , The Big Lebowski , O Brother , Where Art Thou ? , andNo Country for Old Men .
Of course , like most auteurs , their filmography can be a slight dissentious , and not everyone nem con enjoys the same film . Some , for whatever understanding , just did n’t click for oecumenical audiences . The result is one of the weirdest filmographies in late times . These are the five best and five worst Coen pal moving-picture show , according to IMDb .
Best: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - 7.7
O Brother , Where Are Thou?is unmistakably one of the Coen brothers ' most unique cinema . For one matter , it ’s a modern retelling of Homer’sThe Odysseythat coalesce in ingredient and pieces of mythology of the American South .
That alone is unique enough , but you also have to deal theperiod folk soundtrackand the sepia - tint that was the effect of digital color correction ( one of the first movies to take vantage of the raw technology ) . It ’s arrant filmmaking , and that is just what the Coen brothers do best .
Worst: Burn After Reading (2008) - 7.0
Burn After Readinghad the unfortunate distinction of followingNo Country for Old Men , which is typically regard as one of the fine pic of the century ( uh , coddler alert ) . This could have negatively affected its rating and reputation , but possibly it was just the calibre of the film itself .
Unfortunately , not much is rememberedabout this one , aside fromthatamazing sequence featuring Brad Pitt and George Clooney . Maybe the plot of ground was just too zany and aimless for world-wide audiences . It was a slight more complicated and scattered than it perhaps need to be .
Best: Miller’s Crossing (1990) - 7.8
Miller ’s Crossingis one of the first Coen brothers films , and arguably the one that launched them to stardom . At least in the eyes of the critics .
This flick is a bit more aboveboard and " traditional " than most Coen brother ' films , as it tells a fairly received mobster story of war law-breaking families . And while it only raked in $ 5 million at the box office ( making it a turkey ) , it scored 91 % on Rotten Tomatoes thanks to its " classifiable style . " It ’s an oft - forgotten Coen film , but a smashing one notwithstanding .
Worst: A Serious Man (2009) - 7.0
You sleep with , it ’s actually a pretty good track phonograph recording when two of your five lowest - rated flick are still at a 7.0!A Serious Manis more self-examining and philosophic than most Coen films , which could be one of the reason for its relatively low rating . This movie follow a small town physics instructor name Larry Gopnik who search for " answer " and " meaning " as his life story slow crumple around him .
Of course , this being a Coen brother picture show , those answers are hard to issue forth by and very , very scary . It ’s a absorbing narrative , but possibly it ’s a small too slow and " chronicle - less " for general audiences .
Best: Fargo (1996) - 8.1
IfMiller ’s Crossingdidn’t get the Coen brothers a seat at the mellow table , thenFargocertainly did . The film grossed $ 60 million , received two Academy Awards , and was declared the 84th great movie ever made by the American Film Institute in 1998 .
Like most Coen whole kit , Fargocontains elements of the freakish and the unanswerable , particularly when it derive to human behavior . But it ’s also perhaps their most moral film , and this inherent goodness and sinlessness is represented in the magnificent Marge Gunderson , one of cinema ’s greatest supporter .
Worst: Hail, Caesar! (2016) - 6.3
Now we ’re acquire to the true stagnation of the Coen filmography . Hail , Caesar!is their 2nd most late work ( just behindThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs ) , but it ’s already been forgotten by the cosmopolitan universe .
In fact , not many people knew about it in the first position . Despite an all - genius casting , this movie never really get off the dry land . It was given a C- rating on CinemaScore and a 6.3 on IMDb , which clearly indicate general audiences ' want of exuberance . Critics enjoyed it a little more , but even they seemed to fit in that it was n’t one of the Coens ' finer efforts .
Best: The Big Lebowski (1998) - 8.1
instantly followingFargowasThe Big Lebowski , making this the greatest one - two puncher in the Coen brothers ' filmography . Despite receiving comparatively " meh " review from critics ( for a Coen brothers picture show that is - 82 % RT , 71 Metascore),The bighearted Lebowskicontinues to linger in the pop culture awareness .
The film is fundamentally amemeat this point in time ( in fact , two of its most famous scenesdidbecome meme ! ) , and many of its most iconic stock are still quoted to this 24-hour interval . It ’s a modern Clarence Day chef-d’oeuvre .
Worst: Intolerable Cruelty (2003) - 6.2
You lie with what ’s not a modern day masterpiece?Intolerable Cruelty . This is n’t really aCoen brothersmovie , as they miss a " story by " credit and it was co - compose by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone ( the Coens unremarkably indite and orchestrate themselves ) .
Still , they did direct it , so we ’re counting it . This is actually a romantic clowning , which is far outside of the Coen brothers ' wheelhouse . While critic bask the " funny oddball touches " traditional of a Coen brothers ' film , it seems like general hearing could n’t have care less .
Best: No Country For Old Men (2007) - 8.1
The third and last Coen brothers ' flick with an 8.1 rating is their masterpieceNo Country for Old Men . We say " their masterpiece " not just because of its high IMDb paygrade , but because of its numerous award and eminence .
It look on more critics ' top ten lean than any other moving picture exhaust in 2007 ( and that year sawThere Will Be profligate ! ) , and it was constitute the 10th best moving picture of the century in a massive critic ' poll conducted by the BBC in 2016 . So , yeah , we ’d say it ’s pretty beloved .
Worst: The Ladykillers (2004) - 6.2
If there ’s one Coen brothers movie that everyone forgets ( even more so thanIntolerable harshness ) , it’sThe Ladykillers . We do n’t know what pass incorrect this one . Maybe it ’s because it was an adaptation and not a Coen comrade original , but that ’s disproved byNo Country for Old Men .
Either way , it seems like no one likes this one . It take for a 6.2 on IMDb ( their lowest - rated effort ) and a 54 % on Rotten Tomatoes , with critics calling it " a comparatively pocket-size offer from the Coen brothers . " And that about sums it up . It ’s notterribleby any means . It ’s just … so , so average . And therefore , so , so disappointing .
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