The Coen Brothers - All Their Movies Ranked - Part Two

Short Biography:

Continuing the countdown of the Coen Brothers movies…

Here is a rundown of his movies, with the score based on the average from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes (public votes only) and Letterboxd, from lowest ranked to highest:

5 – Barton Fink (1991)

IMDb:

7.6

RT Users:

8.9

Letterboxd:

7.96

8.15

Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Top Billed Cast:

John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, Tony Shalhoub,

SYNOPSIS:

Set in 1941, an intellectual New York playwright Barton Fink (John Turturro) accepts an offer to write movie scripts in L.A. He finds himself with writer’s block when required to do a B-movie script. His neighbor tries to help, but he continues to struggle as a bizarre sequence of events distracts him.

WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:

$ 6,153,939

PRODUCTION BUDGET:

$ 9,000,000

PROFIT OR (LOSS):

$ [- 2,846,061]

RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:

$ 0.68

4 – Miller’s Crossing (1990)

IMDb:

7.8

RT Users:

9.0

Letterboxd:

7.82

8.21

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Top Billed Cast:

Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J.E. Freeman, Albert Finney, Steve Buscemi

SYNOPSIS:

When the Italian Mafia threatens to kill a crooked bookie (John Turturro), Irish mob boss Leo O’Bannon (Albert Finney) refuses to allow it, chiefly because he’s dating the bookie’s sister, crafty gun moll Verna Bernbaum (Marcia Gay Harden). Leo’s right-hand man, Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne), is also seeing Verna on the sly, and when he’s found out is obliged to switch sides, going to work for the Italian mob amidst a dramatically escalating gang war over liquor distribution.

WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:

$ 5,080,409

PRODUCTION BUDGET:

$ 12,000,000

PROFIT OR (LOSS):

$ [-6,919,591]

RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:

$ 0.42

3 – No Country for Old Men (2007)

IMDb:

8.2

RT Users:

8.6

Letterboxd:

8.54

8.45

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Top Billed Cast:

Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald,

SYNOPSIS:

While out hunting, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) finds the grisly aftermath of a drug deal. Though he knows better, he cannot resist the cash left behind and takes it with him. The hunter becomes the hunted when a merciless killer named Chigurh (Javier Bardem) picks up his trail. Also looking for Moss is Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), an aging lawman who reflects on a changing world and a dark secret of his own, as he tries to find and protect Moss.

WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:

$ 171,627,166

PRODUCTION BUDGET:

$ 25,000,000

PROFIT OR (LOSS):

$ 146,627,166

RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:

$ 6.87

2 – The Big Lebowski (1998)

IMDb:

8.1

RT Users:

9.3

Letterboxd:

8.22

8.54

Comedy, Crime

Top Billed Cast:

Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman,

SYNOPSIS:

Jeff `The Dude’ Leboswki is mistaken for Jeffrey Lebowski, who is The Big Lebowski. Which explains why he’s roughed up and has his precious rug peed on. In search of recompense, The Dude tracks down his namesake, who offers him a job. His wife has been kidnapped and he needs a reliable bagman. Aided and hindered by his pals Walter Sobchak, a Vietnam vet, and Donny, master of stupidity.

WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:

$ 46,969,409

PRODUCTION BUDGET:

$ 15,000,000

PROFIT OR (LOSS):

$ 31,969,409

RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:

$ 3.13

1 – Fargo (1996)

IMDb:

8.1

RT Users:

9.3

Letterboxd:

8.40

8.60

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Top Billed Cast:

Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Harve Presnell, Tony Denman, John Carroll Lynch

SYNOPSIS:

“Fargo” is a reality-based crime drama set in Minnesota in 1987. Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has gotten himself into debt and is so desperate for money that he hires two thugs (Steve Buscemi), (Peter Stormare) to kidnap his own wife. Jerry will collect the ransom from her wealthy father (Harve Presnell), paying the thugs a small portion and keeping the rest to satisfy his debts. The scheme collapses when the thugs shoot a state trooper.

WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:

$ 60,611,975

PRODUCTION BUDGET:

$ 7,000,000

PROFIT OR (LOSS):

$ 53,611,975

RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:

$ 8.66

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