# Favorite Coen brothers movie
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 29, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035 "2009-09-29T21:38:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/1 "2009-09-29T21:38:02Z")
I admit I’ve only seen 7 of them, but I’m casting my vote for “O Brother”.
I hope to see the other 6 before too long…
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/2 "2009-09-29T21:44:27Z")
I’m casting my vote for The Dude.
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### Author:  [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/3 "2009-09-29T21:52:54Z")
The Dude. No question in my mind. The Coens have made many, many good movies, but there’s only one Dude.
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/4 "2009-09-29T22:06:04Z")
Almost voted for _Miller’s Crossing_ and have to give props both to _Fargo_ and _Lebowski_, but the one I most enjoy revisiting is _ **O Brother** _.
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/5 "2009-09-29T22:15:31Z")
Have to go with the Dude. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen it, but it never gets old.
Close runner ups would be _O Brother_, and _Fargo_.
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### Author:  [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/6 "2009-09-29T22:21:00Z")
Thing is, I like them all to varying degrees, but the one that drew me to their work, and the one that _always_ makes me laugh, is _Raising Arizona_. That absurdist humor is what I think of first when I think of the Coens, even given their more serious work.
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### Author:  [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/7 "2009-09-29T22:22:37Z")
The Dude abides.
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### Author:  [@conurepete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conurepete)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/8 "2009-09-29T22:28:00Z")
Oh Brother, something about how all the pieces fit together
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### Author:  [@hopesperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hopesperson)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/9 "2009-09-29T22:28:19Z")
_Barton Fink_ was the first Coen Brothers film I ever saw, at the Orpheum Theater in Madison, Wisconsin. Maybe not their best, but pretty darn good, and always my sentimental favorite.
ETA: I absolutely loved _No Country for Old Men_. It is probably my critical favorite. But I love just about every one, truth be told.
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/10 "2009-09-29T22:38:51Z")
Good poll.
Oh, and I liked _O Brother_ best. Followed closely by the Dude, _Hudsucker_, & _Fargo_ in that order. Good stuff all.
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### Author:  [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/11 "2009-09-29T22:50:28Z")
I went for the Dude. Plenty of great stuff to say about the others but I can just settle into any scene in The Big Lebowski and feel satisfied.
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### Author:  [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/12 "2009-09-29T22:52:53Z")
Hard choice. In the end I went with the Duderino, but I wavered among\* Lebowski, Miller’s Crossing\* and _O Brother_.
Which six haven’t you seen, Doc?
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/13 "2009-09-29T23:29:10Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#):
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> Which six haven’t you seen, Doc?
Missed:
Miller’s Crossing
Barton Fink
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Intolerable Cruelty
The Ladykillers
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### Author:  [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/14 "2009-09-29T23:34:48Z")
_Fargo_, no question.
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### Author:  [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/15 "2009-09-30T00:23:22Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> Barton Fink
Barton Fink was my first Coen Brothers film and, as a previous poster mentioned, I also saw it in Madison - not at the same theater, though. It really made me appreciate John Goodman’s acting abilities.
As much love as I have for The Dude, I have to go with Fargo on this one. Marge Gunderson is wonderful.
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### Author:  [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/16 "2009-09-30T00:24:34Z")
Fargo is one of my favorite shows and my favorite Coen Brothers film.
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### Author:  [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/17 "2009-09-30T00:27:23Z")
The only one I haven’t seen is _Intolerable Cruelty_, which I guess I’ll get around to seeing someday.
I had a hard time choosing between _Miller’s Crossing_ and _The Big Lebowski_, but voted for Lebowski. They’re both eminently quotable (as most of their movies are), but I love the way Lebowski stands the film noir conventions on their collective heads, while Miller’s Crossing is more straightforward (though brilliantly done).
I’m also a big fan of _Raising Arizona_, _O Brother_, and _Barton Fink_.
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### Author:  [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/18 "2009-09-30T00:33:09Z")
I haven’t been able to sit through _The Big Lebowski_, despite the presence of Jimmie Dale Gilmore. I keep waiting for the story to start. What’s going on?!? Obviously, I just don’t get it and need to try harder with that one. I love the others (haven’t seen _Intolerable Cruelty_) and voted for _No Country for Old Men_. _Raising Arizona_ and _Fargo_ are the ones I watch most often.
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### Author:  [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/19 "2009-09-30T01:53:12Z")
The Dude is a close second to Arizona, for me
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### Author:  [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-coen-brothers-movie/512035/20 "2009-09-30T01:55:34Z")
The dude abides.
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