The Coen Brothers movies - How would you rank them?

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Mine:

1.) Fargo
2.) Barton Fink
3.) Miller’s Crossing
4.) Big Lebowski

Well, that’s all i’ve seen. How about you guys?

2

  1. Miller’s Crossing - My favorite movie thus far.

  2. Raising Arizona

  3. O Brother, Where art Thou?

  4. Fargo

  5. Big Lebowski

  6. Barton Fink

  7. The Hudsucker Proxy

I have yet to see “The Man who Wasn’t There” and “Blood Simple.”

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  1. Miller’s Crossing - In my all time top 5
  2. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  3. Raising Arizona
  4. Big Lebowski
  5. Fargo
  6. The Man Who Wasn’t There - Didn’t care much for this one, but it improved with repeated viewings
  7. Blood Simple
  8. Hudsucker Proxy
  9. Barton Fink
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This could change at any time, but let’s try:

Miller’s Crossing
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
Raising Arizona
Blood Simple
O Brother Where Art Thou
The Man Who Wasn’t there
Hudsucker Proxy
Barton Fink

5

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Miller’s Crossing
Fargo
Blood Simple
Raising Arizona
The Big Lebowski
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Barton Fink
The Hudsucker Proxy

6

Barton Fink
Hudsucker Proxy
Fargo
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Big Lebowski
Man Who Wasn’t There
Raising Arizona

7
  1. Miller’s Crossing
  2. Big Lebowski
  3. Fargo
  4. The Hudsucker Proxy
  5. Raising Arizona
  6. Barton Fink
8

Big Lebowski
Fargo
Hudsucker Proxy
Raising Arizona
Miller’s Crossing
Man Who Wasn’t There
Blood Simple
Barton Fink
O Brother, Where Art Thou

9
  1. The Hudsucker Proxy
  2. Blood Simple
  3. Raising Arizona
  4. Fargo
  5. Miller’s Crossing
  6. The Big Lebowski
  7. Barton Fink

(1-3 are pretty much interchangeable, depending on mood)

I haven’t seen O Brother, Where Art Thou? or The Man Who Wasn’t There

10

The Big Lebowski
Fargo
Miller’s Crossing
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Barton Fink
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Blood Simple
Hudsucker Proxy
Raising Arizona

11

My initial thought was to go swipe the IMDB page and give them my own ratings, but I haven’t seen all of them so that would be wasteful.

Besides, you folks have listed most of the ones I’ve seen.

Raising Arizona ****
Fargo ****
Big Lebowski ***1/2
Blood Simple ***
O Brother, Where Art Thou? ***
The Man Who Wasn’t There **1/2
Miller’s Crossing **
Barton Fink *
Hudsucker Proxy 1/2 (I’d give it no stars but it was a Coen movie)

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  1. O Brother Where Art Thou?
  2. Miller’s Crossing
  3. The Man Who Wasn’t There
  4. Raising Arizona
  5. Fargo
  6. The Hudsucker Proxy
  7. The Big Lebowski

It’s been a while since I saw Barton Fink, and I don’t much remember it. The Big Lebowski gives me a headache (and not in a good way) and I find it boring, although many of the characters are fun; O Brother is transcendent.

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  1. Raising Arizona
  2. The Big Lebowski
  3. Blood Simple
  4. Barton Fink
  5. Fargo
  6. Oh Brother…
  7. Man Who Wan’t There
  8. Miller’s Crossing

I guess I like the comedies.

Anybody have the skinny on Intolerable Cruelty? http://us.imdb.com/Title?0138524

or The Ladykillers? http://us.imdb.com/Title?0335245

14

Millers Crossing
The Big Labowski
O Brother Where art Thou
Raising Arizona
Barton Fink
Fargo
Man Who wasn’t there
Blood Simple

15

kingpenvin’s list was spot-on for me, too.

Good lord - the Coen Brothers are doing a remake of The Ladykillers? Starring Tom Hanks as The Professor? I’m trying to wrap my head around that one.

::dropping jaw::

And Intolerable Cruelty - George Clooney and Billy Bob Thornton in one flick? Ayiyi. Cantwaitcantwaitcantwait.

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… and the winners, in reverse order, are;

  1. The Big Lebowski
  2. Raising Arizona
  3. Millers Crossing
  4. Barton Fink
  5. Fargo
17

Tough question, because I love all of their films for different reasons. But, if someone pointed a gun to my head and made me pick a top five, I’d say:

  1. The Big Lebowski
  2. Raising Arizona
  3. Miller’s Crossing
  4. Blood Simple
  5. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

And the rest really aren’t far behind. Seriously, I love 'em all.

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Miller’s Crossing
O Brother, Where art Thou?
Raising Arizona
Blood Simple
The Hudsucker Proxy
Fargo
Big Lebowski
Barton Fink

Haven’t seen “The Man who Wasn’t There”

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Miller’s Crossing (Surprised?)
Big Lebowski
O Brother, Where art Thou?
Barton Fink
Raising Arizona
Fargo
Blood Simple w/ DVD commentary
Blood Simple
The Hudsucker Proxy

Haven’t seen “The Man who Wasn’t There” either. Of the lot of them, Hudsucker is the only one I’d classify as “good” instead of “great.”

Surprised to see how many put Barton Fink at the bottom of their list.

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I won’t rank them all but I’d just like to state that IMO, The Big Lebowski was a very poor effort from folks as talented as the Coens. It is worse than any other Coen film by several orders of magnitude. The rest were pretty much great.