# The Coen Brothers movies - How would you rank them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799 "2003-06-27T17:42:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnnyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@johnnyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnnyboy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/1 "2003-06-27T17:42:12Z")
Mine: 1.) Fargo 2.) Barton Fink 3.) Miller’s Crossing 4.) Big Lebowski Well, that’s all i’ve seen. How about you guys? ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/2 "2003-06-27T17:51:11Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/3 "2003-06-27T17:58:16Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/4 "2003-06-27T17:59:07Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/5 "2003-06-27T18:05:46Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/6 "2003-06-27T18:15:27Z")
Barton Fink Hudsucker Proxy Fargo O Brother, Where Art Thou Big Lebowski Man Who Wasn’t There Raising Arizona ---
**Author:** ![JDeMobray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JDeMobray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JDeMobray)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/7 "2003-06-27T18:20:04Z")
1. Miller’s Crossing 2. Big Lebowski 3. Fargo 4. The Hudsucker Proxy 5. Raising Arizona 6. Barton Fink ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/8 "2003-06-27T18:22:24Z")
Big Lebowski Fargo Hudsucker Proxy Raising Arizona Miller’s Crossing Man Who Wasn’t There Blood Simple Barton Fink O Brother, Where Art Thou ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/9 "2003-06-27T18:24:59Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/10 "2003-06-27T18:26:53Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/11 "2003-06-27T18:31:21Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/12 "2003-06-27T18:37:21Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/13 "2003-06-27T19:02:25Z")
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](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0138524) or The Ladykillers? [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0335245](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0335245) ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/14 "2003-06-27T19:20:48Z")
Millers Crossing The Big Labowski O Brother Where art Thou Raising Arizona Barton Fink Fargo Man Who wasn’t there Blood Simple ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/15 "2003-06-27T21:09:56Z")
**kingpenvin’s** list was spot-on for me, too. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vibrotronica \* > \*\*Anybody have the skinny on Intolerable Cruelty? [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0138524](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0138524) > > or The Ladykillers? [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0335245](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0335245) \*\* 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. ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/16 "2003-06-27T21:34:21Z")
… and the winners, in reverse order, are; 1. The Big Lebowski 2. Raising Arizona 3. Millers Crossing 4. Barton Fink 5. Fargo ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/17 "2003-06-27T21:45:19Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/18 "2003-06-27T22:20:05Z")
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” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/19 "2003-06-28T00:01:50Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799/20 "2003-06-28T00:16:07Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coen-brothers-movies-how-would-you-rank-them/184799.md?page=2)