# What's you Coen Brothers "order"?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 11, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642 "2004-02-11T13:19:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/1 "2004-02-11T13:19:16Z")
Some people really seem to hate some of what other people love when it comes to these guys. How do you order the Coen brothers movies?
Mine, without exposition…
1. Big Leb.
2. Fargo
3. Rais Ariz
4. Hudsuck
5. Blood Simple
6. Miller’s Crossing
7. I.C.
8. Man who wasn’t…
9. Fink
10. O Brother
[9 & 10 I really didn’t like. 8, I could take it or leave it]
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### Author:  [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/2 "2004-02-11T13:45:49Z")
1 Fargo
2 Miller’s Crossing
3 Blood Simple
4 Raising Arizona
5 Barton Fink
6 Hudsucker Proxy
7 O Brother
8 Big Lebowski
9 Man Who Wasn’t There
10 Intolerable Cruelty
Hard to pick a fav from 1, 2, and 3. If I posted this a hour ago the order might have been different, if I were to post this an hour from now it might be different again.
4 thru 10 are pretty much locked in. I haven’t seen “Man Who Wasn’t There” since I saw it in the Theatre. I remember liking it while I was watching it but it didn’t leave an impression on me. If I were to watch it again I might have stronger feelings either “for” or “against” (probably “for”).
Intolerable Cruelty, I didn’t like at all.
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### Author:  [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/3 "2004-02-11T14:04:24Z")
1 Raising Arizona
2 O Brother
3 Hudsucker Proxy
4 Barton Fink
5 Fargo
6 Blood Simple
523 Big Lebowski
Think that sums it up well
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### Author:  [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/4 "2004-02-11T14:43:46Z")
1. Fargo
2. O Brother
3. Rais Ariz
4. Hudsucker Proxy
5. Intolerable Cruelty
6. Blood Simple
7. Fink
Haven’t seen…
Big Lebowski
Miller’s Crossing
Man Who Wasn’t There
I seem to enjoy the less-darker comedies more than the darker ones, except _Fargo_. Could also be related to how recently I’ve seen them… I haven’t seen _Blood Simple_ in 10 years and I haven’t seen _Barton Fink_ since it was in the theaters.
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### Author:  [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/5 "2004-02-11T14:45:17Z")
Uh, just pretend I know how to count when you read my post above.
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### Author:  [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/6 "2004-02-11T14:56:12Z")
1 Big Lebowski
2 Miller’s Crossing
3 Raising Arizona
4 Hudsucker Proxy
5 Fargo
6 O Brother
7 Barton Fink
8 Blood Simple
9 Man Who Wasn’t There
I haven’t yet seen Intolerable Cruelty.
I like #9 about as much as I like #5.
Isn’t the new Tom Hanks films, Ladykillers, a Coen flick?
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### Author:  [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/7 "2004-02-11T15:12:26Z")
1. Miller’s Crossing
2. Fargo
3. O Brother Where Art Thou
4. Blood Simple
5. Raising Arizona
6. Man Who Wasn’t There
7. Barton Fink
8. Hudsucker Proxy
Haven’t seen Lebowski or I.C.
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### Author:  [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/8 "2004-02-11T15:46:01Z")
1. Barton Fink
2. Millers Crossing
3. O Brother Where Art Thou
4. Fargo
5. Blood Simple
6. Big Lebowski
7. Raising Arizona
8. The Man Who Wasn’t There
9. Intolerable Cruelty
10. Hudsucker Proxy
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### Author:  [@Stover9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stover9)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/9 "2004-02-11T16:10:06Z")
I pretty much like all Coen Bros movies, enough so that it’s hard for me to rank them. What i **do** know, however, that the Big Lebowski is my favorite, by far. Perhaps top 3 on my all-time list. I highly recommend to those posters who have not seen.
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### Author:  [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/10 "2004-02-11T16:14:26Z")
Ladykillers is (re)written and directed by the Coen Bros.
It was originally a 1955 movie with Alec Guinness.
I haven’t seen it but I know some company released a lot of his early stuff on DVD last year including that one.
It’s supposed to be funny. I don’t know how dated it is.
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### Author:  [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/11 "2004-02-11T16:17:22Z")
Here’s mine.
1. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Raising Arizona
4. The Hudsucker Proxy
5. Miller’s Crossing
6. Barton Fink
7. Fargo
The rest I haven’t seen, but I’m anticipating Intolerable Cruelty in the mail via Netflix today, so this list could change by tomorrow.
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### Author:  [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/12 "2004-02-11T16:47:15Z")
Mine with minor exposition…
1. O Brother- sentimental favorite
2. Fargo- the masterpiece
3. Raising Arizona- funniest and sunniest
4. Barton Fink- deepest
5. Hudsucker Proxy- whackiest
6. Blood Simple- darkest/noir classic
7. Miller’s Crossing- kinda muddled, admit have to watch it again
8. Man Who Wasn’t There- technical marvel, little glum for the C’s
9. Big Lebowski- fucking mess
Yet to see Intolerable Cruelty.
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### Author:  [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/13 "2004-02-11T16:52:01Z")
1. Big Lebowski
2. Fargo
3. Raising Arizona
4. Hudsucker Proxy
5. O Brother Where Art Thou
6. Barton Fink
7. Man Who Wasn’t There
8. Blood Simple
9. Millers Crossing
Haven’t seen Intolerable Cruelty yet.
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### Author:  [@MinniePurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinniePurl)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/14 "2004-02-11T17:01:25Z")
1. O Brother, Where Art Thou
2. The Hudsucker Proxy
3. Fargo
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Raising Arizona
6. Intolerable Cruelty
7. The Man Who Wasn’t There
8. Blood Simple
Barton Fink I haven’t been able to sit through, and I’ve never seen Miller’s Crossing. TMWWT and Blood Simple are good movies, but honestly I’d rather watch IC because it’s funnier. IC isn’t nearly as good as most of their movies, but a bad Coen Brothers movie is still better than 90% of what’s out there.
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### Author:  [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/15 "2004-02-11T17:21:31Z")
Have not yet seen **Miller’s Crossing** , **Intolerable Cruelty** , and **The Man Who Wasn’t There** , so that puts my list down to seven items:
**Blood Simple
Big Lewbowski
O Brother
Raising Arizona **and** Hudsucker** are pretty neck-to-neck for me…
**Barton Fink** and **Fargo** –I’ve only seen each of these once, so I have a hard time really saying much about them. I know I didn’t like **Fargo** nearly as much as I expected to.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/16 "2004-02-11T17:45:51Z")
Of those I’ve seen:
1. Fargo – one of the three best movies of the 90s.
2. O Brother, Where Art Thou! (I knew it would be great as soon as I heard the title – Preston Sturges forever!)
3. Raising Arizona
4. The Man who Wasn’t There
5. The Hudsucker Proxy
6. The Big Lebowski (the only one I didn’t like. It did nothing and went nowhere).
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### Author:  [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/17 "2004-02-11T17:55:36Z")
1. _Fargo_ (1996)
2. _Miller’s Crossing_ (1990)
3. _The Man Who Wasn’t There_ (2001)
4. _Blood Simple_ (1984)
Then the rest.
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### Author:  [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/18 "2004-02-11T18:00:23Z")
Crikey, this is hard.
1. O Brother
2. Miller’s Crossing
3. Intolerable Cruelty
4. Fargo (I originally had this higher – I may just have seen it too many times)
5. Raising Arizona
6. Hudsucker
7. Big Lebowski
8. Man Who Wasn’t There
I haven’t seen Blood Simple or Barton Fink. 3-5 and 7 & 8 are probably more like ties.
–Cliffy
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### Author:  [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/19 "2004-02-11T18:24:17Z")
1. The Big Lebowski - also, dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature.
2. Miller’s Crossing
3. Fargo
4. Raising Arizona
5. O Brother Where Art Thou - what **RealityChuck** said
6. The Hudsucker Proxy
7. Blood Simple
8. The Man Who Wasn’t There
9. Barton Fink
I hated their last effort so much that I can’t even put it on my list. At least 5 of the above make my top 100; IC isn’t in my top 1000.
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### Author:  [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-coen-brothers-order/228642/20 "2004-02-11T18:55:03Z")
I came late to the whole Coen brothers’ phenomenon, so I haven’t seen a couple of their earlier movies. Of the ones I have seen:
1. The Big Lebowski
2. Fargo
3. The Man Who Wasn’t There
4. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
5. The Hudsucker Proxy
Will have to rent _Raising Arizona_ and _Miller’s Crossing_ soon, perhaps this weekend.
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