History of Movies.

Joel Coen

17.28body-of-work score · ranked #17 of 1774 directors · 10 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1No Country for Old Men20075.03Must-See #45
  2. 2Barton Fink19913.89
  3. 3Inside Llewyn Davis20131.98
  4. 4Fargo19961.93
  5. 5Miller's Crossing19901.29
  6. 6A Serious Man20091.26
  7. 7True Grit20101.23
  8. 8The Big Lebowski19980.36
  9. 9Blood Simple19840.16
  10. 10The Man Who Wasn't There20010.16