Filmmakers who make films hand in hand are a rare phenomenon. Not because the seventh art is not collaborative, but because the single order is the most common option in the industry. For this reason, the works of Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Lana and Lilly Wachowski, Josh and Benny Safdie, Joe and Anthony Russo, Matt and Ross Duffer or Joel and Ethan Coen it is visible.
The latter two, in particular, are best known to moviegoers around the world along with the Wachowskis, although the Russos made two of the highest-grossing films in history, Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and end of Game (2019), and the Duffers are the creators of stranger things (since 2016). Also, none of the others won oscar award and they, yes.
They haven’t even received any nominations. Although the Dardennes have obtained Golden Palm two of his films at the Cannes Film Festival. Just like the Coen brothers for Barton Finkwho won statuettes from the Film Academy, as we said, for the screenplay of Fargo and three others thanks to There is no country for old people: Best Film, Direction and Adapted Screenplay.
The opinion of specialized critics on the work of the Coen brothers
The figures given in the section of rotten tomatoes for critics, these are the following in terms of the Coen brothers’ feature films, ranking them from best to worst:
- Fargo (1996): mean score of 8.8 out of 10 in 102 reviews.
- There is no country for old people (2007): average of 8.7 in 287 reviews.
- About Llewyn Davis (2013): average of 8.5 in 287 reviews.
- Value of law (2010): average of 8.3 in 276 reviews.
- easy blood (1984): mean of 8.3 in 105 reviews.
- The tragedy of Macbeth (2021): average of 8.2 in 267 reviews.
- death among the flowers (1990): mean of 8.2 in 65 reviews.
- Barton Fink (1991): mean of 7.9 in 63 reviews.
- a serious guy (2009): average of 7.9 in 227 reviews.
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018): average of 7.8 in 235 reviews.
- arizona baby (1987): mean of 7.7 in 60 reviews.
- the big lebowski (1998): mean of 7.5 in 109 reviews.
- Hello Caesar! (2016): average of 7.2 in 360 reviews.
- O brother! (2000): average of 7.2 in 153 reviews.
- The man who was never there (2001): average of 7.1 in 160 reviews.
- burn after reading (2008): average of 6.9 in 249 reviews.
- Intolerable Cruelty (2003): average of 6.8 in 188 reviews.
- The big jump (1994): mean of 6.4 in 46 reviews.
- Ladykillers (2004): average of 6.1 in 192 reviews.
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Fan Reviews
We come back to rotten tomatoesbut this time for the first ranking of the Coen brothers’ films according to the votes of its users:
- the big lebowski: average score of 4.5 out of 5 with more than 250,000 votes.
- Fargo: half of 4.3 with over 100,000 votes.
- death among the flowers: half of 4.2 with over 50,000 votes.
- There is no country for old people: half of 4.2 with more than 250,000 votes.
- Barton Fink: half of 4.1 with more than 25,000 votes.
- O brother!: half of 4.1 with more than 250,000 votes.
- Value of law: half of 4.1 with over 100,000 votes.
- easy blood: half of 4 with more than 25,000 votes.
- arizona baby: half of 4 with over 50,000 votes.
- The man who was never there: half of 3.9 with more than 25,000 votes.
- The big jump: half of 3.9 with more than 25,000 votes.
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: half of 3.8 with more than 2,500 votes.
- The tragedy of Macbeth: half of 3.8 with over 500 votes.
- About Llewyn Davis: half of 3.7 with more than 25,000 votes.
- a serious guy: half of 3.6 with over 50,000 votes.
- burn after reading: half of 3.4 with over 100,000 votes.
- Intolerable Cruelty: half of 3.2 with over 50,000 votes.
- Ladykillers: half of 3 with over 50,000 votes.
- Hello Caesar!: half of 2.9 with more than 25,000 votes.
The opinion of IMDb moviegoers on the cinema of the Coen brothers
On the other hand, these are the data that you also provide to us IMDb on public opinion:
- This is not a country for old people: average score of 8.2 out of 10 with 933,526 votes.
- the big lebowski: half of 8.1 with 785,718 votes.
- Fargo: half of 8.1 with 659,934 votes.
- O brother!: half of 7.7 with 304,396 votes.
- death among the flowers: half of 7.7 with 133,320 votes.
- Value of law: half of 7.6 with 332,001 votes.
- easy blood: half of 7.6 with 94,853 votes.
- Barton Fink: half of 7.6 with 119,350 votes.
- The man who was never there: half of 7.5 with 108,350 votes.
- About Llewyn Davis: half of 7.4 with 150,552 votes.
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: half of 7.3 with 140,439 votes.
- arizona baby: half of 7.3 with 135,865 votes.
- The big jump: half of 7.2 with 80,292 votes.
- The tragedy of Macbeth: half of 7.2 with 26,843 votes.
- burn after reading: half of 7 with 326,534 votes.
- a serious guy: half of 7 with 140,633 votes.
- Hello Caesar!: half of 6.3 with 131,930 votes.
- Intolerable Cruelty: half of 6.3 with 96,301 votes.
- Ladykillers: half of 6.2 with 103,666 votes.
What FilmAffinity moviegoers say
And, finally, we have here the information that he offers us FilmAffinity:
- death among the flowers: half of 7.8 with 58,239 votes.
- Fargo: half of 7.8 with 98,497 votes.
- the big lebowski: half of 7.6 with 118,197 votes.
- Barton Fink: half of 7.4 with 24,953 votes.
- The man who was never there: half of 7.3 with 29,810 votes.
- easy blood: half of 7.3 with 22,013 votes.
- There is no country for old people: half of 7.2 with 110,818 votes.
- Value of law: half of 7.1 with 55,043 votes.
- O brother!: half of 6.8 with 35,814 votes.
- About Llewyn Davis: half of 6.7 with 25,222 votes.
- The tragedy of Macbeth: average score of 6.6 out of 10 with 2,229 votes.
- The big jump: half of 6.6 with 12,144 votes.
- arizona baby: half of 6.6 with 19,263 votes.
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: half of 6.5 with 16,426 votes.
- burn after reading: half of 6.5 with 51,868 votes.
- a serious guy: half of 6.1 with 22,874 votes.
- Ladykillers: half of 6 with 22,764 votes.
- Intolerable Cruelty: half of 5.5 with 21,656 votes.
- Hello Caesar!: half of 5.4 with 17,116 votes.
Conclusions on the best and worst of the Coen brothers
This is a lack of absolute unanimity between professional critics and moviegoers who vote on the Internet. The first shows howfor Best Coen Brothers Film for Fargo. Rotten Tomatoes users prefer the big lebowski; those on IMDb, choose There is no country for old people; and those of FilmAffinity, opt for death among the flowers.
However, for worse of these filmmakers the positions are closer to each other. So if IMDb critics and moviegoers point out Ladykillersthose at Rotten Tomatoes and those at FilmAffinity choose instead Hello Caesar!
