Where to start with Joel Coen
Joel Coen has 17 films in our catalog with a 6.5+ score. The reasonable entry order is below — most approachable first, deep cuts last. Skip ahead if you already know the early work.
No Country for Old Men
comfort cultdreadparanoid
Fargo
pitch blackraw
The Big Lebowski
comfort cultcomfort cultoutsider
The Man Who Wasn't There
bittersweetdreadneon soaked
Barton Fink
cerebraldreadsurreal
Miller's Crossing
rawslow burncerebral
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
bittersweetoutsiderplayful
Blood Simple
neon soakedparanoidpitch black
Inside Llewyn Davis
bittersweetneon soakedoutsider
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
pitch blackrawbittersweet
The Hudsucker Proxy
bittersweetoutsiderplayful
Raising Arizona
bittersweetoutsiderpitch black