The Best Ethan Coen Movies, Ranked
33 credits from 1985 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) comes out on top with a score of 80. The biggest box office hit is True Grit (2010) with $252M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Ethan Coen Movies
The 5 highest-rated films Ethan Coen is credited on. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) leads with 80, followed by Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind (2024) at 60. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 80 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 60 Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind 2024 · Documentary -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 52 Honey Don’t! 2025 · Comedy -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 50 Drive-Away Dolls 2024 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 49 Honey Don't! 2025 · Comedy
Biggest Ethan Coen Box Office Hits
Ethan Coen's films have made $1.19B worldwide in total. True Grit (2010) is the biggest hit at $252M, ahead of No Country for Old Men (2007) ($172M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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True Grit 2010 · Drama $252M $171M dom. - 2
No Country for Old Men 2007 · Drama $172M $74.3M dom. - 3
Burn After Reading 2008 · Drama $164M $60.4M dom. - 4
Intolerable Cruelty 2003 · Comedy $121M $35.3M dom. - 5
The Ladykillers 2004 · Thriller $76.7M $39.8M dom. - 6
O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 · Adventure $71.9M $45.5M dom. - 7
Hail, Caesar! 2016 · Drama $63.9M $30.5M dom. - 8
Fargo 1996 · Drama $60.6M $24.6M dom. - 9
The Big Lebowski 1998 · Comedy $48.3M $19.5M dom. - 10
Inside Llewyn Davis 2013 · Drama $33M $13.2M dom.
The Best Ethan Coen Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Ethan Coen has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 14 films, and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) is the pick of them.
- Drama 14 films The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018 · Director Movie Echo Score: 80
- Comedy 4 films Honey Don’t! 2025 · Director Movie Echo Score: 52
- Adventure 2 films O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 · Director
- Action 1 film Drive-Away Dolls 2024 · Director Movie Echo Score: 50
- Documentary 1 film Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind 2024 · Director Movie Echo Score: 60
- Thriller 1 film The Ladykillers 2004 · Director
The Best Ethan Coen Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Ethan Coen's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
Most Awarded Ethan Coen Movies
Ethan Coen's films with wins at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database, the most decorated first. No Country for Old Men (2007) leads with 17 wins from 31 nominations.
- Awards: 17 wins No Country for Old Men 2007 · 31 nominations
- Awards: 12 wins Fargo 1996 · 30 nominations
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Awards: 2 wins Blood Simple 1985 · 5 nominations - Awards: 2 wins True Grit 2010 · 34 nominations
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Awards: 1 win The Man Who Wasn't There 2001 · 7 nominations -
Awards: 1 win A Serious Man 2009 · 9 nominations
The Latest Ethan Coen Movies
The most recent films Ethan Coen is credited on, newest first — starting with Honey Don't! (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Honey Don't! 2025 · Director
- Honey Don’t! 2025 · Director
- Drive-Away Dolls 2024 · Director
- Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind 2024 · Director
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018 · Director
- Hail, Caesar! 2016 · Director
- Inside Llewyn Davis 2013 · Director
- True Grit 2010 · Director
- A Serious Man 2009 · Director
- Burn After Reading 2008 · Director
- No Country for Old Men 2007 · Director
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World Cinema 2007 · Director
The Best Ethan Coen Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Ethan Coen films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Ethan Coen movie?
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) is the best-rated Ethan Coen film, with a Movie Echo Score of 80, ahead of Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind (2024) (60) and Honey Don’t! (2025) (52). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Ethan Coen movie?
True Grit (2010) made the most at the box office, with $252M worldwide, followed by No Country for Old Men (2007) with $172M. Together, Ethan Coen's films with box office figures have made $1.19B.
Which Ethan Coen movie won the most awards?
No Country for Old Men (2007) is the most decorated Ethan Coen film, with 17 wins from 31 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Ethan Coen drama movie?
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) is the best-rated of Ethan Coen's drama films, with a score of 80. In other genres: Honey Don’t! (comedy), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (adventure) and Drive-Away Dolls (action).
What is the newest Ethan Coen movie?
The newest film on Ethan Coen's filmography is Honey Don't! (2025), directed by Ethan Coen.
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