The Best Joel Coen Movies, Ranked
29 credits from 1987 to 2022, 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.
Biggest Joel Coen Box Office Hits
Joel Coen's films have made $1.17B 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 Joel Coen Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Joel 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.
The Best Joel Coen Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Joel Coen's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
Most Awarded Joel Coen Movies
Joel 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.
The Latest Joel Coen Movies
The most recent films Joel Coen is credited on, newest first — starting with The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Tragedy of Macbeth 2021 · Director -
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018 · Director - Hail, Caesar! 2016 · Director
- Inside Llewyn Davis 2013 · Director
- True Grit 2010 · Director
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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 -
Paris, je t'aime 2007 · Director - The Ladykillers 2004 · Director
- Intolerable Cruelty 2003 · Director
The Best Joel Coen Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Joel Coen films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Joel Coen movie?
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) is the best-rated Joel Coen film, with a Movie Echo Score of 80, ahead of The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) (77). 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 Joel 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, Joel Coen's films with box office figures have made $1.17B.
Which Joel Coen movie won the most awards?
No Country for Old Men (2007) is the most decorated Joel 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 Joel Coen drama movie?
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) is the best-rated of Joel Coen's drama films, with a score of 80. In other genres: Intolerable Cruelty (comedy), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (adventure) and The Ladykillers (thriller).
What is the newest Joel Coen movie?
The newest film on Joel Coen's filmography is Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called (2022), with Joel Coen as Himself.
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