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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a 2000 adventure film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, and Charles Durning. Set in 1937 Mississippi during the Great Depression,...

Initial release date:

  • 2000

Runtime:

  • 106 min (63.6 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 26,000,000 (US$)

The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski is a 1998 American comedy film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Jeff Bridges stars as Jeffrey Lebowski, an unemployed Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler, who refers to himself as "The Dude". The Dude is introduced to a...

Initial release date:

  • 1998

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 117 min (70.2 hs )

Miller's Crossing

Miller's Crossing is a 1990 crime film by the Coen brothers and starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, Jon Polito and John Turturro. The plot concerns a power struggle between two rival gangs and how the protagonist (Byrne) plays...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 21, 1990

Runtime:

  • 115 min (69 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 14,000,000 (US$)

Fargo

Fargo is a 1996 American dark comedy, crime film produced, directed and written by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. The film tells a story about a car salesman who hires two men to kidnap his wife for $40,000 and a car, to divide between themselves....

Initial release date:

  • 1996

Runtime:

  • 98 min (59 hs )

The Hudsucker Proxy

The Hudsucker Proxy is a 1994 screwball comedy fantasy film written, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The script was co-written by Sam Raimi, who also served as the second unit director. The Hudsucker Proxy stars Tim Robbins, Jennifer...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 11, 1994

Runtime:

  • 111 min (66.6 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 25,000,000 (US$)

The Man Who Wasn't There

The Man Who Wasn't There is a 2001 neo-noir film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Billy Bob Thornton stars in the title role. Also featured are James Gandolfini, Tony Shalhoub, Scarlett Johansson, and Coen regulars Frances McDormand,...

Initial release date:

  • 2001

Runtime:

  • 118 min (70.8 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 20,000,000 (US$)

Blood Simple

Blood Simple. is a 1985 neo-noir crime film. It was the directorial debut of Joel and Ethan Coen, and the first major film of cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld, who later became a noted director. The film's title derives from Dashiell Hammett's novel...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 18, 1985

Runtime:

  • 99 min (59 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 1,500,000 (US$)

Raising Arizona

Raising Arizona is a 1987 Coen Brothers comedy film starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, William Forsythe, John Goodman, Frances McDormand and Randall "Tex" Cobb. Not a blockbuster at the time of its release, it has since achieved the status of a...

Initial release date:

  • 1987

Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 6,000,000 (US$)

Barton Fink

Barton Fink is a 1991 American film written and directed by the Coen brothers. Set in 1941, it stars John Turturro in the title role as a young New York City playwright who is hired to write scripts for a movie studio in Hollywood, and John Goodman...

Initial release date:

  • May 1991

Runtime:

  • 116 min (69.6 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 9,000,000 (US$)

Intolerable Cruelty

Intolerable Cruelty (2003) is a romantic comedy directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cedric the Entertainer and Billy Bob Thornton. It was released by Universal Pictures. Donovan Donaly (Geoffrey Rush),...

Initial release date:

  • 2003

Runtime:

  • 100 min (60 hs )

No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men is a 2007 crime thriller film adapted for the screen and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin. Adapted from the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name, No Country for...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 9, 2007

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 123 min (73.8 hs )

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers is a 2004 remake of the 1955 Ealing comedy of the same name. The remake was by the Coen brothers and starred Tom Hanks. The film also co-starred J. K. Simmons, Marlon Wayans, Tzi Ma, Ryan Hurst and Irma P. Hall. It is the first Coen...

Initial release date:

  • 2004

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 104 min (62.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 35,000,000 (US$)

Suburbicon

Suburbicon is an upcoming comedy film, in which George Clooney plans to direct and star. It will be written and produced by Joel and Ethan Coen, who have worked with Clooney on O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Intolerable Cruelty and Burn After Reading....

Initial release date:

  • 2009

Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading is a 2008 American black comedy film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The film stars George Clooney, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, and Brad Pitt. It was released in the...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 26, 2008

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 120 min (72 hs )

A Serious Man

A Serious Man is a drama dark comedy film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It was released on October 2, 2009 in the United States. The film has attracted a highly positive critical response. In Minneapolis in 1967, Jewish...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 2, 2009

Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 105 min (63 hs )
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