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Directing · Writing · age 72

Joel Coen

Best rated: No Country for Old Men (8.2)

Films
19
Avg rating
7.32
Peak run
1990’98
Oscar wins
1 of 3
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The career

Joel Coen, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1990 to 1998, 7.7467819851990199520002005201020152020No Country for Old Men 8.2The Ladykillers 6.2Career avg 7.32

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Joel Coen's career barcodecoolhot
198419 films2021
Current formLast 5: 7.12 vs career 7.32 (−0.20)
  1. WTrue Grit2010 · 7.6+0.3
  2. WInside Llewyn Davis2013 · 7.4+0.1
  3. LHail, Caesar!2016 · 6.3−1.0
  4. LThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs2018 · 7.2−0.1
  5. LThe Tragedy of Macbeth2021 · 7.1−0.2
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Joel by the numbers

Average
7.32
19 rated films
Vote weighted
7.34
bigger films count more
Median
7.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.58
rating spread
Career
38y
1984 to 2021
Total votes
5.77M
across every film
Best
8.2
No Country for Old Men
Worst
6.2
The Ladykillers
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
2021The Tragedy of Macbeth posterThe Tragedy of Macbeth7.145,208
2018The Ballad of Buster Scruggs posterThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs7.2188K
2016Hail, Caesar! posterHail, Caesar!6.3151K
2013Inside Llewyn Davis posterInside Llewyn Davis7.4173K
2010True Grit posterTrue Grit7.6380K
2009A Serious Man posterA Serious Man7.0160K
2008Burn After Reading posterBurn After Reading7.0381K
2007No Country for Old Men posterNo Country for Old Men8.21.22M
2004The Ladykillers posterThe Ladykillers6.2113K
2003Intolerable Cruelty posterIntolerable Cruelty6.3107K
2001The Man Who Wasn't There posterThe Man Who Wasn't There7.5121K
2000O Brother, Where Art Thou? posterO Brother, Where Art Thou?7.7356K
1998The Big Lebowski posterThe Big Lebowski8.1926K
1996Fargo posterFargo8.1799K
1994The Hudsucker Proxy posterThe Hudsucker Proxy7.291,056
1991Barton Fink posterBarton Fink7.6137K
1990Miller's Crossing posterMiller's Crossing7.7149K
1987Raising Arizona posterRaising Arizona7.3163K
1984Blood Simple posterBlood Simple7.5115K
Better together?

Joel Coen's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Joel Coen

18 nominations, 7 wins

Awards record

  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2019
    Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2016
    Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 2011
    Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2011
    Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 2011
    Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 2010
    Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2010
    Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
    Nominated
  • Best Film Editing · Academy Awards 2008
    Roderick Jaynes
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 2008
    Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
    Won
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2008
    Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
    Won
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 2008
    Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
    Won
  • Best Director · Critics Choice Awards 2008
    Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
    Won
  • Outstanding Directing, Feature Film · Directors Guild Awards 2008
    Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
    Won
  • Best Director · BAFTA Film Awards 2008
    Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
    Won
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2001
    Written by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1997
    Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
    Won
  • Best Film Editing · Academy Awards 1997
    Roderick Jaynes
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1997
    Joel Coen
    Nominated

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