Ethan Coen

Writer

Ethan Coen has written 24 rated films; 7 were hits (80/100 or higher), a .292 batting average.

Batting average
.292
Hits
7 of 24 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 20% of 468 writers, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1985–2025

Films, rated out of 100

  1. Honey Don't! (2025) — 51/100
  2. Drive-Away Dolls (2024) — 57/100
  3. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) — 77/100
  4. Hail, Caesar! (2016) — 68/100
  5. Bridge of Spies (2015) — 79/100
  6. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) — 81/100 · hit
  7. True Grit (2010) — 80/100 · hit
  8. A Serious Man (2009) — 76/100
  9. Burn After Reading (2008) — 69/100
  10. No Country for Old Men (2007) — 90/100 · hit
  11. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100
  12. Paris Je T'aime (2006) — 72/100
  13. The Ladykillers (2004) — 59/100
  14. Intolerable Cruelty (2003) — 66/100
  15. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) — 76/100
  16. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) — 74/100
  17. The Big Lebowski (1998) — 81/100 · hit
  18. Fargo (1996) — 96/100 · hit
  19. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) — 66/100
  20. Barton Fink (1991) — 82/100 · hit
  21. Miller's Crossing (1990) — 77/100
  22. Raising Arizona (1987) — 75/100
  23. Blood Simple (1985) — 80/100 · hit
  24. Crimewave (1985) — 51/100

Films that qualify under the rating methodology, not a complete filmography.

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Fargo (1996) — 96/100 · hit
  2. No Country for Old Men (2007) — 90/100 · hit
  3. Barton Fink (1991) — 82/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Honey Don't! (2025) — 51/100
  2. Crimewave (1985) — 51/100
  3. Drive-Away Dolls (2024) — 57/100

Also on Movie Moneyball as director, editor. Each page is a separate record.

How these numbers work: Methodology