True Grit (2010)

Based on the Charles Portis novel (not the John Wayne film), the Coen Brothers obey Western genre constructs while deftly adding their own sense of dark irony and violence. Jeff Bridges steals many scenes, but Hailee Steinfeld, 14, is the heart of the story.

d: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen | imdb.com | trailer | “Charlie Rose”
You’re not going. | I’m a Texas Ranger. | Your eye. | No affidavit.

A Serious Man (2009)

Joel and Ethan Coen’s most personal film is an adaptation of The Book of Job — except darker and funnier. A Jewish physics professor (Michael Stuhlbarg) in suburban Minnesota suffers an endurance test informed by Jefferson Airplane’s “Somebody to Love.”

d: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen | imdb.com | trailer | I’ve tried ...

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Jeff Bridges casually plays the Dude, a man for whom casualness is a way of life — Creedence, White Russians and bowling with his buddies. Meanwhile, the Coen Brothers construct one hell of a ride — mistaken identity, kidnapping and Technicolor blackouts.

d: Coen Brothers | imdb.com | trailer | They peed on your rug.
Blow on my toes. | Jesus | The Bag Man | Shomer Shabbos