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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">2009 Chinese film</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/A-Simple-Noodle-Story-poster.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="265" data-file-height="377" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Chinese release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Yimou" title="Zhang Yimou">Zhang Yimou</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data">Shi Jianquan<br />Xue Jianchao</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Story by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel Coen<br />Ethan Coen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Blood_Simple" title="Blood Simple">Blood Simple</a></i><br />by the Coen brothers</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Kong" title="William Kong">William Kong</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Honglei" title="Sun Honglei">Sun Honglei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni_Dahong" title="Ni Dahong">Ni Dahong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiaoshenyang" title="Xiaoshenyang">Xiaoshenyang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yan_Ni_(actress)" title="Yan Ni (actress)">Yan Ni</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zhao_Xiaoding" title="Zhao Xiaoding">Zhao Xiaoding</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Meng Peicong</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data">Zhao Lin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;">Beijing New Picture Co.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data">EDKO Film</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>11 December 2009<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2009-12-11</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">90 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">China</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Languages</th><td class="infobox-data">Mandarin<br />English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$12 million<sup id="cite_ref-Elley_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$38.6 million<sup id="cite_ref-Elley_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bom_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bom-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>A Simple Noodle Story</b></i> (<a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">simplified Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hans">三枪拍案惊奇</span>; <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">三槍拍案驚奇</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Sānqiāng Pāi'àn Jīngqí</span></i>), internationally <i><b>A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop</b></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a 2009 film directed by <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Yimou" title="Zhang Yimou">Zhang Yimou</a>. Described as a cross between <a href="/wiki/Screwball_comedy" title="Screwball comedy">screwball comedy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thriller_(genre)" title="Thriller (genre)">thriller</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-variety_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the film stars <a href="/wiki/Sun_Honglei" title="Sun Honglei">Sun Honglei</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ni_Dahong" title="Ni Dahong">Ni Dahong</a> in the thriller segment while comedians <a href="/wiki/Xiaoshenyang" title="Xiaoshenyang">Xiaoshenyang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yan_Ni_(actress)" title="Yan Ni (actress)">Yan Ni</a> star in the comedic segment. </p><p>A Chinese remake of the 1984 American film <i><a href="/wiki/Blood_Simple" title="Blood Simple">Blood Simple</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-reuters_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the debut of the <a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Coen brothers</a>, the plot transports the original film's town in <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> to a noodle shop in a small desert town in <a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a> province.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film has been described as a considerable departure from the director's previous works.<sup id="cite_ref-twitch_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twitch-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Premise">Premise</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Noodle_Story&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Premise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The abusive owner of a noodle shop in the <a href="/wiki/Desert" title="Desert">desert</a> in China plans the murder of his <a href="/wiki/Adultery" title="Adultery">adulterous</a> wife and her lover but it goes awry after various characters' intertwined stories lead to double crosses and fatalities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Noodle_Story&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Honglei" title="Sun Honglei">Sun Honglei</a> – Zhang</li> <li>Ni Dahong – Wang</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiaoshenyang" title="Xiaoshenyang">Xiaoshenyang</a> – Li</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yan_Ni_(actress)" title="Yan Ni (actress)">Yan Ni</a> – Wang's Wife</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Noodle_Story&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Principal_photography" title="Principal photography">Principal photography</a> began in June 2009, and the film was released on December 11, 2009 in China.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Noodle_Story&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Noodle_Story&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film made its international premiere in competition at the <a href="/wiki/60th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival" title="60th Berlin International Film Festival">60th Berlin International Film Festival</a>, where it was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Bear" title="Golden Bear">Golden Bear</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hollywoodreporter_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hollywoodreporter-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film received polarizing responses from audiences, with some noting the film's visual inventiveness and non-serious tone, while others criticized the filmmaker's use of slapstick humor and over-the-top style. Zhang revealed at the Berlinale that the <a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Coen brothers</a> had written to him after seeing a copy of the film, and expressed that they loved the changes made in this version.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>A Simple Noodle Story</i> has an approval rating of 34% on <a href="/wiki/Review_aggregator" title="Review aggregator">review aggregator</a> website <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, based on 59 reviews, and an average rating of 5.5/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Zhang Yimou's broad reinterpretation of the Coen Brothers' <i>Blood Simple</i> struggles to bring anything new to the twisty murder mystery and instead ladles on an excess of stilted comedy".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a> assigned the film a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Derek Elley of <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> described the film as a "much more ascetic, chamber-like dramedy" that is a "pretty close adaptation" and "spiced up with some pratfall humor and visually enhanced by saturated lensing." Elley also noted, "Coen aficionados won't be surprised by any of the subsequent twists in the tale, and general auds will be pleasantly amused, as Zhang tries to manipulate events for his own purposes."<sup id="cite_ref-Elley_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maggie Lee of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a></i> is more mixed on the film, and described it as "a high-rolling but garish production with untranslatable regional ribald humor", and noted the changes from the original with "pacing is much more frenetic with characters and cameras in restless motion. The intervals are crammed with exotic sight gags and colloquial wordplay, such as a dough-making scene choreographed like a plate-spinning acrobatic show or the group hip-hop dance routine."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some critics also viewed the film as unique in Zhang's filmography. James Marsh of <i><a href="/wiki/Twitch_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Twitch Film">Twitch Film</a></i> described the film as "a spectacular departure from his previous work", and praised the film's first half as "breakneck paced" with "many laughs to be had throughout", but noted, "The second half takes a deliberate shift into darker territory, as those already familiar with the story will know, and while handled effectively in its own right, it does lose some of the energy generated in the first half."<sup id="cite_ref-twitch_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twitch-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Marsh stated: "That said, the film must certainly be deemed a success, both as an experimentation for the director, as an adaptation of <i>Blood Simple</i> and as a screwball comedy in its own right."<sup id="cite_ref-twitch_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twitch-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Edmund Lee of <i><a href="/wiki/Time_Out_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Out (company)">Time Out Hong Kong</a></i> described the film as "surely one of the year's unlikeliest projects", and a "sacrilegiously funny period remake." Lee further stated: "Zhang has traded Texas' oppressively bleak vista for China's visually intoxicating desert landscape for this enthralling film, at once hilarious and cruelly ironic."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, Perry Lam in <i><a href="/wiki/Muse_(Hong_Kong_magazine)" title="Muse (Hong Kong magazine)">Muse</a></i> criticized it, stating: "The story unfolds in an almost surreal, suspiciously computer-generated setting that is decisively closed off to outer reality. Zhang, who usually cares deeply about his characters, loses his intense emotional command over his actors."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Geoffrey Macnab of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i>, reviewing the film at the Berlinale, stated: "Zhang Yimou's remake of the Coen brothers' <i>Blood Simple</i> is exhilarating and inventive" and "Zhang's formal mastery is little short of astonishing...there are few film-makers who use colour or sound editing in such a bravura way."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_office">Box office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Noodle_Story&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Box office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film cost approximately $12 million to make, notably less expensive than Zhang Yimou's most recent historical epics. The film, in spite of the polarized reception, was successful at the box office,<sup id="cite_ref-Elley_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and went on to gross 261 million <a href="/wiki/Chinese_yuan" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese yuan">yuan</a> ($38 million) in less than six weeks, tripling the film's budget.<sup id="cite_ref-Elley_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Noodle_Story&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Shanghai_Triad" title="Shanghai Triad">Shanghai Triad</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lumi%C3%A8re_and_Company" title="Lumière and Company">Lumière and Company</a></i> (segment) (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Keep_Cool_(film)" title="Keep Cool (film)">Keep Cool</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Not_One_Less" title="Not One Less">Not One Less</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Road_Home_(1999_film)" title="The Road Home (1999 film)">The Road Home</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Times_(2000_film)" title="Happy Times (2000 film)">Happy Times</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hero_(2002_film)" title="Hero (2002 film)">Hero</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Flying_Daggers" title="House of Flying Daggers">House of Flying Daggers</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Riding_Alone_for_Thousands_of_Miles" title="Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles">Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Curse_of_the_Golden_Flower" title="Curse of the Golden Flower">Curse of the Golden Flower</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/To_Each_His_Own_Cinema" title="To Each His Own Cinema">To Each His Own Cinema</a></i> (segment: <i>Movie Night</i>) (2007)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A Simple Noodle Story</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Under_the_Hawthorn_Tree_(film)" title="Under the Hawthorn Tree (film)">Under the Hawthorn Tree</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flowers_of_War" title="The Flowers of War">The Flowers of War</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coming_Home_(2014_film)" title="Coming Home (2014 film)">Coming Home</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Wall_(film)" title="The Great Wall (film)">The Great Wall</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shadow_(2018_film)" title="Shadow (2018 film)">Shadow</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Second_(film)" title="One Second (film)">One Second</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Walkers" title="Cliff Walkers">Cliff Walkers</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sniper_(2022_film)" title="Sniper (2022 film)">Sniper</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Full_River_Red" title="Full River Red">Full River Red</a></i> (2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Under_the_Light" title="Under the Light">Under the Light</a></i> (2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Article_20" title="Article 20">Article 20</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Turandot_at_the_Forbidden_City" title="Turandot at the Forbidden City">Turandot at the Forbidden City</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony" title="2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony">2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You_and_Me_(Peking_opera)" title="You and Me (Peking opera)">You and Me</a></i> (2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Coen_brothers361" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Coen_brothers" title="Template:Coen brothers"><abbr title="View this 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title="List of frequent Coen Brothers collaborators">Frequent collaborators</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers%27_unrealized_projects" title="Coen brothers' unrealized projects">Unrealized projects</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers_bibliography" title="Coen brothers bibliography">Bibliography</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Directed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Together</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Blood_Simple" title="Blood Simple">Blood Simple</a></i> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Raising_Arizona" title="Raising Arizona">Raising Arizona</a></i> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Miller%27s_Crossing" title="Miller's Crossing">Miller's Crossing</a></i> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Barton_Fink" title="Barton Fink">Barton Fink</a></i> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hudsucker_Proxy" title="The Hudsucker Proxy">The Hudsucker Proxy</a></i> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fargo_(1996_film)" title="Fargo (1996 film)">Fargo</a></i> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Lebowski" title="The Big Lebowski">The Big Lebowski</a></i> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/O_Brother,_Where_Art_Thou%3F" title="O Brother, Where Art Thou?">O Brother, Where Art Thou?</a></i> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Wasn%27t_There_(2001_film)" title="The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)">The Man Who Wasn't There</a></i> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Intolerable_Cruelty" title="Intolerable Cruelty">Intolerable Cruelty</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ladykillers_(2004_film)" title="The Ladykillers (2004 film)">The Ladykillers</a></i> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Paris,_je_t%27aime" title="Paris, je t'aime">Paris, je t'aime</a></i> (2006, one segment)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/To_Each_His_Own_Cinema" title="To Each His Own Cinema">To Each His Own Cinema</a></i> (2007, one segment)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men" title="No Country for Old Men">No Country for Old Men</a></i> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Burn_After_Reading" title="Burn After Reading">Burn After Reading</a></i> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Serious_Man" title="A Serious Man">A Serious Man</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/True_Grit_(2010_film)" title="True Grit (2010 film)">True Grit</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Inside_Llewyn_Davis" title="Inside Llewyn Davis">Inside Llewyn Davis</a></i> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hail,_Caesar!" title="Hail, Caesar!">Hail, Caesar!</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Buster_Scruggs" title="The Ballad of Buster Scruggs">The Ballad of Buster Scruggs</a></i> (2018)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Joel only</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_Macbeth_(2021_film)" title="The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film)">The Tragedy of Macbeth</a></i> (2021)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ethan only</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis:_Trouble_in_Mind" title="Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind">Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind</a></i> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Drive-Away_Dolls" title="Drive-Away Dolls">Drive-Away Dolls</a></i> (2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Honey_Don%27t!" title="Honey Don't!">Honey Don't!</a></i> (2025)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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