6. The Coen Brothers
Possibly the most successful directorial duo of all time, the Coen Brothers have been churning out brilliantly odd films for almost three decades now. Their first film of the modern era is the cult classic The Big Lebowski, which was release in 1998 and features some of the best movie characters of the last few decades. In 2000, they directed O Brother Where Art Thou, a film about a group of convicts who escape their chain gang in a search for treasure. Their next three films The Man Who Wasn't There, Intolerable Cruelty, and the Ladykillers, experimented with several genres with various levels of critical acclaim. Their 2007 film No Country For Old Men remains one of their defining works as the adaption of a Cormac McCarthy novel became one of the most acclaimed films of the year. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, No Country For Old Men shows a cat and mouse game featuring three different characters in 1980's Texas and is simply an astonishing film on many levels. 2008 saw the release of one of the duo's worst movie in Burn After Reading but they rebounded nicely in 2009 with a Serious Man, a loose retelling of the biblical story of Job. 2010 saw them release a remake of the classic John Wayne western True Grit. The film was extremely successful with many critics calling it an improvement on the original. 2013 sees the Coen Brothers release Inside Llewyn Davis, a film exploring the 1960's folk music scene. Given their track record, there's little reason to expect the film will not be another fantastic entry into the Coen Brothers filmography.
Eligible Films: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), The Ladykillers (2004), No Country For Old Men (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), A Serious Man (2009), True Grit (2010)