Every Best Picture Oscar Winner Ranked Worst To Best
8. No Country For Old Men (2007)
The crowning achievement of the Coen Brothers' staggering career, No Country for Old Men is a grim, tense neo-Western that uses its themes of injustice, lawlessness, and memory to create a startling character study with twists to spare.
From its shockingly violent introduction to Javier Bardem's cold hitman Anton Chigurh to Tommy Lee Jones' haunting closing monologue, this flawless Cormac McCarthy adaptation constantly keeps you on your toes, peeling back the layers of its thematic complexities one scene at a time, with almost poetic results.
There are many out there who still believe it never should have beaten Paul Thomas Anderson's epic There will be Blood to Best Picture, but No Country for Old Men deserved to win more, selling its compelling drama with confidence, profundity, and unforgettable suspense.