The Coen brothers directed a film.
A Serious Man is a 2009 black comedy-drama film written , produced , edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen . Coen brothers . Their best-reviewed works include Fargo ( 1996 ) , The Big Lebowski ( 1998 ) , No Country for Old Men ( 2007 ) , A Serious Man ( 2009 ) , True Grit ( 2010 ) , and Inside Llewyn Davis ( 2013 ) . The brothers 's films No Country for Old Men , A Serious Man and Inside Llewyn Davis have been ranked in the BBC 's 2016 poll of the greatest motion pictures since 2000 . Fargo is a 1996 American black comedy crime thriller film written , produced , edited , and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen .