No Country for Old Men is a cat-and-mouse drama.
No Country for Old Men is a 2007 American neo-western neo-noir thriller film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen , based on Cormac McCarthy 's novel of the same name .. No Country for Old Men. No Country for Old Men. Cormac McCarthy. Cormac McCarthy. neo-western. Western ( genre )#Contemporary Western. neo-noir. neo-noir. thriller film. thriller ( genre ). Joel and Ethan Coen. Coen brothers. novel of the same name. No Country for Old Men. A cat-and-mouse drama starring Tommy Lee Jones , Javier Bardem , and Josh Brolin , it follows a Texas welder and Vietnam veteran in the desert landscape of 1980 West Texas .. Tommy Lee Jones. Tommy Lee Jones. Javier Bardem. Javier Bardem. Josh Brolin. Josh Brolin. cat-and-mouse. Cat and mouse. drama. drama film. West Texas. West Texas. Themes of fate , conscience , and circumstance are explored , ones that the Coen brothers have previously explored in the films Blood Simple -LRB- 1984 -RRB- and Fargo -LRB- 1996 -RRB- .. Blood Simple. Blood Simple. Fargo. Fargo ( film ). No Country for Old Men premiered in competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival on May 19 .. No Country for Old Men. No Country for Old Men. Cannes. 2007 Cannes Film Festival. 2007 Cannes Film Festival. 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It won four awards at the 80th Academy Awards -- Best Picture , Best Director , Best Supporting Actor -LRB- Bardem -RRB- and Best Adapted Screenplay .. 80th Academy Awards. 80th Academy Awards. Best Picture. Academy Award for Best Picture. Best Director. Academy Award for Best Director. Best Supporting Actor. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Best Adapted Screenplay. Academy Award for Best Writing ( Adapted Screenplay ). In addition , the film won three British Academy Film Awards -LRB- BAFTA -RRB- including Best Director , and two Golden Globes .. Best Director. Academy Award for Best Director. British Academy Film Awards. British Academy Film Awards. The American Film Institute listed it as an AFI Movie of the Year , and the National Board of Review selected the film as the best of 2007 .. American Film Institute. American Film Institute. National Board of Review. National Board of Review. More critics included No Country for Old Men on their 2007 top ten lists than any other film , and many regard it as the Coen brothers ' masterpiece , as well as one of the best films of the 2000s .. No Country for Old Men. No Country for Old Men. The Guardians John Patterson wrote  : `` the Coens ' technical abilities , and their feel for a landscape-based Western classicism reminiscent of Anthony Mann and Sam Peckinpah , are matched by few living directors '' , and Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said that it is `` a new career peak for the Coen brothers '' and `` as entertaining as hell '' .. Anthony Mann. Anthony Mann. Sam Peckinpah. Sam Peckinpah. Peter Travers. Peter Travers. Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. In 2016 , it was voted the 10th best film of the 21st century as picked by 177 film critics from around the world .