Indiewire has written this short article about the best and worst Coen brother films to celebrate Joel Coen's 60th Birthday! Happy Birthday Coen! Go you.
I think I agree with almost every ranking...
A Coen Brothers film has a certain singular rhythm, a certain irreverently acute love for Greek tragedy and Homeric adventures. In "Barton Fink," a Hollywood producer demands that his film have "that Barton Fink Feeling." The Coen Brothers’ films all have that Coen Brothers Feeling: the malaise of modernity, an endless fascination with losers and emasculated men. To celebrate Joel Coen’s birthday, we ranked all of the film Joel directed or co-directed with Ethan. And since they’ve never helmed a bad film, even the bottom-ranking entries are better than most other filmmakers’ best offerings