2007 · 122 min · Crime, Thriller, Neo-Western
No Country for Old Men is the Coen Brothers' Academy Award-winning thriller following Llewelyn Moss, who stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and takes the money, triggering a relentless pursuit by the hitman Anton Chigurh. Starring Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, and Tommy Lee Jones, it won four Oscars including Best Picture.
No Country for Old Men streams on Netflix and Paramount+. Both platforms include it with their standard subscriptions.
Yes — it's adapted from Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel of the same name, faithfully translated to screen by the Coen Brothers.
It's more of a tense thriller than a horror film, but Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) is one of the most frightening movie villains ever created.
Yes — it won four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (Coen Brothers), Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem), and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The ambiguous ending reflects the film's themes about the randomness of evil and mortality. Sheriff Bell's final dream suggests a passing of the torch from one generation to the next.