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Barton Fink (1991) | Ranked Top 6% · CriticCrunch

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Barton Fink

Movie1991·117 min

Barton Fink

Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Comedy Drama Thriller

An Oscar-nominated comedy drama film directed by Joel Coen.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 6%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.5/10

2K ratings

About Barton Fink

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Mind-bending (9 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Unsettling, Contemplative
Story Tags: isolation loneliness, ambition hubris, obsession, mid century, showbiz media, hotel transit, los angeles, strangers forced together, outsider misfit, slow burn reveal, dream surreal, fish out of water, serial killer, gothic horror

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Details

Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Language: English

Cast

John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis

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Awards

◆Oscar Nominee — Best Supporting Actor (1991)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Production Design (1991)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Costume Design (1991)

How Barton Fink Ranks

All movies

Top 6%

1990s movies

Top 6%

Comedy movies

Top 4%

★1990s Comedy movies

Top 4%

Joel Coen films#4 of 21

Strongest in its niche — 1990s Comedy movies Top 4%.

the vibe

Barton Fink Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkintensemind-bendinglight-touchpersonalhaunting

unsettling

contemplative

What it's about

slow-burn revealdream surrealfish out of waterisolation lonelinessambition hubrisobsessionoutsider misfitstrangers forced togethershowbiz & mediaserial killergothic horrorhotel transitLos Angelesmid-century

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

mind-bending 9/9complex 9/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

unsettlinguneasy