Which 2007 film directed by the Coen brothers won the Academy Award for Best Picture?

No Country for Old Men was the 2007 Coen brothers film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Joel and Ethan Coen directed and wrote the adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s 2005 novel.

The film follows Llewelyn Moss, a welder who discovers drug money in the Texas desert, and Anton Chigurh, the relentless hitman pursuing him. Sheriff Ed Tom Bell investigates the violence while reflecting on a changing world. The cast includes Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, and Tommy Lee Jones.

At the 80th Academy Awards in 2008, the film won four Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Bardem, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Juno, Atonement, and There Will Be Blood were also prominent 2007 nominees, but none won Best Picture. Its mix of crime thriller, Western atmosphere, and philosophical drama is a defining feature of the Coens’ work.