Fate, violence, and the impotence of good intentions converge in the Coen brothers' adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel, set in the desolate West Texas landscape of 1980. When hunter Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) stumbles onto the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and takes the money, he becomes the prey of the relentless killer Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem, in an Oscar-winning performance). Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) watches helplessly as events spiral beyond his understanding. A masterpiece of menace and moral bleakness, No Country for Old Men won four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.