The Coen brothers' dark crime comedy is a masterpiece of genre mashup, earning it a spot among some of the most iconic movies of all time. It's the story of a pregnant police chief in rural Minnesota who's investigating a string of roadside murders linked to a man who paid criminals to kidnap his wife in order to collect a ransom from his rich father-in-law. The weird, dark comedy proved to be a risk that paid off and inspired a new subgenre of similar movies — not to mention a TV show spinoff beginning in 2014!