I would say they are closest to Sturges, in that both love to use "25 cent words" in their writing and play with language as being funny in and of itself, particularly by using little used funny-sounding words and phrases in place of more common terms. They also both like to play with casting...
*1. Fargo - A *2. The Big Lebowski - A 3. Raising Arizona - A *4. Barton Fink - A *5. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? - A- *6. The Hudsucker Proxy - A- *7. Miller's Crossing - A- 8. True Grit - A- 9. No Country for Old Men - A- 10. Burn After Reading - A- *11. Blood Simple - A- *12. The...