| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
| Tue Apr 4, 2023 | 19D | Filmmaker Ethan or Joel | Andrea Carla Michaels and Christina Iverson |
| Tue Jan 18, 2022 | 27D | Ethan or Joel of filmmaking | Kate Schutzengel |
| Sat Nov 20, 2021 | 31A | "Intolerable Cruelty" director, 2003 | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| Sat Sep 18, 2021 | 13A | Surname on a 2010 "True Grit" poster | Ryan McCarty |
| Wed Sep 9, 2020 | 20D | Either of two directing brothers (2) | Jakob Weisblat |
| Wed Jun 10, 2020 | 67A | Joel or Ethan of the film world | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| Sun Nov 10, 2019 | 8D | Either brother who co-wrote "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" | Peter Gordon |
| Fri Nov 23, 2018 | 23D | Family name of Hollywood brothers | Temple Brown |
| Fri Oct 14, 2016 | 44A | Either director of "Inside Llewyn Davis" | Natan Last |
| Fri Apr 3, 2015 | 39A | Either Best Director winner of 2007 | Patrick Berry |
| Mon Dec 22, 2014 | 69A | Director Joel or Ethan (3) | Lynn Lempel |
| Sat Nov 1, 2014 | 80D | Either "Inside Llewyn Davis" director | Trip Payne |
| Fri Sep 19, 2014 | 34D | Either director of "True Grit" | Finn Vigeland |
| Mon Dec 23, 2013 | 58A | Director Joel or Ethan (3) | Michael Blake and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Fri Oct 18, 2013 | 26A | Filmdom family name | David Steinberg |
| Fri Oct 4, 2013 | 49A | "The Hudsucker Proxy" director, 1994 | Bruce R. Sutphin |
| Mon Jul 8, 2013 | 8D | Filmmaking brother Joel or Ethan | Randy Sowell |
| Sat May 4, 2013 | 52D | Either "True Grit" director | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| Thu Mar 28, 2013 | 37D | ___ brothers (Hollywood duo) | Randolph Ross |
| Fri Nov 2, 2012 | 53D | Either director of 2010's "True Grit" | Derek Bowman |
| Wed Aug 8, 2012 | 44A | Director Joel or Ethan (3) | Peter A. Collins |
| Thu Feb 23, 2012 | 66A | "The Big Lebowski" director (2) | Jeff Chen |
| Sun Aug 21, 2011 | 124A | "Fargo" director (5) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Mon Jul 5, 2010 | 45A | "Fargo" director (5) | Jill Denny and Jeff Chen |
| Sun Mar 14, 2010 | 147A | "A Serious Man" co-director, 2009 | Caleb Madison |
| Tue Feb 16, 2010 | 41A | Either "Fargo" co-director | Paul Hunsberger |
| Fri May 30, 2008 | 21A | "The Big Lebowski" director (2) | Natan Last |
| Sun Apr 20, 2008 | 129D | Filmmaker Joel or Ethan (2) | John Farmer |
| Tue Jan 1, 2008 | 14A | Either of two directing brothers (2) | Adam G. Perl |
| Mon Oct 15, 2007 | 34A | Joel who directed "Raising Arizona" | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Sat Jun 10, 2006 | 47D | "The Man Who Wasn't There" director, 2001 | Harvey Estes |
| Sat Dec 17, 2005 | 50A | Director of "The Ladykillers," 2004 | Patrick Berry |
| Wed Dec 7, 2005 | 33D | "Fargo" director (5) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sun Jul 3, 2005 | 77A | "Fargo" director (5) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thu Apr 25, 2002 | 47A | "Fargo" director Joel | Lois Sidway |
| Sun May 27, 2001 | 32A | "Fargo" director (5) | Dana Motley |
| Wed Jan 24, 2001 | 34D | Filmdom's Ethan or Joel | David Ainslie Macleod |
| Sun May 21, 2000 | 88A | Filmmaking family name | Matt Gaffney |
| Tue Sep 8, 1998 | 41A | Filmdom's Joel or Ethan | Nancy Salomon |
| Thu Feb 20, 1997 | 61A | Film maker Joel or Ethan (2) | D. J. Kahn |
| Thu Feb 29, 1996 | 59D | "Barton Fink" director Joel | Peter Gordon |