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The Coen brothers peer into the existential abyss of the atomic age in this coolly riveting, drolly profound noir thriller.

In a performance of masterfully calibrated understatement, Billy Bob Thornton stars as a disaffected barber in 1940s California whose suspicion that his wife (Frances McDormand) is cheating on him leads him down a crooked path of blackmail and murder. Fusing the expressionistic black and white

With a new 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director of photography Roger Deakins, The Man Who Wasn't There is released on dual-format Blu-ray and 4K UHD 2nd March 2026 from Spirit Entertainment as part of the Criterion Collection.

Special Features

  • New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director of photography Roger Deakins, with 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Audio commentary featuring filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen and actor Billy Bob Thornton
  • New conversation between the Coens and author Megan Abbott
  • Archival interview with Deakins
  • Short making-of documentary and deleted scenes
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • An essay by author Laura Lippman