The best Paul Thomas Anderson movies
The top 3 according to 33 votes from people: There Will Be Blood (2007) · Magnolia (1999) · One Battle After Another (2025). (Updated Aug 21, 2026.)
All of PTA's films ranked, from Hard Eight to One Battle After Another (Variety, IndieWire, The Hollywood Reporter, Gold Derby).
Top 10
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1
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview, oil and faith.
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2
Magnolia (1999)
PTA's magnum opus, a day in the San Fernando Valley.
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3
One Battle After Another (2025)
Leonardo DiCaprio's ex-revolutionary and a car chase on the hills.
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4
Licorice Pizza (2021)
First love in the 70s San Fernando Valley.
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5
Boogie Nights (1997)
The 70s adult film industry.
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6
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Adam Sandler's strangest and sweetest romance.
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7
Phantom Thread (2017)
His best dialogue, visually breathtaking.
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8
The Master (2012)
Phoenix, Adams and Hoffman, all Oscar-nominated.
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9
Inherent Vice (2014)
The Thomas Pynchon adaptation, infamous for its sprawl.
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10
Hard Eight (1996)
A debut that announced a writer-director who had already arrived.
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