Paul Thomas Anderson films, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 12 films on Boxlist

Known for There Will Be Blood, One Battle After Another and Boogie Nights.

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There Will Be Blood
2007 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a...
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One Battle After Another
2025 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to...
Boogie Nights
1997 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy...
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Phantom Thread
2017 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Renowned British dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock comes across Alma, a young, strong-willed woman, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover.
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Magnolia
1999 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
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Licorice Pizza
2021 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
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The Master
2012 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World...
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Punch-Drunk Love
2002 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.
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Inherent Vice
2014 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
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Hard Eight
1996 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
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Anima
2019 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
In a short musical film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Thom Yorke of Radiohead stars in a mind-bending visual piece. Best played loud.
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