One Battle After Another (2025)

Directed by

Paul Thomas Anderson

Genre

drama film, comedy film, action film, crime film, thriller film, black comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

161h 31m

Rated

R

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3,919 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A washed-up former revolutionary is pulled back into a violent confrontation when an old enemy resurfaces after sixteen years. The film follows his chaotic journey across California as he tries to settle old scores.

chaoticdarkly comictensesuspensefulgrittyfast-pacedvisually strikingnoir-tinged

What happens

One Battle After Another is a 2025 American action-comedy-thriller film written, directed, and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. Inspired by the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon, the film's ensemble cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti (in her film debut). It follows a washed-up former revolutionary (DiCaprio) who is brought back into conflict when his enemy (Penn) resurfaces after sixteen years. Anderson had wanted to adapt Vineland since the early 2000s and eventually incorporated his own stories into the narrative while writing the screenplay. Principal photography took place in California from January to June 2024 using VistaVision, becoming one of the first films to use the format since the 1960s. Following its premiere on September 8, 2025, One Battle After Another was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 26. With a budget of $130–175 million, it is the most expensive film of Anderson's career and the highest-grossing at over $213 million worldwide. One Battle After Another received acclaim and numerous accolades. At the 98th Academy Awards, it was nominated for 13 awards and won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Penn), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Casting. It also received one win from a record seven nominations at the 32nd Actor Awards; three wins at the 31st Critics' Choice Awards, including Best Picture; four wins at the 83rd Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy; and six wins at the 79th British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film. The film was listed by the American Film Institute as one of the top ten films of 2025 and won five awards from the National Board of Review, including Best Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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