Every Paul Thomas Anderson Movie Ranked From Worst to Best

For these of us who had been already cinephiles when Paul Thomas Anderson burst onto the scene along with his dynamic breakthrough Boogie Nights, it’s onerous to consider the previous directing wunderkind (he was solely 27 years outdated when Boogie Nights was launched) has now been making movies for 30 years.

His newest manufacturing, 2025’s One Battle After One other, makes a becoming backdrop for a take a look at Anderson’s profession. It tells the story of a former revolutionary (Leonardo DiCaprio) turned paranoid pothead single dad who’s compelled to struggle for his daughter after she’s focused by a high-ranking member of the U.S. army. From literal bomb thrower to bewildered, bumbling father … from boy genius to middle-aged statesman of cinema. Time has a method of adjusting issues, huh?

Placing collectively a listing rating Paul Thomas Anderson’s complete filmography made me understand: As a lot as I really like Anderson and his motion pictures, I would underrate him as a director. When folks ask for my favourite working filmmakers, I don’t are likely to cite him, possibly as a result of he’s a affected person artist and he goes years between initiatives. If he hasn’t launched a film not too long ago, he typically slips my thoughts.

However trying on the ten motion pictures he’s made up to now, it’s clear he’s in that dialog. He hasn‘t made a foul characteristic. In actual fact, the worst film on this record could be one of the best film on loads of administrators’ filmographies. So whereas these motion pictures are ranked from “worst” to “greatest” primarily based on my private desire, rating these ten titles was a bit like rating ten equally sized bars of gold. All of them shine fairly brightly.

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