Paul Thomas Anderson

One Battle After Another (2025)

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 find her, father and ...

Beau Is Afraid (2023)

Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home. ...

Licorice Pizza (2021)

The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. ...

Anima (2019)

In a short musical film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Thom Yorke of Radiohead stars in a mind-bending visual piece. Best played loud. ...

The Dead Don't Die (2019)

In the sleepy town of Centerville, the lives of a number of interconnected characters are disrupted by the undead. ...

Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh (2018)

Adam Sandler takes his comical musical musings back out on the road, from comedy clubs to concert halls to one very unsuspecting subway station. ...

Waterlily Jaguar (2018)

A famous writer's obsession leaves his relationships and marriage in shambles. ...

Phantom Thread (2017)

In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies. ...

HAIM / Valentine (2017)

Three songs by American pop rock trio Haim, shot live at LA's Valentine Recording Studios, making the 2017 album 'Something to Tell You'. ...

Daydreaming (2016)

Junun (2015)

A documentary capturing the creation of the album Junun inside Rajasthan's 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort. Paul Thomas Anderson follows Jonny Greenwood, Shye Ben Tzur, Nigel Godrich, and the Rajasthan Express as they record a cross-cultural fusion of Indian, ...

Inherent Vice (2014)

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend. ...

The Master (2012)

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 War II. ...

There Will Be Blood (2007)

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 pittance. However, loca ...

Mattress Man Commercial (2003)

Paul Thomas Anderson spoofs the famous 1980s Mattress Man commercial outtake using Dean Trumbell, the character played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in Anderson's 'Punch-Drunk Love,' as he promotes his mattress company by performing a stunt that doesn't go all ...

Couch (2003)

A man shops for a new couch at a Levitz furniture store. ...

Ballchewer (2002)

Part of Adam Sandler's informal "Meatball Series," Ballchewer (2002) was shot during the making of Punch-Drunk Love. The short shows Luis Guzmán playing chess with Sandler's pit bull, Meatball, while Emily Watson brings them beers. ...

The Truth About Charlie (2002)

Regina meets charming Joshua while vacationing in Martinique, as she contemplates ending her whirlwind marriage to enigmatic Charlie. Upon her return to Paris, she finds that both her apartment and her bank account have been emptied, and her husband has be ...

Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers. ...

Corky Romano (2001)

Corky Romano is a bumbling, simpleton, veterinarian and the youngest, outcast son of an aging gangster, named Pops Romano, who calls upon Corky to infiltrate the local FBI and retrieve and destroy evidence being used to incriminate Pops for racketeering ch ...

Magnolia (1999)

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multip ...

The Jon Brion Show (1999)

The concept of the show is that Brion will play accompaniment to his guest, sometimes inviting other performers on stage to assist. Like the regular Friday night shows that Brion performed at the club Largo in Los Angeles at the time, the performance is la ...

Flagpole Special (1998)

Commissioned for Creative Time's RET.inevitable in 1998, Paul Thomas Anderson's Flagpole Special is a DV short showing John C. Reilly and Chris Penn from the waist down, riffing on pickup-seminar bravado that anticipates Magnolia's "Seduce and Destroy." Sc ...

Boogie Nights (1997)

In 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protege try to catch up with the end of an era before their never-ending party collides with cold, hard reality. ...

Hard Eight (1997)

A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular. ...

Cigarettes & Coffee (1993)

At a desert diner, the lives of five strangers become linked through a single twenty-dollar bill. Shot for $20,000 and starring Philip Baker Hall, the short premiered at Sundance and later inspired Anderson's debut feature Hard Eight (1996). ...

Production Assistant (1992)

In 1992, Anderson was knee-deep at night in devising what would eventually become "Boogie Nights," but during the day he worked as a production assistant on "Sworn To Vengeance," a telefilm thriller starring Robert Conrad. From this gig sprang a brief, fas ...

The Dirk Diggler Story (1988)

A mockumentary short film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson at age seventeen. Presented as a behind-the-scenes television profile, it chronicles the rise and fall of Dirk Diggler, a well-endowed porn star whose fame and fortune spiral into drug ...

Art-House America: Austin Film Society (2023)

Founded by Richard Linklater in 1985 as a screening series dedicated to bringing experimental and art cinema to the city of Austin, Texas, the Austin Film Society has grown into a cornerstone of the city's creative community - while remaining true to its e ...

"Sr." (2022)

A portrait of the life and career of Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021), the visionary and fearless US filmmaker — father of actor Robert Downey Jr. — who in the sixties and seventies laid the foundations for countercultural comedy. ...

A Christmas Eve Conversation With Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson (2015)

Two great filmmakers discuss the evolution of film, 70mm and Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight". ...

Junun (2015)

A documentary capturing the creation of the album Junun inside Rajasthan's 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort. Paul Thomas Anderson follows Jonny Greenwood, Shye Ben Tzur, Nigel Godrich, and the Rajasthan Express as they record a cross-cultural fusion of Indian, ...

Chryskylodon Blues (2015)

On the set of Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice. ...

Altman (2014)

Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema left an indelible mark, not merely on the evolution of his art form, but also on the western zeitgeist. With its use of rare interviews, representative film cl ...

Minority Report (2002)

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge. ...

That Moment: Magnolia Diary (2000)

A very in-depth documentary that follows the very over-worked director Paul Thomas Anderson through a gruelling 80+ days of shooting for the film Magnolia (1999), containing behind-the-scenes footage and interviews. ...

Magnolia (1999)

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multip ...

Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes (1999)

Friends, enemies, acquaintances, and family of porn star John Holmes recall their experiences with him, from his childhood to his eventual death from AIDS in 1988. ...

Production Assistant (1992)

In 1992, Anderson was knee-deep at night in devising what would eventually become "Boogie Nights," but during the day he worked as a production assistant on "Sworn To Vengeance," a telefilm thriller starring Robert Conrad. From this gig sprang a brief, fas ...