One Battle After Another

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One Battle After Another

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2025

2h 41m

Mystery & Thriller

Comedy

Drama

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Bob is a washed-up revolutionary who lives in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited and self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces and Willa goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her as both father and daughter battle the consequences of their pasts.

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Critics Consensus

An epic screwball adventure teeming with awe-inspiring action set pieces, One Battle After Another is Paul Thomas Anderson's most entertaining film yet while also one of his most thematically rich.

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A towering achievement in Paul Thomas Anderson’s already illustrious filmography, One Battle After Another is a cinematic classic of sweeping visual grandeur that deserves to be experienced again and again, on the largest screen possible.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

Dec 31

Essential viewing for what is happening in our country right now.

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Jesse Hassenger

AV Club

Nov 14

A-

One Battle After Another hurtles into the present without compromising Anderson’s sense of fractured, constantly rearranged, weirdly personal American history.

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Peter Travers

The Travers Take

Oct 31

4/4

PTA, the preferred shorthand for the best high-wire director of his generation, wakes up the sleeping giant of American cinema by trip-wiring every scene in this radical blast of action, fun and fervor like an incendiary device that’s primed to explode.

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Lexi Amoriello

Movie Recs by Lex

Jul 10

While the narrative is loosely inspired by Pynchon’s novel Vineland, Anderson isn’t adapting so much as riffing, using the novel as a jumping-off point and creating something looser, more playful, and very much his own.

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Joshua Tyler

Giant Freakin Robot

Jun 23

One Battle After Another is what it looks like when you’ve won the propaganda battle and the time for persuasion is over.

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Jordan Ruimy

World of Reel

Jun 23

B+

Hype or not, Anderson has pulled off something audacious here: a gonzo, screwball epic that won’t be for everyone, but it’s impossible not to admire the sheer lunacy of it.

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DeAndre

5d

Left early cuz I was drunk as fuck

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mark w

Jun 18

I don’t know about best picture though.

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Henry

Jun 15

Not my favorite from director.

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Mark

Jun 13

What a freaking movie man. This might have to go down one of the best collective castings performances of all time. Did anyone in this movie that mattered not absolutely kill their individual role/work perfectly whoever they were on screen with? Between leo, penn, teyana, chase infiniti, benicio, and reginas performances there really isnt much left to say. That alone is the proof in the pudding. Not to mention how well anderson directed this. Production + writing are near perfect.

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Caleb A

Jun 11

Epic story and acting.

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Oscar B

Jun 6

Crazy movie, but it was filmed in my hometown. Loved it

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Synopsis

Bob is a washed-up revolutionary who lives in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited and self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces and Willa goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her as both father and daughter battle the consequences of their pasts.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Producer: Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy
Screenwriter: Paul Thomas Anderson
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Ghoulardi Film Company
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Drug Use|Sexual Content|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 26, 2025, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 14, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $72.4M
Runtime: 2h 41m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)