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Paul Thomas Anderson

Best rated: There Will Be Blood (8.2)

Paul Thomas Anderson, illustrated
Films
11
Avg rating
7.41
Peak run
1996’07
Oscar wins
1 of 4
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The career

Paul Thomas Anderson, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1996 to 2007, 7.70678200020052010201520202025There Will Be Blood 8.2Inherent Vice 6.6Career avg 7.41

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Paul Thomas Anderson's career barcodecoolhot
199611 films2025
Current formLast 5: 7.18 vs career 7.41 (−0.23)
  1. LInherent Vice2014 · 6.6−0.8
  2. LJunun2015 · 7.2−0.2
  3. WPhantom Thread2017 · 7.40.0
  4. LLicorice Pizza2021 · 7.1−0.3
  5. WOne Battle After Another2025 · 7.6+0.2
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Paul by the numbers

Average
7.41
11 rated films
Vote weighted
7.44
bigger films count more
Median
7.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.47
rating spread
Career
30y
1996 to 2025
Total votes
2.75M
across every film
Best
8.2
There Will Be Blood
Worst
6.6
Inherent Vice
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
2025One Battle After Another posterOne Battle After Another7.6451K
2021Licorice Pizza posterLicorice Pizza7.1164K
2017Phantom Thread posterPhantom Thread7.4165K
2015Junun7.22,473
2014Inherent Vice posterInherent Vice6.6121K
2012The Master posterThe Master7.1204K
2007There Will Be Blood posterThere Will Be Blood8.2721K
2002Punch-Drunk Love posterPunch-Drunk Love7.3200K
1999Magnolia posterMagnolia8.0354K
1997Boogie Nights posterBoogie Nights7.9310K
1996Hard Eight posterHard Eight7.160,666
Better together?

Paul Thomas Anderson's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Paul Thomas Anderson

18 nominations, 7 wins

Awards record

  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 2026
    Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
    Won
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 2026
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    Won
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2026
    Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
    Won
  • Best Director · Golden Globe Awards 2026
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    Won
  • Best Director · Critics Choice Awards 2026
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    Won
  • Outstanding Directing, Feature Film · Directors Guild Awards 2026
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    Won
  • Best Director · BAFTA Film Awards 2026
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    Won
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 2022
    Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 2022
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2022
    Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 2018
    JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison and Daniel Lupi, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 2018
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2015
    Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 2008
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2008
    Written for the Screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 2008
    JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2000
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1998
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    Nominated

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