Paul Thomas Anderson
Director · 31 credits · 19 in highly-rated films
Best known for There Will Be Blood (2007)
Best Paul Thomas Anderson movies by genre
Directed movies (24 total, ranked by score)
1There Will Be Blood
2007 · ★ 8.1 (7,634 votes)
Drama
2One Battle After Another
2025 · ★ 7.3 (4,142 votes)
Thriller, Crime, Comedy
3Magnolia
1999 · ★ 7.7 (4,119 votes)
Drama
4Boogie Nights
1997 · ★ 7.6 (3,650 votes)
Drama, Comedy
5Phantom Thread
2017 · ★ 7.3 (3,846 votes)
Drama, Romance
6Punch-Drunk Love
2002 · ★ 7.1 (2,834 votes)
Romance, Drama, Comedy
7Licorice Pizza
2021 · ★ 6.9 (2,737 votes)
Drama, Comedy, Romance
8The Master
2012 · ★ 7.1 (3,390 votes)
Drama
9Inherent Vice
2014 · ★ 6.5 (2,776 votes)
Drama, Mystery, Comedy
10Hard Eight
1997 · ★ 6.8 (1,001 votes)
Drama, Crime
11Anima
2019 · ★ 7.3 (493 votes)
Music
12Junun
2015 · ★ 7.2 (64 votes)
Music, Documentary
13Cigarettes & Coffee
1993 · ★ 6.6 (58 votes)
Drama, Crime
14Mattress Man Commercial
2003 · ★ 6.9 (59 votes)
Comedy
15HAIM / Valentine
2017 · ★ 7.0 (10 votes)
Music
16Flagpole Special
1998 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)
Comedy, Drama
17Ballchewer
2002 · ★ 5.0 (6 votes)
Drama
18The Dirk Diggler Story
1988 · ★ 5.1 (36 votes)
Comedy, Drama
- 19
12 Scopitones
2003
20Production Assistant
1992 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
21Couch
2003 · ★ 4.5 (57 votes)
Comedy
22Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall
2026
Music, Documentary
- 23
Daydreaming
2016
- 24
Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Western Musical Project
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Western, Drama, Comedy
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.