Movies by Paul Thomas Anderson
As part of the cast:
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A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
Cast: Francis Ford Coppola, William Friedkin, Julie Christie …
Directed by: Ted Demme, Richard LaGravenese
This documentary explores American cinema in the 1970s, a decade often described as the best years in film. What results is an ode to the art form, one that pays homage to the "auteurs" that…
As a director:
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There Will Be Blood (2007)
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds …
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Ambitious prospector Daniel Plainview strikes it rich when he buys the oil rights to a California family's ranch and turns a simple village into a boomtown, stoking the ire of a…
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Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman …
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) -- a bathroom supply salesman prone to paroxysms of destructive rage -- finds his life refreshed when he meets Lena Leonard (Emily Watson), who falls in…
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Magnolia (1999)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, Jason Robards …
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Through chance, human action, past history and divine intervention, an eclectic cast of characters (including Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, William H. Macy and more) weaves and warps through…
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Boogie Nights (1997)
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Heather Graham …
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Director Paul Thomas Anderson's epic about the adult film industry stars Mark Wahlberg as a nightclub busboy who transforms himself into porn king Dirk Diggler and ultimately becomes…
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Hard Eight (1996)
Cast: Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow …
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Boogie Nights director Paul Thomas Anderson's first film charts the relationship between reckless youth John (John C. Reilly) and world-weary card shark Sydney (Philip Baker Hall), who…