One Battle After Another

One Battle After Another is a 2025 American action thriller film co-produced, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, inspired by the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti, and follows an ex-revolutionary who is forced back into his former combative lifestyle when he and his daughter become pursued by a corrupt military officer. Anderson had wanted to adapt Pynchon's novel Vineland for years, and eventually incorporated several of his own stories into the book's narrative. Filming took place in California and was shot using VistaVision, making it one of the first films to use the format for principal photography since the 1960s. Budgeted between $130 million to $175 million, it is the most expensive film of Anderson's career. One Battle After Another had its world premiere in Los Angeles on September 8, 2025, and was theatrically released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 26. The film received critical acclaim for Anderson's screenplay and direction, themes, cinematography, editing, music, action sequences, and the main cast's performances. It has grossed $200 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of Anderson's career.