the films of Paul Thomas Anderson (ranked)

[@thebigshep]

I've only seen a couple of his movies, but I feel like Werner Herzog would make a good addition to this series (if that's what it ends up being)

[@BLooDCoMPleX]

I'm so happy you put The Master in the first place. It's my favorite film of all time.

[@clumsydad7158]

The Master and TWBB are tops, no question

[@elijahalbiston]

I watched it recently. (Obviously, very impressive, performances and everything were soooo tight). But I've heard that this is really a film which ages like fine wine so I'm kind of just waiting to rewatch

[@clairemitch4301]

Sorry Nadia isn’t feeling well! Love this director so excited for this video!!

[@jacksonheiniger80]

I'd love for this to be a continuing segment. Every once in a while you pick a new director, watch all of their films, and rank them. Might I recommend Michael Haneke as a potential choice, he's my personal favorite director. Oh yeah, and my ranking of PTA is: Hard Eight Inherent Vice Licorice Pizza Magnolia Punch-Drunk Love Boogie Nights The Master Phantom Thread There Will Be Blood

[@RitvijTiwari]

Man, this is such a fun ranking for me, 'cause your bottom 3 are my top 3 and your top 3 are the 3 pta flicks I'm yet to watch XD Cheers

[@Something29292]

Is this from worst to best or best to worst?

[@darriendane]

PTA’s soundtracks are so incredible (not a hot take) and I love to listen to them in my free time. have been jamming Magnolia all this week, aimee mann rocks. and There Will Be Blood is a top 3 soundtrack for me. a really great director.

[@jens2049]

I watched The Master years ago when I was like 17. It stuck with me deep in my memories ever since. Phoenix shook me to my core

[@filipstefansson8596]

Fantastic video Jake! You mentioned once that Renoir is your favorite director, so it would be interesting to see you rank and recommend some of his movies. Keep up the good work.

[@thezachmarsh]

1. There Will Be Blood 2. Magnolia 3. Phantom Thread 4. Punch-Drunk Love 5. Licorice Pizza 6. The Master 7. Boogie Nights 8. Hard Eight 9. Inherent Vice

[@DevyanshBahri]

Since it seems like we're getting deeper into the movie stuff, I would recommend the novel "Antkind" by Charlie Kaufman. He's the writer of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, and the writer/director of Synecdoche New York and I'm Thinking of Ending Things. It's an absolutely astonishing book and I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on it.

[@bautibonzini2835]

Something I love so much about The Master is how PTA is able to deal with so many subjects like WW2 veterans, scientology - you could even say it's a film about the postwar period and how it affected the US - still, he knows how to keep it small, and makes a story about the characters. I think he learned from the unsubtle ways he dealed with themes in There Will Be Blood. There are no "I am the third revelation!" moments in The Master. Characters come first, and then you can dissect other themes.

[@fllicksick]

Punch-Drunk Love is my favorite of his movies by far and you’ve echoed a lot of my thoughts on the movie, great video!

[@dukeofmars4847]

Lovin' these ranking videos

[@7Heavensmile]

Hey Jake, long time fan, thank you for reviewing the movies of Paul Thomas Anderson, it feels refreshing to have a new opinion on it and finding appreciation about the Master that I still think is kind of underrated. I would wonder if you'd seen or what your opinion would be about the movies of Michael Haneke that does not really fit in the cinematography style but seems to be finding a strange resamblance when it comes to theme exploring but most importantly narrating around the theme. Caché and the White Ribbon seem to be quite the closest when it comes to it. Great job as always, respectful kisses from France!

[@chadgraeber8012]

9. Inherent Vices 8. The Master 7. Punch Drunk Love 6. Licorice Pizza 5. Hard Eight 4. There Will Be Blood 3. Phantom Thread 2. Boogie Nights 1. Magnolia

[@milesdorst7120]

1. There Will Be Blood 2. Punch-Drunk Love 3. The Master 4. Phantom Thread 5. Magnolia 6. Licorice Pizza 7. Inherent Vice Haven't seen Hard Eight, I've seen the first almost half of Boogie Nights but my DVD is super scratched and I haven't bothered to try to watch the rest of it online yet

[@peppep7018]

What're your thoughts on David Lynch films? If you're a fan you should do a video on his movies next!

[@womancarryingman]

we love david lynch

[@harrybrown7680]

1. Boogie Nights 2. Inherent Vice 3. The Master 4. There Will be Blood 5. Licorice Pizza 6. Magnolia 7. Phantom Thread 8. Last Exit Reno 9. Punch-Drunk Love

[@AndySmithMN]

This is such a hard list to make. I'd have There Will Be Blood and Phantom Thread up higher, but I'm with you on Magnolia.

[@gblatt8472]

Inherent Vice slowly became my favorite PTA film.

[@riosrios6106]

This is a great new segment, hope you keep making it with Nadia once she's feeling better, you can each have your own distinct ranking of the filmography of a few interesting directors of your choosing. And i would love to hear your thoughts on the novel Our Share of Night, by Mariana Enriquez. Thank you for your videos, sir.

[@Colin-kh6kp]

I love There Will Be Blood simply for the fact that DDL gets progressively and noticeably greasier as the film goes on.

[@ndsmith7119]

REwatch Pahntom Thread. First time I just didn't vibe with it. A year later I went back and it's now up there with his best.. I think it's the humour and twisted nature of the relationships. Such a great time wrapped in traditional clothes, like his creations. Then again I had a similar experience with the Master. But Phantom Thread is edging the pack.

[@TheSongwritingCat]

Sending well wishes to Nadia. I hope she feels better soon.

[@justin2597]

I second that notion for completing a director’s filmography and ranking them. Ik that won’t be fruitful for viewer traction, but I’d love it so much to see!

[@johncra8982]

6:02 time to add yet another tally mark to the "people who don't get TWBB" counter 😮‍💨

[@johanjoseph4802]

Now it's Time for a Fincher Ranked 🤌🤌💚💚 More of this Jake 👌💯

[@johnnyc.4761]

Yesss

[@XxJiiGSAWx]

Was gonna comment asking for you to do this with Park Chan-Wook, but after checking your leterboxd it appears you haven't seen an of his films?! Hopefully a few are on the docket for you guys to check out in the near enough future.

[@MYSTERYDISCS]

I'm glad you put Boogie Nights so high. Personally I don't think he's made a film anywhere near as perfect as that one since.

[@samm8190]

You should do more of these. Also Jake you should do these more on your main channel.

[@kennyclips658]

Man Carrying The Channel while Nadia is sick??

[@slin2354]

My ranking would probably look something like this, although places 1 to 5 are pretty much on the same level for me: 1. Magnolia 2. TWBB 3. Boogie Nights 4. Inherent Vice 5. The Master 6. PDL 7. Licorice Pizza 8. Phantom Thread 9. Hard Eight I‘d love for this to become a series!

[@thecatch2345]

Inherent Vice isn't PTA's "best" film from an objective standpoint, but it is my subjective favorite. The Master or There Will Be Blood are his absolute best, but Inherent Vice has a rhythm to it that really aligns with my own personal taste. It's so funny without seemingly trying, it's casted perfectly, and the confusing narrative only makes the film that much more cohesive to the protagonist's own mindset. It has it's flaws but I'm always able to overlook them because I have such a fun time watching.

[@AaronDarrow]

The Master sadly hasn’t clicked for me yet. I’ve watched it three times and I more enjoy little moments and the performances than the narrative. I will say, it’s one of PTA’s best looking films. It’s beautiful.

[@dragonrobot1008]

Please do a Coen brothers ranking!

[@joshuaklein8465]

My ranking: 1. There Will Be Blood 2. The Master 3. Licorice Pizza 4. Boogie Nights 5. Magnolia 6. Punch-Drunk Love 7. Phantom Thread 8. Hard Eight 9. Inherent Vice

[@clumsydad7158]

i wanted to like inherent vice, but just wasn't my thing either ... pretty much for me it's TWBB and The Master way at the top

[@randomhgb]

Recently I started with PTA's films and he has become one of my favorites of all time, what a great filmmaker. I still have to see Phantom Thread, Inherent Vice and Hard Eight. Interesting to see your top and how it differs from mine. So far: 1 - There Will Be Blood 2 - Boogie Nights 3 - The Master 4 - Magnolia 5 - Licorice Pizza 6 - Punch-Drunk Love

[@henrymilek]

Fantastic analysis of The Master, also my #1

[@joshhuntermovies]

There will be blood is one of the best films I’ve ever seen

[@dylanthrillmour866]

my favourite's TWBB with Boogie Nights chasing it. I think TWBB and The Master would be a perfect double feature on how PTA examines megalomania and American industries being born at essential turning points in such short history. I haven't really loved him since The Master, I was *really* sour about Inherent Vice and more so on Phantom Thread, but Licorice Pizza was the first one in ages that made me happy with what I got. Hard Eight is one of my favourites, above Magnolia and the post Master films. it's a solid, 90 minute pulp story that feels like a forgotten Parker story. you can tell why PTA and Tarantino are pals too from it because it takes a lot of cues from Reservoir Dogs in my opinion. Phillip Baker Hall is just etherial in it as this supernaturally calm and aware fixer with a solution to everything- Sam Jackson's great too in an underrated role. when Hall died last year a local arthouse cinema in my city (GFT) did a 35 mm showing of Hard Eight to memorialise him and I was part of only a few in the audience that had seen it already. it was sad but also part of the films charm that it's such a ghost. TWWB Boogie Nights Master Hard Eight Punch dRunK Love Magnolia Licorice Pizza Phantom Thread Inherent Vice. also really loving this series, it's nice seeing you be more upfront about your interests and making the videos you obviously got into KZbin for.

[@bencarlson4300]

I had a similar first experience watching There Will Be Blood, I watched it probably at the age of 13 or 14. I did not get it, I could not figure out why these characters are acting so differently from other movie characters I’d seen. It was also pretty slow for me, I was used to 12 Angry Men or Spielberg classics at the time, so long 5+ minute scenes of no dialogue were absolutely foreign to me. I liked it, but didn’t get it. Years later, and probably 20 rewatches later, I would place it at #2 on my all time favorite films list behind 12 Angry Men, but it’s really close. Everything works for me, its one of the greatest scores of all time combined with some of the best cinematography, writing, and direction ever. And the best performance of all time in Daniel Day Lewis’s portrayal of Daniel Plainview. Plus, a deeply underrated performance from Paul Dano who might be the best pathetic antagonist in any movie. It’s cold, it’s sad, it’s disturbing, it’s occasionally funny, but it’s also epic and exciting. I find the ending equally hilarious, horrifying, and deeply sad, it’s a perfect movie to me.

[@shadowofdreams14]

For the Treasure of the Sierra Madre connection, I think PTA was connecting to the theme of people selling their souls for more and more money. Both TotSM and TWBB play with their rustic Western settings and the idealistic freedom that tends to be connected to them to show how people act when they have that freedom, how forces of greed taint idyllic paradises and how the maverick and the cowboy can become just as horrible and soulless as the greedy executive when avarice consumes them. Part of the genius of TWBB to me is that it feels like an anti-Western in that its not about how greedy outsiders encroach on the idyllic freedom of the open West but rather how that greed and cynicism often comes from within, that the freedom of lawlessness led to worker exploitation and death, how the idealism of the Bootstraps Entrepreneur curdles into something just as bad as those he supposedly is ideologically opposed to. TWBB always had a bit of an Animal Farm structure feeling to me in the end with just how much Daniel becomes the worst excesses of the capitalist system he was laboring under in the beginning, and I definitely think that Dobbs and Daniel are cut from a similar cloth.

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

9. Inherent Vice 8. Hard Eight 7. Magnolia 6. Punch Drunk Love 5. Licorice Pizza 4. Phantom Thread 3. The Master 2. Boogie Nights 1. There Will Be Blood

[@parkerahoyt]

Please do a Renoir video! He's one of my favorites!

[@pearlbrother]

How can you make a Ranking without seeing every movie?

[@nic1925]

Because he is a hack with bad opinions making garbage content on youtube

[@someangel-shape6797]

He’s just ranking the ones he’s seen it’s not like he’s judging the ones he’s seen without watching em

[@space_1073]

PTA films have a unique quality to them in that they all feel very personal to you. They feel like they give you the bones of a film and you fill the rest in with yourself, what you think it's about, what you like about it. That's why I think everyone's list seems to be in a constant state of fluctuation.

[@samrotolo2006]

The statement about being alienated by 2001 and there will be blood is so well stated. Watching that as someone who has never made a feature length film and aspires to is so intimidating and sickening. Instead of being turned off from creating after watching films like that, you have to be able to appreciate the filmmakers themselves and acknowledge their competence.

[@robertdullnig3625]

"If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For you'd be the first in the history of the world."

[@al_3x912]

This isn’t how I would rank the movies from personal least favourite to favourite, but this would be my ranking from what I feel are his worst to best movies: 9. Hard Eight 8. Inherent Vice 7. Magnolia 6. Licorice Pizza 5. Boogie Nights 4. There Will be Blood 3. Punch Drunk Love 2. Phantom Thread 1. The Master The only spots that I could see swap, are 6 and 7, as well as 3 and 4.

[@RolletComedy]

My Rankings (PTA is my favorite director of all time) 1. Punch Drunk Love 2. The Master 3. Boogie Nights 4. There Will Be Blood 5. Magnolia 6. Phantom Thread 7. Inherent Vice 8. Licorice Pizza 9. Hard Eight

[@domwalker6526]

Good list. Gotta finish up licorice pizza My rank: 1. Boogie nights 2. There will be blood 3. The master 4. Phantom thread 5. Magnolia 6. Licorice pizza 7. Punch drunk 8. Hard 8 9. Inherent vice

[@jacksonsenter5784]

My ranking: 1. Boogie Nights 2. There Will Be Blood 3. Magnolia 4. Punch Drunk Love 5. Licorice Pizza 6. Phantom Thread 7. The Master 8. Inherent Vice 9. Hard Eight Probably the hardest direct to rank btw

[@DROOLBBERRY]

you haven’t seen hard eight it’s sooo gooood!! fav PTA movie by farrr

[@IFeelWeak]

1. Magnolia 2. There Will Be Blood 3. Punch Drunk Love 4. Boogie Nights 5. The Master 6. Phantom Thread 7. Hard Eight 8. Licorice Pizza 9. Inherent Vice I’m sorry

[@paulvoorhies8821]

I’dve put Boogie Nights at #1, but then it is actually my favorite film of all time. I agree that the Alfred Molina scene is the best. Those firecrackers that Cosmo keeps setting off around the house.

[@rosvlinds]

haven't seen boogie nights and hard eight yet but 1. there will be blood 2. phantom thread 3. the master 4 punch drunk love 5 licorice pizza 6 inherent vice

[@justins4215]

Would love for you to do Wes Anderson!

[@dhollsynthmusic]

There Will Be Blood is so far ahead of anything else he's done. It's genuinely one of the greatest films of all time.

[@notveryniceatall]

Nobody asked

[@MarkStubs]

1. There will be blood 2. Boogie nights 3. The master 4. Magnolia 5. Punch drunk love 6. Phantom thread 7. Inherent vice 8. Licorice pizza 9. Hard eight 10. ?

[@shiven513]

Please do a ranking of Fellini, La Dolce Vita is like my favorite film.

[@gregorydavidson2744]

Licorice Pizza and Hard Eight are definitely PTA’s weakest. They’re not bad, but aren’t as rewatchable as his other movies. My personal ranking: 9) Licorice Pizza 8) Hard Eight 7) Inherent Vice 6) Magonlia 5) Phantom Thread 4) The Master 3) Punch-Drunk Love 2) Boogie Nights 1) There Will Be Blood

[@DROOLBBERRY]

disgusting opinion 🤮

[@MrCheeseman5656]

Excellent ranking. I agree I felt the same way about inherit vice. And phantom thread. Just not my thing and I was extremely disappointed

[@chrisofferoff1913]

Hemingway's iceberg theory. It's what The Master feels like.

[@TheRLification]

Wait you have videos with more than 30 sec :O

[@grzbookreviews893]

Interesting ranking. My top four are 1. TWBB, 2. Magnolia 3. Phantom Thread 4. Licorice Pizza. Hard Eight is not amazing but still an enjoyable film (I think). I must do a rewatch of Boogie.

[@Mark-hl2mg]

got a completely different ranking but with pta pretty much any order is acceptable. my ranking from best to worst is: there will be blood phantom thread the master inherent vice magnolia punch-drunk love licorice pizza boogie nights hard eight

[@jonathanross1259]

Do Martin Scorsese next

[@Readraid_]

Magnolia is the best film of all time, boogie nights is mid. I completely disagree with your entire ranking. Great video

[@NickolasNameolas]

Hard 8 is a beast

[@MichelNJoia]

In my opinion, the best director from the last 25 years. My top 3 would be: There Will be blood Magnolia The master And I really like pynchon, and I love inherent vice.

[@pyaepaing1295]

My ranking 1. There Will Be Blood 2. Phantom Thread 3. Punch Drunk Love 4. The Master 5. Boogie Nights (sorry) 6. Inherent Vice Haven't seen Hard Eight and Magnolia.

[@tbrown5836]

To be honest I don’t think anyone talks about hard eight

[@gedeonnunes5626]

I think you forgot to mention the Resident Evil films

[@matthewleonmartin]

There Will Be Blood is tops for me. One of the best movies I've ever seen

[@potionseller2083]

Bro you got a Letterboxd account? Let me follow

[@pyaepaing1295]

Can you do Quentin Tarantino in the future?

[@peanutbutteroven2660]

There Will Be Blood (completely blew me away when I watched it so that's probably my favorite) Boogie Nights Magnolia Punch Drunk Love The Master (I liked it but the ending scene with PSH and Joaquin came off as a little too pretentious to me) Still need to see Phantom Thread and Licorice Pizza

[@federicosalvetti4286]

The master piece.

[@CassidyListon]

🤔🤷‍♂️ yeah I think Punch Drunk Love might be my favorite and I don't know why.

[@christiangastelum7035]

There Will Be Blood Phantom Thread The Master Punch Drunk Love Boogie Nights Licorice Pizza Magnolia Inherent Vice Hard Eight Also curious, what makes you dislike Pynchon?

[@PerfectHandProductions]

There Will Be Blood might be the best film of the 21st century.

[@stevo19991]

Mongolia is my favourite

[@davidpicturesGD]

You should do kubrick.

[@NickJovic23]

I'm never sure with this guy if this is supposed to be a joke I'm not getting, or is it a legit ranking video.

[@squamish4244]

I'm confused. Is he a woman, carrying a man, or a man carrying a woman? He's a very masculine woman. Or a shapeshifter.

[@MothsInALampshade]

Yo you put the Master at #1 which is great, but you cannot fucking do Phantom Thread like that. Like I feel bad saying the Master is my favorite when Phantom Thread exists And I guess I'd say be careful with the rampant Altman comparisons. We all know what happened with ralphthemoviemaker Understanding influences doesn't make a film bad or a critic more insightful. You do it well here though

[@jbliv831]

There Will Be Blood is second to 2001 of movies of all time.

[@clumsydad7158]

The Master and There Will Be Blood, evenly, WAY at the top ... and then whatever order for the rest, imo

[@benjaminl429]

Licorice Pizza does get better. And Hard Eight is phenominal.

[@bacarandii]

I think I agree with Quentin Tarantino (and when it comes to movies, I rarely do) that PTA has never topped "Boogie Nights," an Altmanesque panoramic American epic about... the business of show. (Likewise, I believe QT considers "Dazed & Confused" to be Richard Linklater's best -- and I share that assessment, too.) The reason "There Will Be Blood" (still an awe-inspiring achievement) will never be a "great movie" for me is that I really can't get past the deliberately cartoonish overacting of Daniel Day Lewis. That's a matter of personal taste, and it puts me in the minority, but I've tried and tried to get into that performance, but I find it as off-putting as the character himself. Maybe that was intentional, but it throws me out of the movie every time.

[@videoslv4626]

❤❤

[@Xylus.]

I hope you finally finished your leftover pizza.

[@HumanBornFresh]

don't worry about not having seen hard eight... its very easily the worst one imo and the only one I dont really like that much

[@chrisofferoff1913]

the films of Neil Breen (ranked)...

[@Chasing_Dogma]

How do you rank a director's body of work when you have not seen their first or latest efforts. This whole list lacks context. Imagine ranking QT without having seen Reservoir Dogs or Once Upon a Time In Hollywood. Its absurd.

[@nl3064]

Good video, but... Why do you make a list when you haven't seen every movie? It's not like PTA is particularly prolific. To date, he only has 9 movies. I thought the same thing with your Wes Anderson video, like, what, you couldn't wait a few days until you'd seen French Dispatch and Asteroid City to make that one? Just a nitpick, and really Hard Eight is pretty skippable anyway. P.S. I didn't much care for Shortcuts. It was just totally average. PTA took that and made it much more stylistic and cinematic and gave it a lot more distinct voice and personality and color with Magnolia. It's like, Shortcuts is the bland Tofu version, and Magnolia is the real meat. Just a random aside. P.P.S. Not that anyone cares, but for me PTA would be, 1. Magnolia 2. Inherent Vice 3. Boogie Nights 4. Phantom Thread 5. There Will Be Blood 6. Licorice Pizza 7. The Master 8. Punch-Drunk Love 9. Hard Eight

[@MrJoebuck74]

I think IL PETROLIERE is a great movie with an unbearable story and a terrible protagonist, I can't buy that movie, I saw it once and neither a great actor like D D Lewis was enough for me. BN and Vizio di forma are my favourites but I missed a lot, I saw Magnolia and I agree with PTA he could cut it a bit more, I loved Licorice Pizza. I want to see The master so hard The very first one and Ubriaco d'amore are not easy to find here in Italy

[@isakkallsmyr9854]

Man Carrying Woman?

[@sunni3235]

*Promosm* 😜

[@juju10683]

Licorice Pizza is not worth watching

[@InterchangeofNight]

1. Phantom Thread 2. The Master 3. There will be blood 4. Boogie Nights 5. Punch Drunk Love 6. Inherent Vice 7. Licorcice Pizza 8. Hard Eight 9. Magnolia