One Battle After Another

Winner of the 2026 Academy Award for Best Picture

Written, directed and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (2025) is an epic and unsettling tale of radical politics, revolution, and fatherly love. 

Teyana Taylor and Leonardo DiCaprio star as Perfidia Beverly Hills and Bob, passionate leaders of the “French 75,” a radical anarchist organization targeting American immigration detention centers, banks, and more with militant action. After Perfidia is caught by the sadistic Colonel Lockjaw (Sean Penn) and is coerced into betraying her comrades, Bob goes on the run to start a new life with their young daughter Willa (Chance Infiniti).

Sixteen years later, washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off the grid with his spirited, self-reliant teenage daughter who shares her mother’s passion for social justice. When the evil Lockjaw resurfaces, hellbent on finding Willa and destroying any evidence of his intimate relationship with her mother, the underground movement springs into action to protect Willa — and her father struggles to reclaim his activist past, coming to her rescue just a few steps behind. 

Shot in Vista Vision and featuring a propulsive soundtrack by composer Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another deserves to be experienced on the big screen and offers a powerful critique of our contemporary political moment.

Part of our “Worth a Watch” series. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.