One Battle After Another
2025 · Movie · R · 162 min · ★ 7.4 · 95% critics
A burned-out former revolutionary lives off-grid with his independent teenage daughter, haunted by paranoia and the fallout of an old fight. When a dangerous enemy from the past resurfaces and the girl disappears, he is forced back into a frantic struggle shaped by politics, family, and consequences.
Based on Vineland
Also known as BC Project · The Battle of Baktan Cross · Une bataille après l'autre
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Details
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-09-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 162 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (3,756 votes)
- Box office
- $209,586,604
- Budget
- $140,000,000
About
You may like this if you want a chaotic political thriller with dark laughs and family stakes, especially near Sicario or Slow Horses territory; Not for you if long, bluntly political stories frustrate you.
Pros: propulsive tension; dark humor; strong performances | Cons: lengthy runtime; divisive politics; uneven pacing
Themes
- rebellion
- based on novel or book
- resistance
- usa–mexico border
- riot
- interracial relationship
- on the run
- xenophobia
- aftercreditsstinger
- missing daughter
- white supremacy
- anti-fascism
- +5 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2026
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2026
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2026
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 2026
- Academy Award — Achievement in Casting · 2026
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- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2026
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
- Golden Globe Award — Best Screenplay
- Golden Globe Award — Best Director
- Golden Globe Award — Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2026 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2026 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2026 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2026 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2026 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2026 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 2026 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 2026 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Original Score · nominated
Cast & crew
Leonardo DiCaprio
as Bob
Sean Penn
as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
Chase Infiniti
as Willa
Benicio del Toro
as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
Regina Hall
as Deandra
Teyana Taylor
as Perfidia
Wood Harris
as Laredo
Tony Goldwyn
as Virgil Throckmorton
D.W. Moffett
as Bill Desmond
Paul Grimstad
as Sommerville
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson