One Battle After Another is a 2025 American action-comedy thriller film written, directed, and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. Inspired by the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon, the film's ensemble cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti, in her film debut. The film follows a drug using washed-up former revolutionary who is thrust back into the conflict when an amoral tenacious counterterrorist agent resurfaces after sixteen years to bring them to justice to cover his past sins. Best Picture at the 98th Academy Awards, March 15, 2026 — hosted by Conan O'Brien at Dolby Theatre. 17.86 million US viewers. Wiki link Wiki link Poster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB).