Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

• DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson
• Release26 December 2007
• GenreDrama
• Duration2h 38m
• Budget$25,000,000
• Revenue$77,208,711
• Rate
  

  8.08
  7174 reviews
• Productions

  Paramount Vantage, Miramax, JoAnne Sellar Productions, Ghoulardi Film Company