Paul Thomas Anderson awards and nominations
Anderson in 2022
Awards and nominations
Award
Wins
Nominations
Academy Award
3
14
BAFTA Awards
4
11
Critics Choice Awards
3
12
Golden Globe Awards
2
3
Grammy Awards
0
1

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Paul Thomas Anderson is an American filmmaker. He has received various accolades including, three Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and three Critics' Choice Awards as well as nominations for 14 Academy Awards and a Grammy Award. His films have competed at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Venice International Film Festival.

Anderson made his directorial debut with the crime film Hard Eight (1996) which competed for the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards (Best First Feature, and Best First Screenplay). His next two films, the drama focusing on the porn industry during the 1970s Boogie Nights (1997), and the psychological drama Magnolia (1999) both earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. His romantic dramedy Punch-Drunk Love (2002) earned him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director.

He gained critical acclaim for his epic period drama There Will Be Blood (2007) earning the Silver Bear for Best Director as well as nominations for three Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. His psychological drama The Master (2012) he won the Silver Lion for Best Director and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay. For his psychedelic neo-noir Inherent Vice (2014) he won the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He directed the period romance drama Phantom Thread (2017) which earned nominations for two Academy Awards (Best Picture and Best Director).

For his coming-of-age comedy-drama Licorice Pizza (2021) he won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay and earned nominations for three Academy Award (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay) and a Golden Globe Award (Best Screenplay). He was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Music Film for his work on the 15-minute Netflix film Anima (2019) which accompanied the Thom Yorke album. Anderson's tenth film, One Battle After Another, was released in 2025 and won him his first Academy Awards, for Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1998 Best Original Screenplay Boogie Nights Nominated [1]
2000 Magnolia Nominated [2]
2008 Best Picture There Will Be Blood Nominated [3]
Best Director Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
2015 Inherent Vice Nominated [4]
2018 Best Picture Phantom Thread Nominated [5]
Best Director Nominated
2022 Best Picture Licorice Pizza Nominated [6]
Best Director Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2026 Best Picture One Battle After Another Won [7][8]
Best Director Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Won

BAFTA Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1998 Best Original Screenplay Boogie Nights Nominated
2008 Best Film There Will Be Blood Nominated [9]
Best Director Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
2013 Best Original Screenplay The Master Nominated [10]
2022 Licorice Pizza Won [11][12]
Best Film Nominated
Best Director Nominated
2026 One Battle After Another Won [13][14]
Best Film Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Won

Critics' Choice Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1998 Best Picture Boogie Nights Nominated
2000 Magnolia Nominated
2008 There Will Be Blood Nominated
2013 The Master Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated [15]
2015 Best Adapted Screenplay Inherent Vice Nominated [16]
2022 Best Picture Licorice Pizza Nominated
Best Director Nominated [17]
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2026 Best Picture One Battle After Another Won
Best Director Won [18]
Best Adapted Screenplay Won

Golden Globe Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2022 Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Licorice Pizza Nominated [19]
2026 One Battle After Another Won
Best Director – Motion Picture Won

Grammy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2020 Best Music Film Anima Nominated [20]

Critics awards

Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref.
Argentine Film Critics Association 2021 Best Foreign Film Phantom Thread Nominated
Astra Film Awards 2026 Best Director One Battle After Another Nominated [21]
Best Adapted Screenplay Won
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1997 Best New Filmmaker Boogie Nights Won
2012 Best Director The Master Runner-up
2017 Phantom Thread Won
2025 Best Adapted Screenplay One Battle After Another Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1998 Best Director Boogie Nights Nominated
2000 Magnolia Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
2003 Best Director Punch-Drunk Love Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
2007 Best Director There Will Be Blood Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
2012 Best Director The Master Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2014 Best Adapted Screenplay Inherent Vice Nominated
2021 Best Director Licorice Pizza Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Won
2025 Best Film One Battle After Another Won
Best Director Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1997 New Generation Award Boogie Nights and Hard Eight Won
2007 Best Picture There Will Be Blood Won
Best Screenplay Runner-up
2012 Best Adapted Screenplay The Master Runner-up
Best Director Won
2021 Best Screenplay Licorice Pizza Runner-up
2025 Best Film One Battle After Another Won
Best Director Won
National Board of Review 1997 Top Ten Films Boogie Nights Nominated
1999 Top Ten Films Magnolia Nominated
2014 Best Adapted Screenplay Inherent Vice Won
Top Ten Films Nominated
2017 Best Original Screenplay Phantom Thread Won
Top Ten Films Nominated
2021 Best Director Licorice Pizza Won
Top Ten Films Nominated
2025 Best Film One Battle After Another Won [22]
Best Director Won
National Society of Film Critics 2007 Best Picture There Will Be Blood Won
Best Director Won
2025 Best Picture One Battle After Another Won
Best Director Won
New York Film Critics Circle 2007 Best Film There Will Be Blood Runner-up
Best Director Runner-up
2012 Best Picture The Master Runner-up
Best Director Runner-up
2017 Best Screenplay Phantom Thread Won
2021 Best Screenplay Licorice Pizza Won
2025 Best Film One Battle After Another Won [23]

Miscellaneous awards

Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref.
AACTA International Awards 2013 Best Screenplay The Master Nominated
2022 Best Director Licorice Pizza Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
2026 Best Director One Battle After Another Won
Best Screenplay Nominated
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2025 Best Director One Battle After Another Nominated [24]
Best Screenwriter Won
Berlin International Film Festival 2000 Golden Bear Magnolia Won
Reader Jury of the Berliner Morgenpost Won
2008 Golden Bear There Will Be Blood Nominated
Silver Bear for Best Director Won
Cannes Film Festival 1996 Caméra d'Or Hard Eight Nominated
2002 Palme d'Or Punch-Drunk Love Nominated
Best Director Won
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival 2021 Capri Producer Award[a] Licorice Pizza Won [25]
2025 Best Director One Battle After Another Won [26]
Directors Guild of America Awards 2008 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film There Will Be Blood Nominated
2022 Licorice Pizza Nominated
2026 One Battle After Another Won
David di Donatello 2008 Best Foreign Film There Will Be Blood Nominated
2019 Phantom Thread Nominated
2023 Licorice Pizza Nominated
Gotham Awards 2012 Best Feature The Master Nominated [27]
2025 One Battle After Another Won [28]
Best Director Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards 1998 Best First Feature Hard Eight Nominated [29]
Best First Screenplay Nominated
2014 Robert Altman Award Inherent Vice Won [30]
Nastro d'Argento 2000 Best Foreign Film Magnolia Nominated
2008 There Will Be Blood Nominated
Producers Guild of America Awards 2008 Best Theatrical Motion Picture There Will Be Blood Nominated
2022 Licorice Pizza Nominated
2026 One Battle After Another Won
Satellite Awards 1998 Best Film – Drama Boogie Nights Nominated
Best Director Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2000 Best Film – Drama Magnolia Nominated
Best Director Nominated
2012 Best Film – Drama The Master Nominated
2014 Best Adapted Screenplay Inherent Vice Nominated
2022 Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Licorice Pizza Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2026 Best Motion Picture – Drama One Battle After Another Nominated
Best Director Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Won
Venice Film Festival 2012 Golden Lion The Master Nominated
Silver Lion for Best Director Won
FIPRESCI Prize Won
Writers Guild of America Awards 1998 Best Original Screenplay Boogie Nights Nominated
2002 Magnolia Nominated
2008 Best Adapted Screenplay There Will Be Blood Nominated
2013 Best Original Screenplay The Master Nominated
2022 Licorice Pizza Nominated
2026 Best Adapted Screenplay One Battle After Another Won

Awards received by Anderson movies

Year Film Academy Awards BAFTA Awards Golden Globe Awards
Nominations Wins Nominations Wins Nominations Wins
1997 Boogie Nights 3 2 2 1
1999 Magnolia 3 2 1
2002 Punch-Drunk Love 1
2007 There Will Be Blood 8 2 9 1 2 1
2012 The Master 3 4 3
2014 Inherent Vice 2 1
2017 Phantom Thread 6 1 4 1 2
2021 Licorice Pizza 3 5 1 4
2025 One Battle After Another 13 6 14 6 9 4
Total 41 9 38 9 26 7

Academy Award nominated performances

Anderson has directed multiple Oscar nominated performances.

Year Performer Film Result
Academy Award for Best Actor
2007 Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood Won
2012 Joaquin Phoenix The Master Nominated
2017 Daniel Day-Lewis Phantom Thread Nominated
2025 Leonardo DiCaprio One Battle After Another Nominated
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1997 Burt Reynolds Boogie Nights Nominated
1999 Tom Cruise Magnolia Nominated
2012 Philip Seymour Hoffman The Master Nominated
2025 Benicio del Toro One Battle After Another Nominated
Sean Penn Won
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1997 Julianne Moore Boogie Nights Nominated
2012 Amy Adams The Master Nominated
2017 Lesley Manville Phantom Thread Nominated
2025 Teyana Taylor One Battle After Another Nominated

Critical reception

Year Title Rotten Tomatoes[31] Metacritic[32]
1996 Hard Eight 83% (52 reviews) 78% (14 reviews)
1997 Boogie Nights 94% (77 reviews) 86% (28 reviews)
1999 Magnolia 82% (219 reviews) 78% (34 reviews)
2002 Punch-Drunk Love 79% (203 reviews) 78% (37 reviews)
2007 There Will Be Blood 91% (246 reviews) 93% (42 reviews)
2012 The Master 85% (258 reviews) 86% (43 reviews)
2014 Inherent Vice 73% (252 reviews) 81% (43 reviews)
2017 Phantom Thread 91% (357 reviews) 90% (51 reviews)
2021 Licorice Pizza 90% (325 reviews) 90% (55 reviews)
2025 One Battle After Another 96% (319 reviews) 95% (54 reviews)

Notes

  1. ^ Shared with Sara Murphy and Adam Somner

See also

  • Paul Thomas Anderson filmography

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