List of Paul Thomas Anderson
Oscar nominations
Updated: Jan. 23, 2026
List of Oscar nominations for Paul Thomas Anderson. Paul Thomas Anderson has been nominated for 14 Academy Awards, over 4 categories. Year indicates year/period for which films were eligible for awards consideration, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia
2025: One Battle After Another (Best Picture) (nominee, result pending) (shared with Adam Somner, Sara Murphy) — Other nominees: F1 (Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski, Jerry Bruckheimer), Hamnet (Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes), Marty Supreme (Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas, Timothée Chalamet), Bugonia (Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Lars Knudsen), Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber), Train Dreams (Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler), The Secret Agent (Emilie Lesclaux), Sentimental Value (Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar), Sinners (Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler)
2025: One Battle After Another (Best Director) (nominee, result pending) — Other nominees: Chloé Zhao (Hamnet), Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value), Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
2025: One Battle After Another (Best Adapted Screenplay) (nominee, result pending) — Other nominees: Hamnet (Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell), Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro), Bugonia (Will Tracy), Train Dreams (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar)
2021: Licorice Pizza (Best Picture) (shared with Sara Murphy, Adam Somner) — lost to CODA (Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi, Patrick Wachsberger). Other nominees: West Side Story (Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger), Drive My Car (Teruhisa Yamamoto), The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier), Belfast (Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, Tamar Thomas), Dune: Part One (Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve, Cale Boyter), Nightmare Alley (Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Bradley Cooper), Don’t Look Up (Adam McKay, Kevin J. Messick), King Richard (Tim White, Trevor White, Will Smith)
2021: Licorice Pizza (Best Director) — lost to Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog). Other nominees: Steven Spielberg (West Side Story), Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car), Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
2021: Licorice Pizza (Best Original Screenplay) — lost to Belfast (Kenneth Branagh). Other nominees: Don’t Look Up (Adam McKay, David Sirota), King Richard (Zach Baylin), The Worst Person in the World (Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier)
2017: Phantom Thread (Best Picture) (shared with JoAnne Sellar, Megan Ellison, Daniel Lupi) — lost to The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale). Other nominees: Dunkirk (Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan), Get Out (Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr., Jordan Peele), Darkest Hour (Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski), Lady Bird (Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Evelyn O’Neill), Call Me by Your Name (Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Marco Morabito), The Post (Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh)
2017: Phantom Thread (Best Director) — lost to Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water). Other nominees: Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird), Jordan Peele (Get Out), Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk)
2014: Inherent Vice (Best Adapted Screenplay) — lost to The Imitation Game (Graham Moore). Other nominees: American Sniper (Jason Hall), The Theory of Everything (Anthony McCarten), Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)
2007: There Will Be Blood (Best Adapted Screenplay) — lost to No Country for Old Men (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen). Other nominees: Atonement (Christopher Hampton), Away from Her (Sarah Polley), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Ronald Harwood)
2007: There Will Be Blood (Best Director) — lost to Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men). Other nominees: Jason Reitman (Juno), Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton), Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
2007: There Will Be Blood (Best Picture) (shared with JoAnne Sellar, Daniel Lupi) — lost to No Country for Old Men (Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen). Other nominees: Juno (Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick, Russell Smith), Atonement (Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster), Michael Clayton (Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent)
1999: Magnolia (Best Original Screenplay) — lost to American Beauty (Alan Ball). Other nominees: Being John Malkovich (Charlie Kaufman), Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh), The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan)
1997: Boogie Nights (Best Original Screenplay) — lost to Good Will Hunting (Matt Damon, Ben Affleck). Other nominees: Deconstructing Harry (Woody Allen), As Good as It Gets (Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks), The Full Monty (Simon Beaufoy)