8.8 Score

2007 • 2h 38min • R • Drama

There Will Be Blood

"There will be greed. There will be vengeance."

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.

IMDb 8.2

RT 91%

MC 93

Director

Paul Thomas Anderson

Writer

Upton Sinclair

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Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Plainview

Paul Dano

Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday

Kevin J. O'Connor

Henry

Ciarán Hinds

Fletcher Hamilton

Dillon Freasier

H.W. Plainview

Hope Elizabeth Reeves

Elizabeth

Colleen Foy

Mary Sunday

Barry Del Sherman

H. B. Ailman

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Dillon Freasier H.W. Plainview

Hope Elizabeth Reeves Elizabeth

Colleen Foy Mary Sunday

Barry Del Sherman H. B. Ailman

David Willis Abel Sunday

Hans Howes Mr. Bandy

Sydney McCallister Mary Sunday (young)

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