There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood

There will be greed. There will be vengeance.

16+ 2007 · 158 min · ★ 8.1 (8K) · Drama

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.

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

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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
David Willis Abel Sunday
Hans Howes Mr. Bandy
Sydney McCallister Mary Sunday (young)
Paul F. Tompkins Prescott

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