I know we all love There will blood and The Master but I think Magnolia is severely underrated and might be PTA’s best after rewatching today

Tom Cruise performance alone >>>>>

Thoughts?

I genuinely think that Punch-Drunk Love is his best movie

Honestly bro PTA is like QT and Scorsese where you can basically argue any of his work is this best

For me if I had to rank his movies I would put it as
Punch drunk love
There will be blood
The master
Magnolia
Phantom Thread

This is the film that really had me thinking. Just from the troubles kids suffer from from abusive parents. To how we could be connected to joe smoe up the street or across the seas

This movie is so multi layered and PTA’s most ambitious effort to be able to tackle so many characters and storylines and make them connect.

And he addressed the “coincidence” issue in a clever way.

God tier PTA: TWBB, The Master, Magnolia, PDL

Great tier: Boogie Nights, Phantom Thread

Good tier: Hard Eight, Inherent Vice

I would put Phantom Thread into god tier then we would have the same ranking.

What about boogie nights or just doing top 5?

Then I would have Boogie Nights, Inherent Vice and Hard Eight as last

I prefer Phantom Thread but if I compared just by my first watch of each then Magnolia is much better.

It can go in God tier if it's lower than the other 4.

I'd rank those as

Phantom Thread
Magnolia
Punch drunk love
There will be blood
The Master

i'm guessing that's a hot take although honest it is

Damn maybe I need to rewatch Punch drunk love? Surprised it’s getting this much love

Me too fam

Its f***ing incredible, watched it years ago and still think about every now and then. The style is so on point

The aimee mann soundtrack is chefs kiss

it's my personal favorite by him out of the ones i've seen

Fr Bro. He said he wrote the script while listening to the soundtrack and the songs inspired the plot I think and he even took a lyric of hers and put it in the movie when Claudia said “now that we’ve met would you object to never seeing me again”

He actually almost got sued over Tom Cruise character cus he got a hold of some recording of a pick up artist and basically stole his lines word for word

Nahh for me that's between TWBB The Master and Boogie Nights

Its all subjective. He's never made a bad film.

Personally for me its Boogie Nights, The Master, and then Punch Drunk Love.

love pta but the master is his best work

Nope

It’s definitely up there. My two favorites are Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood.

Love the different opinions about what’s his best. Not one clear cut answer. Further proof how great PTA is.

Have only seen The Master & TWBB and they were both great