The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 2 - 'There Will Be Blood’

The Big Picture

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🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Sean and Amanda return to continue their yearlong project of listing the 25 best movies of the 21st century so far. Today, they discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘There Will Be Blood,’ one of greatest portraits of greed and ambition ever made. They discuss why this was the official “PTA” selection for their list, why Daniel Day-Lewis delivers the greatest performance of the century, then they reflect on the film's defeat across the board to ‘No Country For Old Men’ at the 2008 Academy Awards. Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Producers: Jack Sanders and Chris Thomas Shopping. Streaming. Celebrating. It’s on Prime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Sean Fennacy.
0:16.5	I'm Amanda Dobbin.
0:17.4	And this is 25 for 25, a big picture special conversation show about there will be blood,
0:23.0	and I have abandoned my child.
0:25.7	We're going to talk about why this masterpiece from Paul Thomas Anderson,
0:30.4	starring Daniel Day Lewis, Paul Dano, Kieran Heinz, a great number of other wonderful actors,
0:36.5	is going to be on our list right after this.
0:41.0	This episode of The Big Picture is presented by Amazon Prime. You know how in every great
0:45.6	holiday movie, there's that last minute scramble to make it all come together? From gifts to hosting
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0:58.6	it's on Prime. Head to Amazon.com slash Prime to shop now. Okay. Well, it's the Paul Thomas
1:07.8	Anderson movie. Yeah. We've been waiting a long time. It's not number one.
1:12.3	Listen, it's not. It's not. It was never going to be. Are we sure about that? Are we sure about that? I'm sure about that. Okay. And I think that most people who have engaged in the sport of guessing what the final movies on this list would be and the order in which they would be arranged.
1:33.6	Yes. They've been saying number two, there will be blood.
1:36.0	Yeah.
1:36.3	Yeah.
1:37.1	Yes. They have figured out that there is a different number one.
1:41.8	Mm-hmm.
1:43.2	And I guess close observers of the show will understand that this is a list between us.
1:48.1	And so this is, you know, this got bumped up from three to two.
1:54.8	In a different world, it could be number one, maybe on your list.
1:57.7	It would be number one, but this is a collective list.
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