🎬🏆 In this episode of The Rank Podcast, John tackles the ambitious 2025 action-thriller One Battle After Another, placing it on his Best Picture Rankings. Directed, written, and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti.

This modern epic follows Bob (DiCaprio), an ex-revolutionary living in paranoia off the grid with his teenage daughter Willa, after a powerful former enemy resurfaces and coerces Bob into a high-stakes rescue mission. One Battle After Another.

John dives deep into the film’s fusion of dark comedy, explosive action, and political allegory. He discusses the standout performances, the narrative tension between past idealism and present responsibility, and Anderson’s bold visual and tonal shifts. Is One Battle After Another a contender for the top of John’s Best Picture list—or does its scope overreach? Tune in to hear where it lands and why it’s igniting awards buzz.

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