One Battle After Another was one of the best movies of 2025, garnering Oscar buzz in many categories—from Best Picture to Best Director to every acting nod on the list. So it makes sense that the film also delivered some solid memes. In this media landscape, can we say that a movie even existed if we didn’t get some good memes along the way?

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another was atypical in many ways for a PTA movie. It was the largest budget Anderson has ever worked with (reportedly $130-175 million), and some have called it the director’s first action film. The film has grossed about $202 million worldwide, and if you missed it in theaters, a handful of cities are getting a re-release in IMAX 70mm very soon.

Anderson’s other movies—masterpieces like The Mas

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