Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
One Battle After Another is a 2025 American action thriller written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It runs 162 minutes and holds a 7.7 rating on IMDb.
What is 149 One Battle After Another about?
The story follows Bob, a former radical who has spent years living off the grid in a haze of paranoia, quietly raising his resourceful teenage daughter Willa far from public view. Their fragile routine holds together until a figure from Bob's past re-emerges after sixteen years and Willa suddenly disappears. Pulled back into a world he had tried hard to leave behind, Bob sets out to track her down, moving through a landscape of old grudges and hidden connections. As the search widens, father and daughter each come to reckon with choices that were made long before she was born.
Cast & crew
Leonardo DiCaprio leads the cast as Bob, with Chase Infiniti appearing as his daughter Willa. The ensemble around them includes Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Wood Harris and Tony Goldwyn, who together fill out the story's web of allies and adversaries across its two-and-a-half-hour running time.
Context & significance
One Battle After Another is a large-scale feature from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, working here in an action, crime and thriller register. It was produced in the United States and released in 2025 with a 162-minute runtime. The film mixes extended action set pieces with a father-daughter drama at its core, and it carried a 7.7 IMDb rating at the time of writing.
Where & how to watch
You can stream One Battle After Another on K-Time with a free account login, while reading this page itself requires no sign-in. A Persian dub is available for viewers who prefer to watch in Farsi, and the K-Time interface is built around a Farsi-first experience designed for the Iranian diaspora.