There Will Be Blood

Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis, in a performance that has been described as one of the most memorable of the century), is a silver prospector and single parent to adopted son H.W. Looking for oil, he arrives at Little Boston, a rundown, highly religious town whose community lives under the spell of preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano). As he turns his discovery into a fortune, Plainview allows himself to be consumed by his lust for power, becoming ever more ruthless and paranoid. An epic about family, revenge and corruption, There Will Be Blood was nominated for eight Oscars, winning two (Best Actor and Best Cinematography).