Paul Thomas Anderson directed a movie.
Boogie Nights is a 1997 American drama film written , produced and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson . Inherent Vice (film) . The seventh feature film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson , Inherent Vice was adapted by Anderson from the novel of the same name by Thomas Pynchon ; the cast includes Joaquin Phoenix , Josh Brolin , Owen Wilson , Katherine Waterston , Eric Roberts , Reese Witherspoon , Benicio del Toro , Jena Malone , Joanna Newsom , Jeannie Berlin , Maya Rudolph , Michael K. Williams and Martin Short . Magnolia is a 1999 American ensemble drama film written , co-produced and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson . Paul Thomas Anderson . It later ranked , along with The Master and Inherent Vice , in the BBC 's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century . The Master is a 2012 American psychological drama film written , directed , and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Joaquin Phoenix , Philip Seymour Hoffman , and Amy Adams .