There Will Be Blood
When ruthless oil prospector, Daniel Plainview learns of oil-rich land in California that can be bought cheaply, he moves his operation there and begins manipulating and exploiting the local landowners into selling him their property. Using his young adopted son to project the image of a caring family man, Plainview gains the cooperation of almost all the locals with lofty promises to build schools and cultivate the land to make their community flourish. Over time, Plainview's gradual accumulation of wealth and power causes his true self to surface, and he begins to slowly alienate himself from everyone in his life.
Drama
Miramax Films, Ghoulardi Film Company, Paramount Vantage
Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview, Paul Dano as Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday, Dillon Freasier as H. W., Ciarán Hinds as Fletcher, Kevin J. O'Connor as Henry, Hope Elizabeth Reeves as Elizabeth, Colleen Foy as Mary Sunday, Barry Del Sherman as H. B. Ailman, David Willis as Abel Sunday, Hans Howes as Mr. Bandy, Sydney McCallister as Mary Sunday (Young), Paul F. Tompkins as Prescott, Kevin Breznahan as Signal Hill Man, Jim Meskimen as Signal Hill Married Man, Erica Sullivan as Signal Hill Woman, Randall Carver as Mr. Bankside, James Downey as Al Rose, David Warshofsky as H.M. Tilford, Charles Thomas Doyle as J.J. Carter, Russell Harvard as Adult HW, Mary Elizabeth Barrett as Fanny Clark (uncredited), Brad Carr as Signal Hill Man (uncredited), Rhonda Reeves as Elizabeth's Mother (uncredited), Beau Smith as Blacksmith (uncredited)