Several months after LaSalle's initial review of the film, he reiterated that while he still did not consider "There Will Be Blood" to be a masterpiece, he wondered if its "style, an approach, an attitude... might become important in the future." Since 2008, the film has been included in the book "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" and every revised edition released afterwards. "Total Film" placed it at number three in their list of the 50 best movies of "Total Film"'s lifetime. In "The Guardian", journalist Steve Rose ranked it the 17th best arthouse film of all time, and in a separate 2019 ranking a panel of four "Guardian" journalists ranked it the best film of the 21st century.