11 THERE WILL BE BLOOD 2007

THE DARK STUFF OF THE AMERICAN DREAM…

EXPECTATION Paul Thomas Anderson directing Daniel Day-Lewis? Everyone was gushing.

OMG Set at the turn of the century and exploring the monstrous ego of raging oilman Daniel Plainview, this instant classic riffed on The Shining and Dracula as much as Citizen Kane (Anderson calls it his horror movie). Few films drill so deep into the twin foundations of America: religion and capitalism.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT It lost Best Picture to No Country

For Old Men at the Oscars, but frequently tops Best Film Of The 21st Century polls.

“I… DRINK… YOUR… MILKSHAKE!”

According to PTA, the fake oil in the film included “the stuff they put in chocolate milkshakes at McDonald’s.”