Every week, Ultimate Movie Year looks back into the past to highlight the best film that came out that weekend.

"There Will Be Blood"
Released Dec. 26, 2007
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Director Paul Thomas Anderson certainly made an impression in the early part of his career, joining his peers Quentin Tarantino, Spike Jonez, Wes Anderson, and Steven Soderbergh in heralding a new vision of American filmmaking. But with his fifth film, 2007's "There Will Be Blood," Anderson staked his claim as arguably the best American director of his generation.