In 2025, There Was One Good Meme After One other

One Battle After One other was probably the greatest motion pictures of 2025, garnering Oscar buzz in lots of classes—from Greatest Image to Greatest Director to each appearing nod on the checklist. So it is sensible that the movie additionally delivered some stable memes. On this media panorama, can we are saying {that a} film even existed if we didn’t get some good memes alongside the best way?

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After One other was atypical in some ways for a PTA film. It was the biggest price range Anderson has ever labored with (reportedly $130-175 million), and a few have referred to as it the director’s first motion movie. The movie has grossed about $202 million worldwide, and when you missed it in theaters, a handful of cities are getting a re-release in IMAX 70mm very quickly.

Anderson’s different motion pictures—masterpieces like The Grasp (2012), Phantom Thread (2017), and There Will Be Blood (2007)—have usually been critical dramas with uncommon moments of levity. However One Battle After One other blended motion, drama, and, sure, comedy, in heavy doses to create one thing very particular. And that humorousness got here out in methods each anticipated and sudden when the web bought maintain of these concepts.

Typically the memes have centered on Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, a stoner and former revolutionary who has loads of opinions about the best way the world ought to look. Different instances, Jonny Greenwood’s rating grew to become the main focus of memes, often in a manner that solely is sensible when you’ve seen the film. (And when you’ve ever ridden Disneyland’s Vehicles journey.)

Sean Penn and the secretive Christmas Adventurer’s Membership additionally supplied loads of alternatives for meme-ry. However Benicio del Toro’s line, “a number of small beers,” could have been probably the most meme-able of the bunch. That line wasn’t even in a few of the check screenings, based on the editor, Andy Jurgensen.

Beneath, we’ve bought a few of the greatest memes we’ve seen from numerous corners of the web. And there are positive to be extra in 2026, as film nerds will seemingly debate which movie deserves extra Oscars: One Battle After One other or the upcoming Josh Safdie movie Marty Supreme.

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— reilly (@GoodPostReilly) September 29, 2025

ken burns introducing any new historic determine within the american revolution doc pic.twitter.com/eCm2vcfDJl

— Jack (@theesaulbadman) November 20, 2025

I Photoshop Paddington right into a film, TV present, or popular culture till I overlook: Day 1716 pic.twitter.com/g1hxiZPHMg

— Jaythechou (@jaythechou) November 25, 2025

Nolan: take a look at this nuclear explosion in 70MM IMAX

PTA: pic.twitter.com/nYEyUaWZq4

— patrick. (@imPatrickT) September 28, 2025

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— Jackson Shilobrit (@jackshilobrit) November 14, 2025

“one battle after one other” dir. paul thomas anderson (2025) pic.twitter.com/Drxc8QukCn

— clem (@miaclemeverett) October 4, 2025

Obaa ghetto pat bob vaping https://t.co/bVDnYWT9np pic.twitter.com/CIVobXY94E

— respectful huff (@alexqarbuckle) November 14, 2025

The face you make whenever you get your personal Christmas Adventurer nook workplace https://t.co/7mvPNYoYso

— Erik Anderson (@awards_watch) October 6, 2025

Me when I’ve to log into Google from a laptop computer I’ve used 1000 instances pic.twitter.com/A9unJ29KmV

— Erik Anderson (@awards_watch) September 27, 2025

Mona Simpson was on some One Battle After One other shit https://t.co/Cxgz4FKG30

— Batman or halo (@youwouldntpost) November 19, 2025

Simply bought out of a One Battle After One other screening and 👀👀👀 pic.twitter.com/P2KnNJjOqW

— Chris Supreme (@AlsikkanTV) September 7, 2025

After the screening we had been secretly ushered into one other room the place Paul Thomas Anderson introduced his and WB’s plan for the Pynchon Cinematic Universe!!!??? https://t.co/0oVgHYQhrR pic.twitter.com/Fc07MK6rNs

— Chris Supreme (@AlsikkanTV) September 7, 2025

What did we miss? Have been there different One Battle After One other memes that flew beneath the radar?