One Battle After Another Post-Credits: Is There an End-Credits Scene You Can’t Miss?

If you are the stay-through-the-credits type, here is the deal with Leonardo DiCaprio and Paul Thomas Anderson's new epic, One Battle After Another.

Do you need to stick around after the credits?

No. There is no mid-credits scene, no end-credits tag, and no hidden stinger waiting at the very end. Once the credits start, you are clear to head out. The only thing tucked into the credits is a tribute to Adam Somner, the film's First Assistant Director and a producer, who passed away in November 2024. It is a heartfelt in-credits dedication, not a story add-on.

Why people are asking

Superhero franchises trained everyone to sit through ten minutes of names for a five-second tease. This is not that. PTA is not exactly a stinger guy, and One Battle After Another follows suit.

What the movie is

One Battle After Another opens in theaters on September 26, 2025. It is an epic action thriller written, produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, who you know from There Will Be Blood (2007), Inherent Vice (2014), Phantom Thread (2017), and Licorice Pizza (2021). The film had its world premiere in Los Angeles on September 8, where critics came out strong enough that the Oscar chatter started immediately.

The story

Inspired by Thomas Pynchon 1990 novel Vineland, the film centers on a former revolutionary living off the grid who is forced back into the fight to save her daughter from a longtime nemesis: a crooked military official. It is a big, nervy premise with the kind of thorny, political edge you would expect from this team.

Who is in it

• Leonardo DiCaprio as "Ghetto" Pat Calhoun or Bob Ferguson
• Sean Penn as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
• Benicio del Toro
• Regina Hall
• Teyana Taylor
• Chase Infiniti
• Alana Haim

The bottom line

No post-credits scene, no teaser, no final wink. If you want to beat the parking lot rush, you can. If you want to stay for Adam Somner's tribute, that is the one reason to keep your seat.