In 1898, silver miner Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day Lewis) broke his leg in an underground operation accident, but he got a blessing in disguise and learned secret oil information. He used the adopted orphan HW (Dillon Freasier) to deceive the villagers to win the oil site, and he became prosperous from then on. However, he was not happy to become an oil tycoon. In an accident, HW unfortunately lost his hearing, and HW's resentment towards him grew day by day. His only recognized brother was also a fake. Preacher Eli Sandy was just a villain who used religion to deceive people. In a mining accident, Daniel's workers died. Just when he hoped that Eli (Paul Dano) would help, the other party humiliated him, and the two began to fight openly and secretly...