Punch-Drunk Love

- Release date: October 11, 2002
- Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
- Screenwriters: Paul Thomas Anderson
- Producer: Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi and Joanne Sellar
- Distributors: Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios and New Line Cinema
- MPAA rating: R
- Run time: 95 minutes
- Nominated: 2002 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Vh1: Golden Globe
- Domestic Total Gross: $17,844,216 Box Office Mojo: Punch-Drunk Love Total Gross

Punch-Drunk Love is a 2002 romantic comedy written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It was Anderson's fourth feature-length film.
Awards
- - Best Director: 2002 Toronto Film Critics Association and 2002 Cannes Film Festival
  - Best Picture: 2002 Toronto Film Critics Association
  - Best Supporting Actress: Emily Watson 2002 Toronto Film Critics Association
  - Best Screenplay: 2002 Toronto Film Critics Association
  - Best Cinematography: 2002 National Society of Film Critics
Plot Summary

Punch-Drunk Love is a dark comedy centering around Barry Egan, a romantic, frustrated owner of a small business in the San Fernando Valley. During a vulnerable moment, Barry contacts a phone sex operator who threatens him with blackmail. When one of his sisters fixes him up with a young English woman, Lena, his actions take a 180 degree turn.
Cast
- Adam Sandler: Barry Egan
- Emily Watson: Lena Leonard
- Luis Guzmàn: Lance
- Mary Lynn Rajskub: Elizabeth
- Philip Seymour Hoffman: Dean Trumbell

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