Movie connections for
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) More at IMDbPro »

References

Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)
The Band Wagon (1953)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Tirez sur le pianiste (1960)
Une femme est une femme (1961)
 -  Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) wears a blue suit amid a monochromatic set. P.T. Anderson has said Godard's "A Woman Is a Woman" was the influence.
West Side Story (1961)
Play Time (1967)
The Graduate (1967)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The Conversation (1974)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Asteroids (1979) (VG)
 -  Arcade game seen in the background in Trumbell's office.
Popeye (1980)
Happy Gilmore (1996)
 -  In a heated moment in Happy Gilmore, Adam Sandler gives a memorable line by shouting "ANSWER ME!" which he also gives in Punch Drunk Love in a heated moment when confronting Phillip Hoffman on his business
Boogie Nights (1997)
Magnolia (1999)
 -  The phone number given by Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) to the phone sex hotline is 818-775-3993 which was the phone number of the A to Z pharmacy in this movie.
Wonder Boys (2000)

Referenced in

"Saturday Night Live: Sarah Michelle Gellar/Faith Hill (#28.2)" (2002)
 -  Mentioned on Weekend update
An Evening with Kevin Smith (2002) (V)
Blossoms & Blood (2003) (V)
Mattress Man Commercial (2003) (V)
50 First Dates (2004)
 -  in Lucy's studio there's a picture of Adam Sandler from the Punch Drunk Love movie poster
"South Park: AWESOM-O (#8.5)" (2004)
 -  Punch-Drunk Billionaire is an idea for an Adam Sandler movie title
In Good Company (2004)
 -  In a cafe, Scarlett Johannson is reading a book with Punch-Drunk Love on the cover.
Film Geek (2005)
 -  movie in 'Scotty's Favorites' section
Rhapsody (2006)
 -  last scene is homage to Punch Drunk Love
The Holiday (2006)
 -  Iris picks it out from Amanda's DVDs.
Down by the Riverside (2007)
 -  The title image from pdl is replicated in Down by the Riverside when two characters embrace under a balcony in silhouette
One Minutes (2009)
 -  References car door shot.

Features

Popeye (1980)

Featured in

Fuck (2005)
 -  Features clip from the movie

Spoofs

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
 -  Adam Sandler's character (a coward) runs along a corridor and throws himself out on to a road, in an identical way that the Cowardly Lion runs along a corridor and throws himself through a window - screaming.

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