4.  Adam Sandler-Punch Drunk Love

Apparently, Paul Thomas Anderson likes funny people. Aside from being Rudolph’s long time partner, he arguably gave Adam Sandler his first opportunity to stretch as a leading man and his best performance to date. All that rage you saw in Billy Madison mixed with his romantic nature from Wedding Singer, and his own childlike qualities created the perfect Anderson anti-hero as a man with serious anger problems. Sandler has attempted to give similar quality performances in a few other films (Spanglish, Funny People) but none have come close to the depth he showed in his performance in Punch Drunk Love…and now he seems to devoting all his time to the films of his “Happy Madison Productions.” Watch a clip on YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE2FCCZ50VU