2000

Meet the Parents; Robert De Niro’s favorite drink is a Tom Collins.

Reindeer Games; Ben Affleck orders Rum & Cokes.

The Whole Nine Yards; Bruce Willis drinks Martinis throughout the movie. Matthew Perry drinks Scotch & Soda.

Cecil B. Demented; Melanie Griffith has several Martinis.

Joe Gould’s Secret; Stanley Tucci and Ian Holm have several Martinis.

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps; Eddie Murphy as Papa Klump orders a 7 & 7.

Chuck & Buck; Chris Weitz orders a Martini and Mike White orders Rum & Coke.

Down to You; Selma Blair has an Old Fashioned.

Duets; Huey Lewis has a 7&7.

The Banger Sisters; Goldie Hawn makes herself a Rum & Coke.

2000 Cheaper by the Dozen; Bonnie Hunt has a Martini.

 

2001

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles; George Hamilton has a Martini.

Blow Dry; Bill Nighy orders two Gin & Tonics.

Best Laid Plans; Alessandro Nivola and Josh Brolin drink 7&7’s.

Black Knight; Martin Lawrence tells Marsha Thomason he wants to go back to the present and have Mai Tai's.

Tomcats; Jerry O’Connell is given a Hot Toddy.

Down to Earth; Wanda Sykes mixes a Martini in the car. Chazz Palminteri carries a Martini. Greg Germann and Jennifer Coolidge have Martinis.

2001 Monkeybone; A bartender offers Brendan Fraser a Coma-tini.

Moulin Rouge; Absinthe is drunk all through the movie.

Heartbreakers; Jennifer Love Hewitt orders a Martini very dry.

Never Again; Jill Clayburgh has several Martinis.

Rat Race; Whoopi Goldberg and Lanai Chapman order Mimosas.

From Hell; Johnny Depp drinks Absinthe.

 

Legally Blonde; Reese Witherspoon’s dad drinks Martinis.

Johnny English; Rowan Atkinson orders a Bloody Mary.

Vanilla Sky; Cameron Diaz has a Martini.

2002

 

Die Another Day; Pierce Brosnan drinks Bollinger Champagne, Havana Rum, two Vodka Martinis , one with an olive, and a Mojito. 40 years prior James Bond exploded the Vodka Martini and now single handedly revives and explodes the classic cocktail, Mojito, worldwide.2002 40 days and 40 nights; Josh Hartnett buys his date a Martini.

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood; Maggie Smith has a Bloody Mary.

Igby Goes Down; Ryan Phillippe has a Bloody Mary.

Juwanna Mann; Miguel A. Nunez, JR. asks for a Cosmopolitan heavy on the Vodka.

Life or Something Like It; Angelina Jolie gives Tony Shalhoub a bottle of Strawberry Wine.

Kissing Jessica Stein; Jennifer Westfield orders a Strawberry Margarita.

Murder By Numbers; Ryan Gosling and Michael Pitt sip Absinthe and talk about life.

 

2003

A Guy Thing; James Brolin brings Diana Scarwid a replacement Martini.

Mona Lisa Smile; Marcia Gay Harden drinks a Manhattan. Dominic West orders a Jack & Ginger. There is a table scene where red wine is served. Julia Roberts has a highball in front of her at a bar (twice) which looks like a Gin & Tonic. Champagne is served at a wedding and Maggie Gyllenhaal carries a bottle. Julia and Marcia drink Champagne and watch TV. And there are lots of booze bottles at the initiation and goblets filled with a strong drink. Recognizeable bottles are Johnnie Walker Red, J&B, and Tanqueray 10 (not even invented yet). Kirsten Dunst and Maggie Gyllenhaal drink a clear drink in a martini glass with (limes?). I don't think these large martini glasses were around in 1953. Maggie Gyllenhaal has a flask.

Bad Boys II; Gabrielle Union and Jordi Molla drink Bacardi Mojitos.

Matchstick Men; Sam Rockwell has a Martini.

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde; Reese Witherspoon says she's making Sangria.

Once Upon A Time In Mexico; Johnny Depp drinks many Tequila with lime.

Lost in Translation; Scarlett Johansson orders a Vodka Tonic. Bill Murray promotes a whisky. Sake is drunk.

Stuck On You; Cher and Greg Kinnear have Margaritas.

The Haunted Mansion; A Client of Eddie Murphy’s orders three Volcanoes (a house specialty drink).

Bright Young Things; Absinthe is drunk.

Deliver us from Eva; Gabrielle Union asks for a Wine Spritzer.

From Justin to Kelly; Katherine Bailess has a Martini and Greg Siff has a Piña Colada.

Recruit; Colin Farrell works as a bartender and serves Al Pacino a Martini.

 

2004

Eurotrip; Absinthe is drunk.

Man on Fire; Denzel Washington asks for Jack & Water.

 

Alfie; Jude Law says he has a half a bottle of Stoli he took from the limo. Jude and a girl drink shots of 1800. Jude orders a G&T (Gin & Tonic) from a bartender. Jude and a girl drink spiked egg nog. And Susan Sarandon pulls out a bottle of illegal Absinthe she smuggled in Listerine bottles. She talks about Absinthe and explains to Jude what it is while preparing it. Susan also says ,"Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder."

 

Breakin’ All The Rules; Jamie Foxx buys Gabrielle Union a Double Bloody Mary. Morris Chestnut chugs a Martini and we guess he’s had many by all the olives in front of him.

Meet The Fockers; Dustin Hoffman makes and serves Tom Collins to Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner, and Teri Polo. Click on the image to see the clip.

Closer; Jude Law orders a Vodka Tonic for Julia Roberts.

Flight of the Phoenix; Kirk Jones wishes he could have a Bacardi & Coke.

After the Sunset; Pierce Brosnan asks about the ingredients of various tropical drinks then orders Jack on the rocks.

I Love Huckabees; Jude Law has a Martini and also mentions that in the future he’ll drink Piña Coladas.

Ladder 49; John Travolta and his firefighters order many drinks; Irish Car Bombs, 7&7, Seabreeze, and Margarita’s.

Wicker Park; Matthew Lillard orders a 7&7.

Yu-Gi-OH; After a nightmare Pegasus says, no more White Wine Spritzers for me, then later he drinks one.

Catwoman; Halle Berry orders a White Russian then tells the bartender to hold the vodka and Kahlúa.

Sleepover; Alexa Vega gets a text message saying to order a Sex on the Beach.

Suspect Zero; A woman orders a 7&7.

Dodgeball; Christine Taylor brings Ben Stiller a Virgin Daiquiri.

 

2005

The Ice Harvest; John Cusack orders a Rum & Pineapple Juice.

Red Eye; Rachel McAdams has a Baybreeze.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang; Robert Downey Jr. orders a Jack & Soda.

In Her Shoes; Shirley MacLaine makes Cosmopolitans to impress her granddaughter, Cameron Diaz.

Lord of War; Nicolas Cage drinks a Martini.

Red Eye; Rachel McAdams orders a Baybreeze.

War of the Worlds; Tom Cruise & Tim Robbins drink Peach Schnapps.

Bewitched; Will Ferrell drinks a Bloody Mary and Nicole Kidman drinks two Martinis.

Mr. And Mrs. Smith; Brad Pitt orders and fixes himself a Martini.

Monster-in-Law; Jane Fonda drinks a Martini and Wanda Sykes drinks some of Jane Fonda’s Martini.

Guess Who; Ashton Kutcher orders a Vodka Tonic. Zoë Saldana orders Cosmopolitans.

The Upside of Anger; Joan Allen and Alicia Witt order Bloody Mary’s.

The Wedding Date; Dermot Mulroney brings Debra Messing a Bloody Mary.

Fun with Dick & Jane; Jim Carrey, Alec Baldwin and Tea Leoni have Mimosas.

Rumor Has It; Jennifer Anniston and Shirley MacLaine order Vodka on the rocks. Jennifer Anniston carries two Bloody Marys and sing; Bloody Mary is the girl I love.

The Matador; Pierce Brosnan orders Margaritas.

The Pink Panther; Steve Martin has a flaming drink, and during the cartoon credits, the Pink Panther holds a Martini.

Thank You for Smoking; Robert Duvall and Aaron Eckhart have Mint Juleps.

RV; Cheryl Hines asks Robin Williams if he wants wine or a Martini. He says both, adding, "With a Prozac pack." Both drink Martinis.

 

2006

Casino Royale; Daniel Craig has a Vesper.

Phat Girlz; Joyful Drake orders a Cosmopolitan. Mo'nique drinks shots, Champagne and more throughout the movie.

Lonesome Jim; Casey Affleck brings wine coolers on a date with Liv Tyler. There are Seagram's bottles in the garage as he packs the van. Liv Tyler drinks wine coolers with Casey Affleck in his bedroom when he's home from the hospital. And there are many drinks drunk in many bars.

Hard Candy; Ekken Page makes herself a Screwdriver from Patrick Wilson's freezer.

The Break-Up; Vince Vaughn tells Jennifer Anniston's date that she likes Apple Martinis so thats what he orders.

Deck The Halls; Kristin Chenoweth and Kristen Davis decorate a motel Christmas tree with mini liquor bottles as ornaments.

 

2007

Blood and Chocolate; Katja Riemann and Agnes Bruckner drink drink what's presumably absinthe in a club, as do others.

Perfect Stranger; People have drinks in a bar where Bruce Willis comments on ordering some Hemmingway Daiquiris, and then has Halle Berry do that for him. They then briefly discuss what's in those drinks.

Code Name: The Cleaner; Cedric the Entertainer talks about having some Mai-Tsais with Lucy Liu when she suggests going somewhere.

Grindhouse; Sydney Tamia Poitier, Jordan Ladd, and Vanessa Ferlito drink a lof Margaritas, beer, shots, mixed drinks in a bar. Stuntman Mike is also there, but he states he doesn't drink anything alcoholic and then has a Virgin Piña Colada. The bartender then drinks shots with the women and others. Two guys with the women want to fill them with more drinks to get them even further intoxicated, presumably to take advantage of them. When the young women leave, it's presumed that they're driving while intoxicated.

Zodiac; Brian Cox has a Hot Toddy.

Shrek the Third; Prince Charming orders a round of Fuzzy Navels for the bar. Puss in Boots daydreams of fishing with a pitcher of Mojitos next to him.

Code Name: The Cleaner; Cedric the Entertainer talks about having some Mai Tais with Lucy Liu when she suggests going somewhere.

 

2008

Sex and the City; No drinks are mentioned, but the Flirtini and Cosmopolitan are seen.

Ironman; Robert Downey Jr. tells a flight attendant to heat up some sake. Robert Downey Jr. tells a bartender, "Give me a Scotch, I'm starving." Later, Gwyneth Paltrow tells Robert Downey Jr. she would like a drink and he then orders two Dry Martinis.

And Then She Found Me; Bette Midler, her date, Colin Firth and Helen Hunt have shots of sake dropped into their beer. Helen huntcomments that she normally doesn't drink this much, while Colin Firth states he has to say something before he gets drunk.

What Happens in Vegas; There is a lot of drinking in this movie that stars Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. Beer, Champagne, wine and frozen drinks are seen throughout. Rob Corddry says he'll have a vodka and Scotch. Lots of bar scenes and Michelle Krusiec tries to open a bottle of champagne with a knife, but the bottle shatters.

You Don't Mess with the Zohan; Adam Sandler drinks something he calls a Fizzy Bubbly throughout the movie.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall; There is a lot of drinking in this film, but a name of a drink is not mentioned. A waiter brings Jason Segel pineapple juice and a small bottle Malibu rum for breakfast (Malibu and Pineapple).

Leatherheads; There is a lot of drinking in this film, but a name of a drink is not mentioned. In the speakeasy when George Clooney and Renee Zellweger at the bar, they drink from glassware that was not invented yet.

Street Kings; Keanu Reeves buys mini-bottles of vodka and drinks them throughout the movie.

Nim's Island; The captain of a ship states that they'll sell $10 Piña Coladas to the tourists.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day; Lots of drinking. Amy Adams states that she was a character in a movie who was holding a Margarita.

Never Back Down; Cam Gigandet's father holds a Margarita and offers it to an underage high school student.

Superhero; There is a lot of drinking throghout. Marion Ross stuffs all sorts of things into a Thanksgiving turkey, including pouring an entire bottle of vodka into it.

The Eye; Jessica Alba's doorman tells her, "On the night before my mother's surgery, she had two glasses of Sherry. Steady as a rock the next day." Jessica Alba drinks Sherry from the bottle.

The Signal; When A.J. Bowen asks Anessa Ramseywhere she was and what she had to drink, she replies Gin and Tonic and a shot of Tequila.

27 Dresses; There is a lot of drinking throughout the film. Judy Greer comments about a party where guys will be bringing Tequila and bubble wrap. James Marsden orders a Scotch and then convinces Kathryn Heigl to have a drink as well.

 

 

Related Bar & Cocktail Silver Screen Films

1910s

 

1915 The Battle of the Ballots; A silent film about saloonkeeper, Mayre Hall and his local iceman, William Wells. The iceman is accused of voting for prohibition, which strains the relationship with the bartender.

1918 Hit-The-Trail-Holliday; George M. Cohen plays Billy Holliday, a NYC bartender who loses his job because he won't sell alcohol to minors. With the threat of prohibition around the corner, he takes a job at a brewery that is promoting a new non-alcoholic drink called Bevo. This is a silent film.

1918 Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley; Bartender, William Scott, courts Mary Pickford, the cigarette girl in this silent film.

1919 The Wicked Darling; Kalla Pascha plays a brute of a bartender in this silent film about pick pocketing.

 

 

1920s

1925 The Big Parade; Tom O'Brien plays bartender Bull Michael O'Hara in this silent love story set in World War I.

1928 Champagne; A silent Hitchcock film about a spoiled girl. Her wealthy father lies by telling her that he has lost everything in the stock market crash and she’s forced to go work in a bar to support herself. There are many camera shots through raised champagne glasses and the promo poster shows her sitting in a huge champagne bucket & stand holding a bottle of Champagne.

 

1930s

 

1930 Blotto; Laurel and Hardy take a bottle of booze from Laurel’s wife and plan to hit a local nightspot to have a night on the town. What they don’t know is that Laurels’ wife poured out the booze and replaced it with tea, mustard powder and other ingredients. Not knowing this, Laurel and Hardy think they are getting drunk.

 

1931 The Struggle; A story about an American man that falls into alcoholism.

1934 Murder at the Vanities; Manhattans are used as props during a stage performance.

1937 The Awful Truth; Cary Grant makes spiked egg nog.

1937 The Thin Man; William Powell instructs the Bartender how to make drinks, "The important thing is the rhythm. Always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a Manhattan you always shake to fox-trot time, a Bronx to two-step time, a dry martini you always shake to waltz time." You can see a video of this here.

 

1938 Bringing Up Baby; A bartender teaches Kathryn Hepburn a bar trick that involves popping olives in her mouth. Not really a great trick, but the first bar trick I've ever seen in a film. Click on the image to see the clip.

 

 

 

1939 The Women; Mary Boland screams,"Get me a Bromide -- and put some gin in it, too!"

 

1940s

1945 The Lost Weekend; Ray Milland plays an alocoholic.

1949 Whisky Galore; A ship loaded with whisky wrecks on a Scottish island.

 

1951

Come Fill the Cup; James Cagney plays an alcoholic that hits bottom then goes through rehab. He says, A lush can always find a reason if he's thirsty. If he's happy, he takes a couple of shots to celebrate his happiness. Sad, he needs them to drown his sorrow. Low, to pick him up; excited, to calm him down. Sick, for his health; and healthy, it can't hurt him. A lush just can't lose.

 

1953

 

From Here To Eternity; There are many bar scenes in this film. beer is drank and mentioned and Frank Sinatra orders whiskey.

 

1958

 

King Creole; Elvis Presley works as a busboy in a nightclub in the New Orleans French Quarter. Many nameless drinks are seen in the film with scenes of cocktail waitresses and a pan of a bartender shaking a drink. The first scene shows a bottle of Champagne being uncorked. One guy says that the only school he went to was bartender school. Another guy says, "Everything he touches turns to drink."

 

 

1969

Hello Dolly; Barbra Streisand mentions a Rum Toddy.

 

1971

Diamonds are Forever; Sean Connery breaks a bottle of Courvoisier and sprays it on Putter Smith, which catches in fire.

 

1974

Murder on the Orient Express; Poirot drinks a Creme de Menthe.

 

 

1983

Strange Brew; A crazy movie about a haunted beer factory starring Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas.

 

1985

Pee Wee Herman’s Big Adventure; Pee Wee Herman dances to the song, Tequila, in a bar with some bikers.

A View to Kill; Roger Moore throws two Molotov cocktail bombs made from one in a one-liter Bacardi rum bottle and the other in a Perrier bottle.

 

1987

Barfly; Faye Dunaway and Mickey Rourke play alcoholics.

Bukowski Tapes; Documentary about Charles Bukowski, a famous alcoholic writer. Mickey Rourke plays him in the movie 1987 Barfly.

 

1989

Skin Deep; Alcohol becomes the center of John Ritter’s life.

My Name is Bill W.; James Woods plays Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.

 

1991

Arthur; Dudley Moore seems to be drunk all through the movie. He drinks Scotch, Martinis, Champagne, and beer.

1995

Desparado; Cheech Marin played the bartender

Leaving Las Vegas; Nicholas Cage won an Oscar for Best Actor playing an alcoholic.

 

1996

Mars Attacks; Jack Nicholson drinks many cocktails throughout the movie.

Jude; Christopher Eccleston and Kate Winslet are playing the popular drinking game, Quarters.

Swingers; Much time is spent at the bar in this movie.

The Juror; Alec Baldwin gives a friend a baby bottle filled with Scotch.

Tres Lounge; Steve Buscemi plays a drunk.

Jack; Someone is dressed as a bottle of whiskey at a Halloween costume party.

The Mirror has Two Faces; When Jeff Bridges asks Barbra Streisand if she wants coffee or tea and she says, Scotch.

Kingpin; Tanqueray & Tab, Bourbon, beer, and Champagne is seen in the film.

 

1997

A Life Less Ordinary; Cameron Diaz sets up five shots of tequila and races her friends to drink them.

Drunks; Richard Lewis, Faye Dunaway, and others play recovering alcoholics.

Tomorrow Never Dies; The theme song, sung by Sheryl Crow, becomes the first Bond theme song to mention 007’s favorite beverage with the line, Martinis, girls and guns.

1998

 

54; Ryan Phillippe plays a bartender at the famous 70’s disco, Studio 54.

Chinese Box; starring Jeremy Irons & Gong Li works as a bartender.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; Rum, beer, Tequila, and other cocktails are seen in the film.

 

1999

Keeping the Faith; Edward Norton tells a story to the bartender, by the end of the story the bartender is drinking.

Body Shots; Waitresses serve Jell-O shooters.

 

2000

Coyote Ugly; Bartenders blow fire, light the bar on fire, pour whiskey, pour beer, and dance on the bar top.

Loser; Jason Biggs and his roommates play a TV drinking game.

Miss Congeniality; Sandra Bullock and others drink test tube shots.

 

2001

The Big Kahuna; Peter Facinelli is assigned to be the bartender and doesn’t know what he’s doing

Broken Lizard's Club Dread; A drink is poured down an ice luge. A guy squirts Tequila into people’s mouths using a big water gun.

 

2002

Die Another Day; Pierce Brosnan as James Bond orders a Mojito and revives this classic cocktail worldwide.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind; Sam Rockwell and Julia Roberts do shots with the bartender.

National Lampoon; Students eat Jell-o shots.

 

2003

Lost in Translation; Bill Murray is an American movie actor in Tokyo shooting a series of ads for a brand of whiskey. Sake is also drank in the movie and a Vodka Tonic is orderd.

Honey; Jessica Alba plays a bartender.

The Cooler; Maria Bello is a cocktail waitress.

Bas Santa; Billy Bob Thornton drinks throughout the movie. You'll find vodka, Bourbon, and beer.

 

2004

Sideways; A trip through the California wine country. Pinot Noir sales go up all over the country after this movie.

 

2005

The Alcohol Years; Shows a woman’s life in an alcoholic blur.

The Perfect Man; Carson Kressly plays the bartender.2006 Art School Confidential; Max Minghella plays a bartender.

 

2006

 

The Break-Up; Jon Favreau plays a bartender.

Deck the Halls; Kristin Chenoweth and Kristen Davis decorate a motel Christmas tree with mini liquor bottles as ornaments.

You, Me, and Dupree; There are many drinks throughout the movie. Molly tells Carl they should go have dinner and margaritas. Later, upon returning home, they change the lyrics to a song to include repeated references to the word "margaritas."

 

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