Film Famous Cocktails You Should Know—And Try!
It’s the accent pieces that flesh out the most iconic characters in film, and nothing does the trick quite like a go-to drink. Here are a few iconic cocktails made famous in film that you should put on your list, and try on for size.
Bronx Cocktail
The year was 1934, and the movie was The Thin Man. The iconic Nick and Nora Charles of The Thin Man are perhaps the first drinking dynamic duo, if not one of the most memorable in movie history. They had languished a cocktail in one hand in almost every scene, and the drink of choice was the Bronx. A Bronx cocktail is a traditional martini of gin and vermouth, with some orange juice, shaken and usually garnished with a bit of orange peel.
Cosmo
This drink has its own early history going back to around the 1930s, but it shared the limelight with the character Carrie Bradshaw on the show Sex and the City. Fans and female friendship groups about who can now never disassociate the classic Cosmo with this iconic character. It can be made with vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and a touch of lime, shaken with ice.
French 75
“Here’s lookin’ at you, kid.” If you don’t know where this line is, you probably don’t know where the French 75 was made famous in film, either. Casablanca staring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman gave moviegoers quite the delivery of unrequited love. At least they had the kick of a French 75—which gets its name for supposedly having the kick of a French 75mm field gun using in World War I. It must be from the gin, which is combined with lemon, syrup, sparkling champagne, and ice, then garnished with a lemon twist.
Martini
It’s a fool’s errand, talking about film-famous martinis and trying to avoid the James Bond martini. This shaken, not stirred, version of the classic was made famous throughout the series, as a result of being included in the original Ian Fleming spy novels. Originally, the “shaken, not stirred” line came from a villain in Dr. No in 1962, but Sean Connery would resurrect it with his Bond performance in 1964. Gin, vodka, Kina Lillet and a touch of lemon peel make for the perfect martini.
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